Paul Bandler @Opal 1993 – 1996

 

 

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Experience

 

At the beginning of 1993 I was one of a small team recruited by French entrepreneur to establish Opal Communications Pty, a small software product company in Melbourne.  Opal was a subsidiary to a similarly small French company called NetManSys established by the same entrepreneur after having left a successful career in HP to pursue product development complimentary to the HP OpenView Telecommunications platform.  Opal developed two software products that were deployed as HP and NetManSys products, one a GDMO modelling tool that assisted in the construction, verification and maintenance of large telecommunications object models, and a second, a C++ TMN application framework and code generator.

 

 

 

Achievements

 

Developed a ‘file-export’ component of the GDMO modelling tool, my first commercial hands-on C++ experience.  The first fully functional version of this product was delivered to HP within 5 months of the company opening.

Assigned the role of lead developer in the investigation project into the C++ application framework. Subsequently anointed Technical Director for Opal that effectively meant a role encompassing project management, quality management design and implementation tasks.

Liaised extensively with NetManSys  and HP’s Telecom Management Division in Colorado through weekly teleconferences, reports and visits.

 

The C++ Managed Object Toolkit framework project was a challenging project both in terms of the complexity of the domain, the lack of clear requirements and limits of the C++ technology of the time.  However these problems were all overcome and we delivered into the HP manufacturing release process the 1.0 GA release at the end of 1995.

Established sophisticated multi-site configuration management using ClearCase that enabled effective collaboration between Opal in Melbourne, NetManSys in Grenoble and the sponsoring HP division in Colorado.

Established sophisticated multi-site defect tracking using a Distributed Defect Tracking System from Rationale.

Organised a 3-day C++ Frameworks training seminar given by a well-known trainer and author from the US.  Although originally motivated as a training exercise for Opal engineers, it was opened up to other companies and we managed to make a significant profit on it!

 

 

 

By prior long-term agreement, Opal closed for business at the end of 1995 after delivering the 1.0 MOT product release.  The team was rewarded generously for their Herculean effort and a significant core of the team took employment with Open Technologies (now Open Telecommunications) who took over the maintenance and subsequent two releases of the MOT for HP.

 

 

I joined Open Technologies on a contract basis to assist in the establishment of the Melbourne based group, to smooth the transition and help with the next release.  I stayed nearly a year before leaving to return to Europe at the end of 1996.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E-mail: mailto:pbandler@cseuk.co.uk | Tel: 07770 921231