Rob Blakemore, Cissp

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Co-Founder and Head of Technology @ Immersive Learning Group
London, GB
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About Rob Blakemore, Cissp

A technology innovator who for 25 years has designed and delivered groundbreaking solutions with leading blue chip organisations and Governments worldwide. I've a passion for blending technology, art and entertainment to create truly immersive experiences, most recently as Co-Founder and Director of www.MindBlown.ioI've been delivering technology solutions within corporates for decades - from cyber security for the UK Government (GCHQ) in USA’s Silicon Valley, to recently delivering a ground-breaking Satellite+5G Innovation Lab for the European Space Agency. This lab included immersive Augmented Reality experiences - used by UK Government ministers and industry leaders from all sectors.I've long been passionate about unleashing creativity through delivering co-created transformational events - being inspired from witnessing the positive differences that creative events can make in people's lives. I get a huge amount of joy from delivering immersive experiences - whether through Leadership Development in the corporate world or experiences outside formal work.For 15 years, I've managed and run various UK & European immersive art/entertainment events & festivals – with hundreds of volunteers, thousands of attendees; whilst bearing holding legal & management responsibility. I remain a Regional Contact for Burning Man in the UK, and a Burning Man member of staff.I have experience in building, choreographing, and performing at ground-breaking creative immersive theatre, from 'Secret Cinema' to the Olivier-Award-nominated 'You Me Bum Bum Train' . I've created world-leading 12-hour immersive adventures across London, and consulted on immersive games experiences worldwide. I was Games Master for CGI’s world-leading portable escape room.I co-created the industry-disrupting Quest for Collective Intelligence (QCI) with Living Systems, which delivered our Collaborative Adaptive Technology into the world of Learning and Development - receiving a fantastic reception from all that have been through it - including leaders from top Nasdaq-listed companies.I'm an angel investor in over 75 start-up companies, with a focus on tech innovation, fintech, and the renewable and sustainable sectors.I'm always looking for avenues for new creative opportunities and connections - so please reach out and connect or follow.

Rob Blakemore, Cissp's Current Company Details
Immersive Learning Group

Immersive Learning Group

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Co-Founder and Head of Technology
London, GB
Website:
immersivelearning.group
Employees:
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Rob Blakemore, Cissp Work Experience Details
  • Immersive Learning Group
    Co-Founder And Head Of Technology
    Immersive Learning Group
    London, Gb
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  • Mindblown
    Director And Co-Founder
    Mindblown Jul 2022 - Present
    Creator of Truly Immersive Adventures - experiences where teams discover a mysterious and magical world hiding in plain sight. Designed and delivered adventures from the 12-hour extravaganza of 'Midnight Madness', to immersive theatre at the Royal Opera House, and immersive puzzles for Constructed Adventures in Paris.Visit our website for the catalogue of what we do - www.MindBlown.io
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  • Living Systems
    Chief Technology Wizard, & Immersive Development Experience Creator
    Living Systems Jul 2022 - Present
    * Conceived, designed and delivered Immersive Development Experiences (IDEs) within leadership and team development programmes for large corporate clients, including a leading Nasdaq firm.* The experiences combine the best of gaming, escape rooms, technology, and immersive theatre to create a new approach for accelerating leadership development.* All our experiences include Collaborative Adaptive Technology (a new definition pioneered by us). Collaborative = experiences where participants MUST work as a team simultaneously to succeed. Adaptive = emergent choices which change depending on the teams actions. Technology = innovation seamlessly embedded into the experience (e.g. VR/AR/IoT/electronics/bespoke software). These combine to deliver a groundbreaking and fresh experience for participants - unseen anywhere else.* For an increasingly VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world, leaders and teams can learn from experience, immerse themselves in activities, experiment with new behaviours, gain professional feedback on their impact, and adapt using the insights tailored to their unique selves.* Details and a marketing video for Experience 1 - “The Quest for Collective Intelligence” - can be found at www.QuestForCollectiveIntelligence.com
