Hugh Steele Email & Phone Number

Reading, United Kingdom

Microsoft Enterprise Architect delivering Digital Transformation into customers within the energy, utilities and construction sectors.My focus was on driving change within customers' business and IT to enable accelerated adoption of cloud services to ensure maximum value for the business. I worked closely with customers and their teams to identify transformation that drove business outcomes, new ways of working and disruptive business models. I have successfully broken down internal… Show more Microsoft Enterprise Architect delivering Digital Transformation into customers within the energy, utilities and construction sectors.My focus was on driving change within customers' business and IT to enable accelerated adoption of cloud services to ensure maximum value for the business. I worked closely with customers and their teams to identify transformation that drove business outcomes, new ways of working and disruptive business models. I have successfully broken down internal barriers within many organisations to overcome resistance to change and remove the blockers between IT, Service Providers and the business Specific themes of interest are leveraging federated cloud identity to enable organisations to securely collaborate with their strategic partners and customers, and how internal IT and Service providers need to transform their services to enable an evergreen capability for their business. In my 18 years at Microsoft I have worked across the Defence, Security, Media and Construction sectors at CIO level guiding customers through strategic change. Focused Customers: o BAE Systems o Mott MacDonald o EDF Energy o Weir Group o Amec Foster Wheeler o Network Rail o Vodafone o Cable & Wireless o BBC o Ministry of DefenceSectors o Architecture, Engineering & Construction o Utilities o Oil & Gas o Media & TelecomsFocused Propositions o Transforming business and IT to be Cloud Ready o Digital Capability Maturity Key Areas of Specialism o Secure collaboration across Organisational Boundaries o Organisational structure and change Show less

London, United Kingdom

antfactory were a venture capital and internet incubator investing in small and medium enterprises to accelerate technology adoption and drive business transformation.Antfactory focused on four areas of business development: • online aspects of traditional off-line businesses; • developing neutral marketplaces by partnering with companies that have mutual interests; • bringing fledging ecommerce companies together with experienced business managers; • helping… Show more antfactory were a venture capital and internet incubator investing in small and medium enterprises to accelerate technology adoption and drive business transformation.Antfactory focused on four areas of business development: • online aspects of traditional off-line businesses; • developing neutral marketplaces by partnering with companies that have mutual interests; • bringing fledging ecommerce companies together with experienced business managers; • helping established ebusinesses expand into new markets.I assessed business plans and technology strategy to support identification of investment opportunities and then took on the role of CTO in the investment to create and implement an overall technology strategy. The focus was to establish a sustainable technology capability and platform through engaging strategic partners and putting in place a full-time team to take the transformation forward. Show less

Television Centre, Shepherds Bush

Development manager for Beeb.com which was a leading UK internet entertainment site hosting: Top Gear; Radio Times; Top of the Pops; Holiday; Tomorrows World; Comedy Zone; Good Homes & Food; Gardeners World. The site delivered over 5 million page impressions per month and content was syndicated to major ISP’s, portals and interactive TV channels. The site was the pre-cursor to BBC Online and also initially hosted BBC News and Sport content.Achievements:* Project management of the… Show more Development manager for Beeb.com which was a leading UK internet entertainment site hosting: Top Gear; Radio Times; Top of the Pops; Holiday; Tomorrows World; Comedy Zone; Good Homes & Food; Gardeners World. The site delivered over 5 million page impressions per month and content was syndicated to major ISP’s, portals and interactive TV channels. The site was the pre-cursor to BBC Online and also initially hosted BBC News and Sport content.Achievements:* Project management of the overall site launch, co-ordinating multiple teams of technical and creative staff. * Project management of award winning Content Production System subsequently marketed as a product to large media companies.* Recruited, trained and developed an applications programming team of ten software professionals.* Introduced and established Agile (Dynamic Systems Development Method) across the Web and Application development teams* Implemented version control and configuration management systems and processes across the web development teams.Major Projects: * eCommerce system managing products and automatically linking to related content and online retailers.* Radio Times - (TV, Radio, Cable and Films) database and dynamic web application.* Top Gear - new and used car database comprising price history, full specification and review. * Top of the Pops charts database.* Numerous generic re-usable sitewide systems: Chat, Forums, XML feeds; Referral logging; Voting; Postcards.* Sport news site – based on Jasmine Object Database content store with news production system and dynamic content delivery with personalisation. Show less