Keith Franklin

Experience

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  Royal Air Force

  Mar 1981 - Sept 1988

  Corporal

  1984 – 1987 Communications Corporal (Security Cleared) – Sole technical shift engineer with responsibility/availability of a state of art computer and communications centre. Working with shift of 15 operators, with day to day operations including diagnostics/repairs to component/board level of specialist communication and cryptographic equipment.1981 – 1984 Junior communications engineer – with responsibility for installation and configuration of bespoke computer and communications systems at worldwide RAF stations. Show less

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  2020 Group Ltd

  Sept 1988 - May 2000

  IT Director

  IT Director - Wide ranging role with responsibilities for recruitment, development and management of network/application consultants, support services and internal IT systems.• Managing team of consultants specialising in network and application design and implementation• Account management of key accounts and delivery/implementation teams• Managing team of field service engineers and support services.• Management of internal IT systems.

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  EGain Corporation

  Jun 2000 - Mar 2016

  Cloud Services Manager

  Managing a dedicated team of network/sys admin engineers in UK and India with responsibility for Cloud Services across the EMEA region. • Delivery of secure, high availability and robust managed Cloud solutions.• Setup and management of Data Centres• Provisioning and management of Cloud infrastructure, Servers and applications• Recruitment and on-boarding of engineers within Cloud team• Reporting to WW Director of Cloud Services

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  Vodafone Global Enterprise

  Mar 2016 - Nov 2021

  Cloud & Hosting Solutions Manager

  I currently hold the position of Cloud & Hosting Solutions Manager for Vodafone, delivering Cloud and Hosted Solutions to the commercial and secure sectors.

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  IBM

  May 2019 - Nov 2021

  Cloud & Hosting Solutions Manager
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  Kyndryl

  Sept 2021 - now

  Cloud & Hosting Solutions Manager