Curriculum Vitae

Dr Geoff Campbell

Work address:: (I am presently looking for employment); Email: geoffreycampbell@iprimus.com.au.
Academic address:: Department of Mathematics,; La Trobe University, Victoria, 3086,; Australia.

OBJECTIVE
To obtain either:-

an academic position, or
a web programming position (using skills from the "during 2001" course below), or
a policy/analyst management position.

EXPERIENCE, ABILITIES & SKILLS

January 2002 to February 2003 Cole Royal Commission, Attorney General's Department, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Analyst, Research Officer

wrote a statistical compendium using mainly Australian Bureau of Statistics data and "signed off" the statistical aspects of the final report to the Governor-General.
wrote a research paper on Occupational Health and Safety statistics included in the Workplace Safety volume (number 6) of the final report.
research for discussion papers on various aspects of the construction industry.
investigation and data analysis in preparation for legal proceedings in a team headed by a Queen's Counsel.
analysis using access databases, PHP scripting tools and various data systems and forensic techniques.

During 2001 Completed full time Graduate Diploma (Internet & Web Computing) RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

SAS programming to interrogate systems (usually mainframe).
use of UML software engineering packages Rational Rose and Argo
Crystal Reports extracting data from Visual Basic systems.
HTML for webpages, including dynamic HTML and SSI (Server Side Includes) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) to W3 strict level
Javascript for form validation and other browser side effects
Java small applications, applets and some Artificial Intelligent Agents
Software Engineering including Object Oriented design processes
introduction to Visual Basic 6 Business Objects
PHP (extensive experience in use as a scripting language for server side programming)
ASP (some scripting language for server side programming)
tuning, Security and setup of Apache Web Servers
design and use of Access databases
use of Oracle database in a university project
use of mySQL servers’ databases for an e-commerce shopping cart application
analysis of weblogs and web traffic
use of Sessions and Cookies to track websites’ visitors
scripting language use in link-ups to mail servers through SMTP and POP
scripting language use in link-ups to newsgroup servers through IMAP
Introduction to SAP system architecture and ABAP programming
Maple, Mathematica for specialised mathematics
Tex for mathematics

early 2000 to November 2000 National Office, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, Canberra, ACT
Assistant Director, Job Network Budget Management Team

managing the multibillion dollar Job Network Budget.
working on a Pricing Review in co-operation with Department of Finance and Administration.

October 1998 to early 2000 National Office, Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, Canberra, ACT
Project Co-ordinator, IT Liaison & Development Team

liaison between Policy & IT Development Teams to ensure completion of a Visual Basic IT System for managing a multibillion dollar tender.
hiring of office temps and IT contractors for the tender.

1998 till mid October National Office, Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Canberra, ACT
Assistant Director, Policy Development Section

wrote responses to Ministerial letters and for Parliamentary questions.
devised or ran interrogative SAS reports from the archived data.
managed small team of staff from across Australia in reviewing the Labour Market Information volume of the Job Network Request for Tender. Results from this will be presented to the Executive and Policy teams for possible use in the next tender round.
wrote research paper examining the set of possible national "best practices" for assisting disadvantaged groups into employment using Job Network.
writing specifications for consultant contract related to the above "best practices" development.
writing BRIO SQL (Structured Query Language) reports examining Job Network issues.

1997 National Office, Department of Employment, Education,
Training and Youth Affairs, Canberra, ACT
Assistant Director, Monitoring and Market Communications Section

assessed Job Network Tenders. (ie. For the services contracted to replace the Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) on 1 May 1998)
worked on design methodology and on team allocating $1.7 billion business for Job Network.
devised Monitoring reports for the Job Network.
devised comprehensive interrogative reports for oversight of the phasing out of Labour Market Programmes to clear for the new Job Network in May 1998.
designed and finished new systems for National Monitoring of Job Network.

