A recruitment agency specialising in the supply of experienced, highly skilled IT and Planning professionals to meet the needs of the world’s leading employers.

Responsible for targeting new SAP clients at board level to forge relationships to enabled Osirian to become the preferred supplier of choice with exclusive rights to work on vacancies. Develop opportunities within the market to enhance the Osirian offering including UK exclusive relationships, partnerships and new offerings. Won contracts within the SAP sector resulting in the 2008 revenue increasing by 70%.

Lead and manage internal database replacement project: wrote technical specification, RFT documentation, presentation and evaluation of potential systems, negotiated on terms and cost, installed, prepared and executed data migration and training of all users.

Company has a reputation for providing reliable support for legal compliance and best practice in the areas of human resources, health and safety, environmental management, local and central government, education, trade and transport.
My role is focused primarily on the acquisition of new clients and then to develop those clients to their full potential. Presenting at Director level, my initial responsibility is to penetrate accounts, develop these and retain as customers. I am responsible for providing the best solution for the account whether that be a bespoke solution or through software that can be adapted by the client for their requirements, preparing quotes and tenders right through to order fulfillment. Training all members of the sales team in the techniques of telesales, appointment setting, cold calling and selling skills.

A start up company in 2002, Skyla Photography was now one of the largest equestrian photography companies in the UK with a turnover of £150,000.

My role was to develop relationships with venues, make bookings, attend shows and provide on site photographic services that enabled competitors to view, purchase and take home their photographs on the day. This service was also extended to weddings and social functions.

I was responsible for all marketing and sales activities. In 2003 I developed a website that enabled customers to view and purchase their photographs online along with a comprehensive specifically designed database that allows all customer activity and spending patterns to be recorded and analysed. This information was used to run marketing campaigns. I have a team of up to 10 working with me depending on the bookings we have.
The company was closed in 2007 as I wanted to go back into the commercial market due to there being no challenge within the company for me. I was still running the company while doing interim work for clients.

AssetCo is the leading provider of lifetime asset management services to the UK public sector and utility companies.

AssetCo offers a comprehensive portfolio of services aimed at maximising the efficiency of assets on behalf of its clients, lowering operational costs through improved management, enabling the client to achieve best value from those assets over a life time within a fully compliant framework.
Its eight specialist divisions cover healthcare, leisure, IT, emergency services, utility and municipal fleets, vehicle Telematics and financing.

Responsible for the day to day management of the Driver Helpline/Telematics, Fire/Ambulance/Police Department Helpline and Hire Car Department Call Centre. My responsibilities were to develop the team and see them through the difficult transitional phase of the call centre being moved to Donegal, Ireland with redundancies and consultation process whilst retaining the staff until the move.

Responsible for ensuring that the Call Centre and clients’ SLA’s and Key Performance Indicators were met within the departments as well as covering the role of Operations Manager (and all the relevant departments) whilst the Operational Manager was over in Ireland setting up and training the new departments.

Working with the Operations Manager to oversee, liaise with new suppliers and set up new processes for departments that had been outsourced and changes of suppliers.

As the largest provider of mobile solutions for both consumer and business Orange pride themselves in being able to offer individual solutions to the corporate market. Solutions that range from simple handset provision through to complete mobile and data networks throughout the UK and the rest of the world.

My role within Orange was focused primarily on the acquisition of new clients and then to develop those clients to their full potential. Dealing at Director level, my initial responsibility was to penetrate accounts that Orange had been unable to gain access to, develop these and retain as customers. I would be responsible for providing the best solution for the account, preparing quotes and tenders right through to order fulfilment.

Viatel were a rapidly growing provider of all distance communications services to individuals, corporations, Internet service providers, application service providers and other carriers in Europe and North America. The Company is a licensed provider of telecommunications services in Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It currently operates an international network, with gateways in New York and London; state-of-the-art network operations centres in Egham, England and Somerset, New Jersey; and network points of interconnection in over 250 cities.

