Leland Vandervort

Technical Director at SMEcentric

Northampton, United Kingdom

Current
  • Technical Director at SMEcentric
  • Routing Committee Secretary & Honorary Admin at UnderNet
  • Owner at DISCPro.Org (DISCovery Productions)
Past
  • Senior Manager, 21CN Delivery at British Telecom
  • Solutions Architect at BT Global Services
  • Director, European Networks at Lycos Europe
  • Director, Network Operations at MultiMania / Lycos France
  • Senior Network Engineer at Internet in Nottingham, Ltd.
  • Computer Systems Manager at Computer Sciences Corporation, ERIC Processing and Reference Facility
  • Network and Communications Technology Instructor at USAF, NCS
  • Intelligence Network Communications Engineer at USAF
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Industry
Telecommunications
Websites

Leland Vandervort’s Summary

As an executive technical manager and skilled inter-network professional by trade, I bring nearly twenty years’ experience, including eight at executive level, in IT/ICT, telecommunications, Internet services and technical professional services.

I have a proven track record in organisational leadership, service delivery and strategic change. Driving performance improvements through productivity efficiencies and process streamlining, and dramatic cost reduction through innovation are hallmarks of my career.

With business and commercial acumen I am able to ensure effective use of information and communications technology aligned with the strategic goals of the business to increase competitiveness and profitability in a 21st century marketplace.

Leland Vandervort’s Specialties:

Technical Manager/Director in Telecoms, Data Communications, Content Delivery, and Multimedia, including E-Commerce and Internet services.


Leland Vandervort’s Experience

  • Technical Director

    SMEcentric

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    December 2007Present (8 months)

  • Routing Committee Secretary & Honorary Admin

    UnderNet

    (Internet industry)

    1996Present (12 years)

    Undernet is one of the worlds first and longest established Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks with an average user-base (at any given moment) of around 100,000 users.

  • Owner

    DISCPro.Org (DISCovery Productions)

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Research industry)

    January 1995Present (13 years 7 months)

    Research and development for Internet, IT/ICT and telecommunications solutions, technology, and applications. Also Cisco solution experimentation in a lab environment to research/investigate innovative network solutions.

  • Senior Manager, 21CN Delivery

    British Telecom

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

    July 2006December 2007 (1 year 6 months)

    Oversaw a pan-UK organisation of 150 people plus a further group of 100 as part of a matrix organisation, responsible for service delivery of the BT 21st Century Network infrastructure, as well as ongoing legacy customer-driven services. Specialised in cost reduction, process streamlinig, organisational performance, and quality improvement methodologies (TQM/6-Sigma).

  • Solutions Architect

    BT Global Services

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

    December 2002July 2006 (3 years 8 months)

    Managed matrix and direct teams in support of service design and delivery for managed IT/ICT services for medium to large corporate customers as well as solutions architect associated with large managed services and transformational outsourcing projects.

  • Director, European Networks

    Lycos Europe

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; TRLY; Internet industry)

    20012002 (1 year)

    Responsible for the evolution, design, deployment, and operations of the Lycos European network infrastructure and technical operational platform.

  • Director, Network Operations

    MultiMania / Lycos France

    (Internet industry)

    19992001 (2 years)

  • Senior Network Engineer

    Internet in Nottingham, Ltd.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    September 1997March 1999 (1 year 7 months)

  • Computer Systems Manager

    Computer Sciences Corporation, ERIC Processing and Reference Facility

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

    June 1996September 1997 (1 year 4 months)

  • Network and Communications Technology Instructor

    USAF, NCS

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

    March 1993April 1996 (3 years 2 months)

  • Intelligence Network Communications Engineer

    USAF

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

    January 1989March 1993 (4 years 3 months)


Additional Information

Leland Vandervort’s Websites:

Leland Vandervort’s Interests:

Aviation, Martial Arts, Languages, Flamenco, Andean Music, Business

Leland Vandervort’s Groups:

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) #8936,
Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET),
Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS),
Chartered IT Professional (CITP),
Associate of the Chartered Management Institute (ACMI)

  •    eOffice member
  •    Executive Suite member
  •    Telecom Professionals member
  •    Cisco CCIE Group (1100 + members) member
  •    CCIE platinum user group member
  •    Private Pilots Europe member
  •    Open Source member
  •    Telecom Solution Architects member
  •    Telecom Executives Business Network member
  •    Telecom Industry Professionals Worldwide member
  •    UK CIO, CTO and IT Directors member
  •    IT Directors of London member
  •    RAF Chicksands member

Leland Vandervort’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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

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