Head of IT Infrastructure and Operations at Towergate Partnership
Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Head of IT Operations & Infrastructure at Towergate Partnership
- Past
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- Head of Data Product Management at Your Communications
- Programme Manager at Compel
- Principal Consultant at Info'Products UK
- Consultant at Corporate Computers
- Technical Manager at GST
- Technical Manager at Mission
- Technical Manager at Yorkshire Microcomputers
- Systems Support / Planner at British Aerospace
- Management Trainee at British Leyland
- Scientific Assistant at CERL
- Education
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- University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Dorking Grammar
- Eastwick
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Graham Smith’s Summary
Commercially-oriented business professional, with over twenty years successful experience in the management of telecommunications, technology and IT Services businesses, predominately in the UK market.
Graham Smith’s Specialties:
Management & delivery of complex projects
Technical & intellectual competency on multiple platforms & infrastructures
Running business functions with revenue, margin and cost targets, financial & budgetary control
Programme mgt, incl Prince 2 and DSDM
Bids & proposals, bid & risk Mgt; contract assessment and negotiation
Strategy development & delivery
Board level negotiations, influencing and gaining buy-in
Product Management & Development through full product lifecycles
Graham Smith’s Experience
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Head of IT Operations & Infrastructure
Towergate Partnership
(Insurance industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)
Responsible for the operational excellence of Infrastructure, IT systems and services in our network, supporting some 3,500 people in over 100 locations across the UK.
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Head of Data Product Management
Your Communications
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
2001 — 2006 (5 years )
Responsible for the successful development and delivery of telecom and IT products and services to meet the business plan. Concept, feasibility, development, introduction and ongoing lifecycle management of all data products and services. Budgeting, forecasting and successful delivery of the product line P&L
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Programme Manager
Compel
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years )
Reporting to the Board. Define, plan, and deliver a number of complex client-facing and internal business change projects.
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Principal Consultant
Info'Products UK
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 1999 (3 years )
Technology and IT strategy Consulting; consulting business development; technical presales / proposition development
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Consultant
Corporate Computers
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1989 — 1996 (7 years )
Technical consulting; technical pre-sales; product management
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Technical Manager
GST
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1988 — 1989 (1 year )
Management of technical functions including pre-sales and post sales support; applications development
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Technical Manager
Mission
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1986 — 1988 (2 years )
Technical pre-sales; proposition development; product management
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Technical Manager
Yorkshire Microcomputers
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1985 — 1986 (1 year )
Management & development of technical functions including pre- and post-sales support.
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Systems Support / Planner
British Aerospace
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
1979 — 1985 (6 years )
Mainframe and PC systems support; programmer and applications developer; production planner
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Management Trainee
British Leyland
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)
1978 — 1979 (1 year )
An appalling waste of public money and my time. Never again.
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Scientific Assistant
CERL
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Utilities industry)
December 1974 — September 1975 (10 months)
Research duties associated with AGR Nuclear Power programme.
Graham Smith’s Education
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University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
BSc , Naval Architecture , 1975 — 1978
- Activities and Societies:
- Sailing club, real ale society, walking club, photography
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Dorking Grammar
A Levels , Physics, Applied Maths, Pure Maths , 1967 — 1974
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Eastwick
1960 — 1967
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Graham Smith’s Interests:
French, German, Spanish, Holiday home in Spain, Music, live music, cycling, sailing, gardening, property development, cinema, electric bass guitar, boating, kites, rocketry, computing, telecoms, real ale, wine
Graham Smith’s Groups:
MBCS, Member of the British Computer Society, ELITE, CITP, Chartered IT Professional, C.Eng, Chartered Engineer, UKRA, UK Rocketry Association
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