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Barry Stephen Foord
Certified IT Professional
Croydon, CR0 bsfoord@outlook.com 0750 7203097 (M)
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE :
Inspirational,Technical ITManager with an exemplary record of over 25 years in the IT profession.
Proven excellences in communicatingand executing complex business changeinto technical solutions,
ensuringmaximum ROI and enablingthe business to increaserevenue, growth and profitability.
Exceptional mix of Strategic Operational Business,ProjectManagement and Technology skills.
Technically astutewith a disparateskill setencompassingboth Infrastructureand Software Development.
Multi-disciplinary experienceacross thefull Software Development Lifecycle(SDLC) including
Solutions Architect, ProjectManager, IT Support Manager and Team Leader Senior Developer.
Successfully managed,motivated and mentored professional technical teams sized between 10 and 50,
includingmatrix management, contract,outsourced, 3rd party and off-shore (India) resources.
Researches and evaluates emergent ITtechnologies. Rapidly assimilates newtechnology stacks.
IBM trained and Microsoft Certified.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS :
Interim IT Director for a start-up in the Financial Services Sector. FTC ( 3 months)
Software Development Manager (Director Designate) for an ITConsultancy company. ( 6 years)
Solutions Architect and Project Manager, for a new product- HealthCare sector. FTC ( 2 years)
Senior IT Specialist at IBM on ‘Blue Chip’accounts,in Project Technical Management roles, ( 8 years)
accounts included :Boots, O2, Shell, NHS, NTL: (Virgin Media), Cable & Wireless, DWP and SFO.
Group IT Manager, founder of an IT department responsiblefor Strategy and a budget of £1.5M ( 2 years)
Senior Systems Developer, for a market leading Software House - Legal sector. ( 6 years)
Senior R&D Analyst Programmer, for a market leading Software House - Accounting sector. ( 3 years)
IT Application Support Specialist - Texas Instruments (G.S.I.) (Oil Exploration) Division. ( 6 years)
Worldwideassignments including:Bedford, Croydon, Abu Dhabi,Saudi Arabia & Sultanateof Oman.
KEY SKILLS :
Strategy Planningand Execution Team Buildingand Leadership Project Management
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Application Development Business Solutions
Analytical & Conceptual ProblemSolving Technical Support Outsourcing Infrastructure
CapEx OpEx Planningand Budgeting Enterprise Architecture Full SDLC
SECTOR EXPERIENCE :
Accounting Financial Services Fleet Management Healthcare
Insurance Legal Law NHS Oil & Gas
Pharmaceutical Public Sector Retail Telecoms
TECHNOLOGY PROFILE :
Applications MSOffice Project Powerpoint Visio Exchange TFS IIS
CMS CRM DMS ERP WFM COTS Bespoke
Databases Access DB2 SQL Server Oracle MySQL XML
Languages C, C++, C# VBA Visual Basic ADO SQL ESQL T-SQL
Middleware Websphere MQSeries MQSI WAS ESB
OS’s Windows XP Windows 7 Server 2008 Linux UNIX VMWare Hyper-V
Security Anti-Virus Malware Firewalls Backup DR AD
Networks TCP/IP DNS DHCP LAN WAN VPN VOIP
Methodologies FDA ITIL PRINCE2 AGILE TOGAF CMMI
Hardware Experience of most Infrastructure Hardware down to board level replacement.
QUALIFICATIONS :
BSc. Computational Science
MSCE. MCP’s NT Workstation,NT Server, NT Server Enterprise, TCPIP and Networking.
3 ‘A’ Level’s Biology,Physics and Computer Science.
10 ‘O’ Level’s IncludingEnglish Language,Mathematics and Computer Science.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
British Computer Society
(BCS)
Association Computing Machinery
(ACM)
Institute of Leadership & Management
(ILM)

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT :
ProgrammingCourses Project ManagementCourses ManagementCourses
Enterprise Java Programming. Project Management, PRINCE2 Leadership, Influence& Change
C++ Programming. Agile Methodologies. Leading with Integrity
OOPS Concepts & Programming. OperatingSystem Courses Assertiveness without aggression
C# and .Net Programming Internetworking TCP/IP ITIL
MiddlewareCourses Windows Core Technologies Architecture Courses
MQSeries System Administration Enterprise Technologies. Architectural Thinking
Websphere MQ Integrator Exchange Concepts & Admin. Enterprise Architecture
Application Design MQSeries Windows 2000 & AD. TOGAF
MQSeries App Programming Windows 7 Integrating COTS Solutions
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY :
Interim IT Director : Loppex.com : London (FTC) Apr. ’15-Jun. ’15
Loppex.com was a start-up company in the Financial Services arena,offeringB2B sales.
