Tullitec Ltd July 2018 • Present

Associate Consultant

  • IT Consulting for a number of organisations covering
    • Project management
    • Business Continuity Planning & Readiness Testing
    • Review and Analysis of IT Process & Procedures
    • Mentoring

Expertdivide Ltd March 2018 • July 2018

Freelance Consultant

  • Implement an MDM solution for the deployment and management of Apple Computers and iPads for a global specialist health service provider Iqarus Ltd
    • Selection of a suitable MDM Solution - JAMF Pro
    • Configuration of the JAMF MDM Solution and Policies
    • Enrol the existing fleet of Appple Computers into the MDM
    • Configure the JAMF MDM Solution policies for the enrolment of Computers under the Apple DEP program
    • Set up processes for the purchase of new Apple computers for the UK and Dubai Business Units
  • Build a new solution to integrate a consignment rental stock to and existing M3 ERP system, covering
    • Requests for new consignment stock
    • Requests for units to go on hire
    • Requests to take units off hire
    • Update certification details on consignment stock units
    • Return consignment stock to supplier locations
  • Revamp and migration of an existing web solution to a new virtual technical platform
  • Migration of existing Linux solutions to new virtual platforms.

Hydrasun Ltd Apr 2013 • February 2018

IT Project Manager

  • Responsible for the project management of in house IT projects according to infrastructure, application and 3rd party solution requirements.
  • Provide project technical support & expertise within the department, defining and delivering project procedures and guidelines to other project areas and project managers, providing backup to the IT Manager.
  • Design and Project Manage the delivery of SugarCRM / SuiteCRM and Custom Reporting to the external sales team, training the team in the optimal use of the solution. Development of custom modules for targeted business initiatives.

Swire Oilfield Services Ltd Apr 2011 • Sep 2012

Head of IT for UK & West Africa (April 2011 – Sept 2012)

  • Reported to the General Managers in the UK & West Africa
  • Responsible for all IT functions and services across both UK and West Africa (200+ users)
  • Responsible for £400k IT Budget across both regions.
  • Responsible for the operation and support of the M3 ERP & related Logistics
  • Provided guidance and support to the heads of IT in other regions as required.
  • Part of the core team that delivered upgrade to active directory and migration to Office 365.
  • Responsible for the design and delivery of the IT infrastructure required for a new £4 million group headquarters as a part of the core project team

Swire Oilfield Services Ltd Jan 2006 – Apr 2011

Group IT Manager

  • Reported to the Group CEO.
  • Responsible for all IT functions and services within the group (multiple locations across several countries across the globe).
  • Responsible for the successful delivery of the M3 ERP system in Norway 2006 and subsequently in UK (2009/2010) and ongoing service provision.
  • Responsible for the design and delivery of an interface between a major Norwegian customer’s ERP and the M3 ERP system that streamlined the order, delivery and invoicing processes.
  • Managed the relationships with external service providers in multiple countries covering hosting and infrastructure as well as all services related to the ERP system.
  • Responsible for the definition and control of the group IT budget (£1.5 million) for the UK and West Africa.
  • Mentored and supported IT staff across the group.

Swire Oilfield Services Ltd Jan 2005 • Dec 2005

Project Supervisor

  • Responsible for the review of the RFI for replacement rental management system including financial operations. Facilitated the selection of the final solution from the shortlist including demonstration of the solutions in several countries with the business teams from the UK and Norway.
  • Project managed the Implementation of the solution for the ERP system

Web consultancy work for various clients, Contract Mar 2004 • Dec 2004

  • Delivered custom web solutions for a range of clients based on open source technologies. (Apache Web Server, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Linux) for offshore test and certification systems.

Schlumberger DMS Aug 2003 • Feb 2004

Web Application Developer

  • Designed and developed a web solution to gather data from remote VSAT systems for remote management
  • (Hardware solution using bandwidth VSAT communications feeding data back to central Linux & Apache web based database, LDAP & real time monitoring unit).

SFS Creative Business Solutions Ltd Mar 2002 • Jun 2003

Software Development Team Leader

  • Supervised a team of 5 developers using visual basic, Java, SQL server, windows server for accounting asset management and stock control as well as developed bespoke software for company and its clients.

Web consultancy work for various clients Jan 2001 • Mar 2002

Web development consultancy / Development

  • Developed web solutions integrating into UNIX based Asset rental systems for the provision of certification data to customers and provided XML data feeds to customer SAP systems.
  • Built custom content management engine (CMS) and hosted and locally managed Apache Web Server, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Linux Platform.
  • PGS Atlantic Power Ltd Software Engineer / Unix Systems Administrator Mar 1997 - Jan 2001
  • Elf Enterprise Unix Systems Administrator (Contract Position) Sep 1993 - Feb 1997
  • Baseline Business Systems Ltd Bespoke Software Department Manager Jul 1990 - Aug 1993
  • Open Solutions Ltd Software Engineer Dec 1988 - Jul 1990
  • MASS R & D Software Engineer Jul 1986-Dec 1988
  • Gearhart Geodata Software Engineer Jul 1985 - Jul 1986
  • Thalassa Advanced Technologies Software Engineer Aug 1984 - Jul 1985