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A highly experienced technology professional and entrepreneur with a proven record over 25 years in Information Technology, operations, business analysis and data. Focused on overcoming problems, identifying opportunities and maximising returns by understanding stakeholder needs. Thrives on continuous challenges and fast-paced environments with a strong focus on collaboration, driving projects, and delivering innovative solutions. My strength is using technology and data, co-ordinating between different business silos, ensuring profits are maximised and customer experience is enhanced. Highly experienced at operating internally at board level, with business partners on an international scale as well as customers at an executive / director level.Experience: IT on perm and Azure, mergers and acquisitions, project management, start-up businesses, telecom systems, global vendor management, HR, health and safety and GDPR compliance, legal contracts, contract negotiations.Project Management: Taking ownership of projects with the experience to mould and co-ordinate the plan as it progresses. Diverse projects like ERP/data migration, migrating services between third party and in-house, office re-locations, desktops and server migrations.Data Analysis: Highly experienced at extracting data from ERP and CRM systems to generate bespoke reporting at board level. Strong analytical skills with a data-driven mindset to identify weaknesses and discover areas of value-add.Mergers and Acquisitions: Responsible for multiple M&A's including negotiations, due-diligence, data analysis, consolidation, HR, data migration, legal matters, premises consolidation, facilities, and contract renegotiations.Certified IT Pro: Extensive knowledge of Microsoft server and desktop operating systems, applications, and telecoms systems. Data security accreditations with Cisco and Sophos.Profit Maximisation: Inspiring growth through innovative ideas, fostering a continuous Improvement mindset, a history of maximising the existing assets giving a return on investment using technology, restructuring, diversifying or process enhancement.Relationships: Strong relationship skills with global business partners, discovering new vendors and negotiating SLA’s. Manging manufacturers like HP, Xerox and Canon.