Paul Hunt
IT and Financial Services
Prior to setting up Hoborgs Limited, Paul worked in various IT roles within the financial services industry, starting in Computer Operations in 1980. This was during the era of computing where open reel tape decks were in use for data backups and the drive for an exchangeable 60MB disk took up more space than a washing machine.
IT and Financial Services
Prior to setting up Hoborgs Limited, Paul worked in various IT roles within the financial services industry, starting in Computer Operations in 1980. This was during the era of computing where open reel tape decks were in use for data backups and the drive for an exchangeable 60MB disk took up more space than a washing machine.
System Development
Paul was responsible for three generations of a Branch Teller System for a regional building society.
Paul was responsible for three generations of a Branch Teller System for a regional building society.
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The system supported 300 users in a network of 60 branches. The work involved Project Management, Systems Analysis & Design, Programming and liaison with third party suppliers.
Each generation of the system built upon the strengths of previous versions and was fully integrated with the mainframe on-line system.
Later generations of the system were developed and maintained entirely in-house, an initiative that involved assuming full responsibility for the creation of communication and printer drivers while providing complete control over the functionality available to users. The in-house approach delivered major cost savings when compared with third party alternatives.
IT Architecture and Integration
Paul delivered an on-demand interactive interface for a new Mortgage Applications Processing System (MAPS) to use with the mainframe on-line system. The work involved designing the mainframe on-line modules and guiding the mainframe developers in creating these applications. The integration part of the project was successfully delivered well within the overall project time-scale.
Paul's Systems Integration team delivered interfaces and solutions associated with Mortgage Conduct of Business (MCOB), Insurance Conduct of Business (ICOB), Insurance Sales, Electronic ID, Personal Loans and Free Legal Fees. These initiatives involved combining software developed in-house with solutions provided by third parties.
Each generation of the system built upon the strengths of previous versions and was fully integrated with the mainframe on-line system.
Later generations of the system were developed and maintained entirely in-house, an initiative that involved assuming full responsibility for the creation of communication and printer drivers while providing complete control over the functionality available to users. The in-house approach delivered major cost savings when compared with third party alternatives.
IT Architecture and Integration
Paul delivered an on-demand interactive interface for a new Mortgage Applications Processing System (MAPS) to use with the mainframe on-line system. The work involved designing the mainframe on-line modules and guiding the mainframe developers in creating these applications. The integration part of the project was successfully delivered well within the overall project time-scale.
Paul's Systems Integration team delivered interfaces and solutions associated with Mortgage Conduct of Business (MCOB), Insurance Conduct of Business (ICOB), Insurance Sales, Electronic ID, Personal Loans and Free Legal Fees. These initiatives involved combining software developed in-house with solutions provided by third parties.
Volunteer Computing
Volunteer Computing is a type of distributed computing in which computer owners donate their computing resources (processing power, storage and Internet connection) to one or more projects.
Grid.org
Between 2002 and April 2007, Paul contributed computer time to Grid.org, which was the largest and most ambitious public interest grid venture so far attempted.
On Friday 27th April 2007, Grid.org announced it had completed its mission to demonstrate the viability and benefits of large-scale Internet-based grid computing and was shutting down.
The statistics in the run up to April 2007 indicated:
World Community Grid
Immediately following Grid.org closing down, Paul switched to World Community Grid in order to continue donating unused computer cycles to help make scientific inroads on humanitarian problems.
All Hoborgs Limited computers now contribute to the World Community Grid projects along with Rosetta, POEM@Home and Malariacontrol.net through the use of Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC).
» Visit our Volunteer Computing page
School Governor
Paul is a parent governor at a state high school, providing the Governor Link to the ICT and Business Studies Faculty and is a proactive member of the following Governing Body committees.
Paul led the Governing Body in reviewing the school's position with respect to the Financial Management Standard in Schools (FMSiS). Combined with the clear and precise procedures followed by the school bursar and finance office, the outcome of this work was an excellent external assessment against FMSiS. The inspector reported fewer issues than had been found in any other school.
Volunteer Computing is a type of distributed computing in which computer owners donate their computing resources (processing power, storage and Internet connection) to one or more projects.
Grid.org
Between 2002 and April 2007, Paul contributed computer time to Grid.org, which was the largest and most ambitious public interest grid venture so far attempted.
On Friday 27th April 2007, Grid.org announced it had completed its mission to demonstrate the viability and benefits of large-scale Internet-based grid computing and was shutting down.
The statistics in the run up to April 2007 indicated:
- 1,339,541 volunteers
- 3,723,124 devices
- 394,850,570 results returned
- 500,000 years (yes, years) of CPU time
World Community Grid
Immediately following Grid.org closing down, Paul switched to World Community Grid in order to continue donating unused computer cycles to help make scientific inroads on humanitarian problems.
All Hoborgs Limited computers now contribute to the World Community Grid projects along with Rosetta, POEM@Home and Malariacontrol.net through the use of Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC).
» Visit our Volunteer Computing page
School Governor
Paul is a parent governor at a state high school, providing the Governor Link to the ICT and Business Studies Faculty and is a proactive member of the following Governing Body committees.
- Standards
- Personnel
- Finance (Chair from September 2007)
Paul led the Governing Body in reviewing the school's position with respect to the Financial Management Standard in Schools (FMSiS). Combined with the clear and precise procedures followed by the school bursar and finance office, the outcome of this work was an excellent external assessment against FMSiS. The inspector reported fewer issues than had been found in any other school.
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