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NAME of COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE: |
PETER JOHN THORNE |
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HOME / OFFICE ADDRESS: |
24, GRATIAN CLOSE, HIGHWOODS, COLCHESTER, ESSEX. CO4 9EZ |
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HOME / OFFICE TELEPHONE/ FAX No: |
01206 756102 (Answer phone facility) |
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MOBILE No. |
07958 506272 |
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WEB ADDRESS |
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EMAIL ADDRESS |
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AVAILABILITY |
Ring for details |
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POSITION SOUGHT |
IT Consultant (PC / Network
Support, Training, Project Leading, Team Leader, Managerial) |
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CURRENT RATE |
Negotiable |
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PROFESSIONAL / EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
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RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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COMPANY Fyffes Group Ltd. OASYS (Office Automation Systems) Ltd, |
POSITION Operations Manager / Supervisor
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DATE FROM June 1984 |
DATE TO April 1988 |
CONTRACT WORK HISTORY
Stonham Housing Association
London / Leeds / Birmingham / Regional
January 2003 to
Position: Trainer / Consultant
Agency: Direct Contact
Responsibilities:
Training on IBS Open Housing System to all Stonham Projects throughout the UK.
Training was carried out via PCCoaching (see www.pccoaching.com)
and I was responsible for driving the training coach to various UK destinations
and carrying out a 3-day training course to Stonham Team and Project Managers. This project won the Wolce
ILT Solution of the Year Award for 2003. OASYS became IT Training Consultancy
for Stonham in January 2004 and provide all the Associations training needs
throughout the country. Contract extended in July 2004 for nationwide retraining
program and Phase II rollout.
Intermediate Capital Group Plc
London / Paris August 2001 to
May 2002
Position: Project Leader
Agency: Spring Plc:
Responsibilities:
Project leader of major office relocation and conversion / installation of
existing network running under Novell 5 / Office 97 to Windows 2000 / XP /
Microsoft Exchange system. Initial consultancy role supporting existing users
for the incumbent IT Manager who was off sick, I undertook the whole project
when the Manager failed to return. Interviewed and built a team capable of undertaking the full project, I liased with 3rd party suppliers,
builders and contractors to ensure a smooth move and transition from one server
to the other. This project also entailed full support and training work during
the move, documentation of the finished project and handover to the solution
providers whom I sourced.
Cap
Gemini Ernst & Young London / Birmingham / Regional
March 2001 to July 2001
Position: Change Analyst
Agency: Progressive Recruitment
Responsibilities:
Moves and Changes implementation
involving relocation of various Cap Gemini and Ernst Young offices due to
company merger. Production of documentation and training of relocated users
involving various builds and mail systems. On-site support and front line
troubleshooting pre and post move. Contract extended for major support of Lotus
Notes as company migrated to Outlook.
Granada Media / AON Risk Services South Bank / City of London.
April 2000 to March 2001
Position: Project Analyst
Agency: None Direct Contracts
Responsibilities:
Work carried at private clients within restructuring projects. Projects included
major office relocations, audits, outsourcing support and Microsoft Outlook
roll-out. Both contracts involved Windows 98, Microsoft Office and Novell 4
administration support.
Swiss
Reinsurance City of London. -
July 1997 to March 2000
Position: I.T. Analyst
Agency: Spring I.T.
Responsibilities:
Desktop support during migration from M&G technologies to Swiss Re:
including training in Microsoft Office and Microsoft NT 4.0. All previous
M&G Information Centre employees left during this period leaving myself as
the only consultant supporting both architectures with knowledge of the in-house
systems. Part of team involved in Lotus Notes migration.
Extended contract on a senior role and was responsible for day-to-day
departmental running during a nine-month period in which the I.T. Manager was
absent through illness. Project Managed site move and restack during 8 month
rebuilding work. Joined Y2K project before returning to general support duties
during team restructuring.
