Abridged Curriculum Vitae - Gavin Poynton

Gavin Poynton Bsc Hons (St And.) | Bristol. BS8 4DN. |  Stuff@GavinPoynton.co.uk  | http://www.gavinpoynton.co.uk/curriculumvitae

SUMMARY. GAVIN POYNTON...

  • ...is a proven technical and sales consultant operating 'C' level.
  • ...is a highly methodical and logical with a creative, strategic and entrepreneurial flair.
  • ...is highly communicative and has a track record of broking and maintaining high level relationships.
  • ...has a rigorous work ethic, and ability to manage and deliver on expectations.
  • ...has significant understanding and experience around a variety of technologies.
  • ...has consistently proved himself key in innovation, ideation and project management
  • ...has consistently added significant value and revenue to the businesses he has worked with.

BUSINESS & COMMUNICATION.

  • Extensive experience in B2B, B2C ,and stakeholder communication and management.
  • Professional and confident communicator at all levels of complexity and technicality.
  • Exemplary relationship building, networking and client management skills.
  • Highly organised with demonstrable organisation and project management skills.
  • Strong problem management and incident resolution skills.
  • Confident and at ease with managing small and large groups and divisions.
  • Highly logical, analytical and numerate.
  • Highly inventive, creative and focussed.
  • Proven and significant recