Rob England

Current

• Managing Director at Two Hills Ltd

Past

• Service Delivery Manager at Health Intelligence (HIQ)
• Presales Manager at Computer Associates
• Business Technologist at Computer Associates

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Education

• Massey University
• Victoria University of Wellington
• University of Canterbury

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Recommended

4 people have recommended Rob

Connections

85 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• Public project
• The IT Skeptic

Rob England’s Summary

I founded Two Hills in December 2005 to develop internet-based business opportunities.

I also consult on ITIL and other business topics, and coach public speaking.

I am a committee member and the newsletter editor for itSMFnz, the professional body for IT Service Management (eg. ITIL) practitioners.

I have some notoreity as The IT Skeptic. My blog at www.itskeptic.org was initially an experiment in internet presence. It has grown to be a page-rank-5 site with monthly traffic in five figures, and has been the reason for me to be invited to speak at several international conferences.

Previously I was CA New Zealand’s Principal Consultant, working with CA (www.ca.com) clients to understand their business issues and requirements and to develop appropriate technology solutions to meet their needs. I dealt mostly with the banking, financial, telecoms, airline, government and defence sectors. I was also a technology strategist in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (part of CA’s global research and development organisation).

I have managed a national team of pre-sales consultants, developed internal and external training (including four day professional development courses), done level one support for the entire product range, been CA Australia's year 2000 specialist, presented at many conferences, and managed client relationships.

I worked in the software industry for 19 years, 17 of them with CA in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. Prior to CA, I worked for Progeni, a New Zealand IT company.

I hold a BSc in operations research from Victoria University, and ITIL Foundation Certification from EXIN. I have also studied Adult Education and Electrical Engineering.

Rob England’s Specialties:

Presentation coaching
Open source knowledge, internet communities of interest
Business technologist (mapping business requirements to technology and vice versa)
Software sales coaching
Technical relationship management
ITIL and ITSM consulting
Website business development

Rob England’s Experience

• Managing Director

  Two Hills Ltd

  (Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Services industry)

  December 2005 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Additional Information

Rob England’s Websites:

• My Company
• Public project
• The IT Skeptic

Rob England’s Interests:

Entrepreneurship, small business, internet Training and mentoring, especially presales (presenting, demoing, sales strategies) Railways, model and preserved Skeptics

Rob England’s Groups:

IT Service Management Forum itSMF.org.nz
NZ Computer Society nzcs.co.nz
Business Porirua
NZ Model Railway Association
International Council of Small Business
Small Business Entrepreneurship Association Australia and NZ