John Aylward

Current

• Senior BDM, Enterprise 2.0 Consulting, Western Europe at Oracle
• EMEA Enterprise 2.0 Solutions Sales Director at Oracle
• Solutions Architect at Oracle Consulting

see less...

Past

• EMEA Business Solutions Architect at Open Text
• Business Solutions Architect EMEA at Hummingbird
• Senior Consultant at Hummingbird

• Solutions Architect at Solcara Ltd
• Solutions Architect at Dataware Technologies
• Internet Development and Sales Manager at Sequel Technology Ltd (Sole Proprietorship)
• Account and Project Manager at Claybrook Computing Ltd
• Chief Executive at SAUL Pension Trust

see less...

5 more...

Education

• Southampton University
• Elizabeth College, Guernsey

Recommended

3 people have recommended John

Connections

205 connections

Industry

Computer Software

John Aylward’s Summary

A self-motivated and results orientated client-facing consultant with excellent communication and presentation skills. I have a wide range of experience in architecting and developing web-based applications based around both relational and free-text database systems.
I have particular experience in creating document, knowledge and information management solutions as well as e-business technologies and methodologies. Roles have been across the full project life-cycle, encompassing client liaison, project definition, creation and deployment phases.
Having originally trained as a lawyer and being a qualified pensions professional together with project management, consultancy and sales roles in my background, I feel I am particularly qualified to understand all the commercial aspects of implementing information management solutions.

John Aylward’s Specialties:

Consultancy – Advising staff and clients on appropriate business solutions and technologies, tools and methods.
Team Leader – Responsibilities include project assignment, recruitment and professional development of colleagues.
Project Management – Define project plans, tasks and milestones, ensure project team deliver to planned timescales and budgets.
Solutions – EDRMS and Contract Management in Finance, Retail and Professional Practices verticals

John Aylward’s Experience

• Senior BDM, Enterprise 2.0 Consulting, Western Europe

  Oracle

  (Public Company; ORCL; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2009 — Present (7 months)

  Designing and selling Oracle Enterprise 2.0 solutions across Europe.

• EMEA Enterprise 2.0 Solutions Sales Director

  Oracle

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

  January 2007 — Present (3 years )

  Supporting the most complex sales processes in the Enterprise Content Management space across EMEA countries.

• Solutions Architect

  Oracle Consulting

  (Computer Software industry)

  2007 — Present (2 years )

• EMEA Business Solutions Architect

  Open Text

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  September 2006 — January 2007 (5 months)

  A continuation of my role at Hummingbird following the acquisition by Open Text Corporation

• Business Solutions Architect EMEA

  Hummingbird

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 2004 — October 2006 (2 years 9 months)

  Developing strategy for business solutions involving Hummingbird and 3rd party products.
  Leading Technical Consultant for Hummingbird EMEA.
  Creating demonstration systems and related documentation.
  Training Professional Services staff and Partners on solutions throughout EMEA.
  Pre-Sales presentations and partner discussions throughout EMEA.

• Senior Consultant

  Hummingbird

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  July 2002 — February 2004 (1 year 8 months)

  Consulting on software solutions involving multiple Hummingbird products including: document management, knowledge management, records management and portal design and delivery.
  Legal industry expertise but also a great deal of experience in financial and retail sectors.
  Project managing specific implementations.
  Providing technical support on products to clients and internal staff.
  Being a document and records management guru and product champion for Hummingbird UK.
  Assisting on pre-sales including demonstration and completion of RFI etc.

• Solutions Architect

  Solcara Ltd

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2001 — June 2002 (1 year 4 months)

  Architecture, design and development of SIM (Solcara Information Manger) product. SIM is an knowledge, content and information management framework built on an open architecture with highly scalable and flexible tools. SIM will allow enterprises to store and retrieve information from a variety of sources (Office, XML, PDF, multimedia, etc.), allowing users to attach meta-data, classifications and security.
  Technical pre-sales on multiple projects.
  Architecture, design and development of Internet, Extranet and CD-ROM solutions for a major pharmaceutical research company.
  Sole designer and developer of corporate website (http://www.solcara.com). First version was developed and live in a weekend. The current look and feel was conceived, designed and developed by me in one week.

• Solutions Architect

  Dataware Technologies

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 2000 — March 2001 (10 months)

  Technical pre-sales on multiple projects up to $10 million covering Tourism, Finance, Recruitment and Pharmaceutical sectors.
  Design of Internet and Intranet solutions for e.g. Randstad NV, Institute of Directors (IoD).
  Mentoring of junior colleagues
  Interviewing for new recruits and being pivotal in any decision to employ.
  ColdFusion development

• Internet Development and Sales Manager

  Sequel Technology Ltd (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2000 — June 2000 (6 months)

  Designed and developed www.whichgolfclub.com using templates for ease of re-use/re-design and using Oracle 8i as the backed database so that the site was dynamic.
  Oracle databases and web connectivity.
  Developing using HTML, DHTML, ASP, JavaScript, Java, CSS, ADO, ODBC, Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks.
  Sales Manager for major Oracle Forms/databases conversion exercises.

• Account and Project Manager

  Claybrook Computing Ltd

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  June 1997 — January 2000 (2 years 8 months)

  Account managing major blue chip clients.
  Project managing major systems implementations using PRINCE methodology.
  Designed prototype web browser based pensions administration system connecting to Oracle, SQL Server etc.
  New business presentations including technology demonstrations.

• Chief Executive

  SAUL Pension Trust

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)

  September 1996 — June 1997 (10 months)

  Managing £500 million pension trust for University of London.
  Managing 26 staff with annual budget of £1.5 million.
  Liasing with Trustee Committee which included senior academics from the University and Trade Union representatives
  Selecting and implementing new systems.
  Introducing new branding.
  Making presentations to committees, administrative staff and third party consultancies.
  Liasing with third party consultancies on, for example, investment management.
  Selecting new office accommodation and managing the transfer.

John Aylward’s Education

• Southampton University

  LLB (Hons) , Law , September 1980 — June 1983

• Elizabeth College, Guernsey

  1 S Level, 3 A Levels, 2 AO Levels, 12 O Levels 1973 — 1980

Additional Information

John Aylward’s Interests:

I am solely responsible for the unofficial Crystal Palace Football Club supporters website at http://www.c-palace.org. I am a keen golfer - a member (and formerly Committee Member) of Hindhead Golf Club with a handicap of 10. Interested in motor racing (I have driven an F1 Tyrrell at Mallory Park) and cars generally (I am currently completing a rolling restoration of a Triumph Spitfire).

John Aylward’s Groups:

•    University of Southampton Alumni
•    Content Management
•    ORACLE CONNECTIONS
•    Club Ex - Hummingbird
•    European Oracle Enterprise 2.0 Group

John Aylward’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch