John Bishop

Past

Enterprise/Solutions Architect at Capgemini
Systems Architect at EDS
Senior Executive Officer at Inland Revenue

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Education

The Open University
The University of Wolverhampton
Kings Norton Grammar School For Boys

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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John Bishop’s Summary

Solutions & Enterprise architect with over 21 years experience, who has led a number of innovative projects, mainly in central government, including delivery of Knowledge Management, Collaboration and ECM solutions.

Also acknowledged as an authority in Software Configuration Management & Change Control.

Especially focussed on coming up with VFM solutions to business problems and leading concept to deployment work with small teams. Developing forward looking Enterprise Architectures with a pragmatic approach.

Passionate about doing the right thing.

John Bishop’s Specialties:

Knowledge Management, Document Management, Enterprise Architecture, Systems Integration, Development tools and methods, Configuration Management, UK Government, Portals, Proof of Concept and Innovation, Product Evaluation & Selection, Pre sales

John Bishop’s Experience

Enterprise/Solutions Architect

Capgemini

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CAP; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2004 — March 2008 (3 years 9 months)

Subject Matter Expert and Solutions Architect for Information Management & Enterprise Content Management. Set client strategy and developed the "to-be" architecture for ECM. Also worked on introducing "rules based" systems development.
Systems Architect

EDS

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; EDS; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1996 — June 2004 (8 years 6 months)

Subject Matter Expert & Strategist in Knowledge Management & Enterprise Content Management
Leader of the Technology Proving capability; introducing innovative solutions to business problems, including b2b collaboration, mobile computing etc.
Architected and lead the technical delivery of the third largest intranet in Europe at the time >60k seats, on time, under budget and to significant client satisfaction.
Senior Executive Officer

Inland Revenue

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

September 1986 — January 1996 (9 years 5 months)

Team Leader and Technical Authority for Configuration Management tools for VME, Unix & Windows.
SME in Configuration Management & Change Control.
Software developer on and across VME, Unix & Windows platfoms.
Lead technical architect for the Softlab Maestro CMS system.