* Development and implementation of the School IT strategy. * Management of IT and the IT Team. * Management of the IT Budget.* UNIX and network administration and management. * Management and administration of the School Web server (hardware and system software). * Management of backup / recovery planning for server stored data. * Management of IT Inventory / asset management / PAT testing database.* Consulting, project management and support for GIS projects within the School.* Acting as Faculty IT Manager (voluntary role in Federal Faculty).* Acting as “interim Director of Services” in the School.* Management of School phone and alarm systems.

My role was to manage and develop the School GIS facilities, teach on the GIS Masters courses, and provide support and advice for staff and research students undertaking GIS based projects within the School.

Employed as GIS Project Officer for the North West Wetlands Survey, a long term landscape archaeological project whose primary objective was to identify wetland sites and landscapes under threat and in need of management action. The project covered the administrative counties of Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire.