Experience

The JGA Group

• United Kingdom
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Employability Skills Manager

  • Dec 2004 - Present

  Managed a team of 7 office administration staff and 18 tutors Implemented and managed Basic Skills and Employability training programmes for Jobcentre Plus and the Learning & Skills Council Delivered effective and profitable training courses (30 - 50% net profit) Maintained quality and audit records for Government organisations Managed the delivery of programmes at multiple outreach locations Implemented and managed the Jobcentre Mandatory Activity programme for employability skills, delivered to 5000 Jobcentre customers in two years. Show less

• Independent Consultant

  • 2004 - 2004

  Undertook "Training needs analysis" for SMEs in west London Responsible for client lead creation, contact and management Training and personnel report production and presentation Undertook "Training needs analysis" for SMEs in west London Responsible for client lead creation, contact and management Training and personnel report production and presentation



BskyB

• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

• Infrastructure Projects Manager

  • 2004 - 2004

  Testing, redesign and upgrade of the internal network architecture Interim project management for Websense software deployment. Pre-production testing of the Tideway infrastructure discovery tool. On contract for 3 months which was extended to 5 months Testing, redesign and upgrade of the internal network architecture Interim project management for Websense software deployment. Pre-production testing of the Tideway infrastructure discovery tool. On contract for 3 months which was extended to 5 months



PC Associates

• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent Consultant

  • 2003 - 2004

  Delivered IT infrastructure projects for Diageo plc IT networking projects for CAS Consulting Ltd Delivered IT infrastructure projects for Diageo plc IT networking projects for CAS Consulting Ltd



Video Networks Ltd

• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Projects Manager

  • Apr 2000 - Oct 2003

  Managed a team of five development project managers. Developed the first European broadcast TV system over BT broadband. Developed upgrades to existing "video on demand" services. Implemented a test "video on demand" service in Hamburg. Managed a team of five development project managers. Developed the first European broadcast TV system over BT broadband. Developed upgrades to existing "video on demand" services. Implemented a test "video on demand" service in Hamburg.



Diageo plc London

• Projects Manager

  • Jan 2000 - Apr 2000

  Consultant on the upgrade of the Dublin Brewery infrastructure Managed several small office relocation projects Developed the network infrastructure for an Intranet Sales project Consultant on the upgrade of the Dublin Brewery infrastructure Managed several small office relocation projects Developed the network infrastructure for an Intranet Sales project



British Gas Trading Staines

• Project Manager

  • Jan 1998 - Oct 1999

  Project managed the development of Problem and Change management system (Peregrine) for 800+ users. Successfully negotiated software discounts to save £400,000. Managed the migration of customer information to enable electricity sales and marketing to 8 million customers via call centres. Project managed the development of Problem and Change management system (Peregrine) for 800+ users. Successfully negotiated software discounts to save £400,000. Managed the migration of customer information to enable electricity sales and marketing to 8 million customers via call centres.



Guinness & Diageo plc London

• Various Roles

  • Jan 1982 - Jan 1998

  Examples of varied roles: European Infrastructure Manager Infrastructure Project Manager (secondment to Singapore HQ) IT Services Manager Guinness PLC Head Quarters Recent IT Experience: Desktop computing: Microsoft Office (2003) Word, Excel, Access Specialist software: PICS, Moodle, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Project; Philip Coward CV.doc - 1 - Examples of varied roles: European Infrastructure Manager Infrastructure Project Manager (secondment to Singapore HQ) IT Services Manager Guinness PLC Head Quarters Recent IT Experience: Desktop computing: Microsoft Office (2003) Word, Excel, Access Specialist software: PICS, Moodle, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Project; Philip Coward CV.doc - 1 -