Management of Network Engineers, Project and Bau.Company wide refresh of LAN and WiFi across all sites.SDWAN rollout to all sites.Infrastructure improvement, including Core Network upgrade.upgrade and management of Checkpoint firewalls, including Azure.

Lead and manage the provision and development of the Voice & Data Communications infrastructure across all Trust sitesEnsure that plans, funding and other resources are available to provide sufficient performance and capacity for the Trust’s Data and Voice InfrastructureLine-Manage the Voice & Data Development Teamprovide and manage a systems administration service for the Trust’s IM&T infrastructureProvide and manage a “Technical Lead” service for the I.T. Project ManagersIdentify, assess and manage operational risksManage changes to the data & voice infrastructure through projects and other change requestsManage third party data & voice infrastructure suppliers to meet service level agreementsProvide and manage the Voice & Data 24/7 emergency on-call rotaProvide specialist support resource to the Telecommunications Team Leader and I.T. Support Manager to assist 3rd Line support staff when necessaryDesign, develop and implement policies & procedures in own team, and Trust-wide when related to ICT technical issuesManage capital and revenue budgets within approved limits to deliver agreed requirements within the allocated budget limitDeputise for the Deputy Head of I.T. (Operations) when requiredTo work with the ICT Information Security Manager to ensure that the security of the Voice & Data infrastructure is maintained and developed to the standards required by the NHS IG Toolkit and other Trust/national requirements

As CTO responsible for overseeing all technical aspects of the company. Working with Leadership to grow the company through the use of technological resources. Using an active and practical approach to direct all employees to attain the goals established in the company’s strategic plan. Key Responsibilities • Establish the company’s technical vision and lead in all aspects of the company’s technological advancement, guiding development and growth toward the company’s strategic direction. • Communicate the company’s technology strategy to investors, management, staff, partners, and customers. • Manage vendor relationships. • Conduct research and case studies on leading edge technologies and determine the probability of implementation. • Work in a consultative fashion with other department heads, such as marketing, infrastructure, and inventory, as an advisor of technologies so as to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. • Provide leadership to department heads in a fashion that supports the company’s culture, mission, and values. • Establish and maintain quality assurance processes

Tech Startup, responsible for building out Data Centres in UK and Singapore using Juniper MX and EX range of Switches. Partnering with Zayo for backhaul.Deploy Network Management and Monitoring, build and resource support desk.

Responsible for the day-to-day activities and special projects of the network and communications function for 100 sites in 34 countries; and train, coach and evaluate professional and support staff in its implementation and operational stability.Acting as the global technical design authority for network and communications projects; ensuring that project goals and objectives are met successfully and completed within the agreed upon time line and budget. Responsible for gathering and understanding requirements, and ensuring that network and communications projects are specified to meet these requirementsResponsible for recommending the implementation of new technologies if they are adequately researched and determined to be of benefit; keeping abreast of technology trends as well as new initiatives to ensure that technology practices adjust to mandates.Responsible for proactively identify opportunities to use voice technology to improve business processes and applications, and prepares tactical and strategic plans for optimizing the use of voice technology hardware and software to improve operations.Technical design of the network and communications platform globallyDevelopment and management of an overall schedule of activities and staffing plans required to perform the functions of the unit.Developing training curriculum for newly deployed hardware and/or software to ensure successful handover to infrastructure and operational support servicesEvaluating existing network and communications policies and procedures; developing procedures where none exist and improving existing procedures to keep up with business requirements and evolving technical practices; and ensure that these procedures are effectively enforced.Incident management, problem management, and change management, governance and controlsManage Service providers and internal support functions following ITIL best practices.

I was reporting to the CEO and responsible for management of networks and systems including strategy, design and implementation of global infrastructures internally within the company and on behalf of its clients; provision of voice, video and Data services over MPLS, DSL, and Internet based connections as well as Hosting, Co-Location and Cloud services; managing the technical teams and providing effective leadership and devising and implementing solutions to service and other issues on behalf of Global Stakeholders.

Building and supporting linux based customer services including IP telephony, video conferencing and contact centres.Installation of new infrastructure at data centres to support expansionDesigning a global IP networks (MPLS)Helping to architect and build future services on global communications platformsProviding 2nd and 3rd line technical support for the Customer Service teamConfiguration and support of Network, Servers and Storage equipment, including Cisco,Dell, HP.Installation, configuration and Upgrades to Linux, Asterisk,VMware, Windows.

I was responsible for Unified Communications throughout the EMEA Region and a member of the leadership team tasked with solution services development for Cloud, Hosted and Managed VoIP and UC service offerings; managing global RFP response teams for complex bid submission throughout the sales and delivery lifecycle; Cisco UC Trusted Technical Advisor and joined the Microsoft programs for UC within Fujitsu with Microsoft Product Management.

I was responsible for pre-sales services such as requirements gathering, responding to RFI’s/RFP’s, network design, presentations and consultancy to large corporate clients of the company in the financial and legal sectors; specialised in IP communications, wireless, data centre and networking technologies; developing network strategies and responding sympathetically to client development and relationship issues on a day to day basis. Implementing and maintaining a standard methodology for planning and installing; preparing and producing all necessary systems documentation in accordance with TNS ISO9000 and BS7799 policies and

Pre-Sales services. Gathering requirements, responding to RFI's / RFP's, Network design and deployments for SMB's to large global clients, via Channel and SP Partners. Post-Sales support.. Specialising in IPT, Contact Centre's and WAN Switching Solutions Technical Road shows, presenting and technical update sessions. Business development, for SP delivery. Transfer of information for Partners Major Projects include: C&W Hosted IPT Solutions, NTL University campus IPT and Magnox Power Generation Voice/Data integration.

Design and deployments for SMB's to large corporate clients. Post-Sales support. Responsible for Technical Design and roll out of Voice/Data and WAN switching Projects. Supervised and quality checked the work outputs of the team. Network analysis and reporting. Designed, deployed and integrated the Fibernet Network Operations Centre. Designed, deployed and integrated DC Thompson's ATM voice and data infrastructure Designed, deployed and integrated Magnox Power Generation's ATM/VOIP voice and data infrastructure Specialising in ATM and WAN switching technologies.

Technical Support for Critical Systems, Cisco ,Ungermaan Bass, IBM, Compaq, 2nd, 3rd line Support for Field Engineers. Offshore Oil and Gas Design & Installation