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Providing advice and guidance to the Executive Team, ensuring compliance and governance as a non-executive member of the board. Member of the Finance Committee.Cosmic is digital, smart and ethical. We work in partnership with organisations across the UK to enable people and businesses to benefit from digital skills to work smarter, engage with society and deliver value. Cosmic is one of the UK’s leading ethical digital businesses with more than two decades’ experience in bringing the… Show more Providing advice and guidance to the Executive Team, ensuring compliance and governance as a non-executive member of the board. Member of the Finance Committee.Cosmic is digital, smart and ethical. We work in partnership with organisations across the UK to enable people and businesses to benefit from digital skills to work smarter, engage with society and deliver value. Cosmic is one of the UK’s leading ethical digital businesses with more than two decades’ experience in bringing the value of digital innovations to our partners, helping them to benefit as part of the connected, digital world. Show less

Active Consultants provides support to SME organisations in the South West of England to help improve operational performance and build the foundations for growth and development.www.activeconsultants.co.uk

Providing specialist advice on governance and assurance to support major change initiatives including the Supercomputer investment programmes.

Supporting the founder from initial launch in 2006 though to exit sale in 2022.Tea's Me is a national wholesaler of organic teas, coffee and herbal infusions to the catering and retail trade, with a specialisation in supplying the Zero Waste sector.My role was to provide the operational and financial support required to sustain and grow the business, leaving the founder free to concentrate on product development, sales and business development. The business was sold successfully in 2022.

FIDO Tech is an innovative technology company bringing game-changing ai-based solutions to the water industry. My role was to help introduce more structured business processes, tools and reporting capability to move the business from its start-up phase and into operational production. One of the main activities I was involved in was creating and managing due diligence processes for grant applications and investor activity around Series-A funding opportunities.

As Chief Operating Officer I had full P&L responsibility for the operating division of the company. In this role I achieved outstanding success in supporting a rapid period of growth for the company that led ultimately to a company sale. I established robust, standards-based operating practices coupled with sound team leadership skills that created a culture of high-performance and professional delivery of the company's products and services. Managing a team of engineers… Show more As Chief Operating Officer I had full P&L responsibility for the operating division of the company. In this role I achieved outstanding success in supporting a rapid period of growth for the company that led ultimately to a company sale. I established robust, standards-based operating practices coupled with sound team leadership skills that created a culture of high-performance and professional delivery of the company's products and services. Managing a team of engineers, programme/project managers, installers and customer support agents, I ensured that all customer interaction was delivered to exacting standards with my team receiving many commendations of excellence from customers and partners. My financial skills are excellent and I was able to maintain costs at an optimum level to ensure maximum operating margin was achieved across all product lines. I am commercially driven and contributed significantly to the sales process, where I helped to structure and deliver big ticket sales opportunities across a range of public and private sector clients. As a Company Director, I assisted the CEO and other senior executives to define, plan and deliver business strategy. I contributed to the overall development of the business and had specific devolved responsibility for Health & Safety, Data Security, Quality and technical compliance. Show less

Responsible for managing the availability of all Landmark IT systems and services using a blend of UK-based and off-shore operational support teams. This includes 24/7 monitoring, incident management, access control, problem resolution, service continuity, capacity planning and configuration management across a wide range of technologies and platforms both physical and virtual/cloud-based.

Project Manager for the Group Services department (IT operations and infrastructure group). Provided project and programme management leadership including resource scheduling and activity planning services to the group and its internal customers. Managed multiple concurrent technology projects involving IT architecture, hardware & software installations and product development. Major projects covered Cloud technology, virtualisation infrastructure, packaged software applications, service… Show more Project Manager for the Group Services department (IT operations and infrastructure group). Provided project and programme management leadership including resource scheduling and activity planning services to the group and its internal customers. Managed multiple concurrent technology projects involving IT architecture, hardware & software installations and product development. Major projects covered Cloud technology, virtualisation infrastructure, packaged software applications, service desk toolsets and mobile technology. Show less

Project Manager for the creation of a recreation and visitor centre at Haldon Forest Park, Exeter. This construction project was lottery funded so demanded formal Prince2 methods and very detailed financial management and reporting. This was an excellent community initiative and I am very proud to have helped deliver such a popular and beneficial project.

Various roles in this local successful SME:1) IT Manager: responsible for support and development of all ICT services. This included core systems to deliver MRPII, warehouse management, S&OP, Accountancy, CRM and Product Management.2) Product Development Manager: Headed a team of electrical and mechanical design engineers responsible for product development. Awarded BT Innovator of the Year award in 2001.3) Engineering Manager: Head of all engineering services with P&L… Show more Various roles in this local successful SME:1) IT Manager: responsible for support and development of all ICT services. This included core systems to deliver MRPII, warehouse management, S&OP, Accountancy, CRM and Product Management.2) Product Development Manager: Headed a team of electrical and mechanical design engineers responsible for product development. Awarded BT Innovator of the Year award in 2001.3) Engineering Manager: Head of all engineering services with P&L responsibility for product design, production engineering and technical support. Show less

Various roles in the Engineering and IS functions of this regional water utility company.1) Maintenance Planner: Planning maintenance activity for team of M&E engineers responsible for 3000+ plant and machinery assets in Devon.2) IT Systems Analyst: Helped introduce computerised engineering systems across the region.3) Project Group Leader: Lead small team of IT analyst/developers in the support and development of operational support systems.4) IS Programme… Show more Various roles in the Engineering and IS functions of this regional water utility company.1) Maintenance Planner: Planning maintenance activity for team of M&E engineers responsible for 3000+ plant and machinery assets in Devon.2) IT Systems Analyst: Helped introduce computerised engineering systems across the region.3) Project Group Leader: Lead small team of IT analyst/developers in the support and development of operational support systems.4) IS Programme Manager: Managed a £5m IT systems renewal programme to support a strategic company-wide change initiaitive. Show less

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