Matt Johnston

Experience

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  Crucible Design

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2001

  Principle Writer / Founder
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  Nortel Networks

  Jan 1996 - Oct 2002

  Network consultant
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  Lisburn College of Further and Higher Education

  Sept 1999 - Jun 2004

  Associate Lecturer
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  LateGaming

  Jan 2001 - now

  Writer, Technical and Creative

  Transferable Skills: Creative Writing, Publishing, Problem solving, contracts, art direction, copyright.Lategaming produces tabletop role-playing games as well as supplemental materials as well as publishing and producing games from his earlier company, Crucible Design. These games are Zombi, The 23rd Letter, Testament, Creed and SpaceNinjaCyberCrisis CDO. As lead creative within the team, I’m responsible for imagining entire worlds and translating them onto paper. More recently I’ve been working on screenplays from our published books and already produced some short movies. Current projects are Status Refugee, Twilight Tangents, Cztery and Twilight Dimensions (for Free League's Twilight 2000 workshop line), Silver Haired Sentinels (superheroic roleplaying in the retirement age), and a War of the Worlds property. Show less

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  MAC-SYS LTD

  Jun 2003 - now

  Technical Support Consultant and Owner

  Transferable Skills: IT professional, IT Support, Business Development, Contract Negotiation, Problem Solving, Customer Success.Responsible for directing the business, sales, budget of a small IT company dedicated to design and creative niche, client and server admin and troubleshooting. ​Relationship building with dozens of companies across Northern Ireland for managed services IT provision (including mail, keys to offices, admin accounts)Technology consultancy for hundreds of small businesses, not-for-profits and council and government departments. Management of budgets and development of new products and servicesContract negotiation with Apple, Adobe, Drobo, Wacom suppliers.Mac-Sys Ltd is the only Apple Authorised Service Provider in Northern Ireland and provides warranty and non-warranty repairs for Macs and iPods for the province. We got to being the only one by being the best one and we remain the fastest way to get your Mac or iPad serviced. If you need bespoke IT support for your business, even if you have some legacy PCs about, you'll find our Service Levels to be market-beating. Show less

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  Infurious

  Dec 2005 - Oct 2009

  PRODUCT MANAGER and BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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  Citi

  Jun 2007 - Jul 2008

  Project Lead, Assistant Vice-President
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  Host.io / EIGENHOST

  Jan 2008 - Feb 2018

  Co-Founder
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  Momentum

  Aug 2008 - Jul 2013

  Project Manager and Network Facilitator
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  Start VI

  Jan 2010 - Feb 2012

  Project Manager
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  Creative Industries Innovation Fund

  Mar 2010 - Aug 2015

  Consortium Member and Advisor
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  Conquest Dynamics

  Oct 2011 - Nov 2015

  Founder and Writer
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  European Commission

  Mar 2013 - Aug 2022

  Evaluator & Rapporteur (ICT, Creative and Life Sciences)
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  Digital Circle

  Jun 2013 - Oct 2018

  Project Manager (Digital Czar)
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  Ulster University

  Jan 2014 - May 2016

  Lecturer in Creative Enterprise
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  Belfast Metropolitan College

  Dec 2014 - Nov 2015

  IT & Emerging Technologies Assessor Advisor (part time)
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  Digital Catapult NI

  Feb 2017 - Mar 2019

  Committee Member, Digital Catapult NI Steering Group
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  BRYSON LAGANSPORTS

  Mar 2018 - Mar 2020

  Member Board Of Directors
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  RAISE Ventures

  Oct 2018 - Sept 2022

  Service Delivery Director
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  BRYSON ENERGY

  Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

  Member Board Of Trustees
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  Armour (Global) Ltd

  Dec 2020 - Dec 2021

  Acting COO
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  Europass Teacher Academy

  May 2022 - Dec 2022

  Teacher Trainer
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  Sail HPY

  Aug 2022 - now

  Co-Founder

  SailHPY is a startup aimed at people who value lifestyle/experience/health on the simplest terms. Our customers seek serenity, mindfulness, life-affirming experiences, the open water, the depths of the ocean and the warmth of the sun. We have a schedule of mind and body practices we share as well as plenty of time for active and passive leisure pursuits. Sustainability is hugely important to us. This means retrofitting our vessel with electric motors and more solar to feed them. It means generating our own water. We go ashore for local produce and better choices. Our sustainable goals are fed by our personal and group ethics. Currently at the investment and planning stage - we have raised our first round of capital and are honing in securing it. Investors should get in touch and see if our terms agree. For potential clients, we are currently pre-selling our 2023-2028 schedule with a steep discount. The more you pre-buy, the deeper the discount. Show less

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  MITA (Malta Information Technology Agency)

  Oct 2023 - now

  Consultant, Health Technology

  Working with large public mm€ health technology systems in live deployment. Product Owner. Operations management. Tender writer. Evaluator. Implementation ManagementSupport response management