Experience

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  Holy Trinity Church

  • Stratford upon Avon

  • Retired. Volunteer at Holy Trinity Church Stratford upon Avon

    • Mar 2020 - Present
    • Stratford upon Avon

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  Shakespeare's Schoolroom &Guildhall

  • Stratford upon Avon

  • Actor. Period interpreter playing the part of Master Jenkins (Shakespeare's teacher) in costume

    • Nov 2019 - Present
    • Stratford upon Avon

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  The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

  • United Kingdom
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Retired: Volunteer guide at Shakespeare's Birthplace

    • Apr 2019 - Present

    Acting as guide in the garden of the birthplace.

  • Retired. Volunteer guide at Shakespeare's New Place

    • Oct 2017 - Present

    Welcoming visitors with a 15 minute talk entitled 'where's the house?'

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  Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall

  • Stratford upon Avon

  • Retired. Volunteer Guide at Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall.

    • Jan 2017 - Present
    • Stratford upon Avon

    Now properly retired. I also act as a volunteer guide at Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall - one of the most magical buildings in the country.

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  Athanor Apps

  • App Developer

    • 2012 - Present

    I am currently a freelance app developer and consultant for iOS devices i.e. iPhone and iPad - with Android capability coming in the future. I have developed a number of apps which are currently available in the iTunes store.I am happy to donate my time to good causes either as a consultant or in app development.Most recently I have specialised in the use of Beacon technology. I was recently engaged by the world renowned Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew (London) to produce a number of proof of concept apps to evaluate the use of Beacons in their grounds and also at the Wakehurst Place Millennium Seed Bank.

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  IBM

  • Information Management Specialist

    • Jul 2008 - Dec 2012

    Information Management SpecialistLead Architect for the London Analytics Solution CentreThe role involves working with our clients; partners; internal IBM stakeholders; influencers; journalists & industry networks to develop a common understanding of IBM's Information Management capability (including Analytics). Over the past 3 years I have been presenting to CIOs, CTOs and chief architects evangelizing our Information Agenda story. I am the the ‘go to’ person for the GBS BAO service line within the SWG Information Management brand and helped establish the London Analytics Solution Centre. In addition to representing IBM’s Information Management capability I also evangelize IBM’s Advanced Analytical capability: Descriptive Analytics, Predictive, Prescriptive, Content, Social Media, Big Data and the Watson Deep QA system.

  • Consulting IT Specialist

    • Sep 1996 - Jun 2008

    Pre-sales technical support specialising in Enterprise Content Management

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  CSI

  • Image & Workflow Team Leader

    • Mar 1995 - Sep 1998

    Led a team of image & workflow consultants

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  GTOS

  • Project Manager

    • Aug 1986 - Mar 1995

    Managed many and various customer projects

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  Grant Thornton Office Systems

  • Systems Analyst

    • Jan 1985 - Aug 1986

    Traditional system analysis work ... mainframe and also on the very first microcomputer systems - before PC

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  Thornton Baker

  • Developer

    • Sep 1980 - Jan 1985

    Graduate trainee programmer - programming on an ICL Mainframe