John Mcgowan Email & Phone Number

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Self-employed 2007 -2014Current Contracts:NonePrevious Contracts: Capita: Deployment Engineer/Support Analyst - Deploying computer equipment, upgrading Windows XP/Vista systems to Windows 7, patching network devices (cable management) and providing 1st/2nd line support for end users.Birley Community College: ICT Tutor - Teaching the National Open College Network (NOCN) course and European Computer Driving License (ECDL) to adult learners – Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2007/2010.___________________________Nottingham City Council – Corporate IT:Providing support for creating policy and procedures in IT Security and Governance (ISO27001)Also worked on Government projects for Children Services such as:Primary ICT Review Project – Purchasing and deploying ICT equipment (such as network switches and wireless access points) to over 90 primary schools.The Computers for Pupils initiative, which involved the project management of a £1.8m budget and the procurement, configuration and delivery of over 2000 computers to key stage 3 and 4 pupils in the 10% most deprived areas of Nottingham City.________________________Open Door Community Learning Centre – Provided teaching for adult learners in the use of ICT._______________________Ashton Building Services, PKW Installations, Express Installations:Development of organisational websites – PHP/MySQL/Java script.________________________Birley Community Primary School (Sheffield) - Provided IT Support for the schools Windows 2003 Server, MIS System, Local Area Network (LAN) and computer network. ________________________Sinfin Community School (Derby) - Provided IT Support for the schools Windows 2003 Server, Serco e-portal, Local Area Network (LAN) and computer network.________________________Sheffield University – PHP development for student database

Managing and delivering IT projects.

Collaborating with nine Local Authorities on technical developments ­ Learning Platforms (LP), IP Networks and Video Conferencing (VC). Attending internal and external meetings with LA representatives, suppliers and other Government bodies such as Becta and UKERNA. VC technologies Project Manager Co-ordinating technical training in VC, LPs and Microsoft products. Network management of Windows 2003 Servers Remote IT Support for head office and home based team members ­ LAN and Wireless networks. Monitoring WAN network services Testing WAN/LAN network services Responsible for the development of the embc website Advice and guidance for schools

Management of a Novell Network and over 400 Windows NT/2K computers Design and implementation of LAN IP network - ATM LAN emulation Management of the business school helpdesk/IT support staff Attend meetings and liaise with internal/external customers Responsible for two members of staff Specification of hardware and software Provided IT training for both staff and students in software packages

Sheffield

Managing one member of staff and providing IT/Network support for computers/MACs in the school of Urban and Regional Studies.

Shefield

Computer support and setting up new LAN for the Sheffield Business School. The new LAN was part of a larger project to connect all schools across the Polytechnic (later that year changed to name Sheffield Hallam University)

Msc, Enterprise Network Management

Advanced Certificate, Computer Studies

Masters Degree in Enterprise Network Management