Mark Plant

Current

• Senior Consultant at Rule Financial

Past

• Consultant (Self-employed)
• Applications Architect at Capgemini UK
• Principal Sales Consultant at Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

• Assistant Chief Programmer at John Lewis Partnership

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Education

• Westfield College (London University)
• Oakham School

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Connections

289 connections

Industry

Investment Banking

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• Phone Contact

Mark Plant’s Summary

Versatile IT professional with in-depth experience of Application Design, Application Development, Database Administration, Performance Management and Technical Team Leadership across all business sectors and technologies. Particularly interested in Web, Java and Relational Database Design. Experience of a variety of Database Server Technologies. In-depth technical expertise is augmented by strong interpersonal, communication and mentoring skills.

Mark Plant’s Specialties:

Oracle, Java, IBM Mainframes, IAF, Performance Tuning, Systems Design, Presales, Training, Mentoring, Problem Solving, Technical Team Leadership.

Mark Plant’s Experience

• Senior Consultant

  Rule Financial

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  Senior Consultant with broad experience, specialising at the moment in solving performance problems on a wide variety of large, complex, mission critical systems for City organisations. Rule Financial are the best and will get it right first time.

• Consultant

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2006 — December 2006 (8 months)

  Strategic Consulting, Systems Design, Technical Development.

• Applications Architect

  Capgemini UK

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2002 — May 2006 (4 years)

  Senior member of the Oracle Solution Centre, in the Architecture Community, fulfilling Technical Subject Matter Expert and Team Lead roles.

• Principal Sales Consultant

  Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

  March 1989 — June 2002 (13 years 4 months)

  Middleware and application development specialist. Speaker at many Oracle User Group events and Oracle Open Days.

• Assistant Chief Programmer

  John Lewis Partnership

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Retail industry)

  September 1977 — March 1989 (11 years 7 months)

  Responsible for all of the Partnership's teleprocessing systems, and lead in capacity management. Employee representative on the Central Branch Council. Member of the CICS User Group.

Mark Plant’s Education

• Westfield College (London University)

  BSc 2(I) Joint Hons , Mathematics and Computer Science , September 1974 — July 1977

  Winner of Westfield College Association Book Prize for achievement in Computer Science and Mathematics 1976.

  Activities and Societies:

  Captain of Judo Team
  President of Tiddly Winks Club
  Member of Mathematics Society Committee
  Ex-officio Member of Christian Community

• Oakham School

  Maths, Computer Science, Physics, Business Studies 1968 — 1974

  Winner of Seventh Form Mathematics Prize (1974).

  Activities and Societies:

  Manager of the School Computer Room
  Captain of House Eton Fives Team
  Player in House Rugby Team
  House Prefect

Additional Information

Mark Plant’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• Phone Contact

Mark Plant’s Interests:

Origami, Go, Computer Games Writing, Artificial Intelligence, Java, New Technology, Painting, Sketching, Photography, Movies.

Mark Plant’s Groups:

Rule Financial Artificial Intelligence Club
British Origami Society
Editor of the BOS Model Collection for 2005 Lancaster Convention.

•    Club ex-Oracle.org
•    UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG)
•    Capgemini Alumni Network (+8000)
•    Rugby Football Supporters
•    Oracle Practices
•    ORACLE PRO
•    Capgemini Connect
•    SC or DV Cleared Professionals (use it or lose it)
•    Paper Folders and Origami Enthusiasts
•    Oracle Senior DBA Group
•    Oracle Contractors [7,000+]
•    ORACLE CONNECTIONS
•    Oracle Corp.
•    The OracAlumni Network
•    Oracle Fusion Middleware
•    Enterprise Application Solutions
•    Oracle PartnerNetwork

Mark Plant’s Honors:

7th Form Book Prize for contributions to Computing - Oakham School 1974
Mathematics Society Prize for contributions to Mathematics and Computing - Westfield College 1977

Mark Plant’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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