Experienced Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Business Planning, Business Process Design, IT Strategy, Management, and Project Portfolio ManagementAn experienced Consultant to the Fleet & Leasing Software market for over 34 years For the past 10 years Steve has consulted through Drive Software Solutions. For 17 years prior he held a variety of operational then Systems Project based roles across the Mercedes-Benz Group, specialising in using the Drive software application before moving to Drive. And prior to that he spent 7 years gaining valuable operational experience of the industry with CLM Ltd.His roles & skills cover software design, project implementation, end-user training, and identification and design of scalable solutions to business needs, whilst applying a high quality to customers, providing support across day to day & strategic objectives During 10 years with Drive, Steve has achieved major project success in being the key Consultant in delivering a major Project Implementation to Arval around Europe; this 9 year journey required Steve to work across all levels of Customer management & staff at their various headquarters in UK, Florence & Milan Italy, Paris, and Madrid. Ultimately all 4 projects were successfully delivered providing the unique platforms for Arval to evolve to their respective local markets. He also provided specialist process/efficiency reviews of an existing installation in Australia & New Zealand. He now continues to work with existing customers, as well as providing demonstrations & project planning for new customer projects Steve’s skills lie in his ability to understand the needs of end-users, and translate these into the technical needs of the software developers, which ensures a high quality match of solutions to needs in scalable & process efficient ways. He is uniquely placed by his experience on both sides of the industry to understand the different needs of technical versus user, and bring clarity to both sides, bridging the ‘language barrier’. He uses skills in analysing to a high degree of detail, but also to cut to the root of each issue in order to focus on the key deliverables that enable solutions to best achieve the objectives, providing the clarity that reassures customers the end solution meets their objectives. He is also extremely skilled in all aspects of document publication, being a perfectionist to ensure clarity of detail, and avoiding ambiguity of defining solutions that ensure complete quality of the delivery