Sue McGuire

Experience

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  Corel Corporation

  Aug 1988 - Sept 1992

  Pre Sales Technical Support

  Worked for WordPerfect Corporation (later acquired by Corel) in the Pre Sales Technical Support when it was the Worlds No 1 word processor. Role involved visiting corporate users of WordPerfect and demonstrating new products.

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  Independent Computer Support

  Oct 1992 - Jun 1996

  Founding Partner
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  Blue Fountain Systems Limited

  Jun 1996 - Mar 2025

  Director

  Blue Fountain Systems Limited now operates as an investment vehicle. It’s the largest shareholder in The Sensible Code Company Ltd. <incl scc logo and also add the logos of pdf tables and tablebuilderA little bit of history…..Blue Fountain Systems was started in 1996. Initially specialising in the supply and support of double byte language applications, the company became one of the first software companies to develop software using open source technologies. As part of this the company became a leading supplier of "just-in-time" supply chain applications for the automotive industry providing solutions to both Toyota and Jaguar Land Rover. The company sold its interests in this business in 2012 investing the proceeds in the Sensible Code Company Ltd. which has two products pdfTables.com and Cantabular. Show less

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  Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

  May 2006 - May 2018

  Councillor

  As an elected Councillor for Cambridge Ward in Southport I worked extensively within the community to support and help residents on a wide range of issues including local health services, council services and tenancy problems. In addition founder of a volunteer group called "Rubbish Friends" who regularly litter picked and cleaned up grot spots across Southport. Also worked with a number of local businesses to develop a Dementia Friendly Community with the view to roll this out across Southport as a whole. Show less

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  EU Horizon 2020 R&I Project

  Jun 2015 - Nov 2019

  Project Co-ordinator
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  Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

  Jul 2017 - May 2018

  Chair - Liverpool City Region Scrutiny Committee

  The Overview and Scrutiny Committee of The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority plays a key role in supporting and scrutinising decisions made by the Combined Authority. As Chair of this committee it was my responsibility to ensure that It acted as a ‘critical friend’ to policy and strategy development, undertook scrutiny reviews into areas of strategic importance for the people of the Liverpool City Region and monitored the delivery of the Authority’s strategic plan.

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  Digital Catapult

  Dec 2018 - now

  • Senior Strategic Partnership Manager

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Business Development Manager

    Dec 2018 - Oct 2023