IT Project Turnarounds and Startups
Blackburn, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Project Manager at Unilever
- Editorial Board Member at Business Information Review
- Independent Commentator at BBC
- Director at Instant Search - Business Information and IT Development
- Past
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- Technology and Business Expert at BBC Technology
- Programme Manager at Provident Financial plc
- Senior Project Manager at Fujitsu Services
- Enabling Technology Leader at GE Capital Solutions
- CEO at Broadband eLaboratory
- Director at Teleworking Company
- Financial and IT Systems Analyst at Financial Times
- Education
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- Manchester Metropolitan
- Manchester Metropolitan
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn
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Anthony Capstick’s Summary
• Business, Programme & Project Manager/Director - Media, Public Sector and Financial Services
• Senior IT & Business influencer with considerable experience of programme and project management gained in private and public sectors.
• Past clients include Unilever, Microsoft, BT, GE, BBC, Fujitsu, FT and DTI, plus many small and medium sized businesses
• Author “How to Change Your Life with Technology”
Anthony Capstick’s Specialties:
Document Management,XML,SQL,MS Project,Outlook, Soap, HTML,Web Services,.NET,VMServer,SMS,Avaya,Oracle, Ingress, SalesForce.com,CRM,TIBCO,Workflow,Mobile,Broadband,OCR Peladon,DocFinity,Canon MFD,Kofax Ascent,eCopy, VRS, Filenet, Documentum, StreamServe, VersionOne, IMSCAN, Siebel, ERP, SAP, Rightfax, Imscan, Iron Mountain, Method LEAN Six Sigma, PMM, Prince 2, Agile, Waterfall, Off-shoring, India Contact Centre, ISO9001, Test Director, Sarbanes-Oxley, SOX, Basel II, UML, SAP Solutions Manager
Anthony Capstick’s Experience
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Project Manager
Unilever
(Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
SAP projects - Solution Manager, Wily Introscope, Tivoli, CCMS, BI data
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Editorial Board Member
Business Information Review
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2002 — Present (7 years 2 months)
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Independent Commentator
BBC
(Public Company; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
January 1992 — Present (17 years 7 months)
Independent commentator on business and IT trends.
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Director
Instant Search - Business Information and IT Development
(Information Services industry)
June 1991 — Present (18 years 2 months)
Programme Manager at Yorkshire Water
Programme Manager with Provident Financial
Senior PM with Fujitsu Services working on the IBM / DVLA account in Swansea
Project and Programme Manager at GE Capital, Commercial Finance as Enabling Technology Leader & Data Quality Leader.
During the last 16 years I have worked on many IT related projects, which have been delivered using Instant Search technology. Involved in all HR aspects, including interviewing and appointing a mixture of full time, part time and contract staff.
Author of How to Change Your Life with Technology, now in its second edition.
Media activity – BBC World Service, Five Live, Radio 2 and 4, Scotland and Wales, using an ISDN studio in the office. TV experience BBC1, BBC2 & Granada. -
Technology and Business Expert
BBC Technology
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
1991 — 2009 (18 years)
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Programme Manager
Provident Financial plc
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; PFG; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2007 — February 2008 (3 months)
IT Infrastructure / IT Transformation
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Senior Project Manager
Fujitsu Services
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Services industry)
August 2007 — November 2007 (4 months)
PM on the IBM/DVLA account
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Enabling Technology Leader
GE Capital Solutions
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)
November 2005 — June 2007 (1 year 8 months)
Also Data Quality Leader for the UK. Programme Manager role overseeing change management programme
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CEO
Broadband eLaboratory
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)
June 2003 — June 2005 (2 years 1 month)
Editorial and production of databases on the first PCs to publish directories.
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Director
Teleworking Company
(Telecommunications industry)
December 1991 — June 1994 (2 years 7 months)
Remote working company specialising in teleworking, conferencing and outsourcing.
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Financial and IT Systems Analyst
Financial Times
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PSON; Newspapers industry)
February 1986 — February 1991 (5 years 1 month)
3 positions within the group. First, Books Editor including relational databases. Then Staff Writer on the International, FT's first single keyed publication. Finally, System's Analyst in the newsroom, liasing between the journalists and the IT department. Introduced a first for Fleet Street: a satellite system for filing stories into the FT mainframe during the first Gulf War.
Anthony Capstick’s Education
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Manchester Metropolitan
BSc hons , Biology , June 1978 — July 1980
- Activities and Societies:
- Manchester music scene - Cobwebs, Rafters, PSV, Hacienda.
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Manchester Metropolitan
HND , Applied Biology , July 1976 — June 1978
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Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn
1966 — 1976
Additional Information
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Anthony Capstick’s Interests:
New technology and radio broadcasting on business issues. Mountain biking, snow boarding, walking, climbing, Croft on Skye
Anthony Capstick’s Groups:
Broadband Stakeholders Group
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PartnerPoint - An Online Community of Microsoft Partners -
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Monarch IT Senior Appointments Networking Group -
Certes IT - SC & DV
Anthony Capstick’s Honors:
Ecommerce awards finalist in the broadband category. www.BroadbandElaboratory.co.uk project funded by DTI to encorage SMEs to adopt broadband.
Anthony Capstick’s Contact Settings
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