Brought on board by the owners of Webster Griffin to re-implement Microsoft Dynamics and to streamline processes. I have also been tasked to pull all the operational elements together which in turn will release day to day management of the business from the owners so that they can focus on growth.

As The IT & Commercial Director of Taalus my role is to insure the infrastructure is operating at its optimum as well as dealing with 3 party suppliers and staff. I also contribute to our corporate strategy and I am involved with acquisitions within the Rcapital Group. I pride myself on innovate solutions to problems as well as maintaining a tight reign on costs. I believe in a "hands on" approach to work and often find myself on the "Shop Floor".I delivered cost saving programs as well as the award of ISO 27001 & 9001 - 2015 in May 2016. My final objectives were to help in the pre and post activities for the sale of Taalus Technical Solutions Ltd to Complete Office Solutions Ltd.

Brought on board to help turn around a small UK based field marketing company. Quadrupled annual turnover within the first year (from circa £250k - £1.2 million) and replaced all in house systems for managing the field force with a SaaS application.

Responsible for SQL Administration and programming to meet the varying KPI requirements of Tactical clients. Examples include the development of web enabled systems providing live compliance and data capture across retail clients for clients such as Sony, Sega and Activision.Designed and developed a corporate wide Web Reporting server / Suite based on XML technologies and the Logixml platform. This gave complete visibility of all important factions of the business.Designed and coded an mobile data collection platform for windows mobile devices. This software would directly link into the corporate SQL server and therefore data.Responsible for all corporate communication elements from Microsoft Exchange 2007 email platform to the management of the Inter-Tel Phone system which includes VoIP.In conjunction with the CEO and FD, developed Profit and Loss summary statements capable of drilling down to individual area management level which has proved fundamental in driving margin efficiencies.Designed and developed a bespoke timesheet management, billing and administration system with integrated order entry / EDI solution realising savings of £30k.

Achievements to date are as follows:Technical Consultancy initiated pre and post acquisition resulting in the re-structuring of the Companies IT process map and strategy. Reduced IT infrastructure staff costs by 41% over a 14 month period.Renegotiated Ten Rands Mobile communication costs resulting in annualised savings of £185k.Implemented communication strategies and controls resulting in monthly charges reducing from £9.5k/month to an average of £5k.In conjunction with the CEO and Business and Operations Director initiated a complete review of field administration reporting processes resulting in a 20% increase in field efficiency.Re-designed Tern Rands paper driven stock weekly work sheets which reduced physical outflow by 30% through the development of a structured process. Removed duplication and double entry processing with existing Payroll and time sheet systems resulting in staff savings of 1.5 people.Designed and implemented a IVR project management time sheet and customer driven reporting system resulting in the reduction of our Customer services team from 7 to 3Responsible for the development, programming and launch of a web enabled stock ordering system utilised within the field covering 600 employees. Initiated a detailed review of all IT related supply costs realising annualised savings of £60k in addition to mobile telecom savings.Responsible for the development and supervision of a IVR / Questionnaire Server critical for feeding back of an average of 500,000 KPI statistics to our clients monthlyProvision of hardware and software support for field infrasture of 1300+ merchandisers and 27 Area ManagersProvision of a Support and Maintenance service for Head Office and field Network

Part of the Company's Executive structure tasked with the objective of strengthening our business to become the market leader in its sector whilst delivering significant shareholder value. This has involved working with management at all levels in the implementation of major Cost, Revenue and structural productivity integration programmes.Key Financial highlights

Seeking entrepreneurial challenge I set up my own Company providing a broad mix of IT Consulting solutions specialising on the provision of networking solutions both from a hardware and software perspective. Typical projects would involve Stabilising and redesigning failing networks.Installation of network specific platforms i.e. Opera Accounts package realising internal savings in excess of £300k.Installing corporate wide email systems including web enabled exchange server instances and shared data solutions.Devising and presenting and Board level IT strategies geared to improving efficiency and margin. These are predominantly getting better ROI for the clients where renegotiating of supplier contracts and procurement. Also analysing existing businesses processes then develop and deploy new and more efficient procedures.As well as processes i would look at the staffing levels to see if they are adequate for the client and if not i would pull together recommendations to adjust.

I ran a team of 10 engineers and a small help desk team. Main duties were as follows.Organisation of workload.Project Management. (Client examples include The Corin Medical Group, The Rugby Joinery Group and The Cromwell Press).Network Design with team members. (Including pre and post site evaluations).Customer Relations.Allocation and ordering of stock spares etc. Engineer Support for server system support.Weekly and monthly management meetings with company directors.