IT Manager - 1996-1997

Managed core system migrations and system standardisation.

Project managed the company’s first strategic information system based on the Platinum SQL NT Accountancy, Ledger, Purchase Order Processing, Sales Order Processing, Stock Control & Warehousing, Payroll, report and analysis suite, with extensive tailoring and modifications, additional reporting and features developed in Delphi (32-bit), Crystal Report Writer and PowerBuilder. This system united the head office and three branches in a single seamless client-server application recommended after extensively modeling the company’s business.

Worked with 300 staff and managers in operational, production, warehousing, retail and financial functions across the company to derive and formalize the business model, and to project manage new systems and standards within the model (suitable for ISO 9002) standardising hardware, software and methods. Line manager for the five man Network Team installing, supporting and enhancing the company LANs and WANs.
 
Managed the development of a network strategy including Internet/Intranet applications, implementation of the company’s first strategic information system (Platinum SQL NT), the building and implementation of a Data Warehousing solution and the implementation of modified business practices and methods based on the new systems.

This was a high profile proactive role in a computer savvy company that involved working with staff and managers across the company to derive and formalize the company business model, suiting new systems to it by exerting control over disparate parts of the organization and drawing them together into a cohesive whole, introducing standards (suitable for ISO 9002) and standardising hardware, software and methods. It involved a good deal of communication, persuasion, training and human interface development. My responsibilities included managing the Network Team installing, supporting and enhancing the company Local and Wide Area Networks, software and hardware selection, evaluation, maintenance and support. The development of network strategy was extended to encompass Internet/Intranet applications.

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