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  • Burning Man Project
    Event Producer
    Burning Man Project 2008 - Present
    * I'm officially appointed as Regional Contact in the UK for Burning Man (and a Burning Man member of staff). I formally sign off events on behalf of Burning Man organisation in America, ensuring each adheres to the 10 Principles of Burning Man. Burning Man is widely considered to be the leading participatory art and immersive event in the world today.* I'm involved in creating, planning, managing, and running events and festivals in the UK and also across Europe.* Since 2008, I have been a lead organiser of London Decompression, and was overall operational Event Lead for 8 years, and still remain a Director. This includes legal and financial responsibility for everything that happens at the event. The event is for over 2000 people, managing hundreds of talented people who run the departments required to pull off the spectacular experience. It’s the longest running Burning Man event outside America.* Burning Man has a community of over 10,000 in the UK, and over 100,000 in Europe. I consider a large part of my role to be in helping people believe in themselves to unleash their own creativity, through encouraging confidence in their abilities to bring whatever projects or themecamps they wish - taking their idea from conception to reality at an event. I also help through connecting the key groups of people together.* I’ve attended every Burning Man European Leadership Summit, which has been a fantastic source of learning for me in how to run immersive events smoothly. I've also delivered training sessions at the summits for the other European event leaders.
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  • Cgi
    Senior Consultant
    Cgi Nov 1998 - Jun 2022
    Also See Separate Entries For Cgi-Related Projects Below - Where Appended "(Cgi)".
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  • Cgi
    Games Master And Site Lead - Cgi Cyber Escape
    Cgi Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
    Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London
    * I delivered CGI’s Cyber Escape Experience into London - providing day-to-day operational management, leading an onsite team, training staff, making technical component upgrades and gameplay adjustments, and working with the CEO and management team at ‘Here East’ on logistics and programming.* CGI’s 'Cyber Escape' is a mobile game housed in a full-sized shipping container that teaches real life Cyber Security skills (to CEOs and staff) in a fun and enjoyable way. * I invited the Escape Room World Champion to test the deployment – which she described it as the best portable escape room they'd ever seen.* Here's a link to a short marketing video where you can see me explaining the experience - https://www.cgi.com/uk/en-gb/video/cyber-security/cgi-cyber-escape-london.
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  • European Space Agency - Esa
    Solution Architect / Solution Owner
    European Space Agency - Esa Jan 2020 - Dec 2021
    London And Harwell (Science, Technology & Innovation Campus)
    * I took the leadership in visioning a roadmap of demonstrations for a new 5G Innovation Lab installed at ESA’s UK HQ - to bridge 5G with satellite communications. I created the initial architecture plans for the 5G Innovation Lab, and then concentrated on developing and personally presenting a series of demonstrations in the lab to VIPs including ESA’s Director General (worldwide head of the ESA), various Government departments (incl. BEIS and DCMS), the UK Space Agency, and CGI’s UK President. * I personally conceived, and designed the centrepiece Augmented Reality (AR) experience on the Microsoft HoloLens. The experience presents the technical benefits of 5G to both a technical and non-technical audience, building a vision of the future weaving use cases from smart cities, digital twins, autonomous vehicles, virtual healthcare, and immersive education. Within the AR headsets, ESA’s showcase room came to life with superimposed visualisations in virtual urban and rural landscapes, and spinning Earth globes. I created additional AR visualisations to show the real paths of orbiting satellites superimposed across the sky as the glasses looked up to the heavens. I delivered further demos through deploying groundbreaking Internet of Things (IoT) sensors across ESA’s European sites. I integrated an artificial intelligence and machine learning tool demo for the satellite industry. As the various lab demo offerings grew, I outsourced development to external subcontractors as well as internal teams.* I also delivered a lecture to Masters students at the London School of Economics (LSE), as the Masters students were conducting a study on innovation at our 5G Lab, and the economic opportunities it offered for businesses in the UK.
