DAVID SWINDELLS
An experienced forward thinking Manager with a long record of success
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¨ Well developed
Management abilities
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Logical thinker with proven problem
solving skills
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Experienced team leader
¨ Up to date IT
skills in theory and hands-on
¨ Rapid
understanding of new technology
¨ Able to
communicate with people from shop floor to CEO level
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DSCS Nov 2003 to present |
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Started my
own business as a computer consultant for home and small business users,
advising on repairs, training , virus removal network planning and
installation , internet connectivity and VPN.
Accepted on
IOM government small business start-up scheme.
Provide
support for domestic customers more than 1000 up to 2011
Specify,
source, implement and maintain IT infrastructure for several local businesses
Design and
build of custom electric guitars.
Guitar tech for professional guitarists
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GLENAQUA June 2003 to Nov 2003 |
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Factory
Manager |
Responsible for bottled water production facility including
recruitment,
Health and Safety,
cost control, quality control,
negotiations with suppliers and customers.
Implemented 19 litre
filling facility, Ozone water treatment plant and 500ml & 2 litre plastic
bottle filling .
Planned and executed
filtration plant refurbishment.
Prepared systems and documentation for planned ISO 9000 certification. Instigated batch control and traceability systems.
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POOIL
VAAISH QUARRY Aug 2002 to June 2003 |
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Production
Manager |
Responsible for production control at a small quarry 3500
tons per anum
Duties include scheduling, planning, allocation of tasks, customer liaison Health and Safety, projects and future strategy, training evaluation of new techniques.
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DATACENTRE
Oct 2001 to Aug 2002 |
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Projects Manager
Preparing Drawings for proposed
new Headquarters building and hosting centre.
Project coordinator on conversion
of White Hoe unit into photocopier service centre
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DOMICLIUM
ADVANCED SYSTEMS August 2000 Oct 2001 |
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Project Manager
Managing multiple projects for
Preparing server hosting facility for gaming clients
Health and Safety responsibility
Planning and construction of
server hosting centres
Facilities management on 3 sites
Implementation of building security and access control
Development of company intranet
Installation of Exchange 2000 servers
Development of purchasing system
Helpdesk improvements
Resilience and security improvement of server farms
Cisco BGP planning and implementation
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BANK
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Site Project Manager (3 Month contract)
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Responsible for conversion of a former manufacturing
facility into a 500 seat call centre.
Planning and managing installation of mezzanine floor,
network infrastructure, structural alterations, electrical infrastructure,
heating and ventilation, canteen facilities.
Total project costing £1,200,000
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3M
HEALTH CARE |
1984 to 2000
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3M’s global source of metal implant and instrument design,
development, manufacture and distribution with sales value of over $30 million
per annum – 120 employees
3M Technical Manager
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1989 to 2000 |
Responsible for Plant, Building, grounds maintenance, Health
& Safety, IT strategy and maintenance of IT equipment, Communications,
Canteen, Transport, overall budget £600,000 per anum,
member of Operations Management Committee determining strategic goals and
operational issues
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Responsible
for design and last 6 months construction of £7 million factory and offices
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Moved
plant and equipment from old facility with no production loss
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Designed
and implemented local area network systems and hardware
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Specified
and wrote ISO 9000 and FDA validated LAN applications
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Reduced
minor accident rate by 90% over 10 years by implementing behavioural safety
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Key
responsibility for site achieving 3 British Safety Council 5 Star awards
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Maintained
Plant and equipment with 99.8% uptime
q Recruited
and developed IT and maintenance team
q Training
coordinator since 1989 delivering and sourcing training for the whole workforce
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Began
NVQ process for workforce and 60% now have level 3 certificate
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Specified,
implemented and supported MRP package
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Consultant
during transition of business to new owner
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Responsible
for winding up of Hellaby manufacturing facility
3M Machine Shop Manager
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1984 to 1989 |
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Specified,
sourced and installed CNC machine shop from scratch
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Programmed
all machines for first 3 years
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Recruited
all engineering staff (30 people)
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Responsible
for planning and scheduling
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Implemented
changes as turnover grew from 0 to $20million
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Began
changes in safety attitude
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Responsible
for training all engineering staff
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1977 – 1984
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Assistant works engineer
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1977 to 1984 |
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Responsible
for implementation of
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Day
to day running of capstan and automatic lathe section
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Developed
thread milling and turning systems
BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION
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1973 – 1976
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Craft
Apprentice
q Won
Sheffield Machinist of the Year 1974 competition
q Work
experience in Work Study and Tooling Engineers office
q Study
Turning Milling Welding, Fitting and Elecrtical
Engineering in Apprentice Workshop
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Mechanical Engineering Degree Develop
NVQ level 5
Operations Management |
1974 – 1977 1999- 2000 |
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Mensa
entrance exam (IQ 153) City & Guilds 730 Adult Education Lecturing Novell
3.12 Advanced Admin SHL System House NT4
Server Admin CTS British Safety Council
Diploma in Safety management First aid at Work Manx
Industrial Training Services Counterbalance fork truck 16th Edition Electrical regulations
Phd
Materials Science (Vibration) Marshals Association Incident management Course |
1986 1989 1992 1999 1992 - 1993 2001 2003 2004
2003 to2007 2006 and 2009 |
Date of Birth: 19
May 1956
Status: Widowed
– 1 Daughter
Driving: Full
clean car and motorcycle license
Nationality: British
Motor cycle
racing – road and off road, TT and MGP
marshal response car driver guitar playing,
building and collecting, travel, Family,
Reading