it|venture is a UK based firm providing independent consultancy services and IT services to the alternative investment industry globally.it|venture specialises in providing IT project advisory, consultancy and implementation services primarily for alternative investment clients but also across a range of other industries. Services include project management, business analysis, data migration, quality assurance, software testing, report writing and software customisation and business process improvement.

Business analysis and Project Management of a Fund management solution for Barclays Infrastructure Funds. The project combined front and back office functions into a centralised system encompassed accounting, investor reporting, performance analysis, portfolio management and dealflow.

eFront is an international leader in providing software to the Alternative Assets industry, with specific focus on the Private Equity & Real Estate industries. The solution covers deal flow, CRM, portfolio management & performance, accounting, fund administration and complete reporting.As the head of business intelligence (reporting) in the UK I was involved in a wide variety of implementations across the industry, whilst also taking a very active role in client facing project management, business development and strategy.Client Facing Roles- Analysis of clients’ current business processes in Front, Middle and Back offices.- Consulting, recommendations and advice on future business requirements, particularly in respect of online and paper reporting and data collection interfaces.- Project Management of eFront internal & client resources and delivery of agreed implementation tasks.- Data migration (including mining, cleaning and transformation for clients with poor legacy data records)- User training at all levels including system administration.