IT Manager/ Team leader

Experienced Information Technology professional eager to take charge of new challenges that will test my skills and expertise, whilst providing you with the solutions for your company to be competitive and lead the field instead of following it.

Brief Employment History:

Date Company Name &
Job Title Job Description

2009 Sep / present Paypoint
Desktop Team Leader Desktop team leader
Managing the IT Desktop team that provide support for all the Paypoint companies in the UK, Ireland and Romania. This support is not just for Desktop but for server as well.
2006 Aug / 2009 Sep QData Europe Ldt (Renamed BCX)– IT manager / Team Leader - Senior Consultant
Current position. IT Manager / Team Leader – Senior Consultant.
Supporting and managing QData’s clients on site and off site IT requirements.

2005 Nov / 2006 May Torexretail
System Engineer
Reason for leaving: Redundancy Team Leader.
Building middle/large servers, configuring RAID servers and installation and configuration of different OS’s on varying hardware platforms, also some scripting in HTML.

2005 Jun /
2005 Nov Contracting: ComputaCenter
Second line Analyst
Reason for leaving: End of contract. Providing technical support for Marsh & McLennan Companies via ComputaCenter.

2004 / 2005 nCoded Ltd
IT Manager
Reason for leaving;
Conflict of interest and company stability. Setting up and running the IT Department and providing 3rd line and above technical support. Company folded.

1999 / 2003 Orange Bird Corporation
IT Manager
Reason for leaving: Further career. Day to day running of the companies IT needs. This involved Project management, implantation and purchase of all IT resources.

1995 / 1999 Dangerfield Computing Ltd
IT contractor (Director)
Reason for Leaving: IR35 LAN & WAN Administrator. Dealing with short term IT contracts. This was for mainly Blue Chip companies and financial house and banks.

1994 / 1995 Working for short term IT contract agencies
Reason for leaving:
To set up my own company. Dealing with software/hardware installation configuration and support. Junior LAN Administrator.

1988 / 1994 British Army
Solider / Chef
Reason for leaving: Medical Discharge. Infantry solider and chef.

Qualifications:

CSE English, Maths, Humanities, General Science, Applied Science & Technology and Metal Work
‘O’ Level Technology and Art
GCSE Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Computer science, Geography
Others R.S.I. in IT (Data bases design, Word Processing, Spread sheet design and DTP)
City & Guilds: Catering 7061/2, IT, Basic Skill Teaching Numeracy and Literacy
NEBS Supervisory Management
MCSE in NT 4 Sever/workstation, Win 98
EMEB Graphic design
Degree Bsc (Hons)Natural Science and Information Technology

Personal Details:

Date of Birth: 20th May 1970
Status: Married to a Kazakhstan National.
Driving Licence: Full clean UK driving Licence.

Personal Interests: When I have some free time I enjoy; sailing (off shore), radio controlled helicopter flying, tinkering with my PC’s, Mac and network at home. I also enjoy home studying which helps to keep my skill sets up to date.