Paul Ferguson

IT Specialist AIX/Tivoli

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Egham, England, United Kingdom

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About me
Senior Practice Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Education
- University of Bath
  1994 - 1997
  BSc (Hons) Biology 1st Class
  Activities and Societies: Spike Magazine, Campus Television, Student Theatre
- University of Exeter
  1999 - 2000
  Master's Degree Biological Research Methods
  Activities and Societies: 'Exepose' student newspaper
Experience
- IBM
  Sept 2000 - Nov 2001
  IT Specialist AIX/Tivoli
- SunGard Availability Services
  Nov 2001 - Jul 2004
  Distributed Systems Analyst
- Standard Chartered Bank
  Jul 2004 - Dec 2005
  Senior Systems Administrator
- Sabbatical
  Dec 2005 - Oct 2006
  Travelling and working on a nature reserve
- Sungard Availability Services UK
  Oct 2006 - Oct 2016
  - Strategic Accounts Service Operations Manager
    Jan 2016 - Oct 2016
  - Technical Practice Manager
    Apr 2014 - Jan 2016
  - Head of European Tools and Automation
    Apr 2011 - Apr 2014
  - Unix Team Leader
    May 2007 - Apr 2011
  - Senior Recovery Specialist
    Oct 2006 - May 2007
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  Oct 2016 - now
  I lead the UK Cloud Infrastructure, Security and DevOps Shared Delivery Team at AWS Professional Services, helping our enterprise customers transform their infrastructure and applications in the cloud.
  - Senior Practice Manager
    Oct 2021 - now
  - Practice Manager, Shared Delivery Team
    Aug 2019 - Oct 2021
  - Professional Services Global Practice Manager
    Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
  - Senior Consultant
    Oct 2016 - Jan 2019
Licenses & Certifications
- ITIL v3 Foundation
  Mar 2014
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  Oct 2024
- PRINCE2 Foundation in Project Management
  BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
  Feb 2015
- Cloud Digital Leader
  Google
  Sept 2022
- AWS Certified AI Practitioner
  Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  Oct 2024
- AWS Solutions Architect - Associate Level
  Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  Jan 2017
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator– Associate
  Amazon Web Services
  Aug 2017
- AWS Certified Developer - Associate Level
  Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  Apr 2017
- PRINCE2 Practioner in Project Management
  BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
  Feb 2015