1. Instore Systems Technical Specialist/Project Manager | Next Retail Ltd
July 1996 to Jan 2001
Leicester
Project Manager (including line management responsibility) of the Next Retail Instore Development
and Quality Control teams (12 people). Responsibilities included -
 Provision of Technical Assistance and Direction to the DevelopmentTeam
 Production,Prioritisation and Progress Tracking ofprojectplans
 Project Delivery within time and budgetconstraints
 Provision of 2nd line supportfor the 330 Next Retail Stores
 Recruitment,Training,Objective Setting and Formal Reviews for the team
 Provision of Supporting Systems to the Next Help Desk
 Managementof Third Party companyused for Legacy System Support
 Managementof Third party company used for rolloutand ongoing h/w maintenance.
Achievements
 Managed the Full Lifecycle Developmentof a 3 tier Object Oriented EPOS system.
 Delivered the EPOS Systems to tight deadlines.(18 months)
 Produced the Technical Architecture Design for the System
 Selected the Hardware and Software Platforms for the Store Servers and EPOS tills.
 Integrated the EPOS System with the NEXT Mainframe and RS6000 paymentplatforms.
 Selected and Implemented Network and Systems Managementproducts.
 Recruited and Managed Contract DevelopmentStaff (6 people)
 Managed the 3rd Party Rolloutof the System to the Stores.
 Selected for the NEXT Technical Forum.(high level technical decision group.)