Stephen Stead

Experience

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  Scottish Urban Archaeological Trust (SUAT)

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1988

  Computer Manager

  Head of IT department, responsible for all aspects of the Trust’s computing from systems and needs analysis through to procurement.

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  Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference (CAA)

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1994

  Correspondance, minutes of meetings and supporting local organisers of the annual conference Co-opted to deal with the membership lists

  • Secretary

    Jan 1991 - Jan 1994

  • Co-opted Committee Member

    Jan 1989 - Jan 1991
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  English Heritage

  Feb 1989 - Oct 1991

  Computer Officer

  Support to 70+ users including training and trouble-shooting. Software support to 29 County-based Sites and Monuments Records and 12 Fieldworkers. Responsible for all requirements from systems analysis to development and procurement. Project Leader for the “Record of Scheduled Monuments”: a workflow system based on ORACLE under DEC ULTRIX.

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  University of Leicester

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1994

  Senior Course Tutor

  Tutor for the MSc in Information Technology and Archaeology. Lecturer in Geographical Information Systems and general IT, including design methodologies. Designed and prepared MSc examinations and marking schema. Acted as an undergraduate tutor in the Archaeology Department.

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  HMP Leicester

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1994

  Team Leader

  Head of multi-disciplinary computing course.

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  Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference (CAA)

  Apr 1994 - Mar 2012

  Treasurer

  Organise and distribute CAA bursaries. Arrange for the collection of membership fees either directly or as part of the annual conference fee.

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  Paveprime Ltd

  Jul 1995 - now

  Head of Paveprime's Heritage Division. The Heritage Division services organisations and individuals in the heritage sector, particularly archaeological units, Sites and Monuments Records (SMRs), museums, libraries and university departments as well as national bodies. Customers include English Heritage, the Royal Commission for Historic Monuments of England, University of Leicester and Southampton City Council. The Division provides systems analysis and design, implementation of database systems in a number of environments including Oracle, Access and Xbase, data conversion, and installation, tuning and fault-finding. Show less

  • Director

    Oct 1991 - now

  • Owner

    Jul 1995 - now
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  Lambeth College

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Course Tutor

  Teaching CLAIT basic IT course.

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  Data General

  Jan 1997 - Jun 2000

  Head of Systems Engineering Equipment Management and Sales (SEEMS)

  Managed European Demonstration and Second User Sales operations. This included providing a range of pan-European logistics, benchmarking, demonstration and sales support functions. As head of the group I controlled $17m assets, $10m pa sales and a team of 6 staff across Europe.

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  DellEMC

  Aug 2000 - now

  Technical Trainer

  Deliver:-Data Science and Big Data AnalyticsCloud Services ManagementStorage Resource Management Suite Implementation and MaintenanceWatch4Net Custom Reporting Watch4Net Advanced Reporting and Data AnalysisWatch4Net Installation, Implementation and Management (IIM)Virtualized Data Center and Cloud InfrastructureIT-as-a-Service (ITaaS)Cloud and IT-as-a-Service for Business TransformationReplication Manager 5.4 Workshop (also the instructor on the VILT)RecoverPoint Operations and ManagementRecoverPoint ImplementationVNX Unified Storage Integration with VMware vSphereVNX Block PerformanceVNX Unified Storage Implementation VNX Unified Deployment and ManagementVNX Block Storage Deployment and ManagementVNX Block Storage Remote Protection with MirrorView VNX Unified Storage Installation and MaintenanceClariion PerformanceClariion Business Continuity DesignClariion Remote Replication Advanced WorkshopMicrosoft Exchange Integration with CLARiiON WorkshopMicrosoft SQL Server Integration with CLARiiON WorkshopVirtualized Exchange 2007 Integration with NS-Series-iSCSICLARiiON Host Integration and ManagementSnapView Configuration and ManagementDeveloped CHIISP courses and additional materials for online delivery of performance classes. Member of the examination writing team for CLARiiON Specialist and Expert exams and reviewer of the VPLEX exam Show less

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  CIDOC Board

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

  Vice Chair

  2 Terms 2001-04 and 2004-07

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  Archaeological Computing Research Group (ACRG), University of Southampton

  Sept 2006 - Aug 2017

  Visiting Lecturer

  Covering the role of standards in archaeological computing in particular the CIDOC CRM, the implications of Cloud computing to current practice and the potential for the use of Big Data and Data Science in Cultural Heritage informatics

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  Pillar Data Systems

  Sept 2006 - Jun 2009

  Technical Trainer

  I was the senior instructor for Pillar Data Systems in EMEA and delivered the full range of courses available in the UK.

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  CIDOC Board

  Nov 2010 - Apr 2014

  Treasurer

  Elected to the CIDOC Board as Treasurer for 2010-2013 and 2013-14. Responsible for budgeting, reporting and maintaining the CIDOC bursary programme.

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  Pivotal, Inc.

  May 2017 - Dec 2019

  Certified Instructor

  Qualified as a Pivotal Cloud Foundry Administration Certified Instructor

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  The Open University

  Feb 2021 - now

  Associate Lecturer