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Strategy and architecture, technical design

Strategy and architecture, technical design

Work Experience

Has wide experience in many areas relating to the design, development, and operation of information systems, including usability evaluation and design, technical strategy and architecture, systems design, operational implementation, and disaster recovery and continuity planning. He has worked on projects in many countries in the areas of financial market data, content management systems, e-commerce, business process redesign, legacy systems integration, client-server systems and human factors. He has led international standards making in the areas of usability and ergonomics and is a recognised expert in his field.

Has been practice manager for Strategy and Architecture, and was also responsible for establishing an Application Management practice.

Reuters News
• Devised the millennium business continuity strategy for Reuters global editorial operations, covering 180 bureaux, 10 editorial centres, 3 data centres and a variety of information distribution networks.
• Developed the operations and security acceptance testing strategy, and the production integration strategy for the Reuters News2Web programme.
• Specified the technical requirements for the Pictures and Packaging component of the Reuters News2Web programme.

Reuters Securities Transactions Systems
• Technical design authority for a number of institutional securities transaction products, including a global indications of interest (IOIs) system, a trading capability integrated with the Reuters premium desktop, and the Reuters InterTrade Direct (RITD) order routing system.

Reuters Database Technology Group
• Devised the strategic architecture to support the web-based delivery of a global Reuters 3000 data encyclopaedia product.
• High level design of convertible bonds and preferred stocks information system, incorporating market data feeds, delivered via Intranet browser technology.


Reuters Financial Systems Group
• Devised and managed the requirements analysis and test strategy for the development of PowerSearch, a cross-asset search capability delivered through the Reuters Investor and Reuters Trader products.

Royal Bank of Scotland Registrars
• Programme managed stabilisation of the Registrars platform, including business continuity planning, capacity planning, disaster recovery, and operational improvement.
• Carried out technical architecture review and migration planning for transfer of RBS Registrars business to Computershare.

Royal Bank of Scotland International, Jersey
• Programme planning for the installation of new back-office banking system and integration with electronic banking front end system.
• Managed a project to consolidate MIS and regulatory reporting systems.

Royal Bank of Scotland Corporate and Institutional Bank
• Technical architecture consultant to a team developing business propositions for a Corporate Digital Banking programme.
• Provided consultancy on the integration of Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest digital banking strategies.

Arab Bank plc
• Project managed automation of Bank of England regulatory reports

Coutts and Co
• Managed the operational acceptance of new back-office banking systems after the merger between Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Natwest Group.

Kleinwort Benson Channel Islands
• Reviewed KBCI’s information systems strategy and provided input for strategy for systems convergence between KBCI and Kleinwort Benson Private Banking.

Cable & Wireless
• Devised and managed the integration test strategy for a major new virtual Internet Service Provider infrastructure designed to support several hundred thousand users.

Worth Global Style Network
• Definition of content management architecture to support new publishing model for fashion industry business-to-business content publishing and distribution.
• Requirements definition and service selection for banner advertising for fashion industry publishing website.

Worldpop.com
• Analysed business requirements for a new content management infrastructure and managed a Request For Proposal (RFP) issued to technology vendors and system integrators on behalf of the client.


CU3ED Ltd
• Defined business requirements for distributed publishing and syndication system and advised on technology selection.

LIFFE
• Reviewed the acceptance testing regime for the TRS/CPS system and proposed alternative acceptance testing approaches
• Defined an automated test framework for the APT (Automated Pit Trading) system

Amadeus Capital Partners
• Provided technical consultancy for due diligence investigations into venture capital investments.

Nomura
• Provided consultancy for technology selection for Nomura investments.

African Development Bank, Cote d'Ivoire
• Review of strategic infrastructure and definition of strategy for new development and operational environments.

Willis Corroon
• Strategic planning and consultancy on the migration from a centralised terminal-based insurance broking system to a distributed client-server solution.

Credit Suisse Northern Europe
• Implementation of client relationship tracking system and review of a portfolio valuation system.

Equitable Life Assurance of Canada, London, Ontario
• Implementation of new business practices and workflow in claims handling, using business modelling tools, legacy systems integration, workflow tools, and GUIs.

European Patent Office
• Definition of strategy for distributing patent information to national patent offices based on the use of Internet protocols.




Education

BSc Hons (Class 2(1)) Psychology, University of Liverpool 1973
PhD Psychology, University of Birmingham, 1976

Skills

Technical architecture, software design, project management, programme management, financial market data, securities transaction systems, content management systems, editorial publishing systems, business continuity planning, disaster recovery planning, operational deployment, operational acceptance

Languages

English, some French

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