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  • Greater London Authority
    Count Centre Manager (Cgi)
    Greater London Authority Sep 2017 - May 2021
    * Direct management of two Count Centres during the same Mayor of London and London Authority elections (the only person in history to do so). This was possible as 2021 counts took place over two (due to enhanced Covid-19 measures).* worked at the same level of both Chief Executives (and Returning Officers) in the constituencies of Lambeth & Southwark, and Greenwich & Lewisham. Helped deliver training to approximately 200 council staff across each Constituency Count. I joined the council Project Board meetings with the Chief Exec's top team.* On Count Days, I managed the technical team of staff, and kept the Chief Execs informed and advised on how to resolve issues when found. I worked alongside the Returning Officer (RO) to monitor the IT systems from a central dashboard - and we led the team of 100 staff to ensure that all ballots were processed accurately and efficiently through the electronic stages of registration, scanning, verification, and adjudication. I assisted the RO in generating the final results printouts read from the podium.* I was involved from project inception in 2017 having co-authored large sections of the winning bid response. I'd introduced new ideas such as the creation of a Mock Count centre that was capable of stress-testing ballot processing of even the largest constituency (with 700,000 ballots guaranteed in 10 hours). This hitherto unassailable level of testing helped win confidence in our end-to-end delivery capability - and the successful award of the bid.
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  • Self-Employed
    Angel Investor
    Self-Employed 2014 - 2021
    Angel investments into 70 startup companies, with a focus on the renewable and sustainable sector, fintech, and technology innovation generally. Success stories include FullyCharged.show, NakedEnergy.com, ArtICheck.com, CrowdProperty.com, Freetrade.io, CoinRule.io, GlintPay.com, INX.co, and Loowatt.com.
  • Pandemonium Drummers
    Various Immersive Theatre Creation, And Other Creative Skills
    Pandemonium Drummers 2012 - 2021
    * I've built, choreographed, and performed in ground-breaking creative immersive theatre - from the award winning ‘You Me Bum Bum Train’ to ‘Secret Cinema’. I've created 12-hour immersive adventures across London, and acted in immersive experiences I’ve created all across London.* I was a drummer and performer in the Opening and Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics (2012), and this led our group of volunteers to form the ‘Pandemonium Drummers’ that I’ve performed with many times on world stages. I have done a spot-lit performance in front of 90,000 people at the Millennium Stadium, and made several drumming appearances at Wembley stadium including the UEFA Champions league final (2013) and FA Cup Final (2014). I've played at festivals such as Henley and Standon Calling, and many other notable events including the welcoming at the UK BAFTAs, and a welcome party for the UK Prime Minister and overseas Heads of State on state visits.* I’ve written and produced songs with Basement Jaxx, including a piece I conducted at Basement Jaxx’s final London concert at Koko. I’m proud of having co-created, co-produced and performed the song ‘Champion’ where we gave proceeds to the Teenage Cancer Trust - listen and watch the song in link 1 below. Link 2 shows an interview I did in the Sky News studio, with me discussing the song and the history of the performance group.* I’m the compere/host at Burning Man cabarets, and also host opening and closing ceremonies - introducing the agenda, choreographing activities, knitting together events under a common theme, and planning the wrap up session - for groups of all sizes (incl 500+ people). I've also perform a similar role as the 'Town Crier' at the ground-breaking 'Wasinga' since 2014, delivering a ceremonies host role from 10am until midnight over 5-days - leading introducing sessions, working with workshop providers and performers to adjust/signpost programme changes in real time, to the 200+ participants.
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  • Uk Parliament
    Uk Parliament Appg Secretariat Member, And Steering Board Advisor (Coalition For Economic Justice)
    Uk Parliament Mar 2009 - 2021
    London, England, United Kingdom
    I work inside the House of Commons and co-administer the official Parliamentary group, as a key member of the Secretariat to the UK Parliament’s official All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Land Value Capture. We foster cross-party support for legislative change through a fairer taxation system. The Secretariat work is directly linked to my role on the Steering Board of the ‘Coalition for Economic Justice’.
