Technology Partner at Barclays
London, United Kingdom
Technology Partner at Barclays
London, United Kingdom
I am an information technology manager specializing in large electronic commerce systems, with experience managing large (160+) multi-disciplinary teams working on large (2M+ user) enterprise systems. I have worked as a software tester, coder, consultant, development manager and development director, and most recently as an IT manager of multidisciplinary groups. My last two positions have been with large retail banks, but previously I have worked in startups, new media, and software product companies. I keep myself current by reading a lot about both business and technology, check out the link to my reading list below. I am passionate about technology, enjoy building and working with great teams, and work very hard.
E-commerce, high volume transactional systems, on-line retail banking, project life cycle, agile and waterfall software development, offshore development, systems architecture and integration, leadership development.
(Public Company; BARC; Banking industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
• Direct technical strategy, project delivery, and service support for UK retail bank internet and mobile channels.
• Manage global cross functional teams of up to 160 architects, developers, infrastructure engineers, testers, and PMs on run, change and renewal projects with budgets up to ₤25M.
• Support marketing, change, and run business team of 65 to achieve ₤50M revenue in 2008.
• Manage technologies: Java, Websphere, Oracle, P-series, Fatwire, Kana, TAM, F5, nCipher.
(Public Company; WM; Banking industry)
June 2002 — July 2006 (4 years 2 months)
• Direct software design, development and delivery for national retail bank internet channel.
• Manage team of 40 developers in 5 cities on projects with development budgets up to $8M.
• Manage technologies: .Net, Java, MSSQL, Voyager, Netpoint, MS OM, MS CMS, Kana.
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
1996 — 2002 (6 years )
• Lead design and development of over 50 e-commerce and content management systems for clients such as British Petroleum, Microsoft, The PGA Tour and TopBulb.com.
• Manage team of 12 FTE consultant web developers.
• Manage technologies: .Net, C#, ASP, VBScript, VB, MSSQL, HTML, SOAP.
(Public Company; ADBE; Computer Software industry)
January 1996 — June 1996 (6 months)
• Develop and execute test cases for Adobe Persuasion presentation software printer functions.
(Privately Held; KEA; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years )
• Provide technical support to 40 Pagemaker, Freehand and Photoshop users per day.
(Mental Health Care industry)
1991 — 1994 (3 years )
• Provide case management services and vocational rehabilitation to 150 mentally ill adults.
MBA , 2006 — 2007
French 2004 — 2005
BS , Psychology , 1987 — 1991
1983 — 1987
Travel, French and Spanish language study, fencing, raising chickens, fishing, hunting, weight training, Corrida, gardening, guitar, baritone euphonium, cognac, skeet shooting; writing, recording, performing music and touring (US, Canada, Japan, and Europe) in several different independent rock groups.
Here are some links to my various bands:
* “Sicko” – (my first band) - www.sicko.com
* “Tales From The Birdbath” – (current) www.neatshows.com