Simon Stapleton

Current

Chief Innovation Officer at Skandia Investment Solutions

Past

Head of Platform Technology Delivery at Skandia UK
Business Partner at BlinkImage
Head of IT at Selestia Investments

Engagement Manager at Aventail Corporation
E-Commerce Consultant at Whittman-Hart
Systems Consultant at Oracle Corporation
Support Consultant at Microsoft Corporation
Business Analyst at Ministry of Defence

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Education

University of Liverpool
University of Teesside
Bury College

Prestwich High School

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Simon Stapleton’s Summary

Founder of SimonStapleton.com; a blog with the lofty goal to give IT Professionals, IT Leaders and IT Freelancers advice and wisdom on Personal Development, Career Development and Commercial Development

Qualified Level-Three eMentor (2007)
Qualified Level-Three eTutor (2007)

MBA in Business Management (2006)

Simon Stapleton’s Specialties:

Emerging and Mid-Career Coaching and Mentoring, IT architecture and design, development management, innovation management, technical-business communication and arbitration, technical evangelism, programme consultation, IT risk identification and management, IT strategy

Simon Stapleton’s Experience

Chief Innovation Officer

Skandia Investment Solutions

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Head of Platform Technology Delivery

Skandia UK

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

July 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 2 months)
Business Partner

BlinkImage

(Architecture & Planning industry)

January 1999 — August 2007 (8 years 8 months)

Consulting business partner and provider of a technology platform: I have worked with BlinkImage to design, build and execute their technology-enabled business strategy which currently leads the way in Architectural Visualization in the UK.
Head of IT

Selestia Investments

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)

November 2001 — July 2006 (4 years 9 months)
Engagement Manager

Aventail Corporation

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 9 months)
E-Commerce Consultant

Whittman-Hart

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 1998 — March 2000 (2 years 1 month)
Systems Consultant

Oracle Corporation

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Software industry)

March 1996 — May 1998 (2 years 3 months)
Support Consultant

Microsoft Corporation

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

June 1995 — March 1996 (10 months)
Business Analyst

Ministry of Defence

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

September 1993 — September 1994 (1 year 1 month)

Worked with formal methods, such as Z and UML