  • Cgi Cyber
    Various It Security Consultancy
    Cgi Cyber 2017 - 2018
    * Department of Education (London HQ) - Cyber consultancy during a migration of HQ services to the cloud.* Bank of England - Security Architecture Consultancy, for a bid response to update to the Bank's core infrastructure, including their Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system.* Daimler Financial Services - Business Analyst. I carried out a series of interviews with various stakeholder teams, creating a 130-page report of their company information flows, in readiness for GDPR.* Hyde Housing - Security Auditor, co-assessing the entire organisation and every department for adherence to security standards against both the ‘10 Steps to Cyber Security’ from NCSC, and to ISO 27001.* Domestic & General - Business Analyst, arranging interviews with the client’s security, risk, technical and operational management teams and providing a detailed GDPR assessment.* Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) - Business Analyst, producing a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Maturity and Readiness Review report. I arranged stakeholder interviews with heads from the following departments: HQ Operations, Civil Litigation, HR, Finance, Security, Casework (Divisions), Corporate and Digital, Corporate Communications, the Data Compliance Unit, and the Information Management Unit, across the UK, I presented my report to the Head of Assurance with risks and immediate actions required to ensure compliance.
  • Cgi
    Member Council Representative (Cgi)
    Cgi 2010 - 2018
    * I was an Elected Representative on the UK Member Council, having been voted in to directly represent 500+ London constituents, and indirectly all 4000 UK members, to CGI’s UK Board. The Council is also the relevant body for Statutory collective consultation purposes, including for areas such as redundancies TUPE, Pension Changes, and other areas defined by statute.* I was respected by members and management alike for being able to strike the delicate balance required to deliver organisational-level change whilst also championing the needs of staff.* I particularly focused on assisting with the production and effective communications of UK wide policy documents (HR Templates, Health and Safety, Travel policy, Overtime policy, etc.), and sat on working groups to review key UK communications (such as salary review outcomes communications). I also accompanied members through formal HR meetings relating to grievances, disciplinary meetings, and redundancies.
  • The Scottish Government
    Count Centre Manager (Cgi)
    The Scottish Government 2016 - 2017
    Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
    * I managed the successful delivery of the Scottish Elections Live Count, running an internal team, managing several subcontracting companies, and was ultimately responsible for the IT systems. I also trained approx 40 council staff, and worked with the top level of the Western Isles Council to culminate with providing results to the Returning Officer and Chief Executive of the Western Isles Council for delivery from the podium.* I also delivered the Business Continuity Plans to the council management team (and rehearsed these with them in advance) to ensure that any unexpected interruptions (whether technical or physical) to the live count would be gracefully managed and recovery would be possible within acceptable timeframes. * Following the successful count, I received a perfect Customer Satisfaction (“CSAP”) score, with 10/10 in all twelve areas of feedback from the Chief Executive - with feedback that I was "Excellent. Having excellent communication with all levels of staff, hard-working, a motivator (motivating the team to work with him), and egoless (Rob was clearly the leader of the team but he had a way of making everyone feel relaxed), well-prepared, and armed with the necessary expertise".
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  • Ofsted
    Technical/Project Manager, And Training Course Provider (Cgi)
    Ofsted Apr 2011 - May 2016
    Principally At Head Office In London, With Travel To The Whole Uk Estate
    * Solely created and ran a 2-day technical training course delivered to both senior BT engineers and CGI's top level management (and technical) staff at the centralised 'Shared Services' centre (managing systems for all CGI UK's projects). Training was on best practices in deploying and managing Robust Secure Wi-Fi integration to Government standards. Feedback was excellent, with one senior network engineer describing the course as the best training they'd ever been on.* Project-managed site installations to every site in Ofsted's UK estate - to my design blueprints.* Managed all stakeholders - cabling subcontractors, hardware vendors, Ofsted's management, branch IT staff, & other Govt departments. I also technically designed and led the integration of the equipment into CGI's 'Shared Services' for 24-hour monitoring.* I conceived and ran pre-sales presentations into Ofsted’s IT Budget holders - which saw every office in Ofsted’s estate replacing their old solution with the new Wi-Fi deployment I proposed, generating >£250k.* Fostered an excellent relationship with the global CTO and Founder of Wi-Fi vendor, Extricom, suggesting several low level technical and UX improvements to their product to benefit Ofsted. Following success within Ofsted, these were included in global firmware hardware updates for all of Extricom's customers worldwide.
