Tim Duckett

Current

Senior 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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Tim Duckett’s Summary

I'm a specialist in exploiting social software, Enterprise 2.0 and open source tools to make information flow better - helping people work together more effectively making the work environment less toxic, and helping organisations engage with their customers in new and innovative ways.

I've got experience of running projects to build systems in a wide range of sectors, and specialise in translating business requirements into technical specs - then creating great user experiences. I speak both management and geek fluently and bring sense to acronym soups. Given the choice, I'm a fan of open-source software, but I'm equally at home with traditional corporate technology. I've got an MBA and am a certified project manager (but don't hold those against me). When I'm not working I take photographs and blog far too irregularly at www.adoptioncurve.net.

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

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

Senior Consultant

Headshift

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

July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

I'm a senior consultant at Headshift - Europe's leading social media consultancy that works with companies and brands that want to engage with their customers in new and innovative ways.

I work with clients to define and deliver Agile projects - starting with social IT strategies, then designing user experience and information architecture, before defining technical solutions. Working with colleagues from a range of disciplines, I’m manage the delivery of end products while maintaining client relationships.

Examples of these kind of projects include:

- building a social networking site for an international airline from the ground up in 12 weeks
- overhauling the web channels of a brand intelligence agency using an open-source CMS
- managing the overhaul of the BBC's Blogs onto a new platform, with an improved user experience from a full IA and user experience redesign
- designing a collaboration portal for clinicians and public health professionals built in Ruby on Rails

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 ,