Andrew James Formosa_CV
Tel: 07944 122 766
email: andyformosa@aol.com
personal profile: https://andrewformosa.github.io/personalprofile/
12 Dunbar Lane, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, ML1 4BE
A highly experienced business owner, now looking to incorporate a lifelong passion for coding and application development, as well as desire to work towards a greater purpose, into a career change as a software engineer / developer.
Career Brief and Aspirations
As an Engineering graduate, achieved early and rapid career progression to senior management level within the manufacturing industry, gaining hands-on, proven experience of improving the performance of business systems, equipment and people over a nine year period.
On starting a family, chose to change direction and fulfil a long-held ambition of self employment by founding and running a profitable business successfully for the last 17 years.
Having started coding as a young child, a passion for programming and application development has been a constant for over 38 years. It has proved both an essential skill, contributing to the success of my own business and early career, as well as a favourite pastime pursuit.
Now, with a wealth of experience, and ready for a new challenge, I am looking for an opportunity to use and further develop my programming knowledge and skills by journeying towards a new and purposeful career in software engineering and development.
Key Skills
Adept Learner - Able to quickly learn and apply new concepts, techniques and programming languages proficiently.
IT Skills - C# and Unity Engine, Developed applications and games through to publication onto the google play store. Have written and maintained numerous web sites and applications. Skills include: Responsive Web-Site Design, Java-Script Algorithms and Data Structures, Front end development libraries, React & Redux, Data-visulisation and D3, Relational Databases, SQL, .Net Entity Framework, NodeJS & Express, Backend development and APIs, PHP, Wordpress and more..
Excellent communicator - Has extensive experience in operating successfully at all levels from floor to senior management; as a business owner, team leader, team member, chair, facilitator and trainer.
Creativity and Problem solving - Experienced in problem definition, root cause analysis and problem solving techniques. Adapting tried and tested techniques, as well as creating new and innovative solutions.
Operations management skills - Experienced in adapting and applying operations management techniques, KPIs & Balanced-Score-Cards, SPC, "Plan-Do-Check-Act" systems, TPM, Lean manufacturing, Kaizen principles, Business Process Re-engineering, supply chain management, Cellular manufacturing, Six-Sigma and process modelling.
Qualifications
August 95 BEng in Engineering (Hons) 2:1 Aston University
July'92 "A" levels - Mathematics, Physics, Music
Other Courses Attended Include:
Employment law, ISO 9000:2000, IOSH managing safety, contractor control, assertiveness training, strategic management, EFQM model for business excellence workshop, the 5's', mentoring skills, absence control, risk management, IIP workshop, neuro linguistic programming, Simul8 advanced practice.
Work History
December 05 - Current (17 years)
Business Owner and Founder - The Textile Care Co - thetextilecareco.co.uk
Currently owns and manages a profitable dry cleaning and laundry business.
Responsible for all aspects of the business including finance, marketing, sales, operations and logistics. The business provides professional dry cleaning & laundry services to the corporate and domestic market. Operating through collection & delivery services , several high-street agents and my main store in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire.
December 03- December 05
Production Manager - PrecisionMicro - Photo Chemical Etching Division
Selected as production manager for a newly consolidated site following substantial success at the Plates Division.
Responsible for operational management (circa 70 employees). Supplying photo-chemically processed components and engineering solutions to a diverse variety of industries, including: automotive, aerospace, telecommunications, medical, defence and fuel cell.
October 02 - December 03
Business Unit Manager - PrecisionMicro - Plates Division
Responsible for the management of the Plates Division business-unit, manufacturing and supplying photo-chemically etched plates to the solder- mask and printed-circuit-heat-exchange (PCHD) industries.
October 01 - October 02
Director - Queventus Ltd
Selected by Corus Director to be part of his team in setting-up a limited company, offering management training and Consultancy in the area of, business and profitability improvement through the application of Six Sigma methodology.
November 00 - October 01
APW Supply Chain Manager - Corus Plc (Reporting to Regional Director) (Promoted)
Appointed as the CORUS corporate representative to APW, responsible for the management and improvement of the CORUS - APW supply chain..
April 98 - November 00
Regional Operations Improvement manager - UK North, Scotland & Ireland - British Steel Distribution
Responsible for the management and leadership of all operations improvement project teams throughout the UK North, Scotland and Ireland regions.
October 96 - April 98
Shift Team Leader / Manager -Bellshill, Glasgow - British Steel Distribution
Hands-on management of 30 operatives. Responsible for employee health & safety, machine productivity, material-yield, budgets and process costs. on-time delivery, product and service quality and maintenance.
Personal information
Whilst running my business takes most of my time I also have a wide range of hobbies and interests.
Application design - Writing games and apps using tools such as Unity Engine, .Net, Javascript, PHP.
Science and Technology - I have a particular interest in science and technology and enjoy learning new skills through reading and via online courses such as those found on Coursera and YouTube. Currently learning .Net.
I particularly enjoy the creative arts. Having sung in a number of bands, I have supported several well-known artists and made a television appearance. I still like to compose music regularly(all genres from pop to orchestral).
I exercise regularly and have a strong interest in fitness, nutrition and well-being, which has proved essential during the many years of self employment,
I consider myself a friendly, kind and out-going person who enjoys spending time with friends, family and my three wonderful teenage children.