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Experience
- CV of John Davis
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John
Terence Davis |
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john@jtdavis.demon.co.uk
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Business
Link North Lincolnshire Limited.
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1995
- 1998
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Chief
Executive
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I had the total responsibility for the running of
the Company and as the only executive director reported to the Board
on all issues. I produced the initial business plan and agreed this
with the Government Office for the Humber (GOYH) after negotiating
with each of the Partner organisations (DTI, Humberside TEC, Local
Authorities, Chamber of Commerce and Enterprise Agency) covering
the North Lincolnshire area. I set up the Company from the production
of Memorandum & Articles to negotiating premises leases, equipping
& furnishing including selection of IT equipment, PABX & telecommunications,
etc., recruitment and training of 6 staff, gaining acceptance from
GOYH before opening for trading in 1996. Since then the company
has achieved and over performed on all agreed targets and objectives
set, including attainment of the Investors in People award in less
than a year, whilst trading within tight cash flow restraints, building
cash reserves and making trading surpluses in excess of £50K. I
also helped the other Business Links in the production of financial
information (budgets, P& L statements, balance sheets, cash flow
statements) for their own business plans & helped in the development
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Humberside
Business Links CSU Ltd.
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1996
- 1998
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Director
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In parallel with the above I was also a director
of this Company which provided a centralised shared service to the
four operating companies covering joint marketing, common IT systems
and the management of consultants on exporting, innovation & technology
and design,. I had specific responsibility for the development of
the IT systems and a common Client Database used by all the Business
Links and the TEC in the Humber area. We successfully developed
& installed a Client Management Database system with full electronic
mail and implemented a WAN based on Microsoft NT between 7 sites,
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AIM
Holdings Limited, Hull
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1987
- 1994
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Deputy
Group Chairman/ Joint Managing Director
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I had two roles, one as the director responsible
at group level for various activities, the other as Managing Director
having total responsibility for a subsidiary company. As Deputy
Group Chairman of the AIM Board I had specific group responsibilities
viz. IT strategy, all office services including Personnel, Security,
Health & Safety, Transport, Asset Maintenance, Telephone management,
corporate administrative systems, Quality initiatives - ISO 9001,
IIP, and group management & technical standards. I introduced
meaningful Management Information systems to the group and each
subsidiary company to enable business performance to be more closely
monitored. The AIM Holdings group had a total turnover of some
£13 million, 330 employees and over 1000 customers.
As
Chairman and Managing Director of AIM Law Data Ltd. based in Leeds
(bought from the Receiver in 1990) I achieved a net profit of
over £1 million being some 17% of turnover by the successful marketing
of Debt Recovery systems. I also assumed the role of Quality Manager
for the implementation of a Quality Management system embracing
all aspects of BS5750 Part 13. This process necessitated reorganising
the company and covered business re-engineering, re-educating
employees to the new company culture and their respective roles
within the organisation, leading on to IIP. I also acted as Lead
Auditor of the TQM system.
Up
to 1990 as Chairman and Managing Director of AIM Retail Systems
Ltd. I was responsible for the marketing and development of a
fully integrated modular Retail Management computer system, which
has since been adopted by the major food supermarket companies
and other large retailers in the UK. It has earned AIM revenues
in excess of £10 million. A major part of my role covered all
aspects of marketing where I carried out market research, creation
of suitable sales literature/video, sales training and support,
promotional programme and negotiating major sales contracts with
leading retailers.
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AIM
Limited
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1970
- 1987
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Starting position of Computer Services Manager
being promoted to the Board in 1973 as Technical Director and
becoming Director and General Manager of the Retail & Finance
division in 1980. All these roles encompassed general management
with an emphasis on planning and co-ordination of systems design,
software, hardware requirements and operations. Subsequently reporting
to the Board on all these aspects with special attention for the
Bureau service, which was a core business. During this period
I acted as MIS Director to the parent company, which operated
in Retailing, Bakery production & distribution, Catering and Building
services. All parts of the parent company's activities were computerised
over this period. I also acted as IT Director to a major Financial
Institution providing a Store Credit Card service and other forms
of consumer credit services to leading High Street retailers.
Latterly as Director and General Manager the role became more
responsible for the running of the business covering, sales and
marketing, finance and business planning. In this role I negotiated
a FM contract with a company in Dublin and became responsible
for the performance of the Irish AIM Company.
