Neil Martin Email & Phone Number

Coventry

Coventry, United Kingdom

Reporting to VP Assessment Technology, involved in managing IT integration between Pearson UK and EDI Developed the EDI solution further using distributed Agile teams Developed a new International e-Learning/e-Assessment solution adopted by Pearson as their enterprise proposition

• Leading provider of UK & Int. vocational qualifications. t/o £30m 125 staff• Managed department of 48 staff across three locations including an off-shore extended team• Restructured and refocused department to deliver focused applications to time and budget • Developed IT Roadmap covering technology, products and structure• Managed AGILE development and delivery of integrated, company-wide solution, replacing 12 separate business applications and multiple individual databases, with single, service based SOA application using the .NET framework.• Implemented extensive security review and policies covering usage, DRM, intrusion assessments and new AV roll out• Implemented plan to consolidate multiple external hosted facilities into single data centre with full 24x7 monitoring and support• Implemented upgrade and roll out of new Avaya Unified Massaging systems. • Implemented roll out of new HR, Accounts, ICT Helpdesk and Customer Service Applications • Introduced company based Intranet solution for staff communication• Introduced core KPI departmental monitoring and BI reporting facilities

Personal IT contracting/interim management company.

• Part of the Observer AB group of companies – UK £30m t/o, 600 staff, Group £150m t/o, 3000 staff• Leading global provider of PR media monitoring, data management and evaluation services.• Reporting to UK MD and Group CIO• Managed :- Staff of 40 on-shore and a further 70 within the off-shore web development team• Responsibilities :- UK/Group development teams, internal systems both legacy and new developments, infrastructure planning and team management across multiple locations, ICT support and End User Technical Support

Software and data supplier, part of the Romeike Group and originally called Media Information, purchased by Observer AB group in 2000, renamed Waymaker and later merged with sister companies in Romeike Group under single title of Romeike. - £12m t/o, 125 staff.Joined following the purchase of Softcare by Media Information. Initial role was to oversee the transition caused by the merger, create a new IT department and move forward with the next generation web based products.

Software house developing specialised contact management/CRM applications for vertical market segments, bought out in 1997 by Romeike Group. 30 staff Brought in to turn failing company around and to sustain Softcare Systems as a finance resource for a new company – Softcare Media Systems – which was ready for sale in 1997

A vertical market book and music publisher voted by the booksellers, publisher of the year for 3 of the 5 years that I worked there

Education record

Education record