Mandy Shaw

Current

Consultant at iPerimeter Ltd

Past

Chief Architect at Logicalis
Chief Technology Officer at Notability Solutions
Principal Solutions Architect at Catalyst Solutions

Technical Manager at Pacific Associates
Analyst/Programmer at Information Technology Limited
Analyst/Programmer at Scicon

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Education

City University
University of Oxford

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Information Technology and Services

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Mandy Shaw’s Summary

Mandy Shaw has been a developer, a systems engineer, an educator, a senior manager, a quality manager and an architect.

Her main areas of interest are the Data Centre, SOA, unified communications and information management. Throughout her career she has been fascinated by the challenges of making one system or product talk to another.

Recent work has included technology strategy and strategic projects for a large IT systems integrator, working across a wide range of technology areas. She leveraged her previous experience as developer, quality manager and security specialist in building a team to drive a new revenue stream centred round governance, risk and compliance. She also acted as technical design authority and programme manager through the planning, deployment, launch and ongoing development of a successful demonstration suite showcasing the organisation's cross-technology solution skills.

She has extensive knowledge and experience of the IBM AS/400/iSeries/System i as systems engineer, developer, integrator, communications specialist, educator and strategic consultant, with particular interest in mixed workloads. Since 2000 she has run the Logicalis IT Forum, a user group for large UK System i users.

Her goal as a strategic architect is to assist the customer in deriving maximum business value from his/her information systems and technology by establishing a 'trusted advisor' relationship, giving unbiased strategic and tactical advice, and interpreting IT to the business and the business to IT.

Mandy Shaw’s Specialties:

Strategic architecture, technical project management, all things iSeries/System i, information security

Mandy Shaw’s Experience

Consultant

iPerimeter Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year )

2009: Strategic architect for a retailer implementing a centralised web based point of sale solution, based on Java and Oracle and replacing the existing distributed client/server application; involved in all aspects of this complex project, but with particular focus on integration with, and governance of, the organisation’s extensive suite of System i based line of business and management information applications
Chief Architect

Logicalis

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2004 — December 2008 (4 years 10 months)

Strategic role in defining Logicalis' propositions and ensuring that marketing messages were backed by strong business cases, effective vendor relationships, clear routes to market, and suitable resourcing. Management of strategic projects. Architecture of end to end solutions with particular interest in application integration

2008: Managed the integration of Logicalis' GRACE operational risk product acquisition (http://www.uk.logicalis.com/grace) and the launch of a consultancy-led business to drive it
2007: Designed and implemented high performance System i application integration solutions for two large customers' SOA initiatives
2007-2008: Technical design authority and programme manager for a successful demo suite
2005-2007: Led a team providing cross-technology strategic architecture and technical account management services
2005: Solutions architect for a retailer implementing a business process engine for effective systems integration across stores and head office
Chief Technology Officer

Notability Solutions

(Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2000 — March 2004 (3 years 5 months)

Roles at Pacific, Catalyst and Notability spanning development, operations, package/technical support, strategic and technical consultancy, education, presales, solutions architecture, quality management and senior management

2004: As lead architect, provided education, consultancy and mentoring to a large insurance company deploying System i as a strategic mixed workload platform
2002-2006: Principal solutions architect for the well known Web self-service application for family history researchers http://www.1837online.com (now http://www.findmypast.com), using DB2 and clustered WebSphere servers on a Linux platform
2001-2002: Managed Notability's e-business services team, deploying WebSphere and Domino solutions for a wide range of customers
1985-2004: Major involvement in (and for long periods management of) internal IT infrastructure, operations and systems
Principal Solutions Architect

Catalyst Solutions

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 1998 — November 2000 (2 years )

2000-date: Head of Logicalis IT Forum (http://www.uk.logicalis.com/pdfs/power_system_forum.pdf)
2000: Solutions architect for a business-to-business Web storefront for a large optical products organization, using XML for integration with a range of back end ERP systems via the customer’s strategic EAI product
1998-2001: Quality Manager
1992-2000: Consultancy and teaching in AS/400 risk management, security and auditing
Technical Manager

Pacific Associates

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 1985 — December 1998 (13 years 1 month)

1998: Server and application consolidation planning for a textiles company wishing to centralize its ERP systems
1996-1997: Managed Pacific's new Domino services business
1995-1996: Feasibility study for the porting of Digital's DEC/EDI Client from Unix to AS/400, plus technical project management of the implementation on AS/400 and MVS platforms
1991-1994: Design and implementation of the DOS software elements of Pacific's ImageView product, involving high-performance graphics programming and complex interfacing
1990-1991: Consultancy and mentoring for a pharmaceutical company moving all applications from IBM mainframe to AS/400, focusing on recoverability, security and connectivity
1989-1998: Development and delivery of many AS/400 education offerings
1986-1988: Design, implementation, technical and user documentation, installation, training and support for Pacific’s System/38-based telex management system, written in RPG III and including complex BSC communications programming
Analyst/Programmer

Information Technology Limited

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 1983 — December 1985 (2 years 3 months)

Design and implementation of several modules of a stand-alone office automation system
Analyst/Programmer

Scicon

(Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1981 — October 1983 (2 years 2 months)

Maintaining and supporting various commercial systems on WANG, DEC and HP minicomputers

Mandy Shaw’s Education

City University

MSc , Information Science , 1980 — 1981
University of Oxford

MA , Mathematics , 1976 — 1979

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Mandy Shaw’s Interests:

Singing in chamber choirs. Webmaster for http://www.notamos.co.uk (notAmos Performing Editions). Involved with the Choral Public Domain Library (http://www.cpdl.org) and hoping to become more so. Currently renovating a house.