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Whitby

IT Consultant with wide industry experience offering consultancy, analysis, development and mentoring. Operating in Health and Care, Logistics, JIT. Specialising in large scale systems integration.

Leeds, Uk

Senior Analyst working on requirements elaboration from "Idea to Need" (I2N); presently responsible for Consent to Share Information, Sharing Sensitive Data, GP Out of Hours (value for money), NHS Quality Dashboard for Specialised Services, Care Pathways and more

Leeds, Uk

Lead analyst for requirements elicitation and high level solution design for replacement of the National Classification Service toolset.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Cleveland, United Kingdom

Freelance IT Consultant offering services in business / systems analysis and project management across a wide area of business sectors including manufacturing, logistics, transport management, healthcare and business intelligence.

Requirements analysis and verification for LORENZO's Emergency Care and Care Planning DUs.

Blackburn Software Services offers expert IT support in Systems Analysis, Design, build and project management for IBM mid-range and BI (Business Intelligence) solutions.Simon has over 30 years experience in the upper echelons of IT organisations and has specialist knowledge of solutions covering resource planning, health care, airport administration, manufacturing, ERP solutions, data-warehousing and Business Intelligence.

Drove development of first BI solutions in Stanley Europe. Reported directly to European Director of IT. Resulting BI solutions saw 6% improvement in SGM and 9% improvement in customer order fulfilment over a 4 year period.

IT consultancy specialising in mid range and open systems environments. Projects included:Common Business Reporting (Stanley UK)  Promoted the BI “ethos” later built on to great commercial advantage Harmonised reporting structures, terminology and style across all businessesOperating Plan Deployment (Stanley UK) Liaised closely with top European management, developed mobile data capture tools to drive improvements in business performance monitoring throughout the European businesses Service Metrics (Stanley UK) A key BI solution enabling proactive management of order fulfillment across the European business leading to 9% improvement in on-time order fulfillment In Cab Computing (Three X Communication Ltd)  Designed computerised “in-cab” schedule, vehicle load and delivery management system for Securicor Omega Logistics LimitedThis became Three X’s largest professional services contract

 Founded BASIL, bespoke software house. 24 heads, £1m turnover. 40% GP year 1 Created solutions for healthcare, third party maintenance and manufacturing Became industry expert in airport operations management.Developed unique airport administration system (CHOCS) Attracted major airports to the business, including Heathrow, Copenhagen, Zhu Hai, Arlanda, Tel Aviv and others Led all commercial, financial, marketing and sales management, and most of the systems analysis and design of the company’s broad range of sophisticated applications

 Ran Nova’s first ever ‘Professional Services’ project for the private healthcare sector Persuaded Nova to become ‘professional services’ oriented. Led to 4-fold increase in its headcount and turnover Attracted major accounts including Volvo, Laura Ashley, Union Carbide, Pioneer, Ford Motor Credit, Manchester Airport and others Became senior Project Manager, responsible for all Project Managers in the company Organised and ran company’s first ever appearances at trade exhibitions, internationally Became General Manager for Three X Communications (specialists in software communications products)

 Became a specialist in MRP-II solutions Seconded to parent company to advise on the re-design of their flagship resource planning solution (COPE) Always keenly involved in client liaison and the sales cycle

 Built unique self-documenting solutions for Mobil’s new film order-processing system

 Became Project Manager and prime technical author for Orion’s two communications packages: IGU-II and Network Orion) Always actively involved in the sales cycle, assisting in worldwide marketing and sales support  Sold to over 500 major companies worldwide

Systems Analysis

BA in Systems Analysis (part 1)

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