Adrian Fern

Current

EIP Lead Technical Architect at BT
Owner Director at Fern ICT Limited

Past

Consultant, Technical Architect at Cramer, Amdocs OSS Division
Technical Architect at BT Wholesale
OA&M team lead engineer and packaging team leader at Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs Innovations)

Oceanographic systems support at NERC Research Vessel Services
Software developer at Autofile Software Ltd.
Student Industrial Placement at NERC, Research Vessel Services

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Education

The University of Glamorgan

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Adrian Fern’s Summary

An enthusiastic and confident ICT professional, with a proven track record in diverse computing disciplines. Currently engaged as Lead Technical Architect for BT Design, working on the Enterprise Information Programme (EIP)

Adrian Fern’s Specialties:

Technical Architecture, Infrastructure Design, Design Assurance, System Performance, Capacity Planning & Management, Platform resilience, Configuration Management, Integration, Testing, Packaging, Deployment, Process Improvement, Virtualisation

Adrian Fern’s Experience

EIP Lead Technical Architect

BT

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BT; Telecommunications industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

BT Design - Lead Technical Architect - Enterprise Information Programme
Owner Director

Fern ICT Limited

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2002 — Present (7 years 1 month)

Fern ICT Limited specialises in the provision of consultancy services, training, solutions and innovations that can help achieve objectives and maximise the return from ICT infrastructure investments.
Consultant, Technical Architect

Cramer, Amdocs OSS Division

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DOX; Telecommunications industry)

February 2007 — January 2008 (1 year )

BTW 21CN Logical Inventory Management System (LIMS)
Technical Architect

BT Wholesale

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

December 2004 — January 2007 (2 years 2 months)

Technical Architecture designs: Business Intelligence Platform (BIP), Unified Inventory Interface (UII), Service Assurance Data Warehouse (SADW), and 21CN OSS Logical Inventory Management System (LIMS)
OA&M team lead engineer and packaging team leader

Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs Innovations)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; LU; Telecommunications industry)

August 1998 — November 2002 (4 years 4 months)

Undertakeing technical project work for system build, packaging, deployment, recovery and management.
Oceanographic systems support

NERC Research Vessel Services

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Research industry)

November 1988 — July 1998 (9 years 9 months)

Developed, operated, administered and maintained ship's electronic/computing facilities, encompassing navigation/scientific instrumentation and complex data processing systems and networks.
Software developer

Autofile Software Ltd.

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 1987 — October 1988 (1 year 6 months)

Workingon a number of projects as a software designer and developer.
Student Industrial Placement

NERC, Research Vessel Services

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Research industry)

June 1985 — September 1986 (1 year 4 months)

A successful "Student Industrial placement Year" which prompted the organization to extend an invitation to become a full time staff member when position became available.

Adrian Fern’s Education

The University of Glamorgan

Hons , Computer Studies , 1983 — 1987

Years 1 and 2 - Diploma of Higher Education "Computing", Year 3 - Student industrial placement, and Year 4 - Graduated with Honors in "Computer Studies"

Activities and Societies:

Chairman of student MIS

Additional Information

Adrian Fern’s Interests:

Technical Innovation, Infrastructure Architecture, Business and Management Information Systems, Business Intelligence, Telecommunications BSS and OSS, Process Improvement