Paul Lomax

Paul Lomax

General manager, technologist, and former entrepreneur

London, United Kingdom

Current
  • Director of Technology and Operations at Pod1
Past
  • Technical Director at Pod1
  • Digital Publisher at IPC Media Ltd
  • Internet Technology Manager at IPC Media Ltd
  • Technical Systems Manager at IPC Media Ltd
  • Senior Solutions Developer at IPC Electric Ltd
  • Managing Director at Max Internet Ltd
  • Oracle Developer at Vodafone PLC
  • Y2K Project Co-ordinator at Vodafone PLC
  • C++ Tester at Vodafone PLC
  • Lotus Database Developer at Co-operative Bank PLC
Education
  • The University of Manchester
  • The University of Manchester
Connections
492 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Paul Lomax’s Summary

Experienced general manager and former entrepreneur with specialist experience in digital media, technology, e-commerce, marketing and operations.

Responsible for launching and managing hundreds of high-profile consumer websites on-time and on-budget over the last 10 years.

A highly respected leader of teams, able to hire, motivate and inspire talented employees, creating an environment of innovation and new ideas and turning chaos into productivity.

Paul Lomax’s Specialties:

- Technology: front- and back-end web development, systems administration, IT infrastructure
- Operations: Agile and PRINCE project management, processes, finance, HR
- Marketing: SEO, SMM, market research, web analytics, product management
- Creative: user-centred design, information architecture
- Commercial: strategy, sales, P&L management
- Management: Leadership, recruitment and line-management of teams of up to 40 staff, reporting to MD level


Paul Lomax’s Experience

  • Director of Technology and Operations

    Pod1

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    March 2008Present (5 months)

    Pod1 is the UK’s fastest growing creative digital agency with clients including Schroders, Cushman & Wakefield, Kurt Geiger, Reiss, Uniqlo, Links of London and Virgin Holidays.

    - Line-management of the technology, search marketing and project management teams and the delivery and maintenance of all projects, websites and digital campaigns on-time and on-budget whilst meeting customer expectations.
    - Creating and implementing a new process and strategic development for all stages of the business, from initial pitch through to project delivery and on-going maintenance.

  • Technical Director

    Pod1

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    July 2007February 2008 (8 months)

    - Managed the re-organisation of the 20-strong technical team, creating a management structure allowing the team to scale and introducing other measures to improve job satisfaction, productivity and ultimately profitability.
    - Devised and executed a new technical strategy; developed new standards and agile software development processes.
    - Provided to key clients technical, business and strategic consultancy, including web 2.0, social media, usability and online marketing strategies.
    - Launched www.kurtgeiger.com, www.reiss.co.uk, www.uniqlo.co.uk, www.fredolsencruises.com, www.redcarnationhotels.com and more.

  • Digital Publisher

    IPC Media Ltd

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TWX; Publishing industry)

    January 2007June 2007 (6 months)

    Responsible for new digital product development in the mass-market female sector for the UK's largest consumer publishing company, and digital strategy for www.nowmagazine.co.uk and www.goodtoknow.co.uk.

  • Internet Technology Manager

    IPC Media Ltd

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TWX; Publishing industry)

    September 2002January 2006 (3 years 5 months)

    Responsible for the digital department at IPC Media, the UK's largest consumer magazine publishing company. This encompassed development of in-house content management system powering over 50 websites and management of a team of 40 front- and back-end developers, web designers, project managers, account managers, traffic managers and systems administrators.

    Provided consultancy to over 90 magazine titles on digital strategy including online advertising, cross-media plans, online marketing, social media, SEO, and business models.

    Spoke and presented at industry conferences on subjects such as the challenges of creating media-neutral content and Web 2.0.

  • Technical Systems Manager

    IPC Media Ltd

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TWX; Publishing industry)

    October 2001September 2002 (1 year)

  • Senior Solutions Developer

    IPC Electric Ltd

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Online Media industry)

    April 2001October 2001 (7 months)

  • Managing Director

    Max Internet Ltd

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

    September 1998March 2001 (2 years 7 months)

  • Oracle Developer

    Vodafone PLC

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; VOD; Telecommunications industry)

    July 1999September 1999 (3 months)

  • Y2K Project Co-ordinator

    Vodafone PLC

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; VOD; Telecommunications industry)

    July 1998September 1998 (3 months)

  • C++ Tester

    Vodafone PLC

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; VOD; Telecommunications industry)

    July 1997August 1997 (2 months)

  • Lotus Database Developer

    Co-operative Bank PLC

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)

    June 1996September 1996 (4 months)


Additional Information

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Paul Lomax’s Interests:

cooking, photography, skiing, manchester city, management, business, law, internet, reading, technology

Paul Lomax’s Groups:

PHP London, mySQL London Users Group, PHP Works conference Toronto 2005, OpenCoffee

  •    PHP London member
  •    symfony member
  •    InternetRetailing member
  • LinkedIn UK 1st Million Members member
  •    E-Commerce Network member
  •    First Tuesday member

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