Steve Burrows

Current

• Commercial Mentor at Isis Innovation
• Founder & chief e-Go maniac at e-Go
• Director & Treasurer at BCS (Isle of Man) Ltd

• Co-Founder at NEDS.IM
• Director at SBA Ltd

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Past

• Group IT Director at Vanilla Group
• IT Director at JLA
• Owner at Bainton Computing

• Consultant at JLA Group
• Billing Consultant at Orange PCS
• 1998 Training Manager (Consultant) at SWALEC (Hyder)
• Consultant at JLA Group
• Billing Project Manager (Consultant) at Yorkshire Electricity
• Development Manager at Database Publishing Systems
• Product Delivery Manager at Xerox
• CAT Consultant at ITT Europe ERC
• CAD Sales at Alper Systems
• Microprocessor Application Consultant at Modus Systems

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Education

• Dover College
• Institute of Directors

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Connections

129 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• SBA
• NEDS.IM
• e-Go

Steve Burrows’s Summary

Experienced and pragmatic technologist whose focus is on delivering business gain. 25 years learning in the development and implementation of computer-based products, systems and processes in both the IT industry and in business as a business change consultant and a board director. Holds the philosophy that IT is worthless of itself and only provides value where real business advantage is achieved. Innovative approach to technology has delivered successfully in businesses ranging from 30 – 120,000 employees. Served in General Business, Utilities, Telecoms, IT Suppliers and Management Consultancy. Fellow of the British Computer Society. Chartered Information Technology Professional.

Steve Burrows’s Specialties:

International programme, project and supplier management. Team management. Acquisitions - due diligence & corporate integration. Supplier management & relationship building. Commercials & legals negotiation. Commercial, technology and information strategy development. Maximising VFM. Delivering change without stress. Leadership, developing vision, people & performance. Business and project recovery. High-uptime, high resilience, low cost IT. Data exploitation. Business engineering.

Steve Burrows’s Experience

• Commercial Mentor

  Isis Innovation

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2009 — Present (3 months)

  If you have a need for a custom or bespoke Information Management System / Database Application to manage data for your business or project, but can't afford the high costs of custom software development, please contact me.
  
  Isis Innovation is the technology transfer company of Oxford University. I am acting as commercial mentor to the CEO of one of their start-ups, a new software & services business with innovative technology for the rapid creation of Information Management Systems (IMS). This technology provides the ability to create bespoke IMS more quickly and cheaply than any conventional programming or program generation technologies.

• Founder & chief e-Go maniac

  e-Go

  (Automotive industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

  e-Go's vision is to make the Isle of Man the world leader in zero-emission automobile adoption. We are working with suppliers and government to bring real, viable, affordable and practical zero-emission vehicles to the island, developing world thought and social leadership through the recognition that the limited geography of the Isle of Man makes it the ideal location to introduce vehicles powered by stored energy systems.

• Director & Treasurer

  BCS (Isle of Man) Ltd

  (Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  May 2009 — Present (7 months)

  BCS (Isle of Man) is a registered charity and Overseas Section of the BCS representing the interests of British Computer Society members in the Isle of Man. We have a large and active professional membership with monthly events focusing on professional development and general interest issues to do with IT.

• Co-Founder

  NEDS.IM

  (Human Resources industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

  Co-founder, with John Sheath, of NEDS.IM, the central register of Non-Executive Directors in the Isle of Man.
  
  NEDS.IM is a not-for-profit organisation to further the development and utilisation of Non-Executive Directors in Manx companies, thus helping to ensure good regulatory compliance and promote "better practice" in Manx businesses.

• Director

  SBA Ltd

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  December 2007 — Present (2 years )

  Isle of Man based International Management / Business Operations / IS Strategy consultancy.

• Group IT Director

  Vanilla Group

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1999 — June 2009 (10 years )

  (Formerly JLA Group). Joined the board in 1999 following two successful consultancy assignments. Vanilla Group now comprises several well-known companies in the Laundry Equipment and Infection Control sectors including JLA, Laundry FM, Circuit Launderette Services, and Otex Bio-Systems. The group has some unique products, including the revolutionary OTEX process - the only laundry system guaranteed to kill "superbug" contaminants such as MRSA and C-Difficile.

• IT Director

  JLA

  (Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  1999 — June 2009 (10 years )

  Part of Vanilla Group, JLA is an exponent of advanced Open Source infrastructure, and was one of six companies short-listed for "Most IT Enabled Business (under 500 employees)" in the 2005 Computing Awards.

• Owner

  Bainton Computing

  (Management Consulting industry)

  March 1984 — November 1999 (15 years 9 months)

  Management & Technology Consultancy to varied clients. Long-term relationships with ITT and Xerox, assignments with JLA, Oce, Orange, Royal Society of Chemistry, South Wales Electricity, West Merchant Bank, Yorkshire Electricity.. Some IT/Business Process stuff, some Product Development / Product Delivery Management, some Business Change Project / Programme Management.

• Consultant

  JLA Group

  (Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  February 1999 — October 1999 (9 months)

  Speculative assignment at the request of JLA's owners to revisit the business and advise on what might be done to help take it forward now that the organisation had digested the effects of the previous assignment. Reviewed the business, decided the single most important action was to improve dissemination of and access to customer and transaction information across the business. Developed and deployed unique database-centric intranet facilities to share information across the business. Engaged and trained staff to continue the development of the technologies I'd created.

