Stephen Cullum Fbcs Citp Phd Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

• 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆, 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹, 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲.Provision of software development consultancy following the successful corporate sale of product technical capital to insurance.
• Guided the smooth transition of technology and IP, including the TUPE transfer of staff to acquirers
• Key role in proposing and agreeing the sale and share in future funds of FLEX (UK) via an MBO
• Development of cloud-based software analytics tooling for the Microsoft Power Platform Ecosystem, providing non-technical light-weight oversight of complex software projects for executives and c-suite stakeholders.

City Of London

• Established, as a co-founder, a start-up venture to serve major multinational insurance companies. I implemented a comprehensive IT governance framework; improving project delivery, effort estimation and resource.
• Successfully grew the business to £1m t/o, with 12+ staff, through software automation
• Played a key role in reducing CMGL’s costs by 65% saving £1m in licencing fees year-on-year
• Aligned SiP’s technology strategy with business goals, resulting in 30% increase in operational efficiency

Colchester, England, United Kingdom

• Presented an Honorary Executive Fellowship to work with the institution to further its goal of excellence in research after demonstrating the business benefits of recently delivered work.Spearheaded substantial quality.
• Innovative research providing an easy-to-implement measure of Software Understandability (SU)
• Improved stakeholder insight, through visualisation of developer coding preference
• Boosted team cohesion, with individuals showing more statistically significant inclusive behaviours
• Technique is highly performant surpassing current state-of-the-art AI approaches to problematic code identification without requiring training, defining warning thresholds, creating rules or supplying reference 'good'.
• External advisor, taking ownership for supporting large numbers of students, over 120 per academic year, in learning to work together as effective teams (8-12 individuals), employing research KPIs to provide insight.

Colchester, England, United Kingdom

A short-term software development contract, with the remit to: contribute to the progression and advancement of the team’s working practices and methodologies for the design, development, enhancement and maintenance of web-based (MVC and Blazor) applications in.NET, C# and SQL Server technologies.

Engaged in a mentoring capacity as a long-term ‘sounding board’, helping the founders design architectural, product and business strategies, leveraging similar experiences when growing Software in Partnership Ltd. Advise the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) on their entrepreneurial journey, providing trusted guidance. Organise and facilitate networking events.

Colchester, England, United Kingdom

• I refined and applied my research within the third-year undergraduate module CE320 - Large Scale Software Systems and Extreme Programming for the school of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. CE320 being a key.
• Designed and delivered the end of term lecture, linking the course deliverables to business experiences, preparing students for the jump into working life ‘What companies look for in their Development Staff’.

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

• Jago Managing Agency were the managing agent of a Lloyd’s of London £120 million premium income syndicate. Improved governance and enhanced regulatory reporting was a key objective of the role.𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱.
• Assessed underwriting systems providers within the Lloyd's of London market, undertaking a comprehensive review cross referenced to the needs of the syndicate.
• Identified significant cost savings could be obtained by replacing the syndicate's outsourced legacy system with an internal bespoke development, utilising projected savings to fully fund the 18 month development.
• Appointed a best of breed InsureTech provider to assist in developing the new back-office system in collaboration with our own staff.
• Led the ISO 9001 certification project to ensure our independent ongoing systems development was managed efficiently.
• Implemented business continuity and disaster recovery plans to address the risk of running our own systems.

Software development positions at: Sherwood International PLC, Trans World Couriers Ltd and Seament (UK) Ltd.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence And Behavioural Analytics

Part-time research facilitating innovative behavioural change within software development, improving business productivity. The.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Technology Management

Master Of Science - Msc, Computing For Commerce & Industry, Distinction

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc, Mathematics And Computing, 1St Class Honours

National Diploma, Computer Science, 7 Distinctions, 8 Merits, 3 Passes

Equivalent to 2-3 A Levels