Andrew Winter

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ABOUT ANDREW WINTER

An energetic, hardworking and loyal IT management professional, with over 17 years’ experience as an IT manager and hands-on operative, providing intelligent resolutions to problems with ‘out of the box’ thinking. A positive and proactive attitude to productivity and efficiency, with a proven record for change always resulting in significant cost savings. Demonstrated strong contract understanding and negotiation skills with the ability to confidently communicate effectively at all levels. Career Highlights:Manage 2nd Line technical team Internal technical lead on all telecomsInternal technical lead on physical and logical security measuresPromoted Unified Communications within Carpetright, achieved budget and project rolloutIntroduction of many software and hardware solutions to streamline business procedures Plan and document Disaster Recovery measuresSuccessfully project managed movement/upgrade to new Head Office consolidating a number of sites.Instigated new Desktop support department per business need, including structural setup and SLA’s.Organised and managed standard desktop rollout to XP with SAP & Office 2007, and trained users throughout the GroupImplemented new store systems to pilot across the group as part of a multi-million pound project to refresh and standardise technology across the store estate. Successfully upgraded network to Active Directory 2003 as a member of AD planning and implementation team.Helping develop, successfully install and tested - New store system, MS Navision- New payroll system;Created a number of MS Word documents and macro’s to automate finance report printing to A4.