Tim Duckett

Current

• Consultant at Headshift

Past

• Social software & Enterprise 2.0 specialist at DLA Piper UK LLP
• Director at Inovolve Ltd
• Senior Bid Manager / Business Consultant at Global One

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Education

• University of Leeds
• Open University
• APMG

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Industry

Management Consulting

Tim Duckett’s Summary

Specialist in exploiting social software, Enterprise 2.0 and open source technologies to make information flow quicker and help people work together more effectively between themselves and with clients - making people's lives easier and the work environment less toxic.

Skills in a variety of open-source and proprietary Web 2.0 technology, and experience of making tools such as weblogs, wikis, RSS, forums, AJAX, mashups and a variety of web-based cleverness work in commercial environments.

KEY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Project Management

• Track record of using innovative technology to enhance communication with project stakeholders.
• Experience of successful management of full lifecycle multi-£m software development and infrastructure projects in multi-national environments, using a range of Agile and waterfall techniques.
• Experience of project P&L, risk management, business change and requirements analysis.
• Conversant with a wide variety of infrastructure and software technologies.
• Certified PRINCE-2 Practitioner.

IT Management

• Experience of managing IT service delivery operations for multi-national corporate group headquarters.
• Track record of implementing SLAs, business continuity processes and managing third-party suppliers and services.
• Experience of recruiting and building IT services teams with full budgetary responsibility.

Formal qualifications

• MBA
• Professional Certificate in Management
• PRINCE 2 Registered Practitioner

Tim Duckett’s Specialties:

Open source, social software, enterprise 2.0, information architecture, usability, project management, systems integration, service delivery, software development, web development, Agile

Tim Duckett’s Experience

• Consultant

  Headshift

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  July 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Headshift is Europe's leading enterprise social computing consultancy. We have over 5 years' experience in designing, implementing and growing next generation social software solutions. Our team contains some of the best and most innovative minds in this exciting new field, and we have a strong network around the world that helps us locate additional expertise when needed.
  
  Our enterprise practice delivers smarter, simpler, more social solutions internally within large enterprises, knowledge intensive firms, government and third sector organisations.
  
  Our social media practice works with media companies, brands, and other organisations or networks who want to engage with their customers in new and innovative ways.
  
  Social computing is transforming how we think of IT, but we believe passionately in its ability to transform the way we do business as well.
  
  I'm a senior consultant, and I work with clients to help them decide what they need and turn that into technical reality.

Tim Duckett’s Education

• University of Leeds

  MBA with Distinction, Business Management, 2002 — 2003

• Open University

  Professional Certificate, Management, January 2000 — December 2000

• APMG

  Prince 2 Registered Practitioner,

Additional Information

Tim Duckett’s Interests:

digital and analogue photography, web development, distance running

Tim Duckett’s Groups:

CMI, BCS

Tim Duckett’s Contact Settings

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