Ian Brooks Email & Phone Number

Bristol, England, Gb

Bristol, United Kingdom

Teaching and researching on how to make IT more sustainable and how we can use IT to address sustainability challenges in society. Based in the Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies but working with colleagues across the Faculties, with businesses and with the wider community.At the University of the West of England new students start with a sustainable technology team project in the Computer Science induction week and continue with sustainability in teaching and project work. This reflects UWE’s emphasis on sustainability in the Strategy 2020 priorities http://ow.ly/P1WcdThe formal wording…..“• Design and deliver curriculum content in sustainable IT, including the BCS certificate in Green IT, to staff, students and others. • Support the adoption of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) pedagogies within the curricula of CSCT. • Actively influence and help steer wider curriculum development with a view to attaining widespread awareness of sustainable IT in undergraduate, postgraduate and professional programmes. • Represent the Department in the Knowledge Exchange for Sustainability Education network. • Work with and extend internal and external networks, including UWE’s Knowledge Exchange for Sustainability Education group, Students Union Green Leaders scheme, Bristol Green Capital partners, as well as BCS and other industry partners and networks. • Ensure that Department staff are briefed on ESD opportunities and developments. • Support staff development initiatives in ESD. • Contribute to research and professional practice in the field.”

Bristol, United Kingdom

Overall module leader for, and lecturer on, the two modules Environmental Business Skills and Sustainable Technologies. These modules are part of the MSc Environmental Consultancy course at UWE.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Member of the Steering Committee for the MSc Environmental Consultancy course

Bristol, United Kingdom

Guest lecturer on strategic planning for Greenhouse Gas reduction and Marginal Abatement Cost curves.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Building and strengthening relationships between businesses, particularly in South West England, and the UWE Department of Computer Science & Creative Technologies. This can include student placement projects, collaborative research, innovation vouchers, knowledge transfer partnerships and speaking opportunities. [I'm also continuing in my role as Business Support Manager with the Environmental iNet]

Bristol, United Kingdom

Working on sustainability projects including strategic sustainability analysis of companies, energy efficiency improvement, Green ICT and behaviour change. Mustikka Limited is my company for sustainability contract work.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Visiting Lecturer in Sustainability. Looking at the balance of people, planet and profit along with the biblical call to action.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Teaching on the unit Sustainability, Technology and Business in the Department of Computer Science. (This is in addition to my continuing role at the University of the West of England)

Bristol, United Kingdom

Providing innovation support to small and medium enterprises based in South West England which are innovating for environmental benefit. This ERDF funded programme is led by the University of the West of England in partnership with Bristol City Council, Royal Agricultural University and the University of Exeter. In the course of four and a half years of ERDF funding, the Environmental iNet completed business assistance to over 340 businesses.

Yate, United Kingdom

Working with schools in South Gloucestershire to reduce energy demand through physical and behaviour change actions using social practices model (MSc project)

Bristol, United Kingdom

Studying for MSc in Environmental Consultancy with a focus on reducing energy demand and carbon emissions in the built environment.

Bristol, United Kingdom

On leave of absence from IBM to do the MSc in Environmental Consultancy at the University of the West of England, full time.

Responsible for ensuring IBM's outsourced services for Defra are delivered in line with contracted sustainability requirements and supporting improvement of Defra's overall sustainability. This role included managing the successful submission of IBM's first data centre to achieve participant status under the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centre Energy Efficiency.

Project Description:Green Programme Manager for IBM Global Technology Services UK Strategic Outsourcing business including IT delivery change programme and bid support Project Contribution:Sustainability leader on several Systems Outsourcing bids including calculating carbon footprint impact of solution, championing sustainability best practice in solution design.Co-Author of paper ‘Outsourcing for a greener business’ .Spoke at National University of Rwanda on Green ICTDeveloped and ran Green ICT workshops at CIO level for a number of organisationsAuthored IBM worldwide internal course on shareholder value impact of climate change and carbon pricingCo-Author of paper ‘A day in a low carbon life - What might it be like to lead a business in 2012?’Completed Green Book analysis of over a dozen businesses.Defined internal IBM standard Green Book format for analysis of shareholder value impact of carbon pricing and climate change on organisations.

Project Description:Communications and Industrial sector leader of Value Creation team for IBM Strategic Outsourcing UK business – included developing shareholder value assessments of clients, running strategic opportunity identification workshops, value proposition development, Miller-Heiman™ Strategic Selling planning and Industry plan development Project Contribution:Worked with bid teams, account teams and industry leaders to identify how IBM propositions could significantly increase shareholder value for the client and to quantify that impact.Included developing shareholder value assessments of clients (Blue Books), running strategic opportunity identification workshops, value proposition development, Miller-Heiman™ Strategic Selling planning and Industry plan developmentAssessment of potential Joint Venture partners in the European Communications industry for Strategic Outsourcing.‘CIO Agenda’ rollout to Business Development Executives in Communications and Industrial sector for IBM Strategic Outsourcing UK business

Project Description:Selection, development and operationalisation of IBM cross-brand Strategic Business Solutions including establishing solution sales teams Project Contribution:Led the process of business solution selection and development, the selection and education of the solution sales team and sales pipeline monitoring for Industrial Sector Business Consulting Services Europe.

Project Description:Strategic and Operational planning and reporting for Industrial Sector Business Consulting Services EuropeProject Contribution:Developed strategic plan for offerings, target clients and countries.Managed selection of strategic target clients, investment budgets, assignment and support of Global Relationship Partners.Managed investment process for development of services.

Project Description:Led Resource Managers network for Industrial Sector Europe (Business Consulting Services)Project Contribution:Led rollout of Functional Skills Assessment tool for 2800 consultants, developed Industrial Sector functional skills catalogue, focussed on raising consultant utilisation through more effective cross-border matching of opportunities and skills by Resource Manager team.

Project Description:Post-acquisition integration programme manager for Industrial Sector Europe, Business Consulting ServicesProject Contribution:Integration of PricewaterhouseCoopers management consultancy into IBM Business Consulting Services for Industrial Sector Europe

Merger planning and integration.Global Marketing Manager for Oil & Gas consulting practice.Preparation for IPO including development of prospectus content.

Systems analysis and development in financial services, electronics, waste management and horse breeding.IT strategy development in health service and publishing.Change programme management in a number of local government organisations.Overhead Cost Management consultant including development of global methodology and assignment tools.Overhead Cost Management assignments in a national broadcaster, financial services, power, water and telco utilities.Merger Integration in financial services.Development of global Knowledge Management methodology

Phd Student (Part Time), Use Of Un Sustainable Development Goals In Systems Engineering

Currently researching for PhD. “The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as Requirements for Systems Engineering”. Case studies.

Post-Graduate Certificate In Higher Education

PG Cert HE qualification for Teaching and Lecturing in Higher Education

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Environmental Consultancy, Distinction

The course covered broad sustainability with a particular emphasis on environmental issues from Environmental Impact Assessments.

B. Sc., Software Engineering

Activities and Societies: Volunteer adviser with Student Advice Member of Birmingham University Christian UnionThesis Title: The discharge.