1996 Area Office, Department of Employment, Education,
Training and Youth Affairs, Heidelberg, VIC
Manager, Job seeker Strategies Branch

Oversight of CES activities related to Job seekers at 14 CES offices.
Managed functional units with their managers reporting to me. eg. Labour Market Programmes Tendering Unit, Systems Help Desk Unit, Area Case Management Manager/Coordinator, Area Specialist Officer Coordinators for:- Youth, People with a Disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Implemented training courses for CES Managers, speeding cost effectiveness.

Part 1996 Commonwealth Employment Service,
Brunswick, VIC
Branch Manager

Managed 36 staff including oversight and responsibility for CES daily operations. This included 5 staff at the Youth Access Centre in another building.
Managed functional teams dedicated to Employer Servicing, interviewing and registering Job seekers, administering contracts and coordinating training courses for unemployed people, fulfilling terms of wage subsidy payments and initiating contracts for these.

1995-1996 Area Office, Department of Employment, Education,
and Training, Heidelberg, VIC
Manager, Labour Market Programmes

Managed Labour Market Programmes (LMP) Specialist staff including policy implementation and Area budget for LMPs of $120 million.
delivered training courses for staff related to Labour Market Programmes.

Part 1994 Commonwealth Employment Service, Collingwood, VIC
Regional Manager

Managed 30 staff including oversight and responsibility for CES daily operations.
This included functional teams dedicated to Employer Servicing, interviewing and registering Job seekers, administering sign-ups and coordinating training courses for unemployed people, fulfilling terms of wage subsidy payments and initiating contracts for these.

1993-1994 State Office, Department of Employment, Education,
and Training, Melbourne, VIC
Executive Officer, Data Integrity

Reporting to State and Deputy State Director assisted with management and monitoring of Labour Market Programmes including Victorian State budget allocation of $200 million.
identified savings in unspent and overcommitted Labour Market Programmes totalling between $30 million and $50 million.
delivered training courses for staff related to Labour Market Programmes.

1992-1993 Area Office, Department of Employment, Education,
and Training, Northcote, VIC
Area Site Contact Officer, Mainframe Systems

Reporting to Area Director, assisted with management and Help Desk facilities for systems used by CES staff across 20 CES offices.
organised and set-up training facilities to train CES managers in new systems for their staff.
delivered training courses for staff related to mainframe systems.
wrote training competency levels documentation for mainframe systems.

1991-1992 National Office, Department of Employment, Education,
and Training, Woden, ACT
User Testing Officer, Mainframe Systems

Tested and designed testing regimes for mainframe systems to be used by the CES, Area and State Offices.
wrote Users Guides and specifications for mainframe systems.

1983-1991 Commonwealth Employment Service
Preston, Fitzroy (Collingwood), St Kilda, VIC
Employment Officer and Senior Employment Officer

Performed all aspects of interviewing Job seekers.
Performed specialist officer roles: Disabled Persons Officer, Youth Liaison Officer, Migrant Liaison Officer.
Performed all aspects of Employer Servicing, including liaising with employers to receive and service vacancies, matching suitable job seekers to vacancies, promotional visits to employers, specialist organisations and schools.

EDUCATION
PhD, Mathematics, graduated 1998, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
GradDip(Internet and Web Computing), 2001, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria

REFEREES

Ms Deborah Cope, Executive Director (SES Band 2), National Competition Council, Phone: (03) 9285 7499, Mobile: 0438 865 771.

Mr Angelo Fonti (CPA, Reg Aud), Senior Financial Investigator (EL2), Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), Phone: (03) 9246 7564.

Mr Nicholas Green QC, Senior Counsel Assisting during August 2001 to February 2003, Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry, Phone: (03) 9225 7000

Mr Evan Evagorou, Senior Executive Legal Band 1, Australian Government Solicitor; and Senior Solicitor Assisting, Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry. Phone: 0417 694 714

PUBLICATIONS
About twenty mathematics research papers in various journals.
Poetry in various Australian literary magazines during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Websites at www.geocities.com/geoffreycampbell/ and www.geocities.com/qseriesgeoff/.