Experience

King's Service Centre

• United Kingdom
• Information Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Finance Systems Manager

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Ensure successful implementation and delivery of Finance Enterprise Systems for the college. Lead the application strategy, design, implementation and act as a change agent to transition quality solutions to IT services and various departments that use the services.Act as a solution architect and manage the introduction of new solutions and enhancement of Enterprise applications such as Unit4 Business World (Agresso) Finance System and other related applications in the landscape.Manage the implementation of new IT solutions or significant change by improving, designing, architecting and ensuring documentation of technical integrations, data migrations and supporting processes. Line manage a team of skilled senior application analysts to deliver high quality solutions for continual service improvement.Deliver solutions for projects ensuring they take account of relevant architectures, strategies, policies standards and practices ensuring fit with existing and planned solution.Work as part of a team of solutions leads/architects to ensure that the applications are correctly applied across the College. Liaise with the customer, other IT sections and fellow solutions leads/architects to ensure that all aspects of college applications work together to support the organisations strategic goals. Develop, manage and own actionable strategies and roadmaps detailing the direction of Enterprise Systems within the college, ensuring that emerging technologies and solutions are considered.

• Enterprise Service Bus Administrator

  • Sep 2017 - Mar 2021

  Responsible for the administration of the Enterprise Service Bus (BizTalk 2013) as part of the Business Systems Solutions Team for Kings Service Centre.Provide Enterprise Service Bus (BizTalk) administration and support ensuring they are delivered to a high standard and in accordance with defined service level agreements.Responsible for the proactive management of the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) platform alongside adoption of new services and integrations into production and responding to incidents and service requests raised by the business. Accountable for the administration, support and maintenance of ESB platform to ensure the availability, effectiveness and robustness of the solution and limit downtime taking a proactive approach to integration failures.Responsible for resolving Integration related issues in Unit4 Business World On! utilising IntellAgent and other administrative functions.Responsible for the day to day maintenance, support and business as usual development of the college's Enterprise Service Bus (BizTalk) environment and the monitoring platform BizTalk360.



Imerys

• France
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Applications Development Manager

  • Apr 2012 - Sep 2017

  • Responsible for the project management (predominantly Waterfall methodologies) & co-ordination of IT resources for all application development projects and some IT Departmental projects to ensure a timely and efficient delivery. • Management of contractual personnel for consultancy, design and development tasks • Project Coordinator – assisting Departmental Project Managers with coordinating delivery of projects with available resources• Managing a team of 3 developers and 4 data warehouse & reporting analysts whose skills range from Visual Studio (C#, VB, ASP.NET), Javascript, MS SQL, PLSQL, Classic ASP, Lotus Notes, Web Intelligence, Business Intelligence, Crystal Reports, Streamserve, Web Applications, ERP (IFS).• Managed numerous projects including implementation of UK Project Management & Helpdesk System (Workfront – formerly known as AtTask). Member of the Global G Suite Core Project Team implementing G Suite across the Business, Upgrade of Business Intelligence Platform to SAP Business Objects V4.1, ERP Interfaces, eInvoicing, eOrdering. Helped specify in both design & development, devised solutions & coordinate resources through plans and regular team meetings. Provided key development skills, assisting in the construction of interface routines and strategy using development tools such as Visual Studio, VB script, SQL, DTS, DOS and PL/SQL• Improved the development request procedure• Work closely with the Business Units to ensure the best solution is selected and corporate standards observed.• Motivate and mentor team members• Hold regular meetings with project teams and project sponsors. Includes presentations to sponsors and IT Department• Regular attendee of the Weekly Global Change Management Meeting • Involvement in the interviewing and recruitment of permanent, contract and apprenticeship positions• Administration and support of several European based Web Servers, both internal and external to the company firewall.

• European IT Applications Development Team Leader

  • Apr 2006 - Mar 2012

  I am responsible for the supervision of a small team of developers who specialise in a variety of platforms and languages including .NET, VB Script, Javascript, Lotus Notes, PLSQL.I am involved with project planning, policies and procedures, as well as acting as a developer for certain projects using languages such as VB.NET, Classic ASP, PLSQL, VB Script, Javascript, LotusScript.Project management, co-ordination of resources for web development projects. Regular meetings with Project Teams and Project Sponsors, presentations to Sponsors and IT Department.Management of contractual personnel for design and development tasks where internal resources were insufficient. Regular attendance of Change Management forum. Assist in the support and development of non-ERP applications where required. Involvement in the interview and recruitment process of new personnel. Management & training of Modern Apprentices.

• Web Technologist - Imerys Minerals Ltd., St Austell

  • Mar 2004 - Nov 2006

  • Project management & co-ordination of resources for web development projects.• Held regular meetings with project teams and project sponsors. • Responsible for the management and training of team• Management of contractual personnel • Involvement in the interview and recruitment process • Assist in the support and development of non-ERP applications • Administration and support of several European based Web Servers, including intranet, extranet, SCADA Web servers and a Google Search Appliance.• Led implementation of a Global Knowledge Management system utilizing a Google Search Appliance as the search engine. • Managed the development of a Web Based Content Management System to provide an easy and efficient intranet publication tool.• Expereienced in developing applications using tools such as Dreamweaver, ASP, Visual Studio, VBScript, Javascript, HTML, MS SQL, ODBC, ADO, PL/SQL, MS FrontPage, IIS, .NET Framework, Lotus Notes, Windows Server.

• European IT Applications Development Team Leader

  • Jan 2003 - Mar 2004

  • Project management & co-ordination of resources for web development projects.• Led a team of 5 developers whose skill sets ranged from Visual Basic, Javascript, SQL, Lotus Notes, Mainframe Applications, MS Office, Web Applications, IFS Package.• Led and engineered an interfacing project to preserve functionality of legacy systems into a new corporate wide ERP Package (IFS). • Provided key development skills, assisting in the construction of interface routines and strategy using development tools such as VB script, SQL, DTS, DOS and PL/SQL.• Led a team in the development and implementation of a global web based Health & Safety Statistics database hosted on the corporate Intranet. • Held regular meetings with project teams and project sponsors. • Management of contractual personnel• Involvement in the interview and recruitment process • Administration and support of several European based Web Servers, including intranet, extranet and SCADA Web servers.

• European Intranet & Extranet Project Team Leader

  • Oct 2001 - Jan 2003

  • Project management and co-ordination of IT resources (including a VPN Connectivity Team). • Led and engineered a high-profile global Intranet and Extranet project, sponsored by the Head Office. Included planning and co-ordination of a team to implement new networking infrastructure, and the co-ordination of an external design company to provide the graphical theme for the site. • Held regular meetings with project teams and project sponsors. Presentations to sponsors and IT Department.• Management of contractual personnel• Administration and support of several European based Web Servers, including intranet, extranet and SCADA Web servers. 6,000+ users. Propose Web Authors and Content Providers.• Investigation and familiarization of emerging web technologies.• Led a team and assisted in the development of a ‘Body Development Program’. Incorporated a sophisticated engine for predicting ceramic body recipes.

• Senior Web Technician

  • Mar 2000 - Oct 2001

  • Responsible for defining strategy, project scope, structure and responsibilities for departmental intranets.• Engineered, administered and supported a European Intranet, accessed by potentially 6,000+ users. Technologies include Windows Server, IIS (integrating Lotus Domino 5.0.5), Site Server and Index Server.• ‘Full project lifecycle’ development of web applications using MS FrontPage ‘98 and 2000, Macromedia’s Dreamweaver UltraDev, ASP, VBScript, HTML, SQL, ODBC, ADO. • Responsible for the investigation and implementation of existing or emerging technologies.