Kevin Rowland
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Dave Sheppard
During my time at Royal Mail I managed Infostrata as one of a number of suppliers. Kevin Rowland was the lead solution architect and delivery lead; and day to day contact for the organisation. Kevin showed excellent knowledge and skill throughout the Microsoft stack and was critical to the overall success of the project. He was able to adapt his industry standard process skills and wide ranging practical experience of getting things to work on the ground, to the unconventional architectural and process adopted at the Royal Mail Group. On a personal level, Kevin was able to integrate effectively into a multi-organisational team, including CSC, and contribute to supporting all members of the team even when outside the scope of his work. The migration of applications from Lotus Notes to SharePoint involved a wide range of work to the migration of simple, but high volume applications; through to integrating solutions to legacy applications. Even when challenges were met, Kevin was always quick to react to find alternative and pragmatic solutions to ensure the overall goal of fully decommissioning Lotus Notes. This was critical to the success of a project, where the risk is always 100% of the effort can easily be focused on 80% of achievable deliverables, leaving the more challenging 20% undelivered, as can often happen in large scale migration and decommissioning projects. Kevin got on extremely well with end users and stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. I look forward to working with Kevin again in the future, and would recommend him to any future client or employer.
Greg Kirkpatrick
Kevin and his company are probably the most able programmers I have met. They are able to supply well executed solutions to complex business requirements using the latest technologies.
Dave Sheppard
During my time at Royal Mail I managed Infostrata as one of a number of suppliers. Kevin Rowland was the lead solution architect and delivery lead; and day to day contact for the organisation. Kevin showed excellent knowledge and skill throughout the Microsoft stack and was critical to the overall success of the project. He was able to adapt his industry standard process skills and wide ranging practical experience of getting things to work on the ground, to the unconventional architectural and process adopted at the Royal Mail Group. On a personal level, Kevin was able to integrate effectively into a multi-organisational team, including CSC, and contribute to supporting all members of the team even when outside the scope of his work. The migration of applications from Lotus Notes to SharePoint involved a wide range of work to the migration of simple, but high volume applications; through to integrating solutions to legacy applications. Even when challenges were met, Kevin was always quick to react to find alternative and pragmatic solutions to ensure the overall goal of fully decommissioning Lotus Notes. This was critical to the success of a project, where the risk is always 100% of the effort can easily be focused on 80% of achievable deliverables, leaving the more challenging 20% undelivered, as can often happen in large scale migration and decommissioning projects. Kevin got on extremely well with end users and stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. I look forward to working with Kevin again in the future, and would recommend him to any future client or employer.
Greg Kirkpatrick
Kevin and his company are probably the most able programmers I have met. They are able to supply well executed solutions to complex business requirements using the latest technologies.
Dave Sheppard
During my time at Royal Mail I managed Infostrata as one of a number of suppliers. Kevin Rowland was the lead solution architect and delivery lead; and day to day contact for the organisation. Kevin showed excellent knowledge and skill throughout the Microsoft stack and was critical to the overall success of the project. He was able to adapt his industry standard process skills and wide ranging practical experience of getting things to work on the ground, to the unconventional architectural and process adopted at the Royal Mail Group. On a personal level, Kevin was able to integrate effectively into a multi-organisational team, including CSC, and contribute to supporting all members of the team even when outside the scope of his work. The migration of applications from Lotus Notes to SharePoint involved a wide range of work to the migration of simple, but high volume applications; through to integrating solutions to legacy applications. Even when challenges were met, Kevin was always quick to react to find alternative and pragmatic solutions to ensure the overall goal of fully decommissioning Lotus Notes. This was critical to the success of a project, where the risk is always 100% of the effort can easily be focused on 80% of achievable deliverables, leaving the more challenging 20% undelivered, as can often happen in large scale migration and decommissioning projects. Kevin got on extremely well with end users and stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. I look forward to working with Kevin again in the future, and would recommend him to any future client or employer.
Greg Kirkpatrick
Kevin and his company are probably the most able programmers I have met. They are able to supply well executed solutions to complex business requirements using the latest technologies.
Dave Sheppard
During my time at Royal Mail I managed Infostrata as one of a number of suppliers. Kevin Rowland was the lead solution architect and delivery lead; and day to day contact for the organisation. Kevin showed excellent knowledge and skill throughout the Microsoft stack and was critical to the overall success of the project. He was able to adapt his industry standard process skills and wide ranging practical experience of getting things to work on the ground, to the unconventional architectural and process adopted at the Royal Mail Group. On a personal level, Kevin was able to integrate effectively into a multi-organisational team, including CSC, and contribute to supporting all members of the team even when outside the scope of his work. The migration of applications from Lotus Notes to SharePoint involved a wide range of work to the migration of simple, but high volume applications; through to integrating solutions to legacy applications. Even when challenges were met, Kevin was always quick to react to find alternative and pragmatic solutions to ensure the overall goal of fully decommissioning Lotus Notes. This was critical to the success of a project, where the risk is always 100% of the effort can easily be focused on 80% of achievable deliverables, leaving the more challenging 20% undelivered, as can often happen in large scale migration and decommissioning projects. Kevin got on extremely well with end users and stakeholders at all levels of the organisation. I look forward to working with Kevin again in the future, and would recommend him to any future client or employer.
Greg Kirkpatrick
Kevin and his company are probably the most able programmers I have met. They are able to supply well executed solutions to complex business requirements using the latest technologies.
Experience
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HappyWired Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Consulting Director
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Apr 2017 - Present
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Microsoft 365 and Power Platform Architect
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May 2021 - Present
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Office 365 Specialist
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Apr 2017 - May 2021
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Britecloud
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Solutions Architect
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Apr 2018 - Present
Designing and implementing large-scale cloud-based solutions based on Microsoft technologies, including the migrations of data and processes from legacy systems. Designing and implementing large-scale cloud-based solutions based on Microsoft technologies, including the migrations of data and processes from legacy systems.
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Infostrata Solutions Ltd
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Sheffield, United Kingdom
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SharePoint Solutions Architect
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Nov 2008 - Apr 2017
A varied role incorporating many aspects of SharePoint solution development, configuration, and migration for large public and private enterprises. On a daily basis I’m responsible for project management, requirement gathering, and collaborating with our development teams, local and remote. As a company we are often working for large IT outsourcing companies as their SharePoint specialists. In this role I’m usually responsible for specifying and delivering SharePoint based solutions to their clients, whilst providing project management, support, and knowledge transfer to the outsourcer. I also keep track of the development process and provide technical input into our agile based development team. Show less
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Owner
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Jan 2004 - Nov 2008
ASP .NET web application development ASP .NET web application development
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Ashton Court Group Ltd
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Developer
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1999 - 2004
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House of Flags
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United Kingdom
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Printing Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software developer
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1997 - 1999
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Education
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Firebrand
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