Experience

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  Royal Holloway, University of London

  • Postgraduate research student

    • Sep 2023 - Present

    Postgraduate research student in Royal Holloway's music departmentFocusing on 17th century Scottish music and its continental connections

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  Freelance

  • Sandhurst, Berkshire, UK

  • Business consultant and editor

    • Mar 2022 - Aug 2023
    • Sandhurst, Berkshire, UK

    Retired from full-time work. Engaged part-time in freelance projects including business workshop facilitation and academic copy editing.

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  OpenText

  • Reading, Berkshire, UK

  • Principal, Cloud Services, EMEA

    • Mar 2016 - Mar 2022
    • Reading, Berkshire, UK

    Bringing OpenText Enterprise Information Management customers to the Cloud. Responsible for managing all commercial aspects of Open Text IM Cloud business, initially across UK, Ireland and Southern Europe, later across Middle East and Africa.

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  Fujitsu Services

  • Bracknell, Berkshire, UK

  • Managing Consultant, Information Management

    • Feb 2007 - Feb 2016
    • Bracknell, Berkshire, UK

    Worked in a variety of leadership roles over nine years, notably Offerings/Product Manager and later Head of Presales for Information Management and Cloud Applications business unit, and Chief Technology Officer, Information Management, for Fujitsu's Defence & National Security division

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  EMC

  • London, UK

  • Director, Government (EMEA & Australasia), Global Industries Group

    • Feb 2005 - Feb 2007
    • London, UK

    Director, Government Services / Public Sector, Global Industries Group, working across EMEA and Australasia for EMC's software division. Responsibile for industry solutions development / engagement strategy for EMC's software / enterprise content management (ECM) business into Government...

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  Fujitsu Services

  • Bristol, UK

  • Principal Consultant

    • 1999 - 2005
    • Bristol, UK

    Principal Consultant, Knowledge Management consulting practice. Won/ran/delivered major consulting engagements across UK Government and Public Sector, at (among others) Department of Health, Department of Trade & Industry, Home Office, NHS Executive, 10 Downing Street, Cabinet Office, and Hig...

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  At-Bristol

  • Bristol, UK

  • Head of IT

    • 1997 - 1999
    • Bristol, UK

    @t-Bristol was the city's Millennium project, a major new multimedia visitor attraction in South-West England comprising hands-on science exhibition space, IMAX theatre and natural history exhibition centre. Joined project in start-up phase, was responsible for IT strategy and procurement. Op...

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  Telewest Communications Group Ltd

  • Bristol, UK

  • Project Manager

    • 1996 - 1997
    • Bristol, UK

    Project Manager in charge of Internet service introduction and roll-out across multiple cable/telecoms franchises in South-West England. Telewest was later merged into Virgin Media.

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  The Scotsman

  • Edinburgh, UK

  • Columnist, Project Manager

    • 1995 - 1996
    • Edinburgh, UK

    Columnist on Scotland on Sunday (on internet and new media) and project manager for the launch of the newspaper's first web site.

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  Edinburgh Napier University

  • Edinburgh, UK

  • Associate Lecturer in Journalism and Media Production

    • 1995 - 1996
    • Edinburgh, UK

    Lecturer on Journalism degree course within the Publishing, Communications and Media department, teaching courses on newspaper sub-editing and digital media production.

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  CDL

  • Wellington, New Zealand

  • Publishing Systems Consultant

    • 1993 - 1995
    • Wellington, New Zealand

    Publishing systems consultant working across the area of newspapers, magazines, broadcasting, pre-press and media/'new media' production.

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  The Dominion Post

  • Wellington, New Zealand

  • Assistant Editor (Systems)

    • 1992 - 1993
    • Wellington, New Zealand

    Introduced new digital graphical systems to newspaper, establishing art/graphics desk and new digital photography/reproduction capability, as well as supporting redesign for colour.

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  THE SCOTSMAN PUBLICATIONS LIMITED

  • Edinburgh, UK

  • Journalist

    • 1988 - 1992
    • Edinburgh, UK

    Sub-editor, later Systems Editor for Sunday and Daily newspapers Scotland on Sunday and The Scotsman, responsible for editorial systems. Joined in early 1988 in run-up to Scotland on Sunday launch.

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  Hamilton Advertiser

  • Hamilton, Scotland, UK

  • Journalist

    • 1984 - 1988
    • Hamilton, Scotland, UK

    Reporter, feature-writer and Sub-editor

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  Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd

  • Glasgow, UK

  • Freelance Journalist

    • 1983 - 1988
    • Glasgow, UK

    Reporter, Sub-Editor

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  Scottish Catholic Observer (Catholic Herald Group)

  • Glasgow, UK

  • Journalist

    • 1982 - 1984
    • Glasgow, UK

    Journalist. Graduate trainee, Reporter, Sub-Editor