Experience

Reynolds and Reynolds UK

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Development Manager

  • Dec 2015 - Present

  Birmingham, United Kingdom Role is to be the visionary for the product set, product development strategy and direction in the UK. Responsibilities include market and competitor analysis, roadmap development and delivery of compelling and desirable products and services in the Retail Automotive market.

• Software Product Consultant

  • Mar 1998 - Present

  Northfield, BIRMINGHAM West Midlands United Kingdom Manage a team of business consultants, who work within the retail management team in an automotive retailer to maximse their ROI from their dealership management software. I am also the European Product Manager for the Accounting Software package in a dealer management system. Responsible for the onward development of the software to meet modern dealership needs and to meet UK, EU and global accounting standards as required.

• Business Analyst

  • 1999 - 2001

  Worked within a team of business analysts producing business requirements documents and designs for a more mature product for use in the automotive retail environment.



Lookers Motor Group Limited

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• (Final Position) Software Development Manager

  • Mar 1986 - Mar 1998

  Worked on a variety of roles, from telephone support through to in-dealership operations and finally working on special projects and software deveopment management



MANCHESTER GARAGES LIMITED

• United Kingdom

• Graduate System Administrator

  • Oct 1984 - Mar 1986

  Responsible for dealership management software, plus received training within each department, to learn and understand how a dealership worked. The group had car and commercial branches and I learned my craft in both.