Experience

Stonepillow

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Analyst

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Helping Stonepillow to improve the use of technology across the organisation. Particularly in the capture, processing and reporting of client data. Helping Stonepillow to improve the use of technology across the organisation. Particularly in the capture, processing and reporting of client data.



French Property Links

• Company Owner

  • Sep 2000 - Present

  All tasks required to create a market leading property portal targeting international buyers of French property. Requirements gathering, analysis, database design, website design, development, accounting, recruitment, strategy, sales, SEO, and ongoing management. The high point was becoming the busiest French property portal in the UK on 26th December 2007 (as measured by Hitwise). More recent management activity has been focussed on rightsizing the business following a number of economic headwinds including the great financial crash (2008/2009), Brexit and Covid 19. Since 2001 the website has contributed over £45,000 to Medicins Sans Frontiers, Oxfam, Tearfund and Cancer Research.



Skandia

• Sweden
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Consultant

  • May 1995 - Dec 2001

  Project leading, analysis, design, development, testing and implementation on a variety of projects including Skandia's first critical illness product. Project managing the largest testing project Skandia had ever undertaken: to test for year 2000 compliance. Ongoing management of a small team of analyst/programmers supporting the offshore business based on the Isle of Man. Project leading, analysis, design, development, testing and implementation on a variety of projects including Skandia's first critical illness product. Project managing the largest testing project Skandia had ever undertaken: to test for year 2000 compliance. Ongoing management of a small team of analyst/programmers supporting the offshore business based on the Isle of Man.



Various including Sharelink Investment Services, Charles Schwab, Allied Dunbar and Synon/2 Europe

• IT Consultant

  • Nov 1992 - May 1995

  User requirement specification, systems analysis, database analysis, design and programming for a range of large clients mostly in the investment sector. Redeveloping portfolio management and trading systems. User requirement specification, systems analysis, database analysis, design and programming for a range of large clients mostly in the investment sector. Redeveloping portfolio management and trading systems.



Skandia

• Sweden
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analyst/Programmer

  • May 1989 - Nov 1992

  Started as a trainee programmer on the System 38 and IBM AS/400, learning RPG. Progressed up to Analyst programmer, leading and managing projects using the computer aided software engineering package Synon/2. User liaison, requirements gathering, analysis, design, programming and implementation. Highlight was leading a project to create a system to manage a highly complex and flexible off shore product sold to high net worth individuals. This involved trips to the Isle of Man to gather user requirements, the developement of prototypes and subsequent systems.



IBM

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pre-University Development Student

  • Jan 1985 - Aug 1985

  Involved in a variety of hardware projects in IBM's UK development laboratories. Mostly at the testing phase. Also responsible for the analysis of US product failure statistics including the creation of management reports used to assess actions required to rectify problem areas. Involved in a variety of hardware projects in IBM's UK development laboratories. Mostly at the testing phase. Also responsible for the analysis of US product failure statistics including the creation of management reports used to assess actions required to rectify problem areas.