Jim has 30+ years
industrial experience, including 25+ years managing high technology
projects, programmes and companies in and around Cambridge.
He has managed
multiple, concurrent software and hardware projects, a joint UK-USA
development project and 2 Pan-European programmes.
The latter of
these is believed to be the largest European IT Infrastructure
Outsourcing Project there has been.
Areas of
expertise include: project rescue/turnaround; software development; hardware development, release
and configuration management; process management; service management;
capacity management; change management; transition management and
software validation.
30 years software
and hardware design experience, from designing fault tolerant avionics
computers down to the micro-code level, to Windows software and numerous
web sites.
Jim has been an
enthusiast for the Internet/Web since its inception and is particularly
keen to change it to be more user oriented. He has worked on numerous
web strategies, including a system for eliminating credit card fraud and
another user based portal which is still under wraps. He has created
several database driven web tools such as:
Project ToolSet -
Enterprise Project Management Tool
C-Data - Trading Analysis System for
the Bond/Secondary Markets
MySkills - Candidate
pre-selection system based on skills metrics
ProxeMail - SPAM elimination
system for websites.
He has designed
and delivered a wide range of software and hardware products, from rare
book copiers for The British Library, to networked cable and harness
test systems with both embedded and Windows GUI software.
A background in
C, C++, Visual C++, VB, VB.Net, ASP.Net, XML, COM, DCOM he has a wealth of expertise in MS
Office suite plus Project, Project Server, Access, SQL Server, Visio, Source Safe, PVCS Tracker,
Rational/RUP and several DTP and drawing packages.
An OO and
Iterative design enthusiast, Jim is a firm believer in the structured
approach to software, with top-down systems and architecture coupled to
bottom-up modular design and testing.
Jim has a 'data driven
universe' view of life and his focus is on delivering business solutions
using technology.
“Thanks for the fantastic contribution you have
made to the project. Notwithstanding difficulties caused by both
history of the project and the surrounding contractual/commercials
you have taken pragmatic, but technically sound, approaches to get
items delivered in close consultation with ourselves.”
"You've been the most helpful consultant I've
worked with on this so far."
"Competent, precise, reliable and organized.
Experienced to the teeth and deals with the customer in a very
professional calm and objective way. As a project manager a 'MUST
HAVE'."
Work smarter not harder
If you
have to do something in a hurry you've done something wrong
If you can't make a decision you don't have enough information
3 L's - Learn from the past, Live for the present
and Look to the future
