• Czarnikow operates from a head office in London and a network of 10 international satellite offices to service clients and customers globally. Commercial involvement in physical sugar transactions in excess of eight million tons of sugar each year in all major sugar markets of the world.
• Headhunted to lead transition from failing HQ network to a global infrastructure with 24/7 availability centred on 25 Intel-based HP ProLiant servers with network connectivity with VPN and internet links. Core applications include messaging (MS Exchange, Faxination and Blackberry), Citrix, MS Office, Sun accounting software and bespoke trading software.
• Reporting to Chairman and Committee, bridging the gap between IT and business at Board level, led overall management of the group’s global IT strategy across HQ and 10 satellite offices, offering data and voice services ensuring high levels of reliability and performance.
• Leading technical design of systems and evaluation of technical specifications for upgrades and updates whilst encompassing company’s on-going needs in planning process to reduce future upgrade costs.
• Leading vendor negotiation in a procurement capacity followed by strict SLA (Service Level Agreement) tracking to ensure optimal supplier performance across on-shore and outsourced suppliers, implementing a ‘best of breed’ policy, reducing cost and improving efficiency.
• Defined, secured and managed annual IT budget, including associated planning in line with company growth from a small to medium sized enterprise.
• Centralising applications and replacing hardware where relevant to business user needs and achieving significant cost saving and improved user experience.
• Managed additional responsibility across mobile services, introducing company policy for use, securing economies of scale through strong procurement negotiation and reducing cost in both areas by 50%.
• Introduced video conferencing, including the design and installation across two key meeting rooms, enhancing C-Level communications and remote meeting efficiency.
• Offering guidance on security and introduction of firewalls, proxies, authentication, internet browsing and email scanning leading to company-wide adoption of processes.

• Czarnikow operates from a head office in London and a network of 10 international satellite offices to service clients and customers globally. Commercial involvement in physical sugar transactions in excess of eight million tons of sugar each year in all major sugar markets of the world.
• Headhunted to lead transition from failing HQ network to a global infrastructure with 24/7 availability centred on 25 Intel-based HP ProLiant servers with network connectivity with VPN and internet links. Core applications include messaging (MS Exchange, Faxination and Blackberry), Citrix, MS Office, Sun accounting software and bespoke trading software.
• Reporting to Chairman and Committee, bridging the gap between IT and business at Board level, led overall management of the group’s global IT strategy across HQ and 10 satellite offices, offering data and voice services ensuring high levels of reliability and performance.
• Leading technical design of systems and evaluation of technical specifications for upgrades and updates whilst encompassing company’s on-going needs in planning process to reduce future upgrade costs.
• Leading vendor negotiation in a procurement capacity followed by strict SLA (Service Level Agreement) tracking to ensure optimal supplier performance across on-shore and outsourced suppliers, implementing a ‘best of breed’ policy, reducing cost and improving efficiency.
• Defined, secured and managed annual IT budget, including associated planning in line with company growth from a small to medium sized enterprise.
• Centralising applications and replacing hardware where relevant to business user needs and achieving significant cost saving and improved user experience.
• Managed additional responsibility across mobile services, introducing company policy for use, securing economies of scale through strong procurement negotiation and reducing cost in both areas by 50%.
• Introduced video conferencing, including the design and installation across two key meeting rooms, enhancing C-Level communications and remote meeting efficiency.
• Offering guidance on security and introduction of firewalls, proxies, authentication, internet browsing and email scanning leading to company-wide adoption of processes.

• An Associate Consultant role within this niche technical solution provider of 10 consultants with a high company focus on Local Area Networks (LAN).
• Deployed to Czarnikow Sugar on contract in order to re-secure a failing network.
• Offering immediate resolution, and making further extensive recommendations on network infrastructure (hardware and software), led to client job proposal, supported by Strategic Alliances who were entering liquidation.

• Small Merchant Bank and part of The Heritable Group operating within the property sector with a range of mortgage and bridging loan facility products.
• Within a team supporting mid and PC based systems initially, with an immediate promotion to IT Manager based on significant technical ability and recommendations.
• Led extensive migration of WANG to LAN securing significant cost reduction, increased business efficiencies and reducing system security risk.
• Procured ‘Phoebus’ software to offer a flexible mortgage specific system, offering system resilience and improved overnight batching with high processor power.
• Managed all 1st, 2nd & 3rd line support requirements offering total resolution across company Intel-based computer hardware and software environments.

PA to Managing Director
Responsible for support systems