Mercantile
& General Reinsurance
City of London. - November 1995 to July 1997
Position: Network Support Analyst
Agency: Software Personnel
Responsibilities:
Information Centre support for all London office users. Part of small team
supporting principally SmartSuite but with general network hardware and software
support including a large amount of in-house software and NetWare problem
solving. This role involved use of Internet and mainframe with strong
administrative and supervisory expectations due to the size of the team. During
this contract M&G were bought out by Swiss Re: instigating a major office
upheaval and a migration from IBM mainframe to Lotus Notes 3 / 4 and Windows 3.1
running under Novell 4.11 to NT.
Lloyds of London City of London - November 1994 to November 1995
Position: P.C. Support Analyst / Trainer
Agency: M.S.B.
Responsibilities:
Front line support in company wide Lotus SmartSuite roll out. As prime and
initially the only person on-site with Windows and SmartSuite skills, I
established the team and installed support procedures working within the
existing technical help group. Contract extended with move to the roll out team
responsible for the installation and initial support / training.
Baring
Bros. & Co. Ltd. City of
London. - July 1988 to October 1994
Position: P.C. Support Technician
Agency: M.D.A. / Dart Resourcing
Responsibilities:
Front line support in a help desk environment on 500 networked and stand alone
PC's. Network support on Token Ring / Novell NetWare 286 v.2.2 and 386 v.3.10
and v.3.11. MAU installation, cable running and responsibility for network
server software packages. Part of team investigating and installing corporate
windows upgrade including major secretarial network with a move from DOS based
DisplayWrite 4 to Windows based Lotus AmiPro. Installation and support of
migration from DOS based system to Windows 3.0/3.1 and Lotus Smartsuite for the
entire site as well as off-site support for Barings subsidiary companies.
Ongoing support of all Lotus SmartSuite products from 1.0 on. Initially one of
team of three expanding to twenty, I became senior team member through
amalgamation of support with the Comms and Network groups. Project managed
several departmental moves.
Alexander Howden City and Romford Offices - April to July 1988
Position: Network Controller
Agency: Coda Recruitment
Responsibilities:
Network controlling on an IBM. 8100 mainframe and support of 700 networked and
stand alone IBM. PC's at two user sites. Software and Hardware support while
training a permanent member of staff for the permanent position.
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PERSONAL
OASYS (Office Automation Systems) Ltd. has been incorporated for nearly 15
years. As Director and consultant I have deliberately tried to be flexible in my
approach to my clients and this has subsequently enabled me to diversify in both
my contract work and any privately undertaken job. With nearly 20 years IT
experience, I have a broad base of skills including PC and Network
support (NT and Novell), Notes Administration, 1st, 2nd
and 3rd line support and training, with team leader, supervisory and
managerial options. I have had long contracts with major blue chip City institutions such as Barings, Lloyds of
London, Mercantile and General and Swiss Re. I also have several local, City and
West End based customers for whom I do private work.
The contract roles undertaken by my company involve supporting existing systems,
rollout and project work, training, Y2K, team leading and managerial roles with
use of Microsoft Office, Lotus SmartSuite, Lotus Notes, Novell, NT and other
in-house banking and financial packages.
I view my company as a viable small
business and I have attempted to promote my business locally. I believe the
accounting and tax procedures involved in the running of a company are as much a
part of my work experience as day-to-day consultancy.
I dislike the idea of Computer systems that do not cater for the needs of the
users and I believe my approach to this is by having patience and understanding
of the people concerned and their requirements. I particularly enjoy the
personal aspect of my job and have found it to be an important factor in the
longevity of my contracts.
I
am also a Freelance Writer and I write for the internet site West Ham
Online (www.westhamonline.net)
an unofficial West Ham Internet site to which I contribute a weekly column.
I also contribute a further weekly column to www.soccernet.com
and was the official correspondent for England in the 2002 World Cup and 2004
European Championship. My first book Nightmare On Green Street was
published in November 2004.
In 2006 I
was a finalist in the IITT 'Freelancer of the Year' Award for my work on
Stonham's 'SWIMS' Project
I am a Member of the PCG (Professional Contractors Group).
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REFERENCES
Available
on request from
Cap Gemini Ernst and Young
Intermediate Capital Group Plc
Computer Management Corporation Plc
Stonham Housing Association
Written reference also
available from Mr. T.E. Derbyshire, retired Director at Baring Bros & Co.
Ltd.