Neil Tootell

Experience

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  PDG Ltd

  Sept 1997 - Oct 1998

  Product Designer

  Taken on after a successful university project in collaboration with PDG Ltd.The office was split into Product Design & Print Design. I worked in both areas.Learned skills on PC & Mac for illustration, cartography, & brochures, mainly for Siemens and Lucien Technologies.Worked on biological 3d projects with Nottingham Queens Medical Centre hospital.Experience in rapid prototyping techniques & application.Started training on PTC Pro-Engineer 3d design & development software with view to gaining certification. Show less

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  Visual 2000 Ltd

  Oct 1998 - Aug 1999

  Multimedia Developer

  Web development & Macromedia Director programmingOnline video editing & short film production using Avid editing suite.Created digital campaigns on film for various clients.Video comping using 3D Studio Max.

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  PDG Ltd

  Aug 1999 - Mar 2000

  Product Design Engineer

  Designing & prototyping products for a variety of clients including Boots, Nokia, Nexsan, Rolls Royce & Ora Communications Plc.Professional user of PTC Pro-Engineer.

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  Nexsan Technologies

  Mar 2000 - Sept 2000

  Product Design Engineer - Freelance

  Design & build of high-level RAID server enclosures & operating systems.Using professional CAD applications to streamline the process.Creating an ASP.VB-Script driven web interface for RAID controller cards.Creating graphical branding & labels for products.

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  OE Europe Plc

  Sept 2000 - Oct 2007

  Product Design Engineer - Freelance

  Product conception, prototyping and engineering for large automotive companies including Porsche, Toyota & Fiat.

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  RE:Media

  Jun 2001 - Mar 2005

  Developer

  Worked on a mix of technical solutions, including 3D Studio visualisation, Macromedia Director programming, ASP & ASP.Net web development, wrote bespoke content management systems for FTSE 100 clients.

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  SAS London (MSLGROUP)

  Apr 2005 - Jul 2013

  I held the technical architect & lead developer position at SAS London, working on a variety of high level digital projects. I manage the technical implementation & architecture of the digital projects that SAS London produce and am ultimately responsible for the quality of the digital output from my team. A large part of my role is consultative. Managed a small team of skilled developers. Worked on a range of technical web solutions for clients using ASP.Net, Umbraco, C#. Worked closely with designers and user experience architects to make creative web solutions.

  • Technical Architect

    Feb 2007 - Jul 2013

  • Senior Developer

    Apr 2005 - Feb 2007
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  Self employed

  Nov 2013 - Dec 2013

  Umbraco Developer & Technical Architect

  Contracting Umbraco specialist & consulting Technical Architect working on a freelance basis in and around London.

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  Radley Yeldar

  Jan 2014 - Oct 2016

  A new challenge following on from a successful year as Technical Manager at Radley Yeldar. The Associate TD role will be more focused on consultation, strategy, and architecture work. Interesting client challenges, new technology stacks, mobile application development, refined process models and managerial duties to perform with the brilliant consulting development team at RY.2015 should be a seminal year, bring it on! Working on a full-time basis with RY in Shoreditch. My responsibilities are split between strategy, client focus, development, architecture and team management.This is an exciting opportunity to influence the digital maturity of an agency and do some great work with interesting clients. Working under contract with the Digital team at RY.

  • Associate Technical Director

    Dec 2014 - Oct 2016

  • Technical Manager

    Mar 2014 - Dec 2014

  • Technical Manager - Freelance

    Jan 2014 - Mar 2014
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  Nordea

  Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  Technical Solutions Architect — Contract

  Working within the Change Management team, helping internal development teams mature with their use of modern software development best practices. Specifically focused on configuration management, release management & deployment management.

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  KHWS - The Brand Commerce Agency

  Jul 2017 - Apr 2018

  Technical Director

  Working with a motivated team at KHWS on a contract basis. An exciting opportunity to refine process and practice with a digital first agency. I rebuilt the digital team and modernised the development processes.

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  Contino, a Cognizant Company

  May 2018 - May 2024

  Helping clients to deliver complex programmes of work into ever changing business environments using sound agile methodologies.

  • Senior Principal Consultant

    Sept 2022 - May 2024

  • Principal Consultant

    May 2018 - May 2024
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  Cognizant

  May 2024 - now

  Associate Director, Consulting