My current role is focused primarily on New Business with a small proportion of Account Management, primarily at Board Room Level. As a new division and product set (FRIACO is a new product for the UK) for Viatel, I was tasked with creating the need and demand for the service with the ISP sector. It is my responsibility to educate the sector on the technical issues, business model, the drivers and marketing issues associated with the product.

My objectives for Oct – Dec 2000 were to launch and manage a campaign to raise the awareness of FRAICO and Viatel within the ISP/ASP sector. I also worked very closely with our legal department to write a contract and SLA for the service.

My target for 2001 was achieved by 1900% within 1st quarter.

Madge.web is focused on the business of developing and providing managed communications and electronic content delivery services to financial services’ organizations, media and publishing industries.

Madge.web provides a range of Internet and managed network services including streaming media, web hosting, mission critical voice networking, premium service virtual private networks, firewall management and remote corporate access. These services are run over Madge.web's own global network, providing those organizations who depend on the Internet as part of their business with a high performance, reliable, infrastructure.

My position was focused on New Business dealing at Boardroom level. I was responsible for pulling together the resources within Madge.web to win sizeable contracts. My target sector was media and ISP. I was targeted with building the brand name and awareness within the sector, developing opportunities and seeing these through from prospecting to completion. I worked closely with Real Networks on joint projects. Real Networks were the providers of the streaming technology.

iaxis is a privately-held international carriers carrier, delivering highly customised connectivity services exclusively to the wholesale carrier market. iaxis specialises in providing wholesale bandwidth, co-location, facilities management and professional services to the telecommunications industry.

My role involved seeking and developing opportunities within the European market. Dealing at Boardroom level. I am responsible for preparing and presenting bids for European networks from initial meeting through to contract signing, this involves putting together a bid team and overseeing all aspects involved within the bid. The majority of bids are multi-million dollar investments. I am also responsible for helping the customer define and present a business case for developing their business within Europe where required. Currently working with such companies as Duetche Telekom, Flag, Easynet, Racal, MCI Worldcom, C&W, InterXion and Eurotunnel

I currently work very close with the marketing Director as we are developing the network further into Europe.

Before my promotion to Media Sector Director I was employed in the role of Business Development Manager, to develop a new sector for TANet, that being the Media Sector. Promoting Wide Area Network solutions varying from 2Mb to 622Mb using technologies such as Frame Relay, ATM, IP and the design of complex VPN solutions for the LAN and WAN. Targeted with achieving, and I exceeded revenue of £5M, with Fortune 500 accounts to be targeted.

The role involved preparing and presenting a strategic business plan for the sector, cold calling, preparing and presentation of bids, proposals and tender responses, along with targeting of strategic “must” have accounts. As the sector developed I was accountable for account development as well as product development specifically for broadcasters and newspapers, looking after accounts such as Reuters, APTN, ITN, United News and Media, Channel 4, Merlin Communications, Satellite Media Services, BBC, Express Newspapers, Guardian Media Group, and DC Thomson.
In August ’98 I was promoted to Media Sector Director with a team of 5 working with me. Responsible for developing the sector further and ensuring that other members of the team achieved their objectives. Preparing Business Plan and forecasting for the Chief Executive.

One of my main achievements at TANet is developing and winning the largest account that the company has from first meeting to signed contract in 4 months. Revenue of £7.2M achieved in 7 months

Telemark International is the UK’s largest aggregation company. Providing access to multiple carriers via a single point along with the benefits of both inbound and outbound call management which is just one of the features that separates Telemark International from other aggregators. My responsibility within the company is to seek new business within the market place throughout the UK offering not only simple cost reductions on telephony and call management, but the full product range which includes tarrifed VPN, Frame Relay, Mobile, 0800, Voice Mail, Calling cards and CTI software.

I was responsible for generating my own leads, preparing customer presentations, bids and proposals. Initially dealing with the Telecom/IT Manager, through to Director/Board Level.