Mark Lythgoe

Experience

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  CALOR GAS GROUP

  Jan 1980 - Jan 1990

  Scheduling Supervisor

  Scheduling of bulk LPG delivery tankers for domestic and commercial customers, and LPG cylinder deliveries to retailers.

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  MILLISAT

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1991

  Regional Sales Manager

  Negotiating wayleave agreements with landlords, such as local councils, for provision of communal satellite TV to blocks of flats, housing estates, hotels, etc.

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  COCA COLA SCHWEPPES

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1993

  Field Support Supervisor

  for Coca Cola vending division at Chandlers Ford.

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  NYNEX

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1997

  Working for Cable & Wireless Communications, following the merger of Nynex, Bell CableMedia, Videotron and Mercury Communications. Managing a team of 12, obtaining business and residential wayleave agreements within Southern England, for both local and trunk fibre optic network. Working for a Nynex CableComms and responsible for creating a new team of wayleave co-ordinators based in Poole, Dorset, obtaining wayleave consents to enable the development of the new cable tv & telephony network in that region. Working closely with the design and construction departments and negotiating with local authorities, housing associations and private landlords and creating plans for the block cabling of flats.

  • Regional Wayleave Manager

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  • Senior Wayleave Co-ordinator

    Jan 1993 - Jan 1995
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  Cable and Wireless Communications

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  C&W Regional Design & Planning Manager

  Managing a team of 26 network designers and wayleave officers located across Southern and South-West England. Responsible for design of Cable & Wireless' local and major trunk fibre/HFC telecoms network, utilising a variety of CAD/GIS software applications and obtaining wayleaves local and trunk fibre optic cables.

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  NTL Group

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2005

  Data Records and Analysis Manager

  Ownership and management of NTL's Geographical Information Systems, physical network records and CRM data. Developed internal website for distribution of mapping data internally and intranet based wayleave management system. Strong focus on programme delivery, internal customer relationships, vendor relationships and budget responsibilityof £1.5m per annum. Managing a UK-wide team of 26 staff.

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  Guildean e-Solutions

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  Internet Consultant

  Providing consultation to businesses on internet strategy, such as website implementation, SEO, etc

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  Freedom Group Inc USA

  Feb 2008 - Dec 2013

  Wayleave Officer

  Working primarily within electricity industry, but also contestable connections work with solar energy, etc, obtaining required legal consents, feasibility studies, environmental consents, local planning, etc. Acquiring substation sites by deed of acquisition or lease.

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  Geo Networks

  Dec 2013 - Jul 2014

  Infrastructure Manager

  Responsibe for obtaining access including legal consents to customer premises for fibre installation, managing customer relationships and managing capacity in fibre network

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  Daly International

  Jul 2014 - Jun 2015

  Acquisition Surveyor

  Site Acquisition for Vodafone/O2 mobile phone transmitter masts, new and existing/upgrade, negotiating lease terms with landowners or agents, working closely with Design, Construction and Town Planners.

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  SSE plc

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2016

  Wayleave Officer

  Obtaining wayleaves and consents from landowners for underground cables, new substations, poles, etc

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  MAL Surveying Ltd

  Aug 2016 - Nov 2016

  Asset Surveyor

  Contract role working with mobile telecomms operators to place new and ugrade existing equipment on Arqiva's mast sites, carrying out initilal feasibility

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  Vodafone

  Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

  Wayleave Specialist

  Providing specialist wayleave support in obtaining wayleave consents for fibre telecoms mast connections

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  Carrillion Construction

  Sept 2017 - Nov 2018

  Agricultural Liaison Officer

  Agricultural Liaison Officer with Carrilion, on an off shore wind farm project off Lancing sea front and along a 27 km long underground 400kva cable installation.

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  Savills

  Dec 2018 - Sept 2019

  Land Consents Officer

  Providing wayleaves and consents services for UK Power Networks

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  Omcalma

  Sept 2022 - Nov 2023

  Business Owner

  part owner of a wellbeing business and shop. As a qualified Qigong instructor I'm enjoying teaching classes where I now live. In 2020 I successfully qualified as an instructor of Taichi Qigong Shibashi set 1, certificated by the originator of the system, Professor Lin Housheng.

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  Savills

  Oct 2023 - now

  Land Consents Officer