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Bournemouth, England, Gb

Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom

Overseeing IT, comms, security and data protection for a £60m agency with 5 offices & 130 staff.Implementing security initiatives including 2FA, Lastpass, SSO, auto provisioning, user awareness and training.Working towards Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 certification.Maximising use of O365 and Sharepoint Online.Building automation through Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate) and People HR's Ripple. Projects including system evaluation, selection and implementation.Managing £400k budget.

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

I have worked for Space & Time Media (S&T) since 2012 whilst Group Operations Director of Emerge, and since S&T's separation from the Group as Operations Director, and from July 2018 promoted to Associate Director | Operations. - Management of IT functionOverseeing IT support & infrastructure, and making and implementing changes to improve efficiency and security (day to day IT carried out by external support partners)Currently implementing Sharepoint Online for intranet, file storage, and to fulfil needs for internal databases - Key member of Website committeeInitiated user research project, leading to full website rebuild. Lead the technical input on the project. Also drove changes to significant improve lead tracking and reporting.- Member of M&A team Assessment of potential new acquisitions & integration of newly acquired businesses into the existing infrastructure to maximise efficient working- Project Management of other internal projects including :> strategic assessment and recommendations of internal business unit> internal system development / process improvement, including implementing with Microsoft Flow> new office setups

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

A Board level position to ensure the efficient running of Operations within this well established and respected Agency. Role part funded by media agency Space and Time Media to provide services to their multi-site operation. 1. Commercial FunctionImproving profitability through enhanced MIS, e.g. better reporting, more accurate data capture and identifying and implementing process change.Manage roll out and adoption of agency management system. 2. IT & Telecomsi. Working with partners to ensure efficient day to day support and a resilient architecture.ii. Procurement & supplier managementiii. Software selection and implementation3. Special ProjectsManage projects from end to end, e.g. new office setup and move

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

A key role at a top 20 advertising and marketing group, with over 200 staff at 6 agencies situated across 7 UK locations. Main areas of responsibility: 1. Managing a £500,000 IT and communications budgetFrom building the annual group-wide budget to implementation. Major focus on selecting and managing the best suppliers and efficient procurement to maximise quality and deliver excellent value for money. Substantial cost savings achieved.2. Project Management of in-house projectsIdentifying potential projects and working with allocated projects. Running the process from scoping, costing and Board approval through to implementation. Example projects include software selection and implementation, identifying critical success factors and performance measurement, WAN supplier changeover, 100+ mobile device roll out, new office setup, etc.3. Management of IT department Overseeing support for Mac & PC staff, server and LAN/WAN environment, which is carried out with both internal staff and external providers.

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Co-founder of what became a highly successful and respected digital agency with 25 staff turning over in excess of £1m. Clients included well known local businesses such as Motabitz and Dorset Chamber of Commerce, and national names including Cunard, 3M and Flexxilease.In the early days I was very hands-on, and undertook PHP development and marketing activities including PPC & SEO management, before releasing these responsibilities so I could focus on growing the company. I was regularly client facing, working with the creative and development team to come up with killer ideas, writing and delivering presentations and winning new business. I spoke at many events on various aspects of digital marketing and conversion rate optimisation, and on entrepreneurship and business growth to Bournemouth University's entrepreneur society. I was also a business expert, speaker and judge at a Dragon's Den style event for university students.I created an early social media monitoring tool in 2004 and with my fellow Director sold it to clients including Boots. We received two offers to sell the company, one for this focus, and the other for the agency part of the business from Emerge Group, and sold the first portion of the company to them in 2006. I continued as M.D. during an extended earn out period.

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

Affiliate marketing company focusing on producing content to generate income.

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

On air radio presenter for The NRG (later renamed FIRE 107.6FM). Programming and presenting specialist house and trance shows and also presenting various mainstream shows over several years. Created and trademarked "Anthemia" brand to broadcast the shows under, and then expanded the brand to successful nightclub events.Proposed and created a DJ agency for the brand and signed £100,000 of contracts prior to launch and managed 15 artists.Break between September 2000 and 2002 to travel and work in Australia.

Sydney, Australia

Produced and presented a weekly Saturday evening 6 hour trance show on Sydney's Nova 969, broadcast to 100,000 listeners. Sourced weekly local and international guest mix content and programmed the show with upfront music.

Sydney, Australia

Brought in to create a UK focused funky house mix album. Personally selected the track list, negotiated license agreements with record labels across the world and then mixed and promoted the album which sold 12,000 copies in Australia. Album can be seen here: http://www.cdwow.com/CD/various-geezer-the-funky-summer-sounds-of-the-uk-clubs/dp/258549

Poole, Dorset

Joined initially as a field engineer, assigned to a major client as the dedicated on-site engineer. Supported desktop, server and WAN environment for in excess of 100 users over four geographically disperse sites. Passed Novell CNE exams and was promoted to Senior Engineer, and later joined the newly formed Network team. This included quoting, installing and supporting clients for LAN and WAN projects.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

First business venture after graduating from University: a web design agency focusing on SME businesses in the Birmingham area. Also devised, built and operated "Hyper" - a content portal focused on the student niche.

Master'S Degree, Mba - Business Administration, Management And Operations, Distinction

A challenging course broadening management, leadership and strategy skills. Modules included marketing, operations, project management.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science (Software Engineeering), 2:1

Activities and Societies: During the second year summer break, worked as a field sales representative for a student publication, selling.

High School, Business Studies (A), Maths (B), Computer Science (B),

9 Gcses Including Computer Studies And Business Studies, 3 X Grade A, 5 X Grade B, 1 X Grade C

Activities and Societies: Active member of the chess club