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  • The Scottish Government
    Technical Manager (Cgi)
    The Scottish Government Jan 2012 - May 2012
    Aberdeen, United Kingdom
    * I set up and technically managed Aberdeen City during the Scottish Local Elections in 2012 (one of the largest Count Centres in Scotland).* I managed all technical aspects for the Count Centre, including setup of all systems in a secure manner and the Elections Management software. I led a team of sub-contractors & council staff in the physical setup of the count centre.* I ran training sessions to over 40 council staff, and provided briefings to the candidates and Council Leadership Team. Following successful processing of all ballots concurrently across the 24 wards, I generated the final Elections Results and provided the Returning Officer with the election outcome - for his announcement to Alex Salmond, the other assembled politicians. and the national press.
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  • Ministry Of Defence Of Uk
    Radio Spectrum Analyst To Mod Main Building, Incl. Attending Nato/Us/Uk Top Level Event (Cgi)
    Ministry Of Defence Of Uk Oct 2010 - Apr 2011
    * Presented the report I co-authored to the Heads of Spectrum Policy at MOD Main Building in London. I investigated all usage of UK Radio Frequency (RF) - civilian, governmental, and defence - in specific portions of the radio spectrum. It was created to assist Government in raising £multi-millions through the coordinated release of radio spectrum to the market.* I was responsible for gathering the information through arranging meetings with all levels of the military, secure Government departments, and civilian firms.* The work concluded by specifying options to the MOD for raising money through improved spectral efficiency (including recommending some organisations be mandated to operate under new frequencies), The report included technical descriptions of all radio communications techniques in use.* I also attended CWID - This NATO/US/UK top-level defence scenario test event plays out with real data and role players, putting bleeding edge technologies through their paces, on the world’s largest virtual battlefield. It is the largest technology innovation and research event of its kind in the world. [Background on CWID from an earlier article at https://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/0/F3AC5020DD40C8B7802572D7004953FF ].
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  • Innovate Uk
    Technical Project Manager, Government Research Into Secure Satellite Communications (Cgi)
    Innovate Uk Apr 2010 - Oct 2010
    * Called in to troubleshoot a failing 3-year Government Research project, in its final year of development. The research integrated a propriety secure communications technique with an Avanti satellite link to find novel solutions to a Government problem.* With overrunning deadlines, financial stress, and a lack of trained staff, I agreed a new project timeline and budget with internal & external stakeholders.* I assisted the team in producing correct architecture diagrams, and ensured the successful integration of the system.* I presented the output to the UK Government's National Innovation Agency (Innovate UK, known then as the Technology Strategy Board), and also submitted the budgets and final reports for their approval.
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  • Mars Confectionery
    Wireless Consultant (Cgi)
    Mars Confectionery Dec 2009 - May 2010
    Slough, England, United Kingdom
    Worked independently to Mars to deliver a wireless audit with solutions to fix problems they'd encountered with their Cisco 4402 Wi-Fi network at their Global HQ for years. Report included detailed spectrum analysis identifying several sources of RF interference.
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  • Logica
    Solution Architect And Technology Innovation For "Building Schools For The Future" (Cgi)
    Logica Feb 2009 - Apr 2010
    Someset, Hertfordshire And Coventry Local Education Autorities
    * Building Schools for the Future (BSF) was the UK Government’s multi-billion investment programme to innovate and improve secondary schools in England.* I pitched my Secure Wi-Fi blueprints into wider multi-million BSF bids at three Local Education Authorities (LEAs). I also co-created the wide area networking (WAN) architecture for deployment across all schools in the LEA area, council offices and a UK data centre - negotiating pricing with suppliers, and worked closely with builders/architects.* I created an innovation showroom in Somerset, managing a team to install my network designs and integrating various new technology, including an early Virtual Learning Environment, Fronter.* I also setup and managed our Technology Innovation stand at Earls Court for the BETT Show (the International Education Expo).
