Steve Cogan

Current

• Lotus Connections Product Leader at IBM

Past

• Technical Sales (Software Pre-Sales) at IBM (Lotus, SWG)
• Principal Lotus Systems Architect at Unisys
• Senior Architect at BrowseWeb Ltd (Sole Proprietorship)

• Knowledge Management Consultant at Gemini Consulting
• Journalist (Self-employed)

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Education

• Leeds Trinity and All Saints College

Recommended

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Connections

160 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Twitter feed
• My Blog
• Social software colleague

Steve Cogan’s Summary

An experienced enterprise architect with a proven track record of projects from pre-sales to delivery.

Steve is experienced with a range of organisational cultures in rapidly changing environments. His experience of working with senior business management has enabled him to develop awareness of business issues and the impact on IT projects. Steve’s “can do” professional attitude is demonstrated in a proven ability to assess issues quickly, take control of the problems and effect solutions in a diligent and professional manner.

He has recently been working on methodologies to further align IT with business drivers through consolidation and effective management of IT services.

Steve has recently joined IBM's software group to support new and existing customers with their Lotus solutions. Certified to the highest level (Principal), he has equal practical experience and expertise to match.

Steve Cogan’s Specialties:

• Strong ability to design solutions to identified client issues
• Knowledge management, Web2.0, social software & collaboration leader & advocate
• Ability to coach and develop resources remotely across multiple time-zones
• Design & implementation of Enterprise collaborative architecture solutions
• Process Re-Engineering
• Competitive vendor selection & evaluation
• In-depth experience in benchmarking applications & platforms

Steve Cogan’s Experience

• Lotus Connections Product Leader

  IBM

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Driving adoption of the market leading enterprise social software solution, Lotus Connections, within IBM and across UK clients.

• Technical Sales (Software Pre-Sales)

  IBM (Lotus, SWG)

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2007 — January 2009 (2 years )

  Working with clients in financial services industry to leverage leading Lotus collaborative tools, processes and technologies for business advantage.
  
  Currently working in social software/networking and web2.0 concepts.

• Principal Lotus Systems Architect

  Unisys

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

  July 2001 — February 2007 (5 years 8 months)

  • Principal architect in global consulting practice specialising in IBM-Lotus
  • Design authority for IBM-Lotus technology projects and bids
  • Evangelising service offerings with Unisys and to clients; UK, Europe and globally
  • Coaching, and leading IBM-Lotus technology bids/projects worldwide
  • Developed and managed service offerings
  
  Main Achievements
  • Developed successful methodology for Lotus Domino consolidation
  • Strategy and process audit for European collaborative platform of major pharmaceutical client
  • Enterprise architect in major data centre consolidation project – focus on Lotus Notes-Domino platform
  • Enterprise Lotus Architect for major document management system for major global financial client. The project was nominated for IT ‘project of the year’ by Computing magazine
  • Awarded the “Invent the Future” prize for knowledge management in Worldwide Consulting practice

• Senior Architect

  BrowseWeb Ltd (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1998 — July 2001 (3 years 7 months)

  • Collaborative project design & implementation for blue-chip clients in finance, consulting and manufacturing market sectors
  • Business & IT process re-design
  • Coaching client teams on infrastructure & security best practices (Lotus Notes-Domino)
  
  Main achievements:
  • Technical and project managed major worldwide collaborative platform (Notes-Domino) upgrade across 30+ countries
  • Successfully managed virtual team of 45 resources across 30+ countries
  • Instituted management reporting process with defined and agreed key performance indicators across global manufacturing company
  • Developed security recommendations to comply with Bank of England regulations for major UK bank for their collaborative environment
  • Managed re-design and roll-out of key business and IT processes for financial client's collaborative platform.

• Knowledge Management Consultant

  Gemini Consulting

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  July 1993 — December 1997 (4 years 6 months)

  Gemini Consulting (Management consultancy), now known as CapGemini
  
  Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Business analyst
  • Knowledge management leader
  • Management of support teams split between EMEA, USA & Asia-Pacific
  
  Main achievements whilst in this role:
  • Implemented project communication/knowledge management strategy
  • Managed follow-the-sun global teams across three continents
  • Led process team to redesign client’s internal knowledge capture guidelines
  • Business Analyst - played a key role in major (multi-million £) consulting contracts for management consulting practice

• Journalist

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Newspapers industry)

  January 1988 — July 1993 (5 years 7 months)

  Feature writer for national newspapers & magazines. Published by-lines included: The Independent, PC Dealer & Computer Trade Weekly. Subjects ranged from IT security and future trends, such as parallel processing, through to music including interviews with artists including Utah Saints, Art of Noise & Tangerine Dream.

Steve Cogan’s Education

• Leeds Trinity and All Saints College

  BA(Hons) , Communication & Cultural Studies , 1990 — 1993

  The Communication & Cultural Studies degree led to my interest in Knowledge Management, which I continue to practice to this day.

  Activities and Societies:

  Managing Editor of College Newspaper - successfully relaunched 'TASC News' in my final year. Used my media networking to land exclusive interviews with personalities such as Stephen Berkoff. Continued to write professionally for various publications during this time.

Additional Information

Steve Cogan’s Websites:

• My Twitter feed
• My Blog
• Social software colleague

Steve Cogan’s Groups:

Member Lotus UK User Group, Connectr (Lotus Connections) SIG.

•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    Unisys - Ever Worked - Employees and Contractors
•    IBM Lotus Software Employees
•    Unified Communications
•    IBM co/ex workers independent group
•    Cloud Computing
•    Software as a Service (SaaS) Group
•    Lotus Connections User Group
•    Business Link Networking Groups
•    Gartner PCC Summit Networking Group
•    Enterprise Web 2.0

Steve Cogan’s Honors:

Achieved entry into IBM's worldwide Professions body in 2009 as L2 Certified IT Professional.

Winner IBM Worldwide BlueIQ award 2008.

Winner of IBM National Excellence Award, 2007.

Winner of "Invent The Future Award" for Knowledge Management (Internal Global Corporate Award, 2004)

Professional Certifications include:
• Principal Certified Lotus Professional - PCLP Domino R5, 6, & 7
• IBM Certified Advanced System Administrator ICASA - Lotus Notes Domino 6, R5, 6, & 7.

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