Lance Mitchell

Current

Enterprise Solutions Engineer at ASG
Advisor to Councillors at Test Valley Borough Council

Past

Scientific Research Consultant and Contractor at Greenfield Research
Portfolio and Project Manager / Technology Business Partner at Barclaycard
Managing Director and Owner at Greenfield Research Ltd (Self-employed)

Managing Director of UK & Ireland at Steria
Global Director of Customer Services at Savera Inc.
Technology Solutions Manager at Sema Group Telecoms
Technology Support Services Manager at Sema Group Telecoms
Pre-sales Consultant and Manager (Vice President) at Computer Associates
Projects Director at Eurodania
Project Manager at SLIM Systems
Air Surveyor and Systems Developer at Royal Engineers

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Education

Open University
HMS Conway
Eyemouth High School

Madras College, St Andrews

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Lance Mitchell’s Summary

Specialising in process modelling and simulation, data analytics and web site development with the aim of making substantial improvements in every industrial sector.

Internationally experienced in general management, business development, pre-sales, partner management, customer services, professional services, training consultancy and every aspect of software development and implementation, including database expertise and technical support. Strengths include excellent communications and interpersonal skills, the ability to build and manage relationships, exceptional management of people and resources, and being able to think strategically and imaginatively.

Lance Mitchell’s Specialties:

Process modelling, simulation and optimisation; information technology; telecoms; finance (credit cards); mapping; military; software development; database and systems management; training; pre-sales; general management; professional services; customer services; Six Sigma; systems analysis; systems architecture; data analysis; data conversion; data migration; relational databases; Ingres; Oracle; systems integration; IT director.

Lance Mitchell’s Experience

Enterprise Solutions Engineer

ASG

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Advisor to Councillors

Test Valley Borough Council

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2000 — Present (9 years)
Scientific Research Consultant and Contractor

Greenfield Research

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Research industry)

October 2007 — 2008 (1 year)

Providing industrial software, consultancy and training focussing on significant, and measurable, improvements to the procedures of small manufacturing companies. Activities include process modelling and simulation, data analytics, clinical trials and web site development.
Portfolio and Project Manager / Technology Business Partner

Barclaycard

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2003 — October 2007 (4 years 7 months)

Portfolio and Project Manager.

Managing a portfolio of [mainly technological] change to support the business strategy of Barclaycard in both the personal cards and loans area of the company and the corporate cards issuing area. This has involved management of teams of Project Managers, Business Analysts and PMO.
During this period, I have also personally Project Managed several large projects, in some cases delivering significant ROI, and in others, delivering Customer and Colleague benefits.

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Technology Business Partner.

Shaping the IT and Operations strategy for the most significant business division of Barclaycard UK, including budgeting and alignment with Barclays Group strategy. Facilitating the delivery of the strategy by joining up the demand from the business areas with the many facets of the supply chain, both internal and external.
Managing Director and Owner
Greenfield Research Ltd (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2002 — April 2003 (1 year 1 month)

Providing industrial software, consultancy and training focussing on significant, and measurable, improvements to the procedures of small manufacturing companies so that those companies can become more efficient and cost effective. Greenfield Research is still a going concern and operates through collaboration with leading experts in Six Sigma, clinical trials, design of experiments and process engineering.
Managing Director of UK & Ireland

Steria

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

November 2000 — April 2002 (1 year 6 months)

Initially Director of International Business Development and Consultancy, subsequently becoming General Manager of UK and Ireland in January 2001. Redefined the strategy of this young subsidiary to become much more focussed. Progressed business with existing customers. Won new business in the areas of network management and revenue assurance. Established appropriate and proactive partnerships with companies such as IBM and Acterna. Raised Steria’s profile in the UK and Ireland. Managed the P&L, driving down costs when necessary.
Global Director of Customer Services

Savera Inc.

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

April 2000 — November 2000 (8 months)

Built and managed the Customer Support and Training departments in a small, growing company whose main products were web based interconnect billing and pre paid administration systems which underpin the business of telecoms operators. Also took over the running of Savera’s biggest partnership project. This involved the integration of the InterCarrier product into a much larger solution. The entire project was being run by CSC Computer Sciences Ltd in UK.
Technology Solutions Manager

Sema Group Telecoms

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

July 1999 — April 2000 (10 months)

Reporting to the Sales and Marketing Director. Working with Account Managers, Telco customers, Product Managers and Bid Managers, to put together technologically feasible solutions to fit the current and future requirements of existing and prospective customers. The role relied heavily on experience and knowledge, and involved liaison with hardware and software suppliers.
Technology Support Services Manager

Sema Group Telecoms

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

July 1996 — July 1999 (3 years 1 month)

Built and managed the Professional services organisation known as the Technology Support Services Group (TSS). Responsible for hardware and software support of the in-house development projects and of the customers. This involved on-site support during installation, implementation, upgrades and major problems. Built a revenue stream of £1.2M during the first year of operations. Also responsible for putting together the annual HW budget proposal for R&D, which was worth £3M.
Pre-sales Consultant and Manager (Vice President)

Computer Associates

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

February 1993 — July 1996 (3 years 6 months)

(Was acquired with ASK Group Ltd and Ingres Ltd)

As Pre-sales Consultant and Manager (Vice President):
Providing technical consultancy in support of the sales teams. This included installation, implementation, advising customers, health checks and performance tuning, presentations at all levels, marketing events and training; mostly on Ingres and associated products, but also on other databases and development tools. The job has also involved the management of up to 45 other consultants and associated resources across EMEA.
Appointed as a Vice President of Computer Associates in April 1996.

As Education Consultant and Training Team Leader:
Training clients to use the Ingres User Interface Tools to develop applications, and also teaching the Ingres DBA, System Administration, Advanced Performance and Replicator courses.A one day course in Unix basic skills was also delivered. Involved development of new courses and upgrading of old courses.
Projects Director

Eurodania

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1992 — January 1993 (8 months)

Projects Director in control of six projects in applications areas including freight, shipping and scheduling. Responsibilities included project planning, monitoring, logistics, quality, testing, customer liaison, maintenance, personnel, training and general management. The projects used Ingres and Oracle.
Project Manager

SLIM Systems

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1992 — May 1992 (2 months)

Led a software development team within a company using Ingres on a Unix platform to develop a complete mortgage system for MSL and Siemens Nixdorf.
Air Surveyor and Systems Developer

Royal Engineers

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

February 1976 — April 1992 (16 years 3 months)

Various technical roles in geographic survey and software development

Lance Mitchell’s Education

Open University

BA (Open) , Maths, Computing and Technology , 1982 — 1989
HMS Conway

General, but with strong bias towards scientific and marine. 1969 — 1974
Eyemouth High School

1967 — 1974
Madras College, St Andrews

1968 — 1969