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  • Logica
    Global Wireless Technical Design Authority (Cgi)
    Logica Jan 2006 - Mar 2010
    * I created CGI's Global Policy on wireless deployments.* As the Global Wireless SME I received calls from the Global Infrastructure Technical Managers requesting advice on best practice for implementing my designs in their country's network.* I was responsible for the successful deployment of the first system at CGI's worldwide head office in London - producing the high level and detailed designs, compiling installation kit lists, managing third-party subcontractors, configuring servers and firewalls, and producing the end user guides.* In 2006, secure Wi-Fi implementations were scarce and technically difficult, especially in restricted environments.* As country implementations grew, all offices adopted the system I devised. The recommendations I made are still in use with the now 90,000 CGI employees working in CGI offices around the world.
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  • Logica
    Secure Wireless Networking And Innovation Consultant (Cgi)
    Logica Nov 2007 - 2009
    * I created the material and presented at the Industry Conference with Cambridge Wireless. My 30-minute talk on the future direction of Secure Wi-Fi technology attracted an audience of senior Cabinet Office and Home Office staff, Police Gold Command, Ofcom, and other industry experts. This was followed by a live Q&A panel session. Feedback cited my presentation as "excellent".* I conceived and created a new innovation proposal agreed to by Logica/CGI management, securing the internal budget to build a network & security test lab and client demonstration area integrating Microsoft Windows Server components such as Active Directory DHCP, DNS, IIS, Certificate Services, Group Policy, 802.1x, EAP-PEAP and EAP-TLS - with wireless hardware from various vendors. It was used to trial products and train staff. This created a new area of sales opportunities for Logica, and increased revenue.* I provided the pre-sales consultancy and presentations to the Office of Fair Trading, the Scottish Parliament, Defence Training Schools, Royal Navy Dockyards, various Local Education Authorities, and Ofsted.
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  • Uk Government
    Expert Security Consultant In Us/Uk/5-Eyes Security Standards Certification (Cgi)
    Uk Government Dec 2007 - Jun 2008
    Sunnyvale, California, United States
    * I was flown out to the San Francisco headquarters of the leading global security Wi-Fi hardware manufacturer (Aruba), to advise and help them with formal security accreditation of their equipment.* Aruba had sought evaluation from the UK Government’s technical evaluation programme for IT equipment, known as the Common Criteria. CGI are one of only two companies permitted to perform the assessment on behalf of the UK Government. Once approved in any trusted country, the scheme is recognised by Western Governments.* I provided documentation and technical security advice on the (EAL4+) configuration of the vendor's equipment for the security evaluation. I also conducted separate Wi-Fi security penetration tests - filmed as I narrated the steps - to accompany the written assessment.
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  • Uk Ministry Of Defence
    Technical Project Manager For Uk Govt, Implementing Uk Mod'S 1St Accredited Wireless Network (Cgi)
    Uk Ministry Of Defence Apr 2007 - Oct 2007
    • Project managed the accreditation process from conception to completion of the first accredited deployment of a wireless network into the UK’s Ministry of Defence, to the 'Manual Y' requirements.• Solely managed two third-party subcontractors - the hardware vendor and a team of CLAS (UK Government Security) consultants. I led discussions with representatives from DSG (Defence Support Group – formerly ABRO), the DSSO (Defence Security Standards Organisation) and CESG (Communications-Electronics Security Group, based at Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)).• Responsible for all project planning, tracking and progress reporting to all parties. Also provided the technical leadership on the submitted design - in consultation with the hardware vendor. In addition to authoring large sections of the the security compliance reports, I provided technical advice during the installation, configuration and testing of the network.
