Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DETAILS

    
  NAME Svatava TOWNDROW  
 
ADDRESS


69 Birchen Grove
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU2 7TL

  
 
DATE OF BIRTH
23/04/38		  
 
NATIONALITY
British (Czech origin)		  
 
TEL HOME
01582 416268		  
 
E-MAIL ADDRESS
svatava.towndrow@svatava.demon.co.uk		  
       
EDUCATION

      
  Schools Dates Exams / Qualifications  
 
Barnfield College
New Bedford Road
Luton LU2 7BF 		03/00-09/00
09/99-02/00 		Integrated Business Technology RSA III (Fast Track)
Integrated Business Technology RSA II 		 
 
Barnfield Tech Centre
Enterprise Way
Luton LU3 4BU
09/99-02/99
09/00-02/01
09/01-06/02 		Internet Technology I
Internet Technology II
Internet Technology III (Web Master) 		 
 
College of NE London
Bounds Green Centre
1992-1993
City & Guilds 726/Programming in Cobol I and II
IT Certificate in module: Programming and Coding in Cobol 		 
 
College of NE London
Tottenham Centre 		1992-1993
RSA CLAIT II (Computer Literacy and Information Technology) Exam series/session ‘91-’92		  
  Enfield College
Middlesex EN3 5HA

1991-1993
London Chamber of Commerce (LCCI)Business Administration Course
NCVQ/Unit Certificate/Information & Text Processing 		 
 
College of NE London
Bounds Green Centre
1990-1992
Pitman Word Processing Certificate
Elementary – First Class Pass
Intermediate – First Class Pass
RSA CLAIT Stage I Distinction		  
  FURTHER EDUCATION      
 

University of J E Purkyne
Czechoslovakia

1982-1982
1956-1961
PhD (Diploma) Graduate (Diploma)
Comparative Linguistics and Literature)
  
  Secondary Grammar
School
Czechoslovakia 		1952-1956 General Certificate of Education in:
Mathematics, History, Czech and Russian Languages
(equivalent to GCSE)		  
         
  Languages: Czech, English Russian    
         
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

      
  Name and Address
 Dates Position / Duties  
 
Abacus House
Dudley Road
Luton LU2 0NS
07/94-2001
Computer Services Bureau
(day shifts, night shifts, P/T)
database data entry: specialized software running under UNIX		  
 
The Training Network Gr
196 Great Cambridge Rd
Enfield EN1 1RP
(Provider)

09/93-01/94
02/94-03/94 		Word Processing Operator (temp)
creating, processing documents of all kinds (training
materials, mails shots, CV’s, forms etc), dBase III PLUS
Mailing System		  
 


Network Projects Training
196 Great Cambridge Rd
Enfield EN1 1RP
(Provider)


10/92-09/93 		Participant of Community Action/Training For Work scheme
administrative (computerized) support for staff,
training other participants		  
 
Parkfield Group plc
New Southgate N11
1990-06/90
Warehouse Assistant
Video Distribution stock control/dispatching orders/VDU-CFL software for stock
New Southgate N11 adjustments, stocktaking etc		  
  J & W Parker & Co Ltd 1988-1989
Storekeeper, including issuing material, book keeping,
Cushion Manufacturers stock control		  
         
 

In 1986 – 1987 I worked in a patisserie, making pastry, using a range of machinery etc.
When living in Czechoslovakia, I taught at several Secondary Schools (1961 – 1986), mostly humanitarian subjects.

HARDWARE USED
Standalone, menu and DOS driven: Opus PCV, RM Nimbus, IBM PC, XT, AT, Aptiva, Olivetti PCP100, Armstrad, DELL 486/50 (Windows),
Watford Electronics Aries Lite a400K; Elonex PC DOS V4.01 (non-dedicated)/Samsung/Hyundai /EveshamVale/Toshiba workstations linked
to NetWare, Novel 32 IPX/SPX
Douglas Donnel’s Gold system (Abacus Accountancy System )
Printers: dot matrix Epsom XL-800/lq-2500, HP LaserJet II/III, Panasonic KX-P1124I, Epson Stylus 750

APPLICATIONS (microcomputer)
Microsoft Office 97 (Word, Excel, Access)
WordPerfect v5.0 (inc. merge, doc_assembly, graphing, macros)
dBase III Plus (custom screen designs, reports, labels, interfacing with WP)
Spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3, QuatroPro, SuperCalc 5 (inc Lotus database, graphing, commands macros, transferring)
Operating Systems: MS-DOS (advanced); UNIX (multiuser), Windows 95/98/2000
Internet Tools (e.g. Eudora, WS_FTP, Web Authoring programs, e.g. Macromedia's Dreamweaver)

INTERESTS AND HOBBIES
Information Technology and computers, and everything that gives me an insight into the English culture and lifestyle.

REFERENCES (available on request)

 
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