Alison Wheeler

Current

• Volunteer at The National Museum of Computing
• Managing Consultant at The Creative Organisation

Past

• Executive Director at Wikimedia UK
• Consultant at Karmasphere
• Chief Technology Officer at Neighbourhood Watch UK Ltd

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Education

• Open University Business School
• The Open University
• Imperial College London

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Connections

95 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• Twitter

Alison Wheeler’s Summary

· International pan-European and Global development & implementation experience
· Excellent partner communication skills
· Well-organised with ability to manage multiple and concurrent projects across sites
· Track record of setting and achieving metrics - attention to detail
· Excellent analytical skills regarding contractual, technical and financial issues
· MBA degree (AACSB, AMBA & Equis accredited) with Marketing, Finance, Strategy and Innovation specialisations
· Proactive, driven, looking for an entrepreneurial challenge
· Passionate about providing more that the customer expects
· Invited participant at multinational conferences
· High capacity and quick ability to learn new markets & skills
· Project, deadline, and team oriented
· Demonstrable strong writing, design and communication skills
· Experienced overseas & UK business traveller; German and French language skills
· Experienced systems integrator and database architect
· Highly developed problem solving and code development skills
· Available to travel and/or temporarily relocate as required

I am able to consider a new permanent position, preferably in a Program/Project Management or Consultancy role, where I could bring my business support skills and broad technical experience together, and would welcome a position that included travelling and customer-site work whilst retaining a London base. Ideally there would be the opportunity to put my MBA into practice by continuing with a level of line management and strategic responsibilities.

A full résumé is available at www.alisonwheeler.net

Alison Wheeler’s Specialties:

International pan-European and Global development & implementation experience; contract negotiation; multi-national liaison and planning; German and French language skills

Alison Wheeler’s Experience

• Volunteer

  The National Museum of Computing

  (Museums and Institutions industry)

  October 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Managing Consultant

  The Creative Organisation

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  March 1994 — Present (15 years 9 months)

  Providing business and marketing consultancy, alongside training and support services, to SME business across a range of vertical markets.
  
  Major projects included design and development of a real-time financial futures & commodities trading system; analysis for ship insurance; consultant and designer for the computerisation of direct marketing operations for a life assurance company; a prospective restaurant chain; a cable television channel; research and development of an on-line retrieval system for a book for a financial publishing house and support for a film scriptwriter. Other projects included the Metropolitan Police's METCAD X25 computer network, advising a US-based CRM company on how to make multi-lingual and multi-cultural websites; a major start-up during the launch of their web news and e-purchasing service; planning an e-finance start-up and designing an integrated security framework for a ASP-model web stockbroker.

Alison Wheeler’s Education

• Open University Business School

  MBA , Financial Strategy, Marketing, Strategy, Creativity & Innovation electives , 2000 — 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  elected member to OU Students Association executive representing London region; member Central Consultative Cttee of the Open University

• The Open University

  CertNatSci , Natural Science , 1983 — 1988

  Additional units studied, inc. Maths, Systems, Psychology, Sociology

• Imperial College London

  Computing Science 1974 — 1976

Additional Information

Alison Wheeler’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company
• Twitter

Alison Wheeler’s Contact Settings

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