Effectively eBay for Financial Services ,brought on board to take over all aspects of IT, both Software
Development and Infrastructure.Tasked with taken the proof of concept into a fully supportableoffering.
StabilizingtheColdfusion MySQL front-end and documenting the version 2 product in .Net SQL Server.
Auditing the existingenvironments and detailing future automatic fail-over options and disaster recovery.
Managingthe IBM Softlayer partner and off-shore development team of 3.
Software Development Manager : Read Consultants : Surrey Dec. ‘08-Dec.’14
Founder member of a Software Development team for this IT Consultancy & Microsoft Training Company.
Recruited, mentored and builtthe Software Development department to a team of 10.
Technical management of a team of in-houseand contract resources.
Involved in the software development from an Architectural and Project Management viewpoint.
Projects were a mix of waterfall and agile,dependent on clients requirements.
Technology was based upon the .net Microsoftstack,C#, ASP, ADO and SQL Server.
Bespoke development projects,both web and windows based across a largenumber of sectors.
Clients mainly SMB but one largeEnterprise (City Link)
Key Achievement: Built the Software Development offering from scratch.
Solutions Architect Project Manager : Read Consultants : Surrey (FTC) Dec.’06-Dec.’08
Head-hunted by this consultancy to take charge of a new Product, for their client in the HealthCare Sector.
Performed Business Analysis and designed detailed ProductArchitecture, Software as a Service (SaaS).
Design and build of SQL schemas and related classes,consistingof 35 main tables and 15 lookup tables.
Agile Projectand Change management of a team of C#, ASP.Net SQL developers, working remotely.
Unit and Integration testing of the code produced, prior to presentation to the clientfor User testing.
Key Achievement: Completed Product Development on time and under cost (Fixed Term Contract).
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
(IBM)
Senior IT Specialist. IBM Global Services. Oct.’98-Oct.’06.
Workingmostly within the Application Management Services (AMS) Division,on Outsourced accounts.
Gained a reputation for the crisismanagement of dysfunctional teams projects duringearly transition.
PRINCE2 and ITIL methodologies were used extensible. Major assignments only listed.
IBM Programme Infrastructure Manager : Shell (Oil and Gas Retail) : London.
Project management of the middleware aspect of a (multi-million pound) Worldwide Call Centre upgrade.
A new telephony architecture consisting of Genesys, CTI, Nortel, PABX, IVR and GSAP integration.
The programme consisted of multiple vendors IBM, BT and SAP consultants totalling over 100 personnel.
 Co-coordinated the delivery of testing environments and production upgrades.
 Managed the programmes release and configuration processes.
 Supervised a multi-disciplinary team of 11 - Contractors,IBM, BT and Shell staff.
Key Achievement: Successfully managed the upgrade of the Shell Centre London and Birmingham.
IBM Middleware and Deployment Team Lead : Boots (Pharmaceutical Retail) : Nottingham.
Managed the deployment of all middleware (MQ MQSI) components, across the Boots EAI landscape.
 Co-coordinated the interface between off-shore (India) development teams and on-shoretest team.
 Schedulingdeployments between three projects,includinga multi-million pound SAP programme.
 Responsiblefor adherence to Federal Drug Authority (FDA) guidelines and practices.
 Technical projectmanagement of Contractors,IBM and Boots staff, averaging10 personnel.
Key Achievement: Improved deployment processes, allowing SAP programme to get back on schedule.

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
IBM (Continued) :
IBM Incident Release Manager : O2 (Telecoms Retail) : Winchester.
Companion was a major (multi-million pound) integration programme migrating ALL O2’s customers from 11
legacy systems to a Genesys billing platform and a new eCRM platform.
Over 200 IBM staff assigned to the programme that utilised the Websphere product set for integration.
 Management of a team to triage severity one incidents,findingrootcauseand trackingto resolution.
