Derek Gow Email & Phone Number

Swansea, Wales, Gb

Newport

• Ensuring Compliance with ISO and BRC standards .• Technical support of all Automated Gauges and interfaces including supplier relationships.• Design, development and implementation of site wide hourly reporting system including hourly e-mails and large screen shop floor displays to support Short Interval Control program. • Support and integration of data from SQL sources.• Implementation and enhancement of Interfaces from PLC based systems using OPC.• Implementation of enhanced hygiene standards for high care products including ATP and biological swabbing processes.

United Kingdom

•Day to day management and decision making for all IT issues for sites under my control/influence•Technical support for Windows server, SQL and site based applications.•Technical support to end users for all Client devices.•Management and support of local IT infrastructure•Design, development and implementation of site wide Engineering breakdown reporting systems•Advice and support for most effective use of existing Crown standard systems.•Advice and support for all site developments where there is an IT element or where IT can provide benefits, covering four sites.•Support and guidance for younger/less experienced members of UK team•Member of 24*7 out of hours support for barcoding across Europe•Managed year long project of Wi-Fi migration across Europe•Heavily involved in system testing during development and pilot implementation of live barcoding inventory system•Lead the testing and pilot migration from Legacy barcoding to SQL based system , heavily involved in many subsequent migrations across Europe.•Worked closely with operations team establishing standards and methods for lockdown PCs•Project management of UK client side e-mail rationalization, Windows server migration and domain rationalization for the UK

Neath

•IT budget management and controls •Day to day management and decision making for all IT issues •Technical lead during ERP (JDE) installation, both for barcoding and for data transformation.•Technical assistance with establishment of standards for Quality Control system across multiple Food UK locations.•Implementation of site wide Network infrastructure and establishment of server standards•Management of all standard HP3000 based Food UK systems used on site.•Establishment and direct management of a team to control and report on all aspects of Site inventory•Project management of the implementation of live inventory control