Scilogic Limited
Managing Director, 1991 - 2000

SciLogic was founded in 1991 to provide high level consultancy in object-oriented business solutions for a number of leading commercial and government clients. Most projects undertaken made extensive use of object oriented analysis and design methods and involve key technologies such as C++, MFC, COM and Active-X, Client-Server and ODBC. Projects undertaken through Scilogic include:-

For Ra Group Limited, 1996

Acted as Technical Architect leading the development team engaged in producing CLEO - an advanced Windows based POS quotation system for commercial package insurance. The CLEO system was analysed, designed and built using formal object orientated techniques and 3-tier client-server architecture. Tim Irving was responsible for the formal analysis, specification and design of the system using OMT and Jacobson methods and for the implementation of the middleware COM and ActiveX components in C++. The system was implemented in PowerBuilder and SQL Server on NT 4.0. Responsibilities included acting as technical mentor to the development team and introducing OO techniques to Ra Group. CLEO was successfully delivered in late 1997 and product won the award as the best broker software product of the year.

For CSC Continuum, 1995

Acted as Technical Architect to CSC Continuum, a division of CSC, to design its next generation of products for the life insurance area. Product components were designed and built using objected-oriented techniques (Visual C++, MFC for Windows NT) using COM middleware. Responsibilities included business analysis and detailed architecture specification with the client - Co-operative Bank. As a major part of this larger project Tim Irving designed and implemented RuleServer - an advanced graphical tool allowing business users to define high level business logic in the form of rules. The project was successfully commissioned with the client in 1995 and is now running live as a distributed system over 5 sites.

For POLARIS: a UK Insurance Consortium, 1994

Appointed as a technical consultant to Polaris advising on technical architectures for integrating new graphical toolsets with the rest of the insurance industry. As designer of the UnderWriter product for Ra Group (see below) Irving contributed some key ideas for integration of Polaris with existing software house systems. Responsibilities included extensive consultation with end-user software houses and presentation to board-level management of Polaris. UnderWriter was purchased by Polaris from Ra Group for a fee in excess of £1 Million.

For Sun Alliance (Ra Group), 1992

Commissioned by the Ra Group, a wholly owned division of Sun Alliance, to design and develop a Windows application for insurance underwriters. This product, UnderWriter, allows non-IT staff to model the complex logic of financial products using graphical rules. Responsibilities included design, implementation, testing and documentation. Led a team of four development staff during the commissioning and deployment phases of the project. UnderWriter was developed in Microsoft C and Windows SDK for Windows 3.1.

For Department of Trade and Industry, 1992

Appointed by the DTI to lead a consortium of companies in the FINJUST project. Responsibilities included project management, liaison with the DTI and project partners, technical design and development of the toolset and co-ordination of all project documentation. This project developed a methodology and software tool to help manufacturing companies evaluate investment in new technology. The consortium included a Belgium-based management consultancy and part of the University of Plymouth with expertise in CIM - computer integrated manufacturing.

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