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Cambridge, United Kingdom

1) Design and installation of proof of concept Lab to demonstrate Lync features to potential clients. Lync modalities included Presence and IM, AV Conferencing, remote access and federation and Integration of Polycom HDX video conferencing system2) Design and implementation of MS Lync for Cambridge based private six form college. College is based on multiple sites around Cambridge and wanted a solution to consolidate telephony and also deliver AV conferencing solution3) Working with Medical Research Council and Cambridge University to deliver an integrated videoconference solution.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Slough, United Kingdom

Reporting to Vice President, New Medicines ITTechnology lead for IT New Medicines team. Responsible for partnering with business teams to focus delivery of technology solutions that fit business requirements. Industry watch to keep up to date with new and emerging technology

Reporting to Vice President, New Medicines IT Relationship and UK ITResponsible for the development, implementation and delivery of IT Infrastructure Services, (Wintel, UNIX, WAN, LAN, Telco, Storage/Backup and Compute facilities), as required by UCB New Medicines in the UK and Other Local businesses functions. I also ensure all services are aligned with Global IT partners. UK member of the Global IT Operations Team. Managed several Global projects, the most recent of which being the Consolidation of European Data Centres and key member of several Global Virtual teams relating to Windows Server and Linux

Reporting to Director, Global Data Centres & ServerAppointed Manager IT, UK & Research Operations following UCB acquisition of Schwarz Pharma and subsequent integration.Achievements:Building a strong cross function technical team in the UK, Belgium and IrelandImplemented a 3 year infrastructure strategyDefined and implemented a tiered storage model that was flexible to meet business growthConsolidation of UK computer facilities in line with global strategy whilst giving flexibility for growth for a 2-3 year periodIntegration of Schwartz Pharma subsidiaries into UCB infrastructureDivestment of several offices within UK

Reporting to Vice President, responsible for UK IT and dotted line to Director, Global Servers and Data CentresMember of the Site Management TeamAchievements:Project managed Integration of Celltech and UCB mail systems Senior technical resource for IT integration between UCB and Celltech following the UCB acquisition of Celltech in 2004.Senior technical lead for the Global Active Directory Program.

Responsible for managing IT in Cambridge and also Senior Global Technical Resource and leader of the Global Server team, member of the Global WAN/LAN team, member of the global back office team.

Technical Lead for IT infrastructure as well as 3rd line client support problem resolution.

Responsible for all back office infrastructure, including Novell servers and CheckPoint firewalls and Cisco network equipment.

Started working on IT Helpdesk on a short term contract, but quickly progressed. Responsible for remote access services and e-mail support for all EU offices as well as Novell Servers and email Servers based in London