Currently responsible for the management and maintaining all in-house servers, PC’s, laptops and infrastructure.Manage and maintain the hosted production environment and liaising with the hosting provider. Provide support and assistance to OmPrompt staff for systems, software and communications.Assist in the management and maintenance of the Intersystem’s Cache database environments.Purchase and commission hardware and software as required by the business,

Senior Partner and CTO at 'Journal Editorial Services'. Providing implementation, project management (PRINCE 2), and support for on-line tracking systems and the peer review process.

Networking/Computer infrastructure - The planning and implementation of additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting infrastructure. - Implements network security at the level as established by Security Officer. - Oversees the administration and maintenance of the company's infrastructure, and directs more junior staff when necessary. - Oversees the administration of the company's WAN. - Manages and develops upgrades to the company's telephone system .Training & Maintenance - Oversees the administration and maintenance of computer stations and software for the company and provides additional support if necessary.Internal Systems - Oversees troubleshooting, systems backups, archiving, and disaster recovery and provides expert support when necessary. - Works with project teams to help implement systems as required.Help/Administration - Oversees all ‘help desk’ activities at the regional level. - Responds to escalated help desk issues. - Oversees the administration and maintenance of all software. - Interacts with staff on all levels to help resolve IT-related issues and provides answers in a timely manner.Asset Management - Builds and maintains vendor relationships and manages the purchase of hardware and software products. - Manages the purchasing of all software, hardware and other IT supplies at the regional level. - Ensures that company assets are maintained responsibly - Ensures compliance with current legal PAT requirements

Working as a software developer involved in the design, implementation and testing of a large web based portal system for the travel industry. This development comprises technologies including ASP, VB.NET, VBScript, Java Script, MSSQL and appropriate .NET framework and infrastructure (2.0, 3.0 and 3.5).

My primary duties involves the specification (based on customer requirement), design and where appropriate implementation of applications for the defence industry. These applications are primarily targeted at rugged Tablet PC's and laptops.Management of subcontractors providing numerous software services including BIOS enhancements (security cleared) and bespoke hardware drivers and firmware.

At the end of January 2003 I felt I needed a break from the computer industry and decided to set up my own project management/design business 'Harwell Creations'. The purpose of the company was to project manage domestic construction projects ranging from creation of the original plans through construction and eventual signing off by Building Control. During that time I have been involved with all aspects of this role.

Responsible for the running of an 8 engineer Research and Development team. The scope of my work varies from running internal company developments to investigation of new technologies. The areas covered by the team vary from work based in the financial markets through to the automotive industry.

Project Manager, responsible for the running of an 8 engineer Research and Development team. The scope of my work varies from running internal company developments to investigation of new technologies. The areas covered by the team vary from work based in the financial markets through to the automotive industry.; responsible for running a team of 6 engineers developing a bespoke web based solutions for Reuters Money Transaction Systems. My responsibilities included technical architecture, ensuring adherence to CMM quality procedures and direct customer reporting.

An SSE running a two man team providing a software solution for financial institutions. In this role I was responsible for the development of a financial metric capture applications aimed at dealers in the Forex and Money markets. Experience gained included Visual Basic 6.0, SQL, Access, Excel, VBA and ODBC

Providing software solutions for financial institutions. This involves the development of both 'shrink wrapped' and bespoke systems using Microsoft Visual Basic, Access, C/C++ on both 16 and 32 bit platforms.My duties also included undertaking the role of auditor as part of the companies on- going project to keep its ISO 9000/TickIT accreditation.