Thomas Rootes Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Scotland, GB

Preston

North America Scale-UpFollowing the acquisition of Indianapolis-based Waypoint Global, I am currently leading the US scale-up program for the group, supported by Innovate UK's Global Incubator Programme. This initiative focuses on driving international growth through the development of reseller and channel partner networks, building new sales pipelines via.

United Kingdom

In house Innovation Hub Process and SoftwareI designed, developed, and implemented an Innovation Process and Hub for the AGSS Group, driving technological advancements and delivering key projects. This included deploying Redthorn MRP software onto a cloud/SaaS platform, launching an eLearning Software Platform and Academy programme, introducing an ESG.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

Currently working on the conversion of the Redthorn MRP from Oracle 12c to 14g.

Preston, United Kingdom

Innovate Smart Grant Funded Predictive Analytics Development ProjectAs Project Manager for an Innovate UK Smart Grant-funded initiative, I led the development of an innovative solution to optimize aerospace manufacturing capacity and improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). The project introduced Digital Capacity Heat Maps, leveraging digital twins.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

I led the upgrade of Redthorn MRP, our core software offering, from Oracle 10g to Oracle 12c, significantly improving performance, scalability, and security. Concurrently, I introduced Power BI as the primary reporting tool, revolutionizing data visualization and enabling customers to derive actionable insights.During this period, I also recruited a new.

UK And Europe

• Clwyd Compounders Ltd, North WalesProject Management of ERP Selection and Implementation
• Provision of project management services for the selection and implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Software budget = £250,000. (80 Days on-site)Gardner AerospaceSales and Operations.
• Lead consultant on the introduction of a Sales and Operations Planning structure for the Gardner Group. Europe, (131 Days on-Site)Gardner AerospaceGroup Continuous Improvement and Business Excellence Programme
• Implementing a standardised continuous improvement strategy across the Gardner Group. (131 Days on-site)Packaging Automation Ltd, CheshireOperational Improvement and Business Excellence Programme
• Lead Consultant on the delivery of an Operational Improvement and Business Excellence programme and framework.(20 Days on-site)Secondary FunctionRedthorn Software SalesRedthorn develop and sells an advanced MRP.
• Management of Redthorn’s MRP system sales and upgrades

Preston

• Project management, training and consultancy for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) system implementations
• In-depth knowledge of the sub-contract engineering and manufacturing industries
• Software pre-sales and sales consultancy, including the preparation and delivery of structured proposals for development and implementation projects
• Expertise in electronic order schedules, resource scheduling, shop floor data collection, work-in-progress calculations, cost margin reporting and ERP/MRP performance monitoring
• Creation of bespoke documentation and reports to support ERP/MRP systems
• Prince2 qualified project manager and Microsoft qualified database developer with a detailed knowledge of the software development and deployment process

• The project management of the implementation of a new MRP system.
• The conversion of data and mathematics from the outgoing data sources into the new MRP system.
• Planning and changing internal working practices and processes.
• Relationship management with third party software suppliers (Redthorn UK Ltd).
• System testing, fault reporting, and the design and authoring of development requests.
• Documentation of the data conversion process, internal data structures, and new working processes.

• Management of the full development life cycle of the ASP and SQL7 based Times Appointments websites.
• Implementation of the Motoring websites, working with an external software supplier.
• Vender assessment for the Travel and Dating Websites.
• The design, documentation and implementation of change to the department’s systems and processes, moving the department from a traditionally print environment to an electronic media aware one.
• Project management of hardware and software implementations.
• The completion of development and technical budgets.

London, United Kingdom

• The conversion, development, and migration of MS Access databases to multi user SQL7 databases.
• On-site support as database administrator at Deutsche Bank

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• The installation of a new subscriptions fulfilment system.
• A large data migration project of subscriptions and marketing data, from a number of legacy sources, into a new SQL7 Server based database.
• Documentation of the transfer process and user manual for the new subscriptions fulfilment system.
• The management of a data cleaning and normalisation project for over 1m marketing contacts.
• The recruitment and management of a team of eight telephone researchers.

Bsc, Physics

Activities and Societies: Practitioner and Foundation QualifiedPhysics

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