Jon Place Email & Phone Number

London

Keeping the wheels turning - no matter the problems.

London, United Kingdom

Fuse is a SaaS based Learning and Development Platform. Although Fuse has many technically competent members of staff, they are all devoted to the care and development of the platform. I was brought in to be the internal technical person for the company globally.

Thame

• I was recommended to Lightfoots by a contact of one of my suppliers who also worked with them. I have managed to setup “the best IT department we’ve ever had” to quote the senior partners.Although there had been.
• Save around £90,000 in printing costs by introducing PaperCut and stopping the use of individual desktop printers.
• Set up two new offices – one in Thame and another in Princes Risborough – and convert users over to iGel thin clients accessing Remote Desktop Services rather than traditional PCs.
• Re-build the company BCP from the ground up and test it.
• Construct a complete IT DR plan with a 15 minute RPO and 4 hour RTO. Again, this was tested and found to work.
• Re-align the company software licensing and get us through an intense Microsoft License Audit.

Vauxhall

IT Manager responsible for the installation, upkeep and maintnence of the global network infrastructure.I was headhunted by RONIN Corp to rebuild the IT department. Management had tried outsourcing all IT support but the experiment failed. The result after two years was a completely undocumented network that was almost unsupportable and required daily.

Acton

IT Manager responsible for all data/information systems setup and maintenance.I was headhunted by Market Probe (a global market research company) in November 2004 and joined the company the following February. The in-house call centre ran on a 24/7 basis so it was a real challenge to find ways of performing maintenance without disrupting the business. I.

• Started as a DTP operator, creating all required documentation. In May 1997, I was singled out for promotion to Systems Administrator. I was at this time responsible for all CATI script programming, database cleansing.
• Managed the company’s Year 2000 assessment project.
• Developed all Procedure and Training Manuals for the IT/DP sections towards MRQSA (ISO-20252) accreditation; we passed first time.
• Created the company Business Continuity Plan in conjunction with the HR and Finance Directors and wrote most of the required emergency procedures.
• Designed, wrote and maintained the company Web and Intranet sites.
• Trained up new members of staff: As the company grew, it became necessary for me to hand over some parts of my CATI work since my IT support duties were taking up more of my time.

Studio based commercial and adverising photographers.Used mainly SInar 5x4 and 10x8 cameras.Studio mainly used Bowens lighting system.In-house film processingIn-house printing (colour and B/W)Clients included SmithKline Beecham, Mars, Terrys, McVities, Transworld Publications.Main duties were to setup, light and shoot packshots for clients then process.