• Billing Consultant

  Orange PCS

  (Telecommunications industry)

  October 1998 — February 1999 (5 months)

  Consultant to Orange Mobile Telecoms. Supported them in the replacement of their back-end billing processes, advised on billing & printing technology, transaction document design, formatting system selection, outsourcing relationships & management.

• 1998 Training Manager (Consultant)

  SWALEC (Hyder)

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

  1998 — 1998 (less than a year)

  Led 1998 Training Programme. Managed the delivery of 10,000 student days of training to 4,000 SWALEC staff as part of the reorganisation of SWALEC to achieve 1998 deregulation compliance.

• Consultant

  JLA Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  1997 — 1998 (1 year )

  Business Systems Recovery. JLA were replacing their core transaction system (ERP & FSM). The project had gone wrong and was stalled leaving JLA running two ERP systems in parallel and c.70 of the new IT investment un-deployed. JLA engaged me to recover the situation, resolve the supplier and technology issues, and lead the project through to completion, including reviving the IT team and performing some of the FD's management function.
  
  JLA later re-engaged me for another assignment, and then appointed me a group board director.

• Billing Project Manager (Consultant)

  Yorkshire Electricity

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

  1996 — 1997 (1 year )

  Managed the replacement of Yorkshire Electricity's billing production systems (format, print, mail). Replaced entire production environment (c. £2M hardware) in 9 month project using the same operating staff and the same floorspace with zero downtime, on time & on budget. YE publicly commended on Radio 4's Today programme by the Electricity Regulator as an exemplar showing that the billing changes required by government could be achieved. Reported to Kevin Miles, Customer Services Director. As a by-product of the project engaged the Information Design Unit to redesign YE's billing information.

• Development Manager

  Database Publishing Systems

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 1995 — July 1996 (1 year 1 month)

  Hired to create a software development capability within a specialist SGML consultancy. Introduced Project Management and Development methodologies, recruited and managed developers, and delivered several successful projects in to MoD and Publishing industries, including the Routledge Arden Shakespeare which won Best New Software award at the World Shakespeare Congress, 1996

• Product Delivery Manager

  Xerox

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

  1987 — 1993 (6 years )

  Various roles in the development and delivery of a dozen or so Xerox desktop and mid-range laser printers. Product Delivery Manager for several models of desktop printer, including 4030-PS, 4011, 4010-II, and various ancillary systems. Managed multinational hardware and software development teams and activities covering Europe, Americas and Far East. Executed the Xerox Product Delivery Process (PDP). At time of leaving held the record for the shortest PDP executed, at 26 weeks from concept to launch.

• CAT Consultant

  ITT Europe ERC

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

  1984 — 1987 (3 years )

  Developed and extended Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) systems. Managed the translation of the UNIX operating system and all documentation for AT&T. Developed Europe's (World's ?) first unattended (near) real-time translation system. Work reported globally in broadsheet newspapers and scientific/technology journals. Dubbed "The Wordmaster" by the Sunday Times! Also delivered Ethernet expertise to ITT / STC projects developing technology for the migration of the BT phone network from Analogue to Digital, and some work on ITT's System 12 digital switches.

• CAD Sales

  Alper Systems

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1983 — 1984 (1 year )

  Sales, consultancy and training for high value leading edge CAD systems, mainly for major contruction engineering , digital mapping & public infrastructure management, although did include some mechanical engineering & design applications.

• Microprocessor Application Consultant

  Modus Systems

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1982 — 1983 (1 year )

  Consulted to clients on how Microprocessor technologies could aid their businesses or improve their products. Introduced automation into several industrial, pharmaceutical and food production companies. Developed the world's first "Computer Controlled Air Bed" ! (to reduce interface pressure and "bed sores" problems for long term & burns patients). Member of 3 man team that developed UK's first Ethernet interface for microprocessor-based systems.

Steve Burrows’s Education

• Dover College

  1973 — 1978

• Institute of Directors

Additional Information

Steve Burrows’s Websites:

• SBA
• NEDS.IM
• e-Go

Steve Burrows’s Interests:

Interested in recieving enquiries about non-exec positions, IT oversight roles, and change consulting assignments.

Steve Burrows’s Groups:

British Computer Society (BCS), Computer Weekly 500 (CW500)

•    Pivotal CRM
•    Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
•    CRM Experts
•    IT Directors' Network
•    Semantic Web
•    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
•    Mergers & Acquisitions
•    IT audit
•    BCS ELITE
•    BCS Consultancy SG
•    BCS Membership Group
•    UK CIO, CTO and IT Directors
•    CIO.co.uk
•    Institute of Directors - Members Only
•    Guitar Players
•    Isle of Man
•    ComputerWeekly.com
•    Isle of Man Networking Association
•    Isle of Man International Business School
•    The International Association of Non Executive Directors
•    IOM NED Register
•    Service Management 2.0
•    Business-Focused IT and Service Excellence
•    what's next?
•    After Sales Service Group
•    BCS Isle of Man International Section contacts
•    cio-future
•    IoM CDir
•    UK & Eire Business Network Group
•    North West and Isle of Man Business Network Group
•    Mentors for Entrepreneurs
•    BCS PROMS-G (Project Management Specialist Group)
•    the executive village
•    CW500 Club
•    Tomorrow's IT Leaders

Steve Burrows’s Honors:

Fellow British Computer Society (FBCS)
Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP)
Member Institute of Directors (MIoD)

Currently studying for the IoD Chartered Director qualification.

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