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  • Public Sector
    Innovation And Wireless Consultant (Cgi)
    Public Sector Jan 2005 - Apr 2007
    • Contracted to troubleshoot a major Public Sector project at University College London Hospital (UCLH). Authored an extensive report analysing historical deployment decisions, documenting technical configurations with fixes, and recommendations to improve the fledgling ‘Computers on Wheels’ programme. Suggestions on innovation growth areas included introducing Radio Frequency ID (RFID) Patient Tracking in the Acute Admissions Unit, and Voice over IP (VoIP) trials across hospital wards.• In this period, I also co-designed and co-created a fixed mobile convergence solution (3G to Wireless) in a Laboratory environment, blending various new technology from upcoming global Wi-Fi vendors and integrated with 3G mobile telephony systems from BT.• I co-presented to senior networking experts at BT on a low level technical networking training course our team delivered for them on Fixed-Mobile convergence. I also assisted with many technical bid responses on Wi-Fi Convergence, and co-presented these to several public sector bodies.
  • Itv
    Designer For An Early Innovative Mobile Phone Video Playback Platform (Cgi)
    Itv Nov 2005 - Jan 2006
    Responsible for the production of an early prototype interactive mobile-TV video platform for ITV, coordinating work in Singapore, USA, UK and the Netherlands. I designed a demo with playback control functionality, and manipulated source video material using Adobe Premiere (Professional Editing Software), transcoding clips (for optimal delivery over the 3G network). I worked with an international team to deliver a solution via the uONE™ Media Portal.I presented my work to the Director of Technology at ITV - and the wider team.
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  • O2 Uk
    User Interface Lead Designer (And Programmer) (Cgi)
    O2 Uk 2004 - 2005
    • Designed and created the User Interface for a new application known as 'Bluesky', liaising with O2 users and third party BroadVision consultants.• Managed four staff• Following approved UI, I moved to the coding team working with using BroadVision 7.1, Java, JSP, and XML, and an Oracle 9.2 database.
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  • O2 Uk
    Business Requirements Analyst (Cgi)
    O2 Uk 2003 - 2004
    Leeds, England, United Kingdom
    • Led workshops attended by the client and O2's partners to establish business needs and exactly which customer data fields were required for migration from the O2's then external third-party customer data system - to an in-house O2 platform. • Following successful completion of the work, became the Lead Interfaces Designer for the migration, gaining an in-depth understanding of O2’s entire system architecture (with special focus on payments processing). I created migration processing diagrams that were circulated widely around O2.
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  • O2 Uk
    Technical Support Manager For O2'S Online Mobile Phone Website (Cgi)
    O2 Uk 2000 - 2002
    • Managed the third-line support team for O2’s Online Mobile Phone Sales shop (five CGI/Logica staff members). I successfully reduced the call backlog, and escalated any service level failures. I created new technical procedures and wrote automation scripts to fix incorrectly-provisioned customer mobile phones (previously a manual process), and trained new staff.• Whilst in CGI's Programme Office, I created 30+ proposals and quotes, both for fixed price/time & materials contract changes, generating new work.• Seconded to manage the Business Process team for three months to determine and document all of O2’s Business Process flows for their Shop website, working directly to client Programme Manager.
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  • East Midlands Electricity Distribution Limited
    Junior Analyst / Programmer (Cgi)
    East Midlands Electricity Distribution Limited Nov 1998 - Dec 1999
    Programming (C++, Pro*C, PL/SQL, Oracle Forms 4.5), testing (FAT Testing, Regression Testing, Scenario Testing), analysis & design, and production of user documentation.
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  • British Telecom
    Business Analyst (University Work Experience)
    British Telecom Jun 1996 - Oct 1996
    London, England, United Kingdom
    Solely responsible for a 250-page report documenting two UK-wide resource management systems. Interviewed management of each system to document the business objectives, and identified significant redundancy in the two database systems. Made recommendations to migrate over and fully decommission the weaker system (which were subsequently implemented).
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Rob Blakemore, Cissp Education Details

  • University Of Exeter
    University Of Exeter
    1St Class, +Dean’S Commendation For Academic Excellence.
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  • International Is Security Certification Consortium (Isc2)
    International Is Security Certification Consortium (Isc2)
    Computing / It Security
  • Miscellaneous Courses Attended
    Miscellaneous Courses Attended

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