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CHRIS LOCKE
Database Developer | SQL Server & .NET | 37 Years in IT | VB6-to-.NET Migration Specialist
Colchester, Essex | contact@chrisjlocke.co.uk | 07594 616 440 | GitHub | LinkedIn Notice period: 4 weeks
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 37 years’ experience across the full IT stack, from hardware and networking through to database and application development
- Maintain a live operational database of 354,500 UK hotel records and 23 automated import processes handling up to 67,000 records per run
- Redesigned commission processing, cutting a 24 man-hour monthly run down to 3, and weekly transaction matching from 16 hours to 1
- Hands-on experience migrating legacy VB6 systems into VB.NET and SSIS, with C# actively in progress
PROFILE
I am a database-focused software developer with 37 years’ experience across the full IT stack - from hardware, servers and networking through to application and database development. I specialise in designing and building data-driven systems in SQL Server and VB.NET: normalised relational database design, complex T-SQL (CTEs, joins, stored procedures), SSIS-based ETL pipelines and SQL Agent automation. I act as the technical conduit between departments, turning inconsistent source data (CSV/XLS imports, third-party feeds) into reliable, structured systems that other teams can depend on day to day. I am equally at home diagnosing an infrastructure problem as designing a schema, having spent two decades before this covering servers, networks and end-user support before moving into full-time development. I am currently extending this skillset from VB.NET into C#, and maintain a genuine interest in picking up new languages and tools outside of work. Practical, detail-oriented, loyal and reliable, I work efficiently both independently and within a team, with a track record of long-term roles, several spanning 7-10 years, and of taking projects from concept through to delivery. I am now looking to bring this experience into a senior database or development role, with particular interest in legacy modernisation and migration work.