Member Profile - IT Consultants Direct Ltd

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Profile

· Effective and honest communicator with people at all levels.

· Practical, technically competent and innovative solutions provider.

· Pragmatic approach to risk management and mitigation.

Experience

· E-commerce developments for small businesses in many sectors.

· Multilingual e-commerce applications in major EU languages.

· Content Management System (CMS) based web sites using the Joomla.

· Search Engine Optimization (SEO) planning and delivery.

· Internet Search Engine Marketing using the major search engines and other web tools.

· Web Site upgrades/transfers to CMS systems.

· Virtual Private Server (VPS) and standard shared hosting systems.

Specialist Knowledge & Skills

· Shopping cart/payment processors for business use in the UK.

· Clickcartpro & Zen Cart e-commerce software packages.

· Paypal, Protx, HSBC, Google Checkout payment processor integration.

· Content Management Systems (CMS) development using Joomla.

· Template development for Joomla based web sites.

· Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Google, Yahoo & MSN search engines.

· Plesk Control Panel setup and usage.

WORK HISTORY

Sep 2004 - Present [snip], Reading Technical Director

Mar 2002 - Aug 2004 [snip], Reading Head of IT Services

Apr 1986 - Feb 2002 [snip] Reading Manager Computer Services

RESPONSIBILITIES

[snip]

Delivering tailored e-commerce (multi-lingual, multi-currency) and online marketing solutions to small businesses over the full project cycle. Search engine optimization and web site face-lifting to improve underperforming web sites. Providing project management, procurement services and support to small businesses making IT investments.

[snip] (Head of Technological Services & Development)

Board Level accountability for IT performance & strategy and the programme management of business and technical investments. Department manager (budget £2.9m) directing 50+ staff engaged in IT operations and maintenance, radio engineering and project management.

[snip] (Manager Engineering & Computer Services)

Department manager (budget £1.7m) directing 40+ staff engaged in IT operations and maintenance, radio engineering and project management using PRINCE.

Professional Accreditation

Mar 2005 - Now Member of the British Computer Society

Published Works

[snip] (Book)

References

Available on request.