Gareth Webber Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Driving Clarion’s growth objectives by using technology to focus on driving customer satisfaction and connections

Nuremberg, Bavaria, De

CTO for retail measurement business with onshore and offshore development teams. Accountable for end-to-end pipeline inc > 400 FTE - Developed strategy for and delivered a new client-facing applications platform delivering over 5% growth- Launched first AI powered products, and developed data science insights workbench & validation platform- Stabilised and transformed twenty-year old operations workflow tooling - bringing quality and productivity improvements from the introduction of automation- Improved availability through proper use of PaaS solutions for cloud and information security- Supported retailer recruitment programme through improved tracking and delivery of tailored barter product- Transformed velocity through automated testing and continuous integration (thrice annual to biweekly releases)- After initial fast growth in London, transformed to a mix of offshore and third-party without losing velocity

London, England, Gb

Conference business with onshore and offshore (Krakow & Zug) development teams. Accountable for technology and digital portfolio.- Led division’s 15m digital transformation as part of Informa’s Growth Acceleration Plan, delivering channel shift from telesales to e-commerce. Developed global event marketing and e-commerce platform. The much clearer proposition around each event doubled conversion rates.- Supported transformation of marketing acquisition strategy from outbound to inbound, through use of content- Improved our pipeline visibility and sales-team productivity through radical simplification of CRM systems- Transformed development capability adding offshore delivery capability and agile development processes and tools allowing better visibility and prioritisation budget - Improved capital deployed through removal of all on-premise data-centres, focusing on containerised cloud delivery of enterprise applications- Instituted information security as a new key function - not just in technology but across the division- Provided acquisition and disposal planning to Head Office (UBM, Penton, LightReading)

London, Gb

CTO for number of Banking and Capital Markets divisions.- Created a content marketing strategy to drive growth in attendee and sponsors sides of business with a view to widening their conversion funnels, using live event video to emphasise premium nature of conferences and sponsorship opportunities- Due-diligence and acquisition integration planning initiatives - Drove improvements to timeliness of our production through improved the stability of the key platforms across the entire capital markets business- Funded investment from a number of supplier, process and technology rationalisation & sunsetting initiatives

London, England, Gb

Reporting to the CIO, this role involved influencing the direction of the department, making it initially more friendly to open-source and, later, pressing the case for the use of a hybrid mix of cloud services. This was accomplished by driving the creation of the IT strategy, control of the departments technical standards, review of business cases and through engagement with a number of sourcing reviews. Other activities included:+ Provided technical due diligence supporting a number of corporate M&A activities+ Identified value chain, key capabilities and duplicated provision driving consolidation to astandard technology model following department merger leading to £2m pa savings+ Sponsored £2m making IT easy programme providing home-like IT to employees at work+ Led £1m consolidation of enterprise storage - 75% reduction in floorspace and significant power cost saving+ Drove £1.5m selection of private cloud partner, including migration of DR capability+ Mentor to both new starters & junior managers+ Sponsored migration from propriety to open-source usage to deliver £1m of maintenance cost savings

London, United Kingdom, Gb

Reporting to both the editor and MD, this role involved the technical shaping of the programme to relaunch the website. This included putting in place a historic archive, new search technologies and an e-commerce offering. As well as a strong focus on procurement, the role involved managing offshore development teams as well as a small on-site product development team. Other activities included:+ Developing market leading sponsored microsites taking advantage of user-generated-content+ Bringing to market podcasting technology as an early attempt to speak to customers while mobile+ Developing and validating business cases for key initiatives

London, England, Gb

Part of the project management office, this role involved both managing a team of analysts, and providing internal consultancy on the practicability of business cases. With a large portion of the team being contract, setting, maintaining and validating standards formed a large part of the role. I managed a number of projects including a new search engine, a syndication system and a subscriptions management platform. Other activities included:+ Specified a print syndication system, an editorial messaging system and a share and fund listing system+ Provided advice to business on product integration (classified advertising system)+ Wrote tender documentation (HR system)

London, England, Gb

Following a merger with a sister website, this role involved managing a team of IT account managers for Europe’s largest online business publisher. The team provided business analysis, project management and an escalation point for incidents, and on the odd occasion some minor development work. The largest project involved directly managing the integration of FTMarketwatch.com within FT.com including managing data migration of portfolio users.

London, England, Gb

This role involved developing an ongoing road-map for key features for a newly launched personal finance website. Key tasks included the evaluation of new ideas, specification of new product development, liaising with clients. Finally the role involved some management of external suppliers who provided outsourced application development and maintenance.

London, Gb

The focus for this role was to manage the internal communications platforms, reaching twenty-five thousand people globally. I was responsible for managing the corporate intranet, and editing the company magazine. Other activities included:+ Development of the corporate website, pearson.com+ Technical oversight of the wider PR/IR departments technical initiatives.

London, England, Gb

This role had two key responsibilities, development of the company website, info.ft.com and market & product research for the Extel, Interactive Data and AFX products. Other activities included:+Produced product gap analysis ahead of European expansion+ Delivered e-commerce system providing B2B sales of corporate tear-sheets

Master Of Arts (Ma), Management And Computer Science

Master Of Science (Msc), European Economics & Finance

A-Levels & Gcses