Apr 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Jan 2020 – Dec 2020 · 11 mos

• Microsoft Fast Track Recognised Solution Architect Power Apps

Mar 2019 – Jan 2020 · 10 mos

Apr 2017 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos · Isle Of Whithorn, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Lead Architect for the Office 365 and Dynamics 365 roll out. Managing 3rd party contractors and customising the out of the box functionality to match the business processes.
• Integrating the cloud systems with on premise, product catalogues, billing systems and work order management systems. Building workflows in SharePoint and dynamics to compliment business processes and reduce effort of users. Using Power BI and Dynamics own reporting to create a clear set of dashboards and underlying reports for all levels of users, as well as integrating data with the Datawarehouse.
• Full integration of Dynamics with Office 365, OneNote, SharePoint and Exchange as well as processes and workflows.
• Working with AD, ADFS, Azure, SQL Azure to create seamless solutions for users and systems transitioning to cloud.

Mar 2011 – Apr 2017 · 6 yrs 1 mo · Nationwide

• Head of Department reporting directly to the board with full departmental financial accountability.
• Designed and implemented Office 365 Domains and Dynamic 365 for customer facing teams across the group.
• Virtulaization of all on premise servers to hosted solutions in public and private clouds.
• Architect and managment of SharePoint business solutions throughout all departments.
• Overseeing security procedures group wide in preparation for ISO 27001.

Dec 2002 – Mar 2011 · 8 yrs 3 mos · West Midlands

• Project management of external contractors, personnel line managers and internal technical teams.
• Architecting business solutions utilising SharePoint, Exchange, Office 365 and Azure.
• Training advisor for Microsoft solutions and technical project management.
• Portfolio of Government/ Local Authority contracts, Legal and Financial services and Medical support services.

May 2001 – Dec 2002 · 1 yr 7 mos · Cirencester

• Training Manager for SQL, Oracle, Windows and Unix
• Development of QA's first SQL MVP

Apr 2000 – May 2001 · 1 yr 1 mo · UK- Nationwide

• 1 Year Development Contract
• Project Management of multi-location (700 sites) software roll out .
• Management of migration of Legacy systems and usability testing.
• Contract delivered within budget and timescale.

Sep 1998 – Apr 2000 · 1 yr 7 mos · Tewkesbury UK, Rotterdam Holland

• Management of multinational IT teams throughout system changes in preparation for Year 2000.
• Migration of multiple mail systems to Exchange.
• Migration of multiple finance systems to SQL server.

Jan 1992 – Sep 1998 · 6 yrs 8 mos · Gloucestershire

• Legal systems architect , secure document management and multisite usability.
• Consultant IT systems management for local education authority.
• Training staff and managers for the provision of IT suites in education

Sep 1986 – Jan 1992 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Worldwide

• Joined on completion of A-Levels.
• 2 Year apprenticeship in communications.
• Specialised in secure IT systems.