Richard Blott

Experience

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  RRA Computer Systems LTD

  Jan 1998 - Aug 2011

  Contract Engineer

  Contracting with a company to assist the development of its various projects and management of its different installations ranging from satellite broadband for areas without conventional broadband but concentrating on a unique rack mounted secure client pc solution and the development of small base computers for the education market; looking after the needs of small business' and private clients. Hornsey School for GirlsWorked here for sixth months as the sole IT technician, due to the systems administrator leaving and having no replacement; was able to bring the much neglected system back up to full working order; replaced the older machines and redesigned the server room into a more efficient and safer working environment; day to day responsibility for the computer and system needs for 100+ staff and 1400 pupils. Show less

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  Chalvedon School

  Feb 2005 - Aug 2011

  Network Technician

  Have managed entire school hardware design; testing and implementation; organised tenders for large jobs i.e. wireless infrastructure upgrades and laptops for 120 staff; assisted in the design for the installation of the replacement network of an affiliated school including the configuration of servers, active directory and group policies, installation of a WAN wireless link between the schools, and change from a Windows 98 and NT platform to XP and 2003; evaluated various wireless access hardware devices and tendered for their supply; had the sole responsibility for implementing a system for staff mobile remote access via PDA from two school sites and other remote locations; submission of electronic registers and MS Outlook facilities; configured a VPN link from home and other locations to access the whole of the school systems; de facto management of the budget in excess of £350,000; tendered for the supply of new and upgraded hardware; design of computer rooms and necessary structured cabling.. Show less

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  The Basildon Academies

  Feb 2005 - Aug 2011

  Senior Network Technician

  More recently, I have been helping to head up the schools migration to Academy status. This included doing full system and network audits. Documenting all current setups and procedures. I was then in charge of installing a 1 gig fibre lease line between the schools two sites and running this alongside the existing wireless link as a backup. This included designing and running new fibre runs to the existing locations and planning for future migration. From here I have been involved in the setup and maintenance of our new system, which included a full data centre setup, with VMware servers and several SANs, with to disk and tape backup via an autoloader. I have been in charge of finding a suitable replacement for the outdated PDA system for staff, and arrange testing of several mobile devices, including Blackberry and its server and Apple Iphones. This included full testing of both systems and then completing the final proposal showing costs and advantages of each system and finally purchasing and deploying the devices. I am now in charge maintaining and monitoring our voice and data contract for this, alongside maintaining and developing a mobile device strategy Show less

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  The Harwich School

  Aug 2011 - Jan 2016

  IT Manager
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  School Business Management Services

  Feb 2013 - now

  Executive Consultant
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  William de Ferrers School

  Jan 2016 - Dec 2021

  IT Systems Manager
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  KJL Group - Complete Technology Management

  Dec 2021 - now

  • Technical Support Manager

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Senior Technical Support Analyst

    Dec 2021 - Nov 2022