Stuart Ashby Email & Phone Number

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Lead Architect responsibility for the design and delivery of multiple mission critical end user business application services in live use by the UK Department for Work and Pensions. Including a large Application migration to VMware virtualisation and several high end Strategic new business solution design feasibility proposals deployed under SOA and Cloud models. These systems serve the business via diverse application and infrastructure platforms, and deliver game changing client services.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Held several different roles during this period including:Enterprise Technical Architecture Authority for EDS UK Employment Service Account and a shared Lead Technologist role for EDS UK North Midland Solution Centre. Responsible for design authority and governance of multiple Employment Service application services. I represented UKNM Solution Centre at the EMEA level and Chaired the EDS Solution Centre Software Engineering Process Group. Provided technical design consultancy for several international service solution bids.Senior Technical Design Authority role for the EDS Jobcentre Plus account in Sheffield and as part of the Application Development Group leadership team, responsible for a team of 10 Technical Architects. Had the role of Lead Architect for the Slovak Government Kiosk new business pursuit engagement.Business and Systems analysis roles in support of UK Jobcentre Plus Business applications

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Engaged in a Design Architect role for EDS on the UK Employment Service account .I had delivery responsibility for architectural design of the Employment Service (ES) ‘Channels’ Strategy to define options for deployment of new technology solutions for Employment service to engaged with its public customer. Including re design of local office infrastructure and datacentre to allow migration and consolidation of legacy applications.I also had the Responsibility for the end to end architectural solution design and delivery of the ‘Modernising Employment Service’ Jobpoint touchscreen kiosk system accessed for customer jobsearch in every Local Office Jobcentre.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Application development roles on the Employment Service Labour Market System. A bespoke Client server CRM solution supporting UK Jobseekers and serving 37,000 concurrent Jobcentre Staff desktop users. The largest 3-tier client server system of its type in Europe at this time.Design and management role on the Open access touchscreen kiosk solution pilot services in association with ICL and Siemens Nixdorf

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Variety of Application developer roles Utilising Cobol / C / Ingres and Systems analysis roles under SDM / SSADM methodology

Uk Wide

UK Government Management and Public facing roles. Including team management and leadership, Finance office management and Fraud investigation