Systems Consultant

Systems Consultant with a portfolio of blue chip corporates across diverse market sectors, providing programme and project management, ICT & Infrastructure transformation, systems design & development, implementation and technology transformation expertise. Some of the clients included:

Airbus   -   Aerospace

• Systems Design Authority for Skynet Network Management Systems
• Technical Design Authority for the high-grade secure campus and metropolitan networks

Prudential Corporation   -   Financial Services & Investment Fund Management

• Business Technology & ICT Transformation consultancy
• Design & implementation of a global corporate messaging backbone using IBM S-Message, integrating all corporate messaging systems; main frame, Microsoft, Lotus Notes and legacy systems
• Project management of 5 floor office building infrastructure transformation, providing multi path fibre optic back bones and distributed structure cabling with 5000 access ports
• Design and project management of a network infrastructure upgrade from legacy Gandalf to a Cisco infrastructure platform using distribute Catalyst 6000 with full fault tolerance design
• Design and project management of a wide area network using a mixture of ISDN and X25 access circuits
• Implementation of Novell SFT III and then the migration to Microsoft Server platform and implementation of AD architecture
• ITT management for the out sourcing of Support Services, eventually awarded to HP
• Design & Project Management of Data Centre refurbishment, requiring maintenance of 24/7 operations
• Review and proposal of business continuity strategy including secondary managed serviced systems infrastructure and office facilities in the case of business disaster scenarios

Apex Venture Capital   -   Venture Capital Fund Management

• Business Technology & ICT consultancy to support fund management acquisitions
• Development of Fund Management System
• Design & Project Management of Data Centre refurbishment
• Design & implementation of Active Directory federated services
• Review and proposal of business continuity strategy including secondary managed serviced systems infrastructure

Gouldens (Jones Day)   -   Legal

• Business Technology & ICT Transformation consultancy
• Review, specification and implementation of business technology transformation from standalone office systems to a fully integrated office system using a combination of Novell & Microsoft technologies
• Development & implementation of an electronic forms application and matter database, supporting all legal, company and financial sectors
• Design & development of a "wysiwyg" integrated computer fax system, before standard functionality was available
• Implementation of a document imaging database with integrated OCR to support litigation matter searches

Knight Frank   -   Real Estate

• Design & implementation of a national wide area network connecting all remote and central London offices; using ISDN tail circuits
• Project management and implementation of Microsoft corporate e-mail system across all central and remote offices

UK Government & MoD

• Business Technology & ICT Transformation consultancy
• Major document data conversion programme of work for central government and MoD, including the development of be-spoke conversion software
• Cost benefits analysis for DCSA with respect to the implementation of a replacement integrated network work management and incident management system call E2E
• Support for legacy CPT Systems and consultancy on technology replacement transformation

Inmarsat   -   Telecommunications

• Design and production of integration & verification specification including test design and script authoring for Began UMTS network design service verification

Bank of New York

• Egress firewall installation & configuration to secure international links into London offices