Mike Barrett

Current

Director at Compound Media Ltd

Past

Director, Operations at CNET Networks
CTO at silicon.com
Group IT Manager at Invensys

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Mike Barrett’s Summary

I have 10 years experience in designing and building on-line systems for publishers. During that time, I’ve worked for FTSE 100 corporates, dot-com start-ups and mature, on-line publishing businesses on a wide range of projects encompassing branding, product development, search, system architecture and infrastructure.

My company, Compound Media, is focussed on providing consultancy and services to the on-line publishing industry. We specialise in helping our clients design, develop and most importantly, deliver their on-line publishing strategies.

Prior to this I was Operations Director for CNET Networks managing the creative, development and technology teams that built and support ZDNet, Silicon, Builder, Atlarge, CNET.co.uk and Gamespot. I was responsible for the team that designed and built the User Generated Content / Social networking system that powers the Community section of ZDNet.co.uk.

Mike Barrett’s Specialties:

On-line publishing strategy, social networking and UGC. Product development, design, technology, ad operations and infrastructure support for on-line publishers.

Mike Barrett’s Experience

Director

Compound Media Ltd

(Online Media industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Compound Media is a specialist New Media consultancy focused on the on- line publishing industry.

We specialise in helping our clients design, develop and most importantly, deliver their on-line publishing strategies.

Recent projects have included: -

· Hosted content management services (CMS delivered as SaaS)
· Content strategy and site architecture
· User Generated Content (UGC) platforms
· Social Networking platforms
· Sophisticated search functionality
· Automatic tagging systems
· Commerce integration
· Business reporting

For blue chip organisations including BT, Royal Mail, NSPCC, Boots, Action for Children and publishers such as Redwood, and Magicalia.

In addition, we are always looking for interesting technology companies who may form a piece of the integration jigsaw.
Director, Operations

CNET Networks

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; cnet; Online Media industry)

January 2003 — December 2006 (4 years )

Responsible for the development and implementation of CNET’s on-line product strategy. The Operations Group covers the full product lifecycle from concept and design through to operational support. CNET globally has over 300 editors and attracts the largest audience in the technology vertical with over 100 million unique users per month.

The UK business includes the leading B2B technology and business news sites with uk.builder.com, zdnet.co.uk and silicon.com along with consumer technology reviews and price comparisons on cnet.co.uk.

My role covered the Creative, Development, support and ad operations functions supporting the UK business.

I led an extensive change management process in the time I was at CNET, completely rebuilding the technology infrastructure and developing the the supporting product development processes.
CTO

silicon.com

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

January 2001 — August 2002 (1 year 8 months)

Chief Technology Officer responsible for the product development and technology infrastructure at a publishing dot-com startup.

I worked with the senior management team to turn the business around at the end of the dot.com bubble and negotiate the successful sale of the business to CNET Networks.
Group IT Manager

Invensys

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ISYS.L; Industrial Automation industry)

1994 — 2001 (7 years )