I'm a PRINCE2 and ITIL qualified IT professional with wide experience in all aspects of enterprise IT.My aptitude is, at heart, the analysis of complex business processes, and successfully distilling and communicating those processes with a view to using technology to improve them (I'm VERY good at seeing the wood for the trees). All my technical skills have been acquired in service of that basic goal (which is another way of saying - I've always been more interested in what computers can do at a practical level, than on the abstract technology)Although my work has involved me with many different industry sectors, the bulk of my career has been spent dealing with the specific IT needs of the accountancy profession. Now I’ve moved into the never-a-dull-moment world of hospitality.Specialties: Business Analyst, Product Management, Technical Project Management, Software development management, UK Accounting profession, Document Management, IT Management, Vendor relationship management, Software Procurement I'm a classic Myers-Briggs INTP personality, and once did an aptitude test that told me I was ideally suited to being an auditor. Make of that what you will...I subscribe to the truth behind a wide range of clichés, including:- It's better to have and not need it, than need it and not have it- Measure twice, cut once- If it ain't broke, don't fix it (Hard-won lesson, this)- "Work the Problem - Lets not make things worse by guessin"- Fast, Good or Cheap. Pick two.Lessons learned..- CEOs can handle bad news, it's surprises they hate- Don't bring your boss a problem unless you are also bringing recommendations for a solution- Budgets are a planning tool, not a straightjacket - A good business-case trumps budget
Listed skills include Business Process, Software Development, Business Analysis, Management, and 46 others.