I have 40 years’ experience as an educator, consultant & entrepreneur.

Career history

Business & education consultant (2016-present)

Position: Self-employed

  • Development and support of business startups.
  • Business improvement projects.
  • Development of ‘click-and-collect’ business solutions for ‘fast food’ businesses.
  • Data analysis and reporting for businesses & higher education institutions.
  • Creation of resources and courses for higher education students &staff.
  • Content creation for client businesses.

Leeds University (2022-2024)

Position: Associate Faculty, Business School

  • Postgraduate dissertation supervision (Business Analytics & Decision Sciences).
  • Undergraduate dissertation supervision (Business Management).
  • Postgraduate lecturing, tutoring & assessment (Advanced Management Decision Making).

York St John University (2022-2024)

Position: Enterprise & Innovation Senior Tutor, London campus & York Business School

  • Postgraduate ‘Business Consultancy Project’ supervision.
  • Group tutoring of postgraduate ‘Venture Creation Lab’ students.
  • Development & delivery of new postgraduate ‘Venture Creation Lab’ programme for York Business School.

York University (2022-2023)

Position: Professional Skills Academic Tutor & Supervisor, School for Business and Society

  • Postgraduate final group project supervision (Business).
  • Postgraduate academic & professional skills tutoring (Global Marketing).
  • Postgraduate personal/pastoral supervision (Global Marketing / Finance).

Manchester Metropolitan University (2022-2023)

Position: Strategy, Enterprise & Sustainability Tutor, Business School

  • Postgraduate dissertation supervision (Management).

Really Clever Homes (2004-2016)

Position: Co-founder / Partner

  • Development & launch of a new business venture, providing consultancy services & online sales related to home technology & home improvement.
  • Formulation of the business’ strategic direction plus all operational processes including website development (using Actinic, Magento & WooCommerce), product procurement, inventory management, sales channel integration, warehousing, order fulfilment & pre/post sales customer support.
  • Creation of content explaining home technology solutions to a non-technical audience.

Leeds Metropolitan University (1994-2004)

Position: Principal Lecturer, School of Information Management

  • Creation of resources and courses for higher education students and staff.
  • Strategic oversight & operational management of all Masters’ level provision for the School of Information Management including the design & development of new courses, structures & modes of delivery.
  • Overall management of the transition from 120-credit to 180-credit Masters programmes.
  • Development of MSc Information Management distance learning programme & teaching materials in conjunction with Financial Times / Prentice Hall.
  • Development of MSc Information Systems distance learning programme with on-site teaching in South Africa.
  • Development, delivery & leadership of undergraduate & postgraduate modules in business, information management, decision-making, e-commerce, globalisation, finance, quantitative methods & project management.
  • Chair of postgraduate staff/student course/scheme committees, designated lead for new course approval events, member of university-wide course approval panels.
  • Design, delivery & facilitation of staff development workshops.

Heslegrave Gill (1995)

Position: Management consultant

  • Development & facilitation of staff development workshops for business clients.

Doctus Consulting Europe (1990-1994)

Position: Management consultant

  • Facilitation of major business process re-engineering & change management programmes for clients in the nuclear power industry.
  • Conduct of numerous business analyses in support of new business development.
  • Creation and implementation/delivery of new business processes, management information systems & staff development programmes for clients.

Satellite Management International (1985-1989)

Position: Co-founder / Director     

  • Development & launch of a new business venture, providing live television coverage of business, medical & other events, & transmission to viewing locations throughout the UK, Europe & the rest of the world.
  • Development of all finance, administration, project management & information systems from ‘scratch’.
  • Development of software to calculate elevation & azimuth of communication satellites based on longitude & latitude of reception location & create automated site survey reports.

Yorkshire Bank (1984-1985)

Position: Graduate trainee

Education

Sheffield Hallam University

Qualification: MSc Information Technology & Management (1996)

Hull University       

Qualification: BA (Hons) Operational Research & Management (1984)

Doncaster Grammar School

Qualifications: A levels in Economics, French, Pure Mathematics with Statistics, General Studies (1981)

Professional accreditation

  • Fellow (FHEA) Advance HE (2002)
  • Member. The Institute of Management Consultants (1994)

Publications

  • Information & Globalisation. Financial Times Prentice Hall (1998). ISBN: 978-0273640592
  • Information Management & Policies. Financial Times / Prentice Hall (1998). ISBN: 978-0273640554