Michael Lay Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Designed and implemented the technology and infrastructure for the organisation, consisting of a new M365 tenant, Exchange Online and associated services. Implemented a time management system to be used for project reports & invoicing. Environment is cloud only with utilisation of M365 & Azure.Location: United Kingdom, Romania

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the overall technology strategy and operations of each organisation. Brought on to modernise the digital transformation in each business that originally existed from a holding group structure transitioning to separate organisations.- Developed and implemented each organisation’s technology strategy and roadmap.- Reduced CapEx & OpEx expenditure whilst aligning each organisation's needs.- Developed data governance strategies relevant to each business and requirement.- Built an in-house IT Management team whilst managing our 3rd party MSPs to reduce reliance on 3rd parties, thus reducing costs and increasing time to resolutions. - Increased core application uptime and reduced dependency on IT Support. - Identified and mitigated risks relating to compliance and security, ensuring overall compliance with regulations and standards. Environment is hybrid with increased utilisation of M365 & AzureLocations: United Kingdom, United States, Amsterdam

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the overall technology strategy and operations of each organisation. Brought on to modernise the digital transformation in each business that originally existed from a holding group structure transitioning to separate organisations.- Developed and implemented each organisation’s technology strategy and roadmap.- Reduced CapEx & OpEx expenditure whilst aligning each organisation's needs.- Developed data governance strategies relevant to each business and requirement.- Built an in-house IT Management team whilst managing our 3rd party MSPs to reduce reliance on 3rd parties, thus reducing costs and increasing time to resolutions. - Increased core application uptime and reduced dependency on IT Support. - Identified and mitigated risks relating to compliance and security, ensuring overall compliance with regulations and standards. Environment is hybrid with increased utilisation of M365 & AzureLocations: United Kingdom, United States, Middle East

London, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the overall technology strategy and operations of each organisation. Brought on to modernise the digital transformation in each business that originally existed from a holding group structure transitioning to separate organisations.- Developed and implemented each organisation’s technology strategy and roadmap.- Reduced CapEx & OpEx expenditure whilst aligning each organisation's needs.- Developed data governance strategies relevant to each business and requirement.- Built an in-house IT Management team whilst managing our 3rd party MSPs to reduce reliance on 3rd parties, thus reducing costs and increasing time to resolutions. - Increased core application uptime and reduced dependency on IT Support. - Identified and mitigated risks relating to compliance and security, ensuring overall compliance with regulations and standards. Environment is hybrid with increased utilisation of M365 & AzureLocations: United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Employed as the full-time IT Manager providing Windows Server network administration for over 90 users hosting AD DS/DNS/DHCP servers, LAN/WAN/VPN/VLAN network infrastructure, VMware & Hyper-V virtualisation environment including Symantec Backup Exec. Also managed the FTP/DFS servers, SonicWall Firewall, wireless access points, load balancers and PaperCut printing system.Provided Office 365 & Exchange Online administration and support to over 300 employees on multiple platforms on a global scale. Managed the ShoreTel telephony server, set up new employee workstations including ethernet & fibre network infrastructure. Took multiple forests, with multiple Sync servers environment to multiple forests, single Azure AD Connect Server to one Azure AD Tenant environment.Rolled out two stage authentication methods and implemented a phishing awareness server to train employees on various type of attacks to increase company security. • Maintenance of all network hardware including physical & virtual servers, telephony, network nodes, terminals and disaster recovery for site.• Licensing and account management with multiple vendors and suppliers.• Training provided to employees across multiple departments on network operations including log-in procedures, Office 365 product knowledge & training, network security and general troubleshooting of the Windows Environment.

Wimbledon

Eligo is an established niche consultancy which offers forward thinking and innovative approach to recruitment, providing the full range of recruitment solutions to a wide range of clients across the UK & EMEA within the specialist sectors of:• IT Technical (Perm & Contract)• IT Sales• Business Intelligence & Analytics• Medical• Security & Fire• Engineering• Events & Conferences• Online MediaPython & Ruby falls under the Eligo Technology team whom are dedicated to recruiting for a wide range of roles across key specialist sectors in Open Source development, Sitecore, Mobile Development, Data Science and Engineering, Testing and QA, Infrastructure and Architecture, Database and Administration.With a genuine passion for the technology market and its community we go the extra mile in recruiting for our specialisations. For anything Python or Ruby related please don’t hesitate to get in touch to discuss how we can help with finding your next technology job or hire.

Greater London, United Kingdom

Specialising in Civil Engineering, my focus was on white collar engineering roles with typical disciplines including but not limited to: Site Engineers to Senior Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers, Agents, Project Managers, Operations or Contract Managers, Design Managers, Planning, Health & Safety, Quality and Environmental roles.A brief list of some of the major infrastructure projects I’ve successfully recruited for:Crossrail - £14.8bn - Europe's current largest construction project improving journey times in rail across London, to easing congestion and offering better connections.High Speed 2 (HS2) - Phase 1 £16.3bn - A new high speed railway line which will run between London and Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.Thames Tideway Tunnel - £2.3bn - A new ‘super sewer’ urgently required to protect the tidal River Thames from pollution.AMP6 (Asset Management Period 6), eight2O - £2.5bn - Essential improvements and upgrades to Thames Water’s ageing network across the South East of England.Heathrow Q6 - £1.5bn - Infrastructure upgrades and improves to both airside and landside areas at Heathrow Airport over a 5 year period.Collaborative Delivery Framework (CDF) - £5bn - 26 companies across 4 lots to deliver cost effective large scale improvements to England’s motorways and major A roads.Bank Station Capacity Upgrade (BSCU) - £560m - Increasing the capacity, reducing interchange times and improving accessibility at Bank Station.

Kzn, South Africa

Kzn, South Africa