Stephen Guest

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About Stephen Guest

I have current, deep and broad IT skills with proven team leadership and mentoring. If you have a need or I can help in someway contact me (steve@steve-guest.com). Strong Leader who is customer focused; aligns needs, goals and ideas into solutions – resulting in 90% positive feedback and increasing satisfaction matrics by 900%. Trainer and presenter of technical skills. Participant in and advisor to senior management teams including strategic/financial/staff planning, personnel management and external communications. Architect and security specialist responsible for specifying and deploying server/client infrastructure, security and recovery services; saved a client Coach, mentor, motivator and builder of teams earning loyalty, inspiring dedication, instilling ethics and motivating productivity; complimented by managers and peers. Project planner who has managed simultaneous projects which required being consistently on time and on budget; financials of over plus reduced cost by 48%. Manager with extensive experience in system integration, documentation, global infrastructure, installation and support – including outsourced; improved client's IT usage 193%. Developer and supporter who has managed and been hands-on for over 25 products plus support, managed SDLC with up to 5 releases a week using multiple delivery media. Communicator and educator with over 250 international publications and presentation experience and over 3500 successful students; including CEOs and senior IT executives Consultant and advisor to senior executives and officials within governments, organizations and companies; including BBC, Mars, Microsoft and governments of USA, UK and the EU. I have a PhD in Computer Science with Usability/Human Computer Interaction other education includes a BSc in Computer Science with Business Management and recently I added certificates in Leadership. Do read my recommendations. Specialties: IT Technologies: Client/Server Cloud Community Based IT Distributed Systems HCI/CHI/Usability/UX Infrastructure Mobile/Wireless Networking Software Development SOA/SaaS System Architecture System Design Web Technology Business: Budget Management Business Development Business Management Contract Negotiations Corporate Training Customer Service Leadership Mentoring Presentations Project Management Research Strategic Planning Team Development