I have worked in software development for 26 years and am currently the Head of Corporate Systems Development at Future PLC.I manage four teams of developers- Editorial Systems, an in-house team of Java developers who create the Digital Asset Management systems which power our magazine production. We have 20 million digital assets and now leverage Machine Learning from Google and AWS to make them more discoverable.- Internal Systems, an in-house team of NetSuite developers who customise our joint ERP and CRM systems, including interfaces to Google Ad Manager and Salesforce - FP&A Tech, an in-house team of IBM Planning Analytics developers who produce all of our Management Accounts reporting- GoCo Email Tech, an in-house team of Salesforce Marketing Could developers who produce all the email marketing for GoCompare and associated brandsI also design and manage our Oracle database in AWS RDS which powers all of our corporate applications.I have a background in Java development, leading the creation of a large bespoke magazine production system.I have a passion to drive productivity by utilising Agile methodology.
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Head Of Corporate SystemsFuture Mar 2019 - PresentLondon, England, GbI left day to day coding, instead taking on managerial responsibility for - The Digital Asset Management development team- The ERP development team- The FP&A development team when we acquired TI Media- The Email Marketing development team when we acquired GoCompare -
Enterprise Software Development ManagerFuture Jun 2007 - Mar 2019London, England, GbAs the team grew further I concentrated on developing the Oracle database whilst still helping with the Java coding. -
Software Development ManagerFuture Jun 2002 - May 2007London, England, GbAs the team grew I took over management and oversaw the introduction of Oracle and Java to the company, making it the foundation of all our applications. -
Software DeveloperFuture Jun 1996 - May 2002London, England, GbI joined the fledging IT department as the sole developer, developing all of the early corporate applications. -
It JournalistFuture Jun 1995 - May 1996London, England, GbI joined Future as a journalist on MacFormat magazine, writing reviews and technical articles as well as compiling the reader's Q&A section
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Pershore College
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