Neil Matthew

Leads the development of an overall infrastructure strategy and programme, and the definition of infrastructure standards and patterns to support the strategy. Responsible for the design of the infrastructure associated with all new or evolved solutions, and the provision of governance of the infrastructure designs to ensure alignment to approved strategy, model architecture, standards and patterns

Focuses on optimization and consolidation of deployed infrastructure, ensure capacity is routinely verified to be appropriate to business needs, such that there is neither unnecessary overcapacity nor under capacity which could affected IT service availability

Working to define and implement the group technology strategy and overall IT strategy. Developed IT strategies for business units in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Ireland, and the UK. Developed Enterprise Architectures for the three divisions of the holding group. Identified areas of business process suitable for consolidation and potential diversification of market offerings.

Systems Architect for a large pharmaceuticals distributor (AAH) and retail pharmacy chain (Lloydspharmacy). Led many internal IT projects including ordering systems using handheld devices, warehouse management system re-engineering and intranet systems.

Consultant in a multi-disciplinary business consultancy. Major client was Ionica, the fixed radio access operator. Managed the team that developed the base station software, and provided technical support and consultancy. This was a major contract for the division, amounting to £10m over three years

Led quality assurance organization for a small manufacturer of in-house developed private mobile radio systems, typically for police forces in the UK and Europe. Successfully completed a two year plan to implement a software development environment for a 40 strong software department to ISO9000 series standards

IT systems consultant, principal engineer and head of software at a network equipment manufacturer providing X.25 and Ethernet switch devices to the academic community in the UK.

Graduate Software Engineer in Office Products division.

Computing

Mathematics: grade A Further Maths: grade A Physics: grade A, S-level merit