Matthew Sleightholme

Current

• Global Client Architecture Development Team Manager at Mars Information Services

Past

• Senior Technical Consultant at Ultima Business Solutions Ltd
• Technology Consultant at Hewlett-Packard
• European Windows Server Manager at Mars ISI

• Global Windows Server Infrastructure Specialist at Mars ISI
• Infrastructure Specialist at Mars ISI

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Education

• University of Surrey

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Matthew Sleightholme’s Summary

• Management and Leadership
Able to manage teams over multiple locations and time zones.
Multicultural working.
Managing budgets and financial planning for short, medium and long term environments/projects.
Collating and understanding business requirements and applying solutions to fit.
Global project management.
Mentoring and motivating others to achieve project and personal goals.
Team building and objective setting.
Reconciling technical challenges with project deadlines.

• Personal
Presenting to all levels of staff both technical and non.
Taking initiative and seeing tasks through to completion.
Effectively working with people at all levels.
Friendly and respectful with others.
A problem solving, solutions driven approach.
Listening to other people’s ideas and developing them further.
Displaying adaptability and flexibility in complex and stressful situations.
Communicating effectively, both verbally and written, to all levels of staff.
Employing maturity and diplomacy when dealing with colleagues and clients.
Sharing knowledge and experience with others.
Able to meet deadlines and handle pressure in dynamic environments.

• Architecture
Planning strategic direction with a wide range of systems.
Designing and implementing new systems into existing environments, whilst minimising user impact.
Expert knowledge of server-based computing, notably Citrix.
Investigating and resolving complex problems in a timely manner.
Understanding systems integration issues and their impact on business operation.
Design and implementation of server environments.
Migrating and consolidating infrastructure systems in an operational environment.
Design and implementation of Microsoft Active Directory Forest and Domain infrastructure
Network (LAN/WAN) design and management.

Matthew Sleightholme’s Specialties:

Microsoft Server OS - NT3.51, NT4, 2000, 2003 and Longhorn betas.
Microsoft Desktop OS – 3.11, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP and Vista.
Citrix Access Suite v4, Citrix Metaframe XPe and 1.8.
VMware ESX (VI3), Server and Workstation.
Microsoft products - IIS, Virtual Server, MOM 2005, WSUS 2 & 3.
Enterprise systems management with NetIQ, Concorde eHealth, Systems Insight Manager, Patchlink and Whats Up!
Cisco switches and routers.
Novell Netware – 3.12, 4.11 and 5.1.
Compaq/HP/Dell hardware.

Matthew Sleightholme’s Experience

• Global Client Architecture Development Team Manager

  Mars Information Services

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  Team is responsible for:
  End user devices (PC/laptop/thin client/PDA/VDI), build and their standards.
  File/Print environment
  Client Architecture/Application Delivery
  
  I'll populate this more accurately when I have done it longer than a few days ;-)

• Senior Technical Consultant

  Ultima Business Solutions Ltd

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 2 months)

  Consultant in the Managed Services department:
  • Helped Ultima achieve BS7799 and ISO27001 accreditations.
  • Designed, implemented and managed various customer solutions.
  • Provided 3rd tier support to Microsoft/Citrix and VMWare environments.
  • Managed project teams.
  • Recruitment and training of 1st line staff

• Technology Consultant

  Hewlett-Packard

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

  April 2005 — June 2006 (1 year 3 months)

  Worked on bids and projects at customer sites, including:
  • For an international multimedia company – production Active Directory and DNS implementation, MS Virtual Server based development environment and production Cisco switched LAN with Pix and router for external media play out.
  • For a national transport company - Design of a Citrix Access Suite v4 Implementation and print solution, including C-level customer workshops and management of third party resource.

• European Windows Server Manager

  Mars ISI

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2003 — April 2005 (1 year 7 months)

  2003 - Promoted to European Team Manager for the Global Windows Server team.
  In addition to my existing role within the Windows team, this has involved:
  • Strategic planning for the global Windows and Citrix environment.
  • Managed and developed associates, contractors and students (including appraisals, recruitment and dismissals).
  • Financial planning and management of budgets to include capital and day to day expenditure (up to $1m).
  • Liaised with global support organisation to ensure good working relations and no breeches of SLA.
  • Project management of the global standard build development; including global deployment for new and existing servers.
  • Presented to management and other teams as required.

• Global Windows Server Infrastructure Specialist

  Mars ISI

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 7 months)

  • Design, migration and operation of Active Directory (globally), which included migrating 32,000 users and 3000 servers.
  • Presented team initiatives to global IT teams
  • Design, development and operation of the global MetaFrame XPe server farm; including working with application teams to migrate from 1.8 to XPe.
  • Documented the environment and processes for the team and the support organisation.
  • Evaluated new technologies/products.
  • 3rd Tier support.

• Infrastructure Specialist

  Mars ISI

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 1999 — April 2002 (2 years 7 months)

  • Responsible for day to day operation of the Peterborough site, including contracted resources; technology responsibilities across UK and Ireland.
  • Documentation of infrastructure environments across multiple UK sites and input into European and global strategies.
  • Multi-site project management of:
  o Lotus Notes server and client upgrades.
  o LAN design and strategy
  o Novell Netware 4 to 5 upgrades
  o Client and Server OS patching and upgrades

Matthew Sleightholme’s Education

• University of Surrey

  BSc , Sociology , 1995 — 1998

  Further Certifications since University include:
  Prince 2 Foundation and Practitioner, 2008
  ITIL Foundation Certificate, 2006
  Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, (MCSE /MCSA/MCP 2003), 2006.
  Citrix Certified Administrator (3x CCA – Access Suite 4), 2006.
  Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA) and Certified Administrator (CCA) 2003 (XPe).
  Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), 2001.
  Novell Certified Novell Engineer (CNE), 2001 and Administrator (CNA), 1999.

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