 Project Management of 140 deliverables thatmissed a major pointrelease of software.
 Negotiated development, test and deployment resources.Tracked progress and reported daily to sponsor.
Key Achievement: Successfully delivered over 90% of deliverables, before moving to new assignment.
IBM Solutions Architect : NTL: (Now Virgin Media) (Telecoms) : Surbiton.
Architect for Web and Desktop Systems following restructuring and the team headcount cut from 30 to 10.
 Identified and mapped technologies used againstapplication inventory.
 Mappingidentified 40 legacy systems implemented by more than 50 technologies.
 Systems were a mixture of Client Server, Data Warehousing,E-Commerce, Digital and Media.
Key Achievement: TDA for Projects, small works and database upgrades migrations (ETL).
IBM Application Support Team Manager : NTL: (Now Virgin Media) (Telecoms) : Surbiton.
Managed the merger of Support Departments within NTL: (Web and Desktop), following the acquisition of the
Cable and Wireless Consumer Division (ConsumerCo).
 Defined and documented application supportprocesses,includingdefinition of roles and KPI’s.
 Established and maintained a production supportresourceschedule.
 Technical projectmanagement of multipleteams geographically separated,totalling50 staff.
Key Achievement: Successfully managed the transition and maintained SLA’s.
IBM Websphere Team Leader : NTL: (Now Virgin Media) (Telecoms) : Surbiton.
A multi-million pound integration programme - Strategic Work Force Management System (WFM).
Middleware was Websphere MQ MQSI. Over 100 personnel assigned to this programme at its peak.
 Resourced, organised trainingand managed the Websphere MQ MQSI team.
 Designed and builtthe MQSI development system. Architected and builtXML schemas and DB2 tables.
 Managed development and deployment schedules and out of hours supportrotas.
 Technical projectmanagement of Contractors,IBM NTL, and Graduates, totalling12 personnel.
Key Achievement: Successfully deployed pilot scheme.
IBM Websphere Project Manager : Cable & Wireless (Telecoms) : Multiple Sites.
Implementation of an Enterprise Application Infrastructure (EAI). To satisfy the strategic integration
architectural requirements of the customer. This utilised Websphere MQ and MQSI products.
 Lead cross-functional teams in the implementation of the Infrastructure.
 Created MQ Centre of Excellence on account.Championed Websphere adoption on new projects.
 Technical projectmanagement of Contractors,IBM and C&W staff averaging12 personnel.
Key Achievements: On budget and ahead of time. Websphere chosen as de-facto integration product.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY :
Group IT Manager. : Helphire Group plc. (Legal Financial Services) : Bath Sep.’96-Jul.’98.
Supporting this company from inception, headhunted to be the founder member of the IT department.
Reported to the board on Strategic Operational technology implementation and a budget of £1.5 Million.
Designed and implemented an IT strategy that greatly helped the company in its stock market flotation
and its growth from 70 to over 400 staff and supportof 40 new branch sites nationwide.
Implementation of call centreand training environments. Project management of new sites and offices.
Designed and builta WideArea Network (WAN) Infrastructurebased on CISCO offerings.
Designed and builtServer and Desktop images, allowingtherapid expansion of the Enterprise.
Technical and process changeallowed the claims department to operate a paperless officeregime.
Recruited, mentored and builtthe IT department to a team of 10.
Senior Systems Developer : LEGIS Systems (Software House - Legal) : Home Based Jul.’90-Aug.’96.
Development and supportof LEGIS 2. Written in ‘C’ and C++.
A market leadingLegal CaseManagement System (CMS) and Document Management System (DMS),
including;Debt Recovery, Matrimonial,Personal Injury (PI) and Uninsured Loss Recovery (ULR).
Sole developer of the UNIX conversion and a bespoke insuranceassessment payment system.
Remote and occasional on-siteSupportand Consultancy for 20 clientsites (London South East).
Senior R&D Analyst Programmer : DSR (Software House - Accounting) : London Sep.’87-Jun.’90.
The development of a market leadingaccountingpackage‘RESOURCE III’.
Written in ‘C’ and replacingthe previous product written in BASIC.
Involved in all aspects of the projectfrom initial analysis,through the complete development cycle.
Architect and soledeveloper of the Stock Control Module that was new in this version.