John O'Brien BSc MSc FCILT
Country Manager at Soloplan GmbH- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Soloplan GmbH
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Germany
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Country Manager
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Feb 2021 - Present
Building Soloplan in the UK Building Soloplan in the UK
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MacroArt
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United Kingdom
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Printing Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager ERP Implementation
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Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
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AMCO
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United Kingdom
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager ERP Implementation
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Jul 2017 - Mar 2019
Implemented the CarLo Transport Management System from German software house SoloPlan for this GBP 30M T/O 3PL specialised in the motor industry. Implemented the CarLo Transport Management System from German software house SoloPlan for this GBP 30M T/O 3PL specialised in the motor industry.
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Goldin Wines
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Hong Kong
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ERP Consultant Sage X3 - Project Management and Implementation
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Jan 2015 - Feb 2017
Goldin invested in an ERP locally but could not invoke a screen at the time the budget was exhausted. That's when they came to the UK and found me. With responsibility for everything including vendor selection (Sage X3, Rackspace and Telstra) I got them up and running with what they needed in 14 months. Soup to nuts. On my own. Goldin invested in an ERP locally but could not invoke a screen at the time the budget was exhausted. That's when they came to the UK and found me. With responsibility for everything including vendor selection (Sage X3, Rackspace and Telstra) I got them up and running with what they needed in 14 months. Soup to nuts. On my own.
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DataArt
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Development Director
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Oct 2010 - Dec 2014
Offshore software development Offshore software development
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MD
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Oct 2008 - Sep 2010
All aspects of managing this start-up software company including managing the development resource and defining strategy. Applications developed and deployed for clients included Intelligent EDI, Job Planning, Fleet Management (including engine management data capture and satellite tracking). Route Optimisation for Pallet Distribution. Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing. USP was integration of satellite data with planning data designed into the system from inception. Business Intelligence from the NEVA system far surpassed any competitive offering. Show less
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Charles Gee
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Essex
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Head of IT
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May 2005 - Sep 2008
Overall direction of IT. Implemented a wide area network allowing replacement of individual line-of-business applications and eMail with a single corporate database architecture. Outsourced server hosting and management for efficient use of resources. Integrated accounting and line-of-business databases for highly automated business processes. Overall direction of IT. Implemented a wide area network allowing replacement of individual line-of-business applications and eMail with a single corporate database architecture. Outsourced server hosting and management for efficient use of resources. Integrated accounting and line-of-business databases for highly automated business processes.
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PPS
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Essex
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Head of IT
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Apr 2003 - Apr 2005
Strategy and management. Replaced high maintenance desktop network with Thin Client architecture. Integrated line of business systems for efficiency and reduction of manual overhead. Strategy and management. Replaced high maintenance desktop network with Thin Client architecture. Integrated line of business systems for efficiency and reduction of manual overhead.
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Senior Analyst
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Sep 1999 - Mar 2003
Project Management, IT Management, EDI Specialist, Lead separation of IT into Applications and Operations. Project Management, IT Management, EDI Specialist, Lead separation of IT into Applications and Operations.
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Ford Motor Company
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Brentwood Essex and Madrid Spain
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Senior Analyst
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Feb 1987 - Oct 1999
Various roles following graduation with MSc in Computer Science including three and a half years managing Dealership Systems for Ford of Spain. Various roles following graduation with MSc in Computer Science including three and a half years managing Dealership Systems for Ford of Spain.
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Education
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Queen's University Belfast
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science