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• Successfully installed IT equipment for new business providing a state of the art IT system comprising PCs and printer all connected to a Local Area Network and the internet.• Established accounting systems to ensure company operated according to best practice.• Released sales staff to make sales by establishing sound back office support.• Enhanced company profile by managing design and build of company website to promote properties available for purchase or rental.• Enhanced company's standing by assisting staff in managing properties with addressing tenant's issues, sourcing workmen to maintain properties and viewing and inspecting properties to be added to the company's portfolio.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Developed real time front end control panel display using javascript to provide immediate knowledge of financial activity.Provided mechanism, written in Scala, to distribute financial and business report from the core system to end users’ servers.

Nairobi, Kenya

With a recommendation and approval from Cornerstone International took a 3 month contract with this overseas Property Company based in Kenya with 20 staff and turnover of £1.5m p.a. as an independent consultant overseeing and managing installation and set up of IT services. • Advised on IT strategy aimed at providing simple processes, procedures and systems which could be implemented immediately with minimum effect on daily operations.• Designed a website to advertise the business and trained staff in effective use; increased number of enquiries for client’s properties and helped promote the brand to a wider audience.• Achieved increased efficiency in the department by applying knowledge of networks to repair network connection to a network printer.

• Achieved increase in turnover for business by adding ticket sales functionality to their website to support planned series of workshops and seminars.• Increased business's turnover by introducing new clients who were managing investments that matched the business's criteria for support and that required funding, to the business.• Managing the office at a practical level, including basic administrative responsibilities such as logging mail and invoices allowing partners to concentrate on growing the business.• Analysing the financial health of the company by ensuring that accounts are kept in good order and invoices are processed effectively.• Ensuring all aspects of regulatory compliance are adhered to, including such matters as filing of company reports, tax and VAT returns etc. in a timely manner.• Maintaining a database of business contacts such as clients, business partners, suppliers etc.• Overseeing Development of the website according to the marketing strategy of the company.• Ensuring search engine optimisation to maximise company visibility and promote sales.• Implementing all aspects of digital marketing.• Using technology and technological advances creatively to support the business mission.• Coordinating information systems used by the company.

• Designed and implemented new SWIFT messaging system that enabled the stock exchange to communicate corporate actions to their clients as close to real time as possible. Also designed in improved flexibility and a greater range of message types in order that users could easily customise format to send and receive more accurate information.• All banks had to switch to the new standard by a specified date. Delivered the upgrade two weeks ahead of deadline, ensuring confidence in IT support and ability to use from day one.• Achieved up to 98% reconciliation of client data derived from various sources and using ETL techniques and SSIS leading to greatly improved accuracy of data held and allowing business to focus on correcting remaining 2%.

• Obtained buy-in to technical upgrade of UNIX version supporting principal settlements system from user groups. Buy in built on earlier track record of pro-actively listening and meeting user requirements. • Led project team compiled from different departments and used MS Project to plan, track and report on upgrade operating system of bank’s principal settlements system to time and budget.• Achieved savings to department of £440,000 pa on project to upgrade systems.• Reduced number of servers used by 35 small, mission critical systems by 50% leading to reduction in departmental hosting charges.

• Maintained smooth running of critical, real-time communications systems within team's responsibility through numerous updates, enhancements and fixes.• Achieved smooth implementation of weekly software updates from release management system.• Recovered system from potentially catastrophic failure of critical installation two weeks prior to delivery and retained user confidence as a result.

• Achieved 95% automatic settlement of trades to design of interface between bank’s settlements system and 3rd party trades’ confirmation system.• Communicated and sold requirements for systems interface to development team leading to correct design of amendments to code.• Resolved inconsistency of service to traders thereby freeing up traders to trade which increased efficiency between teams. Also helped rebuild trust and confidence in IT’s ability to support users.

• Reduced out of hours callouts from twice a week to less than once a month and increased the number of hours systems were available.• Achieved 95% automatic settlement of trades by applying skill and learning to design of interface between bank’s settlements system and 3rd party trades’ confirmation system.• Championed right first time design and delivering amendments to code.

• Central Bank of Nigeria. Ensured accurate processing of trade debt records by training local staff and ensuring understanding of the procedures to be followed.• Chase Manhattan Bank. Reduced time taken on data searches by careful understanding of the system and implementing novel method of processing.• P&O European Ferries. Developed part of new Freight Bookings system.

• Retained by client for on-going support of system as a result of successful track-record of implementation of required upgrades

Maintained Accounting, Payroll and Statistics systems contributing to business profitability.