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I managed a team of consultants improving regular team utilisation over 70% delivering revenues to circa 1.2 million per annum. I had responsibility for professional and personal development of team members. Technical Design Authority on NTT Com Security largest engagementsSME for Enterprise Security Architecture, Service Migration and Perimeter Security solutions with key involvement in pre-sales process.Speaker at customer events such as NTT Com Security "Information Security World" conferenceDeveloping Enterprise Security Architecture propositionImplement improvements to business processes including forecasting and engagement management model.

· Led group of five consultants to deliver an international firewall replacement project to a blue chip investment company in aggressive three month timescale.· Lead Architect for load balancing infrastructure for public web portal for large government department managing design, customer liaison, PoC and implementation.· Attracting and securing new business e.g. £100,000 of revenue for a remote access solution for an international private bank. Subsequently took sole responsibility, over three months, for the planning, project management and delivery for all components of the successful solution.· Technical governance on a 10,000 seat roll-out of web services for a multinational energy utility.· Proposed and implemented a pit-lane remote access solution for a Formula-1 team.· Designed and delivered widely sold custom training courses for both Check Point and F5 technologies.

• Technical Account Manager to over 60 accounts• Building and maintaining relationships at all levels within key accounts.• Speaker at technology seminars.• Supervisory role. Responsibility for planning consultant activities within the technical team. • Evaluate technology for potential inclusion in the company portfolio.• First UK Certified F5 FirePass SSL Remote Access Engineer. Championed SSL based remote access solutions and developed relationship with vendor.

• Acquired skills across the whole Integralis portfolio including perimeter and content security, intrusion detection, DNS and IP management.• Delivered entire projects from new installations, upgrades and integration work.• On site problem resolution as escalation to third-line support.• Qualified as a Check Point Certified Instructor to teach both the intermediate and expert training courses.• Authoring technical articles.

Installed, developed and supported Internet and Intranet services. Managed Internet security systems. Designed and deployed an SMTP Internet email solution. Deployed and managed BIND based Internet and internal DNS system.