Adrian Harper

Current

IT Manager at GAM (Schweiz) AG

Past

Assistant IT Manager at GAM (Schweiz) AG
Technical Consultant at Prophet Consulting Limited (Isle of Man)
Technical Support Engineer at GAM Administration Limited

Technical Support Engineer at Skanco Business Systems

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Education

University of Liverpool
The Open University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Adrian

Connections

129 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

My Website

Adrian Harper’s Summary

An experienced and qualified IT manager, with a strong understanding of investment business needs, and an appreciation of the practical compromises often required to bring the benefits of IT to bear.

I'm especially interested in expanding my network along the following lines:

* Swiss based contacts in the Information Technology / Financial IT service sectors.
* IT executives, security consultants and anyone involved with / a background in Information Systems Management.
* Renewing contact with old colleagues and classmates.

For those outside of my network, you can send email directly to me via http://www.ady.net in order to get "LinkedIn".

Adrian Harper’s Specialties:

Operations, Support, Infrastructure Management, Project Management, Security, Mobile Computing.

Adrian Harper’s Experience

IT Manager

GAM (Schweiz) AG

(Investment Management industry)

November 2002 — Present (5 years 10 months)

Management of IT operations, infrastructure, projects and staff.
Assistant IT Manager

GAM (Schweiz) AG

(Investment Management industry)

July 1998 — October 2002 (4 years 4 months)

Help-desk management, network and infrastructure troubleshooting and maintenance.
Technical Consultant

Prophet Consulting Limited (Isle of Man)

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 3 months)

Senior consultant for offshore projects: office relocation, infrastructure design and installation, communications installation and operational maintenance.
Technical Support Engineer

GAM Administration Limited

(Privately Held; Investment Management industry)

February 1995 — May 1998 (3 years 4 months)

Desktop, network and infrastructure installation, maintenance and support.
Technical Support Engineer

Skanco Business Systems

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1994 — January 1995 (8 months)

Desktop, network and infrastructure installation, maintenance and support.

Adrian Harper’s Education

University of Liverpool

Post Graduate Diploma, Information Systems Management with distinction, 2006 — 2008

Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Resource Management, Marketing, Project Management, Computer Structures, Communications, Computer Networks, Security Engineering and Computer Forensics.
The Open University

BSc, Computing Technology & Application Development, 1997 — 2004

Subjects: Object Oriented Development, Project Management, Application Modeling & Frameworks, Concurrent Systems, UML, C++ and Java.

Additional Information

Adrian Harper’s Websites:

My Website

Adrian Harper’s Interests:

Technology, information systems, digital security, systems management, operating systems, computer forensics, ITIL, Getting Things Done, GTD, mind mapping, adult learning, e-learning, rock climbing, hiking, multiplayer gaming, Reading:, Digital Lifestyle, Technical, History, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Crime, Self Development.