Experience

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  Middlesex group limited

  Mar 1984 - Jan 1989

  Quality manager

  Start with Weyside Engineering (part of Middlesex Group Limited) in Guildford in 1984 as a quality inspector in the mechanical engineering section, testing and inspecting machine components produced in the factory, including first off and productions runs. After two years I was transferred to the Basingstoke factory as Chief Inspector, where I was tune promoted to Quality Manager in 1988.

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  Bach-simpson (uk) ltd.

  Jan 1989 - Dec 1990

  Quality manager

  Quality Manager, to implement procedures and policy’s for a quality control system to be complaint with IS0 9001 for the company, to conduct full audits of the company’s current procedures and policy with the management team and produce training planes and implement within the business. Report directly to the Managing Director. Responsibilities:• Develop company policies and procedure in line with ISO 9001.• To construct and audit a training system, both for the new quality system, but also manufacturing methods and procedures.• Archive and maintain ISO 9001 Accreditation. Show less

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  Ridgewood industries limited

  Dec 1990 - Oct 1992

  Quality and technical manager

  Quality and Technical Manager, monitor and advice on the performance of the quality management system, produce data and report on performance, measuring against set quality standards.Liaising with the managers and staff throughout the organisation to ensure that the quality management system is functioning properly. Where appropriate, they advise on changes and how to implement them and provide training, tools and techniques to enable others to achieve quality standards. Reporting directly to the Managing Director.Responsibilities:• Obtaining and maintaining the companies ISO 9001 accreditation.• Responsible for manufacturing product quality, inspection and testing of finished product including Kit Mark approvals and testing.• Controlling company training programs for all areas of manufacturing.• Leasing with manufacturing staff, purchasing, to guarantee product quality.• Undertaking supply audits for contractors and component supplies. Show less

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  Avocet u.k. limited

  Oct 1992 - Jun 1993

  Technician director

  Technical Director, responsible for all technical information and content of company tenders to the Ministry Of Defence. Maintaining the company technical library of document’s to support these projects. Provide technical leadership, direction and advice to ensure that project outcomes meet the required technical standards. Actively contributing to the ongoing development of engineering excellence, engendering a culture of continuous improvement within engineering work and design undertaken.Responsibilities:• Obtaining and maintaining the companies ISO 9001 accreditation.• Responsible for manufacturing product quality, inspection and testing of finished product including Kit Mark approvals and testing.• Controlling company training programs for all areas of manufacturing.• Leasing with manufacturing staff, purchasing, to guarantee product quality.• Undertaking supply audits for contractors and component supplies. Show less

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  Jenner davey ltd

  Jun 1993 - Feb 1995

  Quality manager

  Quality Manager, responsible for all aspects of Quality and Quality control within the manufactory of high value production of flat packed steel and wood office furniture. Delivering and maintaining the companies ISO9001 status and reporting directly to Managing Director.Responsibilities:• Obtaining and maintaining the companies ISO 9001 accreditation.• Responsible for manufacturing product quality, inspection and testing of finished product including Kit Mark approvals and testing.• Controlling company training programs for all areas of manufacturing.• Leasing with manufacturing staff, purchasing, to guarantee product quality.• Undertaking supply audits for contractors and component supplies. Show less

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  Patronics international ltd

  Jan 1995 - Mar 1998

  Product manager

  Production Manager, reporting directly to the General Manager, responsible for safely delivering high quality products on time to their customer requirements at the right cost. Leading a team of 7 department heads, including Purchasing, Stock Control, and Supervisors in the continuous improvement of the manufacturing processes and Finances.Responsibilities:• To organise production utilising the available resources for achievement of the production plan safely, efficiently and to the highest quality• Manage and support the team of Production Supervisors• Work closely with sales & purchasing to ensure production can deliver on time• Achieving Key Performance Indicators to maintain high levels of service• Driving continuous improvements across manufacturing, reducing costs and improving quality• Liaising with R&D team to ensure successful introduction of New Products into production• Identify new production equipment to enhance performance• Trouble shoot day to day production issues Show less

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  Muller control systems ltd

  Mar 1998 - Feb 2000

  General manager

  General Manager, responsible for all areas of the business, including manufacturing of both electronics and sheet metal workshops, purchasing, stock control and design and development. Reporting directly to the company Managing Director.Responsibilities:• Managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's profit & loss (P&L)• Responsible for effective planning, delegating, coordinating, staffing, organizing, and decision making to attain desirable profit targets.

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  World web designs

  Mar 2000 - Apr 2016

  Sole trader

  I am a business owner and oversee all aspects of day-to-day operations for my business and account management for my clients.Provide fully managed IT strategy, including Networking Infrastructure, Information Worker, Security Solutions, Mobility Solutions, Desktop Platform, Small Business Server, Hardware, Software, Internet, and Social Media for small to large business.Leverage relationship with Microsoft to afford clients access to highest level of support and strategy available on Microsoft solutions. Focus on solutions included in Microsoft Core Infrastructure Optimization (Core IO) model to help organizations achieve a seamless, secure and reliable IT infrastructure.Utilise McAfee and Dell SonicWALL, to give customers up to market leading system security for both internal and external threats on both LAN and WAN system. Support, design and host customer IT infrastructure from small single user networks to SME with multiple Office locations, with technologies as lease lines, bonded ADSL, Hosted PBX, and Cloud Office, Exchange Cloud, and Hosted Cloud Backup Solutions.Project manage system builds using multiple third party contact companies and coordinating joint efforts, completing projects on time and on budget.Migrate customers from in-house expensive IT equipment to more flexible cloud base solutions, including Cloud Exchange E-Mail Solutions, Office 365, PBX Cloud Hosted Phone Systems, offering the customers a savings of approximately 30% across the project in hardware and software purchases.Remotely supported network and cloud products.Oversaw GFI Max System management, allowing real time monitoring of systems.Manage projects using SonicWALL and Barracuda Firewall to cover E-Mail Management, Website Filtering and Firewall Traffic Control.Specialize in SEO, including Social Media, website video, Meta tags, Cloaking, Sneaky redirects, text or links, Doorway pages and Scraped content resulting in 50% traffic increases and in social media. Show less

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  Kestrel it / somertec

  Apr 2016 - Apr 2018

  It consultant

  Third Line support for customers. Working with, Active Directory Management, Group Policy Management, Office 365, Cloud Exchange, VMWare, Veema Backup, Carbonite online backup service, DataBunker.My role, is to take customer calls and offer remote and onsite support for customers systems, including Servers, Desktops, and Mobile devices.

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  Tme south west ltd

  Nov 2017 - Nov 2018

  Ict support engineer

  IT in Education

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  Somerset county council

  Apr 2018 - now

  • ICT Schools and Traded Manager

    Dec 2018 - now

  • Office 365 Support Engineer

    Apr 2018 - now

  • Office 365 Support Engineer

    Apr 2018 - now
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  Somerset council

  Apr 2021 - now

  Schools and traded manager