experience

A "hands-on" analyst/programmer and consultant with 18 years experience of client/server software and internet related business and project management methodology, including some of the UK's most prestigious technology projects. Experience of managing large development teams up to 80 staff.

Managed development of the UK's first ever online secure software purchasing system for Software Warehouse.

Managed development of critical systems for Global businesses including client/server applications for British Telecom, British Airways, Honda, Dun & Bradstreet, Morgan Stanley, Nokia and Halifax and Britannic Building Societies.

Acted as technology consultant for British Telecom (on behalf of E-plan Solutions Ltd) during specification of their new Broadvision-based Intranet.

Key Skills include:
Systems Analysis, PHP / MySQL programming.
Linux and Apple XServe server administration.

Strategic planning, product and team development, solutions development, project management and team coaching, business development, business process re-engineering and interface design.

Specialist in information management solutions and their application to business processes with an emphasis on solving business problems and human-computer interaction issues (usability).

Design and implementation of workflow and management reporting systems. Definition of efficient business process methodology, audit tracking and production optimisation, process definition. - "Redefining the way businesses think about information management".

Client Responsibilities
Consulting with clients at board level and internal project initiation team through requirements gathering and business analysis, functional specification, interface and graphic design, software development, testing and implementation. Typical development life-cycle 6-12 months. Largely FMCG client base.

Business Responsibilities
Technologies include HTML, ASP, JSP, Broadvision, Siebel, Oracle, Linux (Red Hat & Debian) in development of a multitude of bespoke Internet, Intranet and middleware applications.Define new and more efficient methods of information management. Definition and continuous improvement of business and product strategy, delivery process, staff recruitment and career development. Future planning and an entrepreneurial attitude to new business opportunities.

Role Description
As a founder director of tw2 I was integral to the growth of the business from 20 to 115 staff. I initiated and recruited for Development (all disciplines), Project Management, Specification, Usability, Marketing and Strategy departments, personally recruiting over 50 staff. In particular, the User Centred Design team (6 trained psychologists) have been a major influence on the quality and level of client satisfaction that tw2 has provided to some of the world's leading companies for their Internet, Extranet and Intranet projects.

Many of these projects involved inventing or re-engineering the business processes employed by our clients in order to solve real-world business problems.

Business Responsibilities
Contract Negotiations and product development strategy with US software developers in order to market products across Europe. Consulting on software functionality and interface development, EU manufacture, distribution and marketing.

Role Description
As Marketing Director for this large and respected company I was required to negotiate at CEO level with companies such as Starfish (sidekick), Trend Micro (PC-Cillin), Cybermedia (First Aid) and Touchstone. I established relationships with many UK mail order resellers and designed off-the-page campaigns for our products, both in mail order catalogues and the IT press.

Business Responsibilities
This start-up software publishing company was part-owned by Software Warehouse PLC (now Jungle.com) and Kiss Software Inc. (US). The objective was to re-brand, re-engineer and market US software products in Europe. The success of the venture resulted in it's sale in 1994 to Roderick Manhattan Ltd, where it was incorporated into the group, allowing both Kiss and Roderick Manhattan increased market share.

Role Description
As Managing Director for this startup company I was required to build the business from the ground up, from business plan to first contract. It was here that I recruited my first software development team to re-engineer US products and develop Windows applications using Borland Delphi.