Director - IT Applications and security
United Kingdom
- Current
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- Director - IT Applications and security at 3i
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- Security Manager at 3i
- Senior technical and security consultant at 3i PLC
- IT Manager at Engine Developments Ltd.
- Systems engineer at Cegelec Projects
- Education
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- University of Bristol
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Tom King’s Summary
Experienced IT director with broad experience and a passion for delivering business value through “great IT”.
Tom King’s Specialties:
IT management and leadership
IT security management
Hands on IT security
Secure architectures
Risk assessment
Project Management
Technical Consultancy
Tom King’s Experience
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Director - IT Applications and security
3i
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
One of three senior IT directors for 3i plc, the FTSE 100 financial service firm, reporting directly to the CIO. I lead a team of 11 people (across two sites) which cover several important areas:
• Core financial and professional service IT systems used within the business.
• Collaborative/ knowledge management systems, including the company portal and CRM system.
• Information security (including business continuity/ disaster recovery) – working within the IT department and with the business to ensure that 3i follows sensible security practices.
• Project management (including leadership of the Prince-based project methodology)
Liaising closely with the business to ensure we deliver well targeted, high value systems, I manage a significant budget.
Remit extends into infrastructure and operations areas (e.g. frequent chairing of technical architecture group.) -
Security Manager
3i
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
June 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 5 months)
Head of IT security and continuity for 3i. As a member of the senior IT management team, my focus was to ensure that the IT department and the wider 3i business adopted a sensible approach to information security.
This enjoyable role was a mixture of consultancy, project management, policy and standard development, risk management and hands-on security. -
Senior technical and security consultant
3i PLC
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
September 2000 — June 2006 (5 years 10 months)
Job role split between IT security and project management.
CISSP as of October 2005.
Selected highlights include:
Managing a series of infrastructure projects to consolidate all of 3i’s European data centres (5) into a single location.
Project managing a new initiative to replace all the workstations and notebooks within the company, including updating the software builds.
Running a project to design and implement a new, high performance, resilient firewall infrastructure at 3i. -
IT Manager
Engine Developments Ltd.
(Privately Held; Automotive industry)
December 1996 — September 2000 (3 years 10 months)
Responsible for all IT within Engine Developments. Job covered comprised system analysis, software design and implementation, system administration, software installation and maintenance, network management, hardware and software troubleshooting, training, user support, purchasing, evaluating software, year 2000 management & planning, supporting MRP manufacturing system, designing, implementing and maintaining an extensive Intranet and external web site (www.engdev.com), building a Linux-based proxy and firewall, rolling out and managing antivirus throughout the business.
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Systems engineer
Cegelec Projects
(Public Company; Industrial Automation industry)
September 1991 — December 1996 (5 years 4 months)
Job covered entire software lifecycle including analysis, design, implementation, testing. Software was developed in close conjunction with users, following RAD methodology. Tools used were Oracle, Access, C, Word, Unix (Solaris), Microsoft Windows.
A key system (“Casper”) which I personally designed, implemented and delivered to the business was still in use as of 2002. Casper provided a simple way for Marine engineers to construct high quality tendering documents, and was a significant success.
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Tom King’s Interests:
football (playing badly and watching), rugby, linux, open source software, cooking, dinner parties, chess, computer chess, walking, reading, playing the piano, skiing, writing simple video games
Tom King’s Honors:
Certified Information Systems Security Professional since 2005
SANS GCIA (Giac Certified Intrusion Analyst) since 2003, recertified in 2007
SANS GSEC (Giac Security Essentials) since 2002, recertified in 2005 and 2008
ITIL IT Service Management Foundationship 2007, bridged to ITILV3 in 2008
