I now have the time and patience to sort most maths problems

Curriculum Vitae

Brian Frederick Fox
Born 22nd November 1940

Education – training

Beal Primary until 1952 passed 11+
Goole Grammar School 1952 to 1960 7 “O” level 5 “A” level GSE
Won an East Riding of Yorkshire Scholarship to University.
Manchester University 1950 to 1963 B.Sc. Hons mathematics
IBM 1963 8-week course computer programming “Auto coder”
English Electric 1996 6-week course computer programming COBOL
Recent on-line study HTML Javascript PHP and SQL I can create web sites

Work experience

1963 to 1964 Stuarts & Lloyds steel works programming LEO II and IBM 1410
1964 to 1968 various computer programming jobs. Wrote system software for NCR 315 computer and worked as a consultant to the UK government.
1968 to present working as consultant on various projects.

Worked for 5 years in Saudi Arabia as manager of importer of UK built mini computers

Worked almost 2 years is USA based in Las Vegas and Houston. Worked with Ford Aerospace. I headed sales team to propose UK built video equipment to upgrade mission control at NASA.. Used the equipment for sporting events at Ceasar’s Palace

I formed a company in early in 2012 with the partner of my daughter. I transferred all my on-going software contracts to this company. I have no day-to-day responsibilities.

I have no formal teacher training but I have given training to adults as part of their work.

Computer programming – COBOL BASIC
Software Sage accounting systems entry level Word and Excel

I was born in a small village into a poor family. Education and hard work took me from there to NASA and having morning coffee with Diana Ross and Joan Rivers.