CURRICULUM VITAE - ROBERT JAN (Bob) HOEKSTRA

PERSONAL DETAILS
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Home and postal address:
	5 Thorsden Court, Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, GU22 7QS.
Home telephone number:
	(01483) 771028
Company:
	Hoekstra Systems Ltd.
	Address & telephone number as above.
Date of birth:
	30 October 1956.
Place of birth:
	Heerenveen, Netherlands.
Nationality:
	Dutch by birth.
	Holder of a Dutch passport.
	Lived in South Africa from end 1961 to July 1988.
	Holder of permanent UK resident's permit.
Marital status:
	Married since 1979, two sons.
Home language:
	English.
Other languages:
	Dutch (read and speak).
	Afrikaans (read, write and speak).
Memberships:
	Student member of the Institute of Actuaries.
	Voting member of ACM (The Association of Computing Machinery)
	  and a member of SIGAPL, the ACM's APL special interest group.
	Private member of the British APL Association.
	Member of the Sun UK User Group (SUKUG - now Sun User Forum).
Pastimes:
	Maintaining my home network (a SPARCstation 2 and two 486 PCs)
	  and trying out new ideas.
	Reviewing UNIX books for the quarterly SUKUG magazine.
	Music (listening and playing percussion).

WORK HISTORY
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MOST RECENT EMPLOYER:
	SIMCORP LTD, Gresley House, Foundry Court, Gogmore Lane, Chertsey,
	Surrey, KT16 9AP.
Description
	A small software house specialising in financial control software
	  written in Dyalog APL.
Position
	Consultant (1.12.93 - 13.9.96).
Job Functions:
	Program in APL (primary - all other functions are secondary).
	UNIX system administrator.Network consists of Solaris 2.5, SunOS 4.1.3,
	  and (until recently) AIX 3.2 and includes a dial-up Internet
	  connection.
	Assist customers with all system/network problems. Includes
	  mixed networks of UNIX, MS-DOS and/or MS-Windows (3.1/95/NT).UNIX
	  versions include AIX, AT&T Unix, Dynix, SCO Unix and Xenix, Solaris
	  and SunOS.
	Purchasing/installation of hardware and software for internal use.
	Marketing/selling/recommending hardware and software to customers.
	If required, install any new hardware at customer sites.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER:
	SUN LIFE OF CANADA, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 2DZ.
Description
	One of the world's leading multinational life assurance offices.
Position
	Senior Actuarial Assistant (1.7.90 - 30.11.93).
Job Functions:
	Profit planning, asset/liability simulation, valuation work,
	  using Dyalog APL/X & Lotus 1-2-3 on a Sun SPARC-based network,
	  Sharp APL and Focus on a mainframe and Prophet, Javelin and
	  1-2-3 on PCs.
	Responsibility for the departments computer requirements, including:
		the purchasing of hardware and software
		training of users, and
		rationalising of resources.
Experience gained
	Actuarial experience.
	Use of:
		Sharp APL under TSO.
		Dyalog APL under DOS, Windows and UNIX (SunOS an AIX).
		Javelin under DOS.
		Prophet under DOS on PC+transputer.
	UNIX system administration.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER:
	CROWN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, Dukes Court, Woking.
Description
	Crown is a life office offering mainly unit linked products.
Positions held
	Assistant Manager, Group Scheme Quotations (1.4.89 - 30.6.90)
	Assistant Manager, Group Pensions Underwriting (1.8.88 - 30.3.89)
Experience gained
	Actuarial experience.
	Experience of pension scheme administration.
	Use of:
		APL*Plus.
		Turbo Pascal.
		dBase III Plus and FoxBase.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER
	South African Mutual Life Assurance Society, PO Box 66, Cape Town,
	  South Africa
Description
	The largest and oldest life and pensions office in South Africa.
Positions held
	Department Head, Actuarial Technology (1.12.87 - 31.7.88).
	Various actuarial positions (1.1.82 - 30.11.87).
Experience gained
	Actuarial experience.
	Use of:
		IBM's VS/APL, APL2 and REXX under VM/CMS.
		APL*Plus, Turbo Pascal and Smalltalk/V.
		Use of many spreadsheets, word processors, etc.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER:
	MOBIL SHIPPING COMPANY LTD, 54/60 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QB
Positions held
	Second Navigating Officer (1.4.78 - 31.12.81)

PREVIOUS EMPLOYER:
	UNICORN SHIPPING LINES (PTY) LTD., Durban, South Africa
Positions held
	Third Navigating Officer (6.12.77 - 30.3.78).
	Acting Third Navigating Officer (18.6.76 - 5.12.77).
	Navigating cadet (1.1.75 - 17.6.76).