Woolworths, Rochdale
The system documentation was mostly missing or out-of-date and the
up-to-date sources for the programs had been lost. Malcolm initiated and
implemented documentation of the system and recovered the latest sources
and set up a new Software Release procedure.
Applied Communications Inc
Working on BASE24 and using INSPECT, GENSIM, Malcolm enhanced debugged
and documented authentication satellite program for for which the sources
and documentation were not trustworthy. He established proper working
sources, test procedures and documentation, and brought the project up
to ACI standards.
Zeneca, Alderley Edge
Testing Y2K changes to a Focus based IBM VM drugs research database,
using TSO.
Malcolm established the Y2K changes from the Database and the coding,
specified and agreed test procedures and signoff standards with the users,
and implemented them.
IT Services Warrington
Malcolm carried out testing of a Unix/Informix based health trust
package. Following on from his initial findings he suggested a new test
management structure, agreed and established fault reporting procedures
between client and supplier and installed a test site for the system..
Luft-Transport-Unternehmung (LTU) Düsseldorf
Working in German and English in SQL, TACL on Tandem and IBM DB2 (SPUFI,
CICS, QMF), Malcolm set up and documented test databases and test procedures
for comparing the old IBM and new Tandem versions of the system. He later
proposed, specified and implemented a test environment for the Tandem
system using TACL, SQL and C.
British Sugar & LSA Technology
TLO had installed an OS9 system at British Sugar for control of industrial
robots, written in C. The project was put at risk by the disappearance
of the software expert from TLO. Malcolm picked up the system, re-installed
and documented it.
Robert H. Cox, the then Managing Director of TLO Technology Limited said:
"Mr. Malcolm Cowen was employed by TLO as a software sub-contractor on
a project carried out for British Sugar Plc. The project had been started
by a TLO software engineer who left, leaving the software unfinished and
not fully commissioned. It is normally quite difficult for another software
engineer to be able to modify and develop another software engineer's
work, especially in this case, because the software was written in C and
assembler, running under OS/9 in real time, and blown into EPROM's in
a VME system. Malcolm not only managed to pick up from where the previous
software engineer left off, but completed the project within the original
time-scale, with improvements and enhancements within the software. We
have no hesitation in recommending Malcolm as a software engineer, and
are sure that he is able to apply the same skills and dedication shown
during his period with us, on whatever project he is given.
Telekurs, Zürich, Frankfurt
Working from a mixture of sources and documentation, Malcolm designed,
enhanced, documentated and reconciled conflicting versions of a Tandem
TAL library from existing libraries in German and English.
Girobank, Bootle
Malcolm specifying tests, installed/developed test tools including
ENCORE, testing the new CALM system, using ENABLE, ENFORM.
