Experience

The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Network Manager

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  Reporting to the Bursar, managing a team of 3 IT professionals, to work with the schools senior leadership to strategically manage and develop the school’s ICT and facilitate its continued success as the UK's top Secondary School. Reporting to the Bursar, managing a team of 3 IT professionals, to work with the schools senior leadership to strategically manage and develop the school’s ICT and facilitate its continued success as the UK's top Secondary School.



St Benedict's School

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• ICT Services Manager

  • Mar 2003 - Oct 2014

  Leading London independent co-educational day school employing over 250 staff, educating 1100 pupils from nursery to sixth form.Reporting to the Deputy Headteacher, managing a team of 4 IT professionals, to work with the schools senior leadership to strategically manage and develop the school’s ICT in order to meet the needs of the School Improvement Plan (SIP) and facilitate its continued success and growth.Key responsibilities:• Overall management and development of the ICT team• Delivery of all ICT services, technical strategy and projects.• Selection, implementation, integration and technical support of the Management Information System (SIMS).• Selection and management of IT service providers and suppliers to ensure they deliver an acceptable service and provide value for money.• Budgetary responsibility for ICT projects, service and license renewals.• Selection, procurement, implementation and lifecycle of all ICT hardware, software, and supplier contracts ensuring value for money is obtained at all times.• Producing and maintaining departmental procedures, staff training guides and acceptable use policies.• Technically responsible for the introduction and integration of Apple iPads, Macs and Windows 8 tablets.



Alcatel-Lucent

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IT Services Manager

  • May 1998 - Oct 2001

  Alcatel Telecom was a multinational telecommunications equipment company focused on fixed, mobile and converged networking hardware, software and services. After merging with Lucent it has become known as Alcatel-Lucent.Headhunted by the IT Director, took on the role of IT Services Manager, responsible for managing the outsourced IT operations. Alcatel at this time was expanding rapidly by the acquisition and merger of smaller companies, with the company growing in size from 400 employees to over 1600 by 2000.



Atos Origin

• India
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• IT Manager

  • Jul 1995 - Apr 1998

  Multinational IT services company providing consulting and technology services, systems integration and managed services. Philips C&P merged with Origin in 1995.Initially working on an outsourced desktop support contract as the principle support analyst at Philips Lighting, was promoted to a Senior Support analyst providing support and consultancy for Atos Origin customers in the South East. This led to me being assigned to Alcatel Telecom and promoted to an IT Manager responsible for managing the outsourcing of their IT operations.



Philips

• Netherlands
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Support Analyst

  • Sep 1987 - Jun 1995

  Philips is a multinational electronics company headquartered in the Netherlands, of which Philips Communications and Processing (C&P) was the data processing and IT support division.Joined Philips C&P as a graduate IT management trainee programme at their UK data centre and progressed on to a desktop support analyst role. Support roles included data centre operations for IBM mainframes and Unix servers, desktop support for Microsoft Windows and Novell Netware networks. Philips is a multinational electronics company headquartered in the Netherlands, of which Philips Communications and Processing (C&P) was the data processing and IT support division.Joined Philips C&P as a graduate IT management trainee programme at their UK data centre and progressed on to a desktop support analyst role. Support roles included data centre operations for IBM mainframes and Unix servers, desktop support for Microsoft Windows and Novell Netware networks.