Anthony Capstick

Anthony Capstick

IT Project Turnarounds and Startups

Blackburn, United Kingdom

Current
  • 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
Education
  • Manchester Metropolitan
  • Manchester Metropolitan
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn
Connections
430 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

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

  • Project Manager

    Unilever

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 2008Present (1 year)

    SAP projects - Solution Manager, Wily Introscope, Tivoli, CCMS, BI data

  • Editorial Board Member

    Business Information Review

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2002Present (7 years 2 months)

  • Independent Commentator

    BBC

    (Public Company; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)

    January 1992Present (17 years 7 months)

    Independent commentator on business and IT trends.

  • Director

    Instant Search - Business Information and IT Development

    (Information Services industry)

    June 1991Present (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)

    19912009 (18 years)

  • Programme Manager

    Provident Financial plc

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; PFG; Information Technology and Services industry)

    December 2007February 2008 (3 months)

    IT Infrastructure / IT Transformation

  • Senior Project Manager

    Fujitsu Services

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Services industry)

    August 2007November 2007 (4 months)

    PM on the IBM/DVLA account

  • Enabling Technology Leader

    GE Capital Solutions

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

    November 2005June 2007 (1 year 8 months)

    Also Data Quality Leader for the UK. Programme Manager role overseeing change management programme

  • CEO

    Broadband eLaboratory

    (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

    June 2003June 2005 (2 years 1 month)

    Editorial and production of databases on the first PCs to publish directories.

  • Director

    Teleworking Company

    (Telecommunications industry)

    December 1991June 1994 (2 years 7 months)

    Remote working company specialising in teleworking, conferencing and outsourcing.

  • Financial and IT Systems Analyst

    Financial Times

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PSON; Newspapers industry)

    February 1986February 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

  • Manchester Metropolitan

    BSc hons , Biology , June 1978July 1980

    Activities and Societies:
    Manchester music scene - Cobwebs, Rafters, PSV, Hacienda.
  • Manchester Metropolitan

    HND , Applied Biology , July 1976June 1978

  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn

    19661976


Additional Information

Anthony Capstick’s Websites:

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

  •    PartnerPoint - An Online Community of Microsoft Partners
  •    SC or DV Cleared Professionals (use it or lose it)
  •    Public Speaking Network
  •    BCS Membership Group
  •    NHS Management Professionals
  •    SC Cleared IT Specialists
  •    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.


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