about schemiotics
Schemiotics is mostly just me - Brian Smith - a professional developer with some 20 years experience on the PC platform, as well as experience in hardware design and maintenance. In addition, I am occasionally aided by a small network of colleagues with a wide range of skills and experience, but above all with a similar concern for quality and professionalism in the work that we do.
Some of the roles and experiences I have accumulated over the years before my life as a freelance developer are listed below:
- Consultant for a small bespoke and package PC software house, developing communications software and embedded firmware using C and assembler.
- IS Manager for a busy computer direct-sales organisation, developing OLTP systems for order processing, accounts management, and stock control.
- IT Manager for a large electrical retailer , managing a growing team of support and development staff, and having primary responsibility for software development, including coding standards, methodology, & user interface design.
- Proprietor of a software house - developing and marketing an off-the-shelf communications package for the Acorn Archimedes computer, written in C and ARM assembler.
- Team Leader of National Software Support function for Wang Office Systems.