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Employment
Covering
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1956
- 1970
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At Wm. Jackson & Sons Plc, I was Chief Programmer/
Systems Designer and then promoted to Assistant Computer Services
Manager responsible initially for all aspects of a software nature
and the setting up of the Operations Department and later as Technical
Adviser responsible for all aspects of software & hardware development..
Prior
to this I worked for a major computer manufacturer as a Technical
Assistant where my role was one of supporting customers in the
public sector.
Before
this I held a variety of positions within the treasurer's department
of two local authorities covering all aspects of local government
finance before moving into the computer department and gaining
promotion to Chief Programmer.
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GENERAL:
I am a
very fit and active individual; I have played sport and continue this
interest as a spectator. I enjoy ballroom dancing, bridge, travel, reading,
music and meeting people. I have chaired the local branches of the BCS
& IMIS and acted as secretary to social clubs. I am a non-smoker, in
good health, drive own car and my date of birth is 19 October 1939.
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PERSONAL
PROFILE:
A dynamic,
well organised, reliable, versatile and commercially aware manager with
a wealth of experience based initially in finance, then information
technology, ISO 9001 quality systems and latterly managing small to
medium sized companies and projects. Accustomed to liasing with people
at all levels and working to tight budgets and time-scales in a pressurised
environment. Possessing humour, diplomacy, strong leadership and team
building skills motivates others to achieve goals. Believes an organisation's
greatest assets are its customers and well-trained and developed employees.
TRAINING:
A variety
of courses and seminars attended over the years, the major ones being
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Management
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Coopers
& Lybrand - Sales, Marketing, Finance, Customer Care & Support,
Business Analysis & Organisation, Business Strategy, Planning & Budgeting.
Negotiating, Time Management, Decision making, Delegation & Motivation,
Interpersonal Communications, Presentation, Leadership & Team Building,
Interviewing, Chairing meetings, Report writing, Minute-taking. Software
licensing, Contract Law, Debt collection legal procedures.
Neville
Clarke - Introduction to ISO 9001 Quality Management systems,
Implementing ISO 9001, Producing Quality Manual and Procedure writing,
Lead Auditing for ISO 9001. Introduction to Investors in People and
Implementing IIP systems, Training Evaluation.
Department
of Trade & Industry - Public Finance funding, Employment legislation,
Patents.
Technical
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Hull
College -European Computer Driving Licence (2000/2001)
Remote
Learning, Park Lane College - Microsoft Word, Excel, Access,
Powerpoint
Business
Link - Marketing - corporate design, use of the Internet for
research, email and marketing, videoconferencing, EDI, telecommunications
and electronic commerce.
University
of Hull - Technical User Microsoft Windows 95
John
Leggott College - Microsoft Office 95, (Word 7, Excel 5, Powerpoint,
Scheduler) MS Mail, MS Exchange, Pastel Accounts, Sage Accounting, Client
Management databases. Programming, Systems Analysis & Design, Structured
Design, Development Standards, Project Management, Development strategies,
Operating systems, Computer languages & databases, Database design,
Telecommunications & Networks, Bar-coding systems, Computer Security
& Disaster planning.
QUALICATIONS:
2001
- European Computer
Driving Licence
1962 - 1963 Institute of Costs & Works Accountants - Part1
1958 - 1959 Local Government Clerical examination
1951 - 1956 7 GCE 'O' levels incl. Maths, English & French
Professional
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19/03/91
Fellow of the Institute of Directors - D114765
05/07/74 Fellow of British Computer Society - M00095354
03/04/78 Member Institute for the Management of Information
Systems -248
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY:
Hull
College 2000-2001
Project
co-ordinator for two European projects running concurrently; responsible
for marketing, planning, budgeting, administration, recruitment and
development of a team of 9 people including 7 technicians, used in the
design and delivery of websites and CD-ROMs /DVD disks and achievement
of general project outputs. The projects covered assistance to 60 companies
introduced to the Internet with their own website, whilst the other
was to a further 60 SMEs introduced to the use of multimedia systems
within business.
Self Employed
1998 - 2000
Project
Manager to various schemes on a part-time basis. The 1st project was
organising some 50 workshop sessions on the MMI -Modern Marketing Initiative
everything from corporate image, PR, Legal, to the use of the Internet.
This was delivered in the Humber sub-region for Business Link. The 2nd
project was the launching of a combined Internet Directory of businesses
and products and remote training for business on IT, funded through
ADAPT.
I also
acted as a part-time Director to two companies - one assisting SMEs
market their products and the other with access to European Grant Aid
assisting SMEs on Marketing through the MMI - Modern Marketing Initiative
(as above in Yorkshire Objective 2 area).
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