Ian Kingstone

Current

Services Director at ePartners

Past

Project Manager at ePartners
Senior Project Manager at Milklink
Network Manager and Development Advisor at Somerset County Council

Business Process & Technology Manager at MeadWestvaco
UK IT Manager at Svedala (Now Part of Metso Corp)
Analyst Programmer at Winsor Life Assurance

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Education

Bournemouth University

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Information Technology and Services

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Ian Kingstone’s Summary

email: ikingstone@epartnersolutions.com

Direct Consulting teams and Programme manage the implementations of ERP and CRM solutions into mid-market/upper mid-market companies in the manufacturing, distribution and professional services industry. Solutions are Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP & Dynamics CRM - supported by BI and Collaboration applications such as Sharepoint, SRS, Performance Point etc

Extensive ERP Management experience in SAP, Epicor, Movex.

Roles in IT Services Management and Development Management.

Sales and General Management experience in Technology Services & Manufacturing.

Ian Kingstone’s Specialties:

Prince II : Registered Practitioner
MS Certification in AX Financials
Experienced Business Process Knowledge

Ian Kingstone’s Experience

Services Director

ePartners

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

email: ikingstone@epartnersolutions.com
Project Manager

ePartners

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Senior Project Manager

Milklink

(Food & Beverages industry)

June 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 1 month)

Managing multiple group wide ERP and IT projects across many sites, from business case development through to project close and benefit realisation. The management of many third party suppliers and implementation partners has been a day to day responsibility, along with all project budgetary control. Direct reports include IT Project Manager, Business Analyst and Project Office support, along with varying project resources as required. Examples of projects undertaken are;
- MS Dynamics GP Upgrade across 5 sites, several legal entities, involving new centralised infrastructure at a third party data centre.
- MS Dynamics GP Sales Order Processing for four product lines in a complex manufacturing site
- SAP implementation across three Beverages sites
- SAP Hosting move from Ireland to the UK, involving 6 sites with complex interface requirements.
- Various application and infrastructure upgrade and expansion projects.
Network Manager and Development Advisor

Somerset County Council

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

September 2003 — June 2005 (1 year 10 months)

Responsible for managing, maintaining, developing Technology College network systems and E-Learning environment. Providing consultancy with technical expertise in IT infrastructure and systems development to the partner schools and colleges to achieve best practice in education and E-learning.
- Delivered solution design for the E-learning environment consisting of; the merge and upgrade of two networks into one secure expandable solution, Active Directory design and Windows 2003, Windows XP Pro roll out, the hardware and software upgrade and replacement, including backup and DR solution, Gigabit network, CD\DVD multi media and electronic whiteboard solutions.
- Achieved agreement and acquired the financial backing to implement the proposed solution. This necessitated detailed negotiation to ensure that senior management fully understood the needs, requirements and capabilities of the design solution.
- Implemented the solution within agreed times scales and budget.
Business Process & Technology Manager

MeadWestvaco

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Paper & Forest Products industry)

June 2000 — September 2003 (3 years 4 months)
UK IT Manager

Svedala (Now Part of Metso Corp)

(Machinery industry)

June 1997 — June 2000 (3 years 1 month)
Analyst Programmer

Winsor Life Assurance

(Insurance industry)

July 1996 — 1997 (1 year )