
Web Services Manager at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Redhill, United Kingdom

Web Services Manager at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Redhill, United Kingdom
Service Management, Operations, Reporting, Service Improvement and follow through
Technical Skills:
• Understanding of the so-called “social” web (digg, wiki, second life, facebook, delicious etc)
• ASP .NET using C#
• XML, CAML, RSS, XHTML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, some JQuery experience
• PHP
• MySQL
• SharePoint 2003 & 2007, Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 & 3.0
• Web parts for SharePoint
• Cocoa, Objective C++, iPhone
(Computer Hardware industry)
January 2009 — Present (1 year )
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; EMI; Music industry)
June 2008 — December 2008 (7 months)
• Service Owner for 15 global web applications, taking operational ownership including management of incidents, change, prioritisation and planning.
• Dotted line management role over 16 resources in our offshore IT service provider (HCL).
• Single point of contact for business owners, working closely with them to deliver change to their applications, prioritising work and reporting back to them on operational activity.
• Reporting on operational activity, analysing trends and pro-actively taking steps to improve the service overall based on findings.
• Leading service management in my dept, working with other service managers on best practices and common approach, new processes and leading the discussions on service improvement initiatives.
• Representative at department level at cross-functional meetings, working with various teams on service improvement initiatives.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; EMI; Music industry)
July 2007 — June 2008 (1 year )
Much the same as the Service Manager role, however focussed on the BI Web & Portals area.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; EMI; Music industry)
June 2005 — June 2007 (2 years 1 month)
Lead developer on the internal EMI Sharepoint portal.
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2003 — May 2005 (1 year 10 months)
Music-industry focussed web development, clients included Rock Sound Magazine, Taste Media (Muse, Serafin), various artist websites. Mainly PHP and MySQL based sites.
(Music industry)
May 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Leading technology in this small indie label. Responsibilities included company websites, artwork creation for releases, office technology infrastructure.
Music, Formula 1, PS3, Apple Computers, Social-Web, Reading, Football, Rugby
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