Director WT Technology Ltd
Coventry, United Kingdom
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- Director at WT Technology Ltd
- Past
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- Principal Fellow at University of Warwick
- Principal Fellow at IARC, WMG
- Senior Systems Engineer at Computervision
- Education
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- University of Warwick
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Phil Foster’s Summary
• Excellent project management experience in the implementation of technology and process based solutions within companies; including developing and deploying effective training programmes and operational processes, deployment of communications technologies, product specific applications and re-engineering businesses,
• Strong organisational and management skills; able to systematise complex work environments.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, relating well to staff at all organisational levels internally and across all sectors in industry and academia.
• Able to adapt to new environments quickly and to assimilate new information efficiently in industry and academia
• Credible track record of building and developing relationships within internal departments both in large industries and academia and with SME’s across all sectors; enabling them to benefit from knowledge transfer between collaborating partners
• Able to generate ideas and to use practical criteria in both industry and academia to create appropriate business solutions.
• Innovative strategist and champion of Communications and Information Technology in the manufacturing environment; with proven ability to improve client quality of operation, , increasing skills through adoption and deployment of elearning leading to improved customer satisfaction and profitability.
• Proven record in establishing, developing and maintaining a commercially successful technology support organisation.
• Experienced in budget preparation and analysis, contract negotiation and asset management.
• Developed pilot projects compliant to SarbOx for major automotive company
Phil Foster’s Experience
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Director
WT Technology Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
• Responsible for entire project delivery, partner collaboration, planning, strategic business, operational planning and development.
• Responsible for technology assessment, selection and deployment to strategic partners of the company -
Principal Fellow
University of Warwick
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1990 — 2008 (18 years)
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Principal Fellow
IARC, WMG
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1990 — 2007 (17 years)
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Senior Systems Engineer
Computervision
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1983 — May 1990 (6 years 9 months)
• Provided all aspects of user and systems support to Computervisions major and minor accounts.
• Had special responsibilities to Lucas Industries, Rover Group and Jaguar.
• Managed a team of 26 support engineers and successful convergence between Prime Computers and Computervison staff following the Prime buy out.
• Responsible for deployment of training and maintenance agreements to all customers in the Midlands region.
• Provided IT support to pre-sales and post sales events and Major Account Managers.
• Awarded Engineer of the Year for 1989-1990
Phil Foster’s Education
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University of Warwick
MSc , Engineering
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