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Skills and Experience
- Extensive project management and commercial experience.
- Excellent consultancy, training, communication and facilitation skills.
- Worked with a wide range of end-user customers and solution partners.
- Good programming skills in VB, VBA, HTML, Access and Javascript.
- Highly proficient in full range of Microsoft office tools plus Visio
and MS-Project.
- Trained in a variety of knowledge management and process mapping techniques.
Education
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| 2004 |
PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner, Key Skills Ltd. |
| 2000 |
Diploma in Company Direction, Institute of Directors, University
of Salford |
| 1987 |
D.Phil., Physics (awarded K.M. Stott prize), University of York |
| 1984 |
B.Sc. (Hons) 2:1, Physics, University of York |
| 1980 |
A-levels include: Maths (A), Physics (B), Further Maths (C), Armthorpe
Comprehensive. |
| 1978 |
O-levels include: Maths (A), Physics (A), French (A), Eng.Lang.
(A), Armthorpe Comprehensive. |
Work Experience
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| 2002- Date |
Consultant Project Manager, Mimica
Current project is managing the setup of Registration Authority
for the 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Trust. Other projects include
an extensive knowledge audit for BAE SYSTEMS looking at Continuous
Improvement on Eurofighter, providing a seminar on knowledge mapping
for Pfizer and providing training in knowledge mapping and consultancy
for Philips Lighting.
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| 2000- 2002 |
Director, Cogsys Ltd.
Cogsys supplied process automation solutions to a wide variety
of blue chip clients and partners in the UK and overseas. Reporting
to the chairman I had full P+L responsibility for my division. Clients
included Servelec (project for Singapore Government), Bombardier
Transportation, National Air Traffic Services, South West water,
Aylesford Newsprint, United Utilities, RAC and Advantica.
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| 1996- 2000 |
Divisional Manager, Cogsys Ltd.
Reporting to the Managing Director, I managed all aspects of operations
for a division of 15 people, including training, consultancy, product
development and sales & marketing. Clients included The Innovations
Group, United Utilities, MTRC (Hong Kong), Yorkshire Water, Corus
and the Highways Agency.
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| 1990- 1996 |
Senior Consultant, Cogsys Ltd.
Joined the company on secondment from British Gas and transferred
permanently after 18 months. Reporting to the Managing Director
I was responsible for identifying, developing and delivering new
applications of our product in order to establish and grow the market.
Clients included BHP Steels (Australia), NTL, AWE, British Gas,
Corus, BP, BT, Avesta and Zeneca.
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| 1987- 1990 |
Senior Engineer, Advanced Controls Group, British Gas plc
Project managed the test site for the COGSYS real-time expert system
as part of a collaborative project involving 35 blue chip companies.
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| 1986 & 1987 |
Demonstrator, Science Foundation Course, Open University
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| 1980- 1981 |
Industrial Placement with British Steel Sheffield Laboratories
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Other Information
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- Principal author of 15 papers and articles on physics, knowledge
based systems and knowledge management.
- Basic French.
- Clean driving licence.
- When I am not acting as a taxi service for my childen I like
playing guitar and chess, hill walking, films, theatre, reading
and travel.
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