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Kevin Smith |
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Profile - Enterprise Architect
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drive is to bridge the gap between the Business and IT. This encompasses
understanding Business Strategy, deriving IT Strategy, defining the Business
and Technical Architecture, and putting in place a process and framework to
transform IT from where it is now to where it needs to be in the future.
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Key Skills
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A creative thinker with an in-built
ability to think out of the box.
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The ability to quickly absorb new
problem domains and concepts
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A direct, honest and pragmatic style
coupled with a desire to cut through politics.
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Being able to communicate effectively
from Board to junior levels.
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Unique commercial insight, gained
during 1992, when Kevin created a company in Singapore selling a predictive
numerical analysis package, which he designed and built.
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Over 20 years of IT experience covering: -
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C, VB, Java, SQL, HTML, ASP, VBScript,
JavaScript, Pascal, Fortran, Basic.
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Windows , UNIX, DOS, RT-11, VMS.
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Oracle, MS SQL Server, Ingres, MS
Access.
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.NET, COM, Windows, ODBC, Oracle
Pro*C, Oracle OCI, Oracle Glue.
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MQ-Series, COM, EJB, CORBA, HTTP, SSL,
RVP, TCP, WebDAV, LDAP, FTP.
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Contact
Details
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9 Long Meadow
Great Notley
Braintree, Essex CM77 7WD
Home: +44 1376 342411
Mobile: +44 7939 255097
eMail: [email protected] |
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Qualifications
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1980 - ONC in Electrical Engineering
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1978 - O Levels (6) |
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1998 - MCSD (VB & SQL Server)
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1996 - MCP |
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Experience |
Cox Services Ltd
Enterprise Architect
Brentwood, Essex United Kingdom
November 2001 - November 2002
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| Responsibilities
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Work closely with the CIO to define
the IT Strategy.
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Define the vision, principles,
processes, polices, and standards, that guide the purchase, building, support,
maintenance and deployment of technology within Cox Retail.
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Achievements
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Defined a process "From Business
Strategy to Code" that supports and enables the Business.
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Spent 2.5 months "in the business"
understanding how it operates and how IT can best support it.
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Defined a set of Architectural
Policies.
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Defined a technology platform and
vendor map.
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Defined the Business Capabilities that
support the business.
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Production of an Architectural FAQ
paper and the communicating the benefits of Architecture.
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Detailed the stress points between IT
and the Business with mitigation strategies for each.
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Pushed the business to think about
strategy seriously as a complement to the tactical.
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Pushed the alignment of the business
and IT - not allowing the problem to be buried.
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Created Technology catalysts - Content
Management, Communities, Voice Stress Analysis.
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Defined architectural qualities and
technical architecture document templates.
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Reuters
Architect
London, United Kingdom
July 2000 - November 2001
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| Responsibilities
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Set the strategic direction, vision,
and underlying architecture for Global Service comprising Acquisition, Support,
and Retention.
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Gathering, understanding and
decomposition of business requirements into Business Capabilities.
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Decomposition of these Business
Capabilities into physical Technical Capabilities.
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Eurobase Systems Ltd
Associate Technical Director
Chelmsford, Essex United Kingdom
August 1994 - July 2000
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| Responsibilities
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Technical Design Authority.
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Driving the design and evolution of
all aspects of the Company’s Technical Architecture and products.
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Guide the IT Strategy.
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Provide architectural advice and
consultancy to the Company and it's customers.
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Provide architectural guidance
regarding Client/Server/Web system design and development.
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Create and evolve appropriate
procedures, processes and standards.
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Consulting and pre sales
presentations.
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| Achievements
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Lead the creation of the first n Tier
Underwriting system (Synergy).
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Won award for "Outstanding Technical
Contribution - 1998"
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Designed and implemented a document
generation product (Recital).
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Designed and implemented a framework
for Clients side programming.
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Design of a Web Server Subsystem to
the Synergy system, which allows remote access by clients and professionals
over HTTP.
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Deutsche Bank
Architect
Singapore, Singapore
August 1991 - August 1994
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| Responsibilities
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Technical Design Authority.
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Driving the design and evolution of
all aspects of the Company’s Technical Architecture and products.
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Guide the IT Strategy.
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Provide architectural advice and
consultancy to the Company and it's customers.
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Provide architectural guidance
regarding Client/Server/Web system design and development.
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Create and evolve appropriate
procedures, processes and standards.
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Consulting and pre sales
presentations.
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| Achievements
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Lead the creation of the first n Tier
Underwriting system (Synergy).
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Won award for "Outstanding Technical
Contribution - 1998"
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Designed and implemented a document
generation product (Recital).
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Designed and implemented a framework
for Clients side programming.
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Design of a Web Server Subsystem to
the Synergy system, which allows remote access by clients and professionals
over HTTP.
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SD-Scicon
Systems Engineer
Fleet, Hampshire United Kingdom
January 1989 - August 1991
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Responsible for the Design and
implementation of Videotex software for the European Parliament.
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Marconi
Analyst Programmer
Fleet, Hampshire United Kingdom
January 1986 - January 1989
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Responsible for the design and
implementation of a majors parts of a Videotex system for Singapore Telecom.
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Marconi
Programmer
Leicester, United Kingdom
January 1982 - January 1986
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Responsible for the Design and
implementation of software to create visual databases for a flight simulator.
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