Simon White

Site Manager (France) at lastminute.com

France

Current
  • Site Manager (France) at lastminute.com
Past
  • IT Manager at Mediadev
  • Internet Service Manager at MTDS
  • Marketing & Sales Executive at Greg Corbett Associates
Education
  • University of Warwick
Connections
69 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Simon White’s Summary

I've worked on most areas of IT for Internet infrastructures.

- Server admin for Web (HTTP, proxies, DBs), DNS, email and firewalls.
- Web site project management: requirements, design documents, implementation planning and pitching these ideas to third parties.
- Up to date on latest web technology notably XHTML, CSS and Javascript (DHTML, AJAX).
- Believe in Open Source frameworks and collaborative work on systems architecture.
- Attaining as full and understanding of the underlying IT infrastructure and planning projects around it.
- Implementing, using and improving Content Management Systems (including Zope) a major part of my work experience.


Simon White’s Experience

  • Site Manager (France)

    lastminute.com

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

    March 2004Present (4 years 3 months)

    I manage a team of creative designers and program managers who design and implement merchandising solutions for the French website. A strong knowledge of the infrastructure allows me to optimise business requests and plan work to improve organically (often via collaborative developement) the features of the site.

  • IT Manager

    Mediadev

    (Market Research industry)

    April 2003March 2004 (1 year)

    I managed the network at Mediadev, implementing high speed connectivity via ADSL, routing, WiFi access for the Paris office and did software & server support. I managed all main web services (email, website, intranet, DNS) and did some key optimisation for bulk marketing emailings for major software firms including bounce management and campaign delivery tracking.

  • Internet Service Manager

    MTDS

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    November 1998March 2003 (4 years 5 months)

    At MTDS I did a lot of work on dial-up and permanent Internet connectivity and was a server manager for a small-scale full service Internet provider (routing, security, web services, telecoms).

    I also took part in a major project to provide training and support for developing nations including missions to give seminars and workshops in Haiti, Tunisia and Malawi.

  • Marketing & Sales Executive

    Greg Corbett Associates

    (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    September 1997October 1998 (1 year 2 months)


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