Starting out as an accountant working in the finance departments of investment and retail banks, I switched to a career in IT following my involvement in the implementation of a new accounting software solution.
I have since enjoyed 15 years working for companies such as Sky, Experian and smaller IT startup US-based organisations moving from technical roles such as Installations Consultant to Solutions Manager and Pre-Sales. My experience includes implementing/designing/demonstrating software to organisations such as Deutsche Bank, Homeserve, British Gas, Orange (EE) and Standard Chartered Bank.
Software experience includes Financials & Accounting software, ETL tools, Big Data migrations, Marketing Data Warehouses & Financial Rules Engines for complex Capital Markets trading platforms
I have just sold a business which myself and partners reared from incubation in 2012. My role as IT Manager was to migrate legacy server based software onto a SaaS architecture: Xero for the accounting & management reporting software, Verizon for the scheduling and field based applications; thereby creating a single ubiquitous environment allowing seamless flow of information between independent Cloud applications specifically chosen for their integration with one another.