Experience

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  Ex: BBC

  • Retired

    • Feb 2024 - Present

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  not currently working

  • on sabbatical

    • May 2014 - Feb 2024

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  BBC

  • United Kingdom
  • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Metadata Specialist, Information & Archives

    • 2009 - Apr 2014

    Fabric Programme – Data Migration Lead (responsible for all data migration transformation rules from programme-centric catalogue (INFAX) to a new digital asset management system (FABRIC). • Defined nearly 3,000 rules for ETL developers to migrate and transform approx. 30 million items of data.• Building a group of skilled contractors and business experts into an effective, motivated and cohesive team.

  • Systems Development Manager, Information & Archives

    • 2007 - 2009

    Digital Media Initiative - Data Governance and Policy Lead (responsible for data policy decisions across all aspects of a complex business change and technology programme). Management of suppliers, stakeholders and business experts to drive progress. • Chaired pan-programme BBC data governance board• Lead a team of consultants and SMEs• Owned communication of data requirements to external suppliers

  • Senior Asset Specialist, Information & Archives

    • May 2004 - 2007

    OneVision - Subject Matter Expert on a digital archive and data integration project delivered to several hundred staff. 8 months of development with various suppliers. • Subject matter expert across the whole project lifecycle• Worked with numerous different suppliers on the delivery of the complex system• Lead testing and demonstrations of the system to > 500 stakeholdersBBC enterprise Production Reporting System - Product Owner responsible for ensuring the system functioned, and driving functional and data changes and initiatives to improve data quality • Lead liaison with support provider• Lead contact for internal and external stakeholders• Management of data and requirements

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  BBC Technology

  • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Data Analyst, Media Data Group

    • Sep 2001 - Apr 2004

    Data modelling and data integration for Mercury Project (digital production and asset management), delivered to BBC Executive Committee.• Worked across Europe with major system supplier on requirements, design and testing• Developed and maintained ERD model to ensure the data model was fully aligned with requirements.Work on BBC enterprise logical data model (then known as 'SMEF').Design and initial implementation of corporate metadata repository

  • Business Analyst, Applications Management

    • Jan 1999 - Sep 2001

    Full range of business and systems analysis duties for BBC’s central archive programme catalogue and library system. Requirements gathering, specification writing, testing, deployment and training.• Y2K test scripts and testing for INFAX.

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  BBC

  • Information Systems Manager, Broadcast Archives

    • Jan 1996 - Dec 1998

    Subject matter expert in data migration of Sound Archive systems onto INFAX (BBC TV Archive system). Data and system management, support and training for all existing systems used by radio archive staff and customers. Integration testing of applications in refreshed technology environments.• Considerable liaison with network and PC support specialists• Training of radio production staff in archive systems

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  BBC

  • United Kingdom
  • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Acquisitions & Data Manager, Sound Library

    • 1991 - 1995

    Lead in computerisation of BBC Sound Archive catalogue and stock systems, including data migration, system design and introduction of new system to staff and customers. Managed evolution of new technology and workflows at Sound Archives Centre developing team into a customer-focused service.• Led relationships with external suppliers• Working with offshore data migration company• Resource and facility management

  • Various roles across all library functions and management

    • 1981 - 1991

    Experience in the range of library specialisms including research, circulation, stock management, acquisitions and cataloguing - at both operational and managerial levels. • Thesaurus management• Staff training, appraisal and selection• Cataloguing and classification .

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  Hayter

  • Spellbrook

  • Machine Operator

    • 1979 - 1979
    • Spellbrook

    Manufacturing sheet metal, plate metal and other components for high quality lawnmowers.