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| | Name | : | John Brazier MA( Zoology) BSc (Chemistry/Maths) | | Key Skills | : | John provides IT consultancy, security, cryptographic, project management and technical support services; specialising in the pharmaceutical and financial industries. His professional skills includes information protection, business continuity, security, business and IT management/leadership, project management, strategic and tactical planning, purchasing and contract negotiation, team skills and personnel management, and public speaking; while technical skills include network design and implementation, PC support, MS Office support, web design and HTML, and knowledge of a wide range of programmes. | | Location | : | John is based in Surrey, Southern England; but is available for projects across the UK, continental Europe and South America. | | Specialisation | : | His programme knowledge encompasses Perl, PhotoShop, Illustrator, Flash, DreamWeaver, CGI, RAD C++, SQL, mail support, Windows 95 through to XP, system security, cryptology, systems validation and VMS. He also has a good knowledgeable of CSI WMS,AS/400, BPCS and finance systems, and a limited knowledge of Oracle. | | Additional Info | : | Previous employment (September 1988 to April 1997) includes: Head of IT, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, Surrey, responsible for all information systems of the Pharmaceutical Company in the UK. Included all financial, production, medical, marketing and sales systems, running on mini platforms and local area networks across two sites. Acted as UK Information Protection Manager and corporate cryptographic specialist. Project Leader, Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals, Horsham. Duties: responsible for all projects involving office systems, networking, communications, word processing and personal computing. Chief Experimental Officer, Esso Chemicals, Oxfordshire.
| | Experience with Industries | : | Clients have included companies in the following fields: pharmaceuticals, genetic engineering, finance, foods, publishing, logistics and tax consultancy. | | Experience with Countries | : | UK, Spain, Europe generally, South America. | | Languages | : | Fluent in Spanish. | | Clarification | : | Commissions and activities have included: Information protection and security review for a major Pharmaceutical company. Risk analyses and business continuity plans for the research and development site of a large multinational Pharmaceutical company. Risk analyses and business continuity planning for a Genetic Engineering company, covering all parts of the business. Restart and project management of a major patient support system for a multinational Pharmaceutical company meeting 21 CFR Part 11 ( digital signature) requirements. A direct marketing and marketing database review across a Financial Services group of 14 companies, producing a marketing database outline strategy and nearly £1M per annum savings. | | Email | : | Contact John Brazier | |