Web adventurer; HR & Business Consultant, Mid-East based
Bahrain
- Current
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- Owner at Business Buds
- Owner at PQS Associates (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Director at CareerCraft
- Director at Miles Gordon Technology
- Mid-East Manager at Sinclair Research
- Mid-East Manager at Macmillan Press
- Station Manager at Capital Radio, Abu Dhabi
- Author at OUP/ELTA
- Teacher Trainer. Teacher at International Language Centers (ILC)
- Education
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- University College London, U. of London
- Judd School, Tonbridge
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Alan Miles’s Summary
Web Designer and HR Consultant, with a special interest in Achievement Management. Current project is Accelerate HR, a website to give the construction industry simple, effective and fast tools for personnel administration, attendance management and payroll. Check out the blog and the site at www.jobwd.com
Alan Miles’s Specialties:
Extensive Middle East experience, with specialist knowledge of local labor laws and payroll practices. A Ruby on Rails programmer. Current focus on HR for the Construction Industry. Also considerable HR experience in the Banking and Hospitals sectors.
Alan Miles’s Experience
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Owner
Business Buds
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Human Resources industry)
August 2006 — Present (3 years)
* HR consultant to company building Abu Dhabi's Formula 1 racetrack. A high-profile project with the need to build systems for the rapid recruitment and deployment of over 2000 people.
I'm building a website being for this project - Accelerate HR - live on the web with daily updates. The idea is that the site and the associated services we offer should eventually be able to serve any business that needs to build a large international team quickly.
* Work in progress - 'Soft Options' - a collaborative web product to minimize the risk of failure with software projects. Soft Options is for those who need software and those who build it, helping both to plan and test the project from start to finish, using an Agile approach to software development. -
Owner
PQS Associates (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Human Resources industry)
September 1998 — Present (10 years 11 months)
* HR Consultant and Software Designer.
* Designer of Prospero - an integrated HR, Admin and Payroll package for business in the Arab Gulf. Clients include American Mission Hospital, EDS, Eskan Bank, AlAmin Bank, Cebarco, Telephone Regulatory Authority - Bahrain, Lloyds Bank Dubai.
* HR consultant to Arcapita Bank and to Cebarco (for its new project to build the Formula 1 Grand Prix Circuit in Abu Dhabi) -
Director
CareerCraft
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Human Resources industry)
1992 — 1997 (5 years)
Created employment opportunities for Gulf nationals in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait - through a three-month classroom-based, project-oriented programme, followed by three months of mentor-assisted work experience.
Successfully put 2000 people to work, despite employers' reluctance to hire nationals, in jobs ranging from bank auditors to van delivery drivers.
I founded the business, shaped the program, wrote course materials, and designed the program management software - which was the foundation for the software now used in my current businesses. -
Director
Miles Gordon Technology
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
1986 — 1991 (5 years)
Joint founder of the UK company that designed and built the Sam Coupe computer.
Voted Best Computer of the year and Best Newcomers by the UK's Leisure Software industry in 1990. Disappeared almost without trace shortly afterwards - has a way of happening to plankton when there are big fish around. -
Mid-East Manager
Sinclair Research
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
June 1984 — April 1986 (1 year 11 months)
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Mid-East Manager
Macmillan Press
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)
1983 — 1984 (1 year)
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Station Manager
Capital Radio, Abu Dhabi
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
1981 — 1982 (1 year)
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Author
OUP/ELTA
(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
1976 — 1980 (4 years)
Author for Oxford University Press on the Crescent Course - English language course-book series for schools in the Arab Gulf.
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Teacher Trainer. Teacher
International Language Centers (ILC)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)
1972 — 1976 (4 years)
English As A Foreign Language teacher/ teacher trainer
* At International House, London 1972 - 74
* Transferred to Beirut, 1974.
* Helped open Cairo school 1975/6
Alan Miles’s Education
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University College London, U. of London
BA , English , 1968 — 1971
University of London prize for Linguistics 1971
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Judd School, Tonbridge
1961 — 1968
Additional Information
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Alan Miles’s Interests:
human resource development, software design, Ruby on Rails, web 2.0, employment politics, the Mid-East, Arsenal, the blues (the musical ones)
Alan Miles’s Groups:
LinkedinConstructionMgnt@yahoogroups.com
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