Ben Peart Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Founder and Director of Redeem Information Systems We offer a full IT management service as a long-term strategic partnership to build a strong and stable systems infrastructure which grows with your business.We are able to work on site, within your company and with your own staff - performing the same role as a dedicated IT Director at a fraction of the cost of a full time employee. Rather than one individual being hired by you we have a range of staff who are expert in a particular field. You are assigned one main IT Director/point of contact who has access to the full complement of specialists giving you access to a wide range of skills and experience.Redeem will help you manage:• Procurement & Implementation of all aspects of IT and Telecoms• IT Project management - making sure IT projects stay on track and on budget• Management of your own junior support staff – helping develop them into more capable and useful employees• Switch to, and delivery of, cloud services / remote access systems• Risk reduction strategy / IT policy implementation / Disaster Recovery Plans• System Support and Integration • Office relocation / Comms room management / Boardroom technology

London, United Kingdom

Accountable for technology and telephony standards, development, infrastructure, implementation and operation to ensure a robust operational platform and to facilitate growth across all technologies. Managing a direct team of 4 with an annual budget of £500k• Actively involved as part of the SMT in definition of corporate strategies, relating to all aspects of the business with particular emphasis in sales, operational service delivery and IT.• Handled all aspects of organisational technology budgets, for both long term strategic capital spend and day to day management of service delivery and associated costs; created short, medium and long term forecasts and held director level authorisation for expenditure.• Defined and implemented IT security policies, remaining abreast of advances in technology to ensure latest security updates are considered and applied.• Provided leadership and direction for a multi-functional team, supporting cross-functional working and creating a strong team culture with all team members working for the good of the business.• Recognised for drive and enthusiasm for teaching and communications, regularly delivering training programmes to new members of staff for both technology and delivering the corporate message.• Held additional responsibilities for general office management for the London office, ensuring all aspects of health and safety, facilities management, cost control and day to day business as usual activities – overseeing the activities of the office manager.• Put all technical services into the London, Singapore, Berlin, and Toronto offices from scratch.• Coordinated multiple in-house projects to deliver effective technology solutions to enhance business performance and facilitate organisational growth.

Msc, Computing And Information Systems

Ba (Hons), Marketing Communication, 2:1

Diploma In Fitness Instructing And Personal Training, Sports And Exercise, Diploma