A private sector SME Exor provided Asset Management software - Initially brought in as a Business Analyst, requirements changed and I was asked to lead the Software Maintenance team instead. I led a growing team for 12 months introducing process controls to ensure smarter working. Subsequently approached to pick up responsibility for the systems administration team and facilities management for the office. Step changes in operational structure saw me take on the role of Release Manager, with responsibility for functional, integration and regression testing of code, as well as QA for documentation before final release of code or fixes. I was made responsible for HR issues across patch and asked to standardise job descriptions and pay hierarchy. Part of a larger team planning and executing an office move, premises were taken on and remodelled to create a flagship office where customer training could be carried out. Finally accepting the role of de facto office manager with responsibility for facilities, network communication and liaison with building management.

Working in Doha for DAGOC part of the Qatari Government. A member of the Test Team working with the software developed by Ssang Yong to support the Asian Games of 2007. Dealing mostly with authorisation and security software, required to liaise with Qatari Government Security services. Phase One involved manual testing to specification and reporting on bugs found during development iterations. Phase Two was integration testing, Phase Three was coordination of User Acceptance Testing. During Games time I was assigned as a trouble-shooter to visit sites and resolve issues.

After completing a contract for Celestica in Santa Palumba Italy, I took on further contracts:I was contacted to develop the wording for the text of a new relocation company, Relocation Council Italy. This was an interesting piece of work that took around took two months to research and draft before handing on to the webmaster to deploy it to site. I was approached by ItalComm to teach business English and communication etiquette to a group of Italian telecomms engineers. This was an interesting experience but basically saw me developing the guys usage and understanding of English/US business terms and how to handle international conference calls.Contracted to Celestica once again for handling training and transfer of knowledge for shop floor tracking systems this time in Kladno Czech Republic. Responsible to the Factory Manager for ensuring training roll out to the Sun Microsystems section went according to plan.

Re-employed by Celestica as a contractor to support transfer of Sun Microsystems production to the lower cost geography of Santa Palumba. Initial role was to oversee the roll out the existing shop floor systems and train the staff to use them. This branched into working with Celestica HQ in Canada to develop their own new shop floor tracking system.

Engineering Change Control Manager for both box and board build across Sun MicroSystems build. This involved multi-geography responsibility, two sites in the UK and one in the US. Documentation Management also became part of my responsibility. I took on process change and improvement across patch.

Engineering Change Control Team Lead covering existing ICL MainFrame box build, Sun Microsystems box and board build and new projects. Taking on responsibility for Manufacturing Engineering towards the end of my stint. Ensuring documentation quality was monitored and kept in place to meet ISO9000.

Engineering Change Controller for ICL Mainframes - ensuring changes developed by the project draftsmen were incorporated into bills of material held centrally and the material changes were forecast in at lowest cost.