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Catania, James Henry Anthony

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Surname(s) / First name(s) Catania, James Henry Anthony

Address(es) 130, Xintill Street, Tarxien. TXN 1910

Telephone(s) 21 800 204 Mobile: 79 883 884

ID Card Number 415493(M)

E-mail(s) [email protected]

Nationality(-ies) Maltese and Canadian

Date of birth 15th October, 1979

Gender Male

Occupational field Research and Policy, IT and Education

Work Experience 8

Dates July 09 - Present

Occupation or position held CEO

Main activities and responsibilities Managing the Companies

Name and address of employer AVANTE Group of Copmanies

Type of business or sector IT, Consultancy, Education & Defence

Work Experience 8

Dates December 10 – June 12

Occupation or position held Lecturer

Main activities and responsibilities I lecture Level 3 and Level 4 students in IT

Name and address of employer St. Martins Institute of I.T.

Type of business or sector Tertiary Level of Edcuation in IT

Work Experience 7

Dates December 08 – December 10

Occupation or position held Senior Lecturer

Main activities and responsibilities I lecture, HND and ND students in Web technologies and E-commerce

Name and address of employer Computer Domain - Constitution Street, Mosta

Type of business or sector Tertiary Level Education in IT.

Work Experience 6

Dates January 07 – November 08 (CONTRACT)

Occupation or position held Research and Development Manager and Chief of Policy

Main activities and responsibilities My primary role at Ricston & MS, was the implementation of new framework, polices and procedures. My biggest project was implementing a global corporate training framework, set all the policies, both legal and professional, as well as following through with all the procedures and project

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management itself. I am working directly with fortune 100 companies, including Wall-Mart, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Walt Disney as well as the U.S. Navy. At both Ricston Ltd. and MuleSource Inc.

Name and address of employer Ricston Ltd – MuleSource Inc. (United States), Level 4, 109, Reid Street Gzira.

Type of business or sector Corporate Training, eLearning, IT consultancy

Work experience 5

Dates June 2006 – December 2006

Occupation or position held Snr. Consultant – Malta Branch

Main activities and responsibilities My primary role at BI was to be responsible for all the Maltese based operations in Malta, including staffing, HR, Project Management and a general role of General Manager, as well as communication with the mother company in Switzerland. I also used to handle Fortune 500 accounts such as Nokia, HP, Phillip Morris Cigarettes, Patek Phillipe and Rolex.

Name and address of employer Bi - Blue Infinity (Switzerland) – 9 Rue Du Caroline, Geneva

Type of business or sector E-Business Outsourcing

Work experience 4

Dates August 2002 to January 2005

Occupation or position held Lecturer

Main activities and responsibilities At MCAST I used to lecture Web development, E-Commerce, Communications and Multimedia Technology. Apart from the technical subjects, I was responsible for co-ordinating students’ research projects as well as a module entitled Language and Communications.

Name and address of employer Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology: Institute of Information and Communication Technology , Corradino Hill Paola

Type of business or sector Tertiary Level Education in IT

Work experience 3

Dates August 1998 to July 2002

Occupation or position held Junior Programmer / Programmer / Team Leader / Senior Programmer

Main activities and responsibilities I started working for Crimsonwing when I was 19 years of age (called Magus at the time) and spent 5 years at Crimsonwing and gathered most of my experience. I joined Crimsonwing in 1999 as a junior programmer, I was promoted to team leader within 3 months of the start of my employment where I was given an award for “Initiative of Work”. During my five years at Crimsonwing I was awarded 3 company awards, 1 for initiative, 1 for creating a business opportunity and 1 for work outside my role.

I worked mostly on blue chip company contracts, working with a myriad of technologies. I started with CICS Cobol and DB2 mainframe systems later proceeding to web technologies such as JAVA, J2EE, and than to Intershop Enfinity. In 2000 I was promoted to senior analyst programmer.

Name and address of employer Magus International / Crimsonwing – Lignum House, Aldo Moro Road, Marsa.

Type of business or sector Software and E-Business

Work experience 2

Dates January 1998 to July 1998

Occupation or position held Junior Programmer / Web Developer

Main activities and responsibilities At DGE I had my first experience in web technologies. E-Business and E-Commerce were still unheard of, but at DGE I got the opportunity to start investigating these new media. I left DGE since I always wanted to work in a large company on international projects. At DGE I was responsible for





programming with Clarion for windows and developing small websites and web applications

Name and address of employer DGE Financial – Level 3, ,Bizazza Street, Sliema

Type of business or sector Software and E-Business (Finance)

Work experience 1

Dates June 1997 to January 1998

Occupation or position held Junior Programmer

Main activities and responsibilities I had joined Omnisoft while still a student to enhance my experience. I was employed as a junior programmer using Clarion for windows. This was a six-month contract

Name and address of employer Omnisoft Ltd – Old Railway Street St. Venera.

Type of business or sector Software Development

Education and training

Dates 2009 - 2011

Title of qualification awarded MSc.CS (Master of Science in Computer Science)

Principal subjects Distributive Computer System Security, Web Services, Advanced Databases, Mobile Standards, Interfaces & Applications, Human Computer Interaction: Developing Usable Systems.

Name and type of Organisation University of Hertforshire

Level in National or international classification

MQF Level 7

Dates 2007-2008

Title of qualification awarded MBA(mis) (Masters in Business Administration with IT specialisation)

Principal subjects/Occupational skills covered

Knowledge Management, Project Management, Strategic Finance, Strategic Management, Managing People and Organisation, Management Accounts,

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

University of Leicester

Level in national or international classification

MQF Level 7

Dates 1999 and 2000

Title of qualification awarded International Higher Diploma in Computer Sciences


Network Environment, System Analysis and Design, Software Environments, Project Management, Business Management, Object-Oriented Techniques, Practical Project


NCC

Level in national or international classification

MQF Level 5

Dates

1998

Title of qualification awarded International Diploma in Computer Sciences


Basic computing Principles, Computer Programming, Modelling for Computing with Mathematics, Human Communication and Information Systems, Business Systems Development, Computerized Accounting and Finance, Practical Project


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Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s) Maltese / English

Other language(s)

Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing

European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production

English C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User

Italian C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User C2 Proficient User

French C2 Independent User B2 Independent User B1 Independent User B1 Independent User B1 Independent User

Dutch A1 Basic User A2 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User

Romanian A1 Basic User A2 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User A1 Basic User

(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level

Social skills and competences - Good team player who is able to make people feel at ease

- Good presentation skills and manners

- Intercultural Communication

- Proficient in Online Communication

- Conflict Resolution

Organisational skills and competences

- Project Management - Policy Writing - Human Resource Management - Training and Development - Policies and Procedures - Global Framework Design

- Strategic Planning - Strategic Management - Business Development Management - Quality Assurance - Internal Verification Systems

Technical skills and competences - Computer Maintenance

- Audio & Video Installations

- Home Automation & Computer Controlled Hardware

Computer skills and competences Design Products - Adobe Suite (full) - Macromedia Suite (full) - Discreet 3D Studio Max - AutoCad

Programming Languages - IBM Websphere - ASP - ASP.NET - VB.NET - VB 6 - C# - Java - J2EE - JSP - EJB’s - Clarion for Windows - Cold Fusion

Scripting Languages - CFML - Actionscript - Javascript - HTML - XML - PHP

DHTML Databases - MS Access - MySQL - Ms SQL Server - Oracle 9i - Oracle 10g - Sybase - DB2

Open Source Systems - Joomla! - WordPress - Moodle - Dupal

Artistic skills and competences - Graphic Design for Print





- Graphic Design for Web

- GUI Design

- Typography

- Corporate Branding

- I am also capable of producing cartoon characters

Driving licence(s) Driving Licence Category ‘B’. Attained in 1997

Additional information: Referees

Other International Courses

Courses Attended Locally

Awards and Accolades

Mr. Mario Pace - MCAST [email protected] Designation: Director of Institute Ms. Ruth Vella - MaltaEnterprise [email protected] Designation: HR Manager ESI International, UK Project Management Human Resources Management Adobe University, UK Certification in Photoshop and Adobe Suite Macromedia University, UK Certification in FLASH and Macromedia Suite Integrity Institute, UK Amazon Integrator

Communication, Team Leadership, Public Speaking, Office Administration, Business Law, IP Law and Commercial Law, Java & J2EE

IAWD, International Award for Internet Content & Creativity (Intl. American Designer Assoc.)

Performance Award for Initiative (Magus Intl.) (1999)

Performance Award for Work Outside the Role (Magus Intl.) (2000)

Award for Volunteering and Extra Work (Crimsonwing Ltd.) (2001)

Hobbies and Interests: When I am not staring at a PC Screen, I am usually at the Range practicing my favourite sport, Trap Shooting, or in Summer, exploring the sea scuba diving, the rest of my free time I fill by watching the sky through my telescope.

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