Steven Westwell

Current

• Collaboration Consultant at Accenture

Past

• Solution Engineer at iSOFT
• Project / Change Manager at iSOFT plc
• Technical Consultant (Knowledge Management) at Vertex Data Science

• Software Engineer at Parsons Brinckerhoff

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Steven Westwell’s Summary

Focused on establishing best practice and standards in all areas of work, whilst maintaining a balance between my interest in technology and the business realities.

Steven Westwell’s Specialties:

Knowledge Management, Collaboration, PRINCE2 Project Management, Sharepoint Portal Server, Windows Sharepoint Services, Business Collaborator, Vista Deployment, Best Practice & Standards identification and implementation

Steven Westwell’s Experience

• Collaboration Consultant

  Accenture

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

  January 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)

• Solution Engineer

  iSOFT

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IOT; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 2006 — December 2006 (5 months)

  As a Solution Engineer for the internal IT department of iSOFT I work closely with both internal customers and the CIO experts in the creation of outline solutions, including ROI, for country business units, establishing strategy roadmaps and managing the progress of deployment of these solutions.

• Project / Change Manager

  iSOFT plc

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

  October 2005 — July 2006 (10 months)

  During my employment at iSOFT I have been involved in a variety of global projects as a Project Manager for the global CIO Service Operations Team, including leading an Infrastructure & Operations Project to integrate a newly acquired Spanish office.
  
  Whilst in this role I have also drawn upon my technology awareness and experience to work closely with the Infrastructure Architect, acting as a complimentary Junior Applications Architect to develop a global ICT strategy and architectures including:
  -Information lifecycle architecture including global deployment of SharePoint,
  -SQL 2005 Reporting,
  -Data Centre consolidation:
  --Server Virtualisation, Environments & Platforms design
  --Email & File Archiving with ISO 2700 Compliance
  --Global Service Desk covering both the EMEA & APAC regions, ITIL standard: Asset, Issue, Configuration & Release Management
  
  At the same time I also had the additional responsibility of administrating the Microsoft Global Licensing agreement.

• Technical Consultant (Knowledge Management)

  Vertex Data Science

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

  September 2004 — October 2005 (1 year 2 months)

  My role with Vertex as a member of the Knowledge Management & Training Solutions Team was wide-ranging and involved many business areas. I have been actively involved in rolling out Windows SharePoint, from initial functional investigations and deployment to training and investigations into further developments and intranet strategy.
  
  I have worked closely with Microsoft experts in formulating a comprehensive and technically solid strategy for the development of the corporate intranet for both Vertex and United Utilities, incorporating other Knowledge Management and collaborative working systems, including:
  -Portal Solutions & Project Collaboration tools
  -Document Management & Workflow tools,
  -Real Time Collaboration software
  -Video Conferencing, Voice over IP and Data Collaboration.
  -E-Learning
  
  I have also had a strong presence in the creation of Best Practice guidelines and technical standards for the Knowledge Management and Training Solutions Team.

• Software Engineer

  Parsons Brinckerhoff

  (Construction industry)

  August 2003 — September 2004 (1 year 2 months)

  My year at Parsons Brinckerhoff allowed me to apply the theory developed in my degree to practical aspects of a real world business.
  
  Involved on many ASP, SQL and VB software development projects
  
  Implemented all stages of the software life cycle:
  Requirements capture, Analysis through to Development, Testing and Deployment of solutions, including the training of end users.

Additional Information

Steven Westwell’s Interests:

Leading Edge Technology, Collaboration Technologies, Workplace Impact of Emerging Social Technologies, Kayaking, Airsoft, Rock Climbing

Steven Westwell’s Groups:

British Computer Society, British Canoe Union, PRINCE2 Practitioner

•    Sharepoint Experts
•    Accenture Employees and Alumni
•    BCS Membership Group
•    University of Manchester Alumni Association
•    UMIST Alumni
•    Enterprise2.0

Steven Westwell’s Honors:

Public Presentations & Demonstrations given:

The Changing World of Work and Enterprise Content Lifecycle, Microsoft, Content Management Expo, Olympia London, November 2005

Knowledge Management & Training Solutions, a Practical Implementation Methodology. An Agile Pursuit of Knowledge Seminar, BCS Methods & Tools Specialist Group September 2005