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Bournemouth

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Lymington

Supporting businesses with individually tailored advice and services. + Specialised in change management advice for small to medium business in need of improving and replacing existing systems, IT security, infrastructure and disaster recovery / backups. + Provided advice and training in cloud technologies, including Office 365, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud deployments. + Upgrades, installations, and management of physical networks and telecoms systems.

Lymington

Network and Systems Administrator, and Health and Safety Manager for Yacht Havens Ltd, a marina group that owns and manages 11 marinas in the UK and the Netherlands.+ Administering, maintaining and upgrading communication systems, local area networks and wide area networks.+ Integrating IAAS cloud infrastructure with local networks across geographically dislocated sites.+ Providing help desk support for local infrastructure and marina management software.+ Systems administrator for Remote Desktop Services and Active Directory on Windows Server 2012.+ Virtual server administrator – Databarracks IAAS, AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.+ Carrying out risk assessments and considering how risks could be reduced.+ Outlining safe operational procedures which identify and take account of all relevant hazards.+ Carrying out regular site inspections to check policies and procedures are being properly implemented.+ Making changes to working practices that are safe and comply with legislation.+ Preparing health and safety strategies and developing internal policy.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Supported Munitions Information Systems capability for the Logistic Network Enabled Capability Programme within the Ministry of Defence.+ Planned and implemented Logistics Information Systems change in overseas ammunition depots, delivering improved audit accountability and warehouse management.+ Conducted Requirements Analysis for Munitions Information Systems change in liaison with Defence Contractors and Delivery Partners.+ Liaised with customers worldwide to conduct routine operations and change management.

Gutersloh, Germany

Managed a team of 135 staff with a diverse mix of Driver Specialists, Petroleum Operators and Support Staff.+ Conducted routine fuel and logistic operations in support of large scale land and air deployments within Germany and the Czech Republic.+ Managed the home base support network during a deployment to Afghanistan.+ Managed the career development of personnel, identified talent, ensured key positions in succession plan filled and individual aspirations met.

Loughborough University

Selected for 1 of 10 highly sought after positions as an In-Service Degree Officer. Coaching and mentoring 120 Officer Cadets whilst studying for a degree in Computer Science at Loughborough University.+ Planned and implemented pre-Officer Training support to prepare cadets for the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.+ Provided pastoral support to Potential Army Officers.

Abingdon, Uk

Deployed to Iraq as the Intelligence Officer supporting unit Headquarters.+ Prepared troops for an Iraq deployment through intelligence briefings and language training.+ Supported Operations through intelligence updates in close liaison with multiple nation intelligence agencies.+ Worked closely with American Intelligence assets and products to conduct threat evaluations and pattern of life assessments.

Abingdon, Uk

Led and managed 60 technical communication specialists, with £5m of vehicles and equipment, through routine operations and overseas deployments.+ Managed the conversion to the BOWMAN Digital Communication System in consultation with defence contractors.+ Completed Colloquial Arabic course and deployed to Iraq as the Civil Military Cooperation Team Leader for the British Main Logistics Base.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Computer Science

Regular Commission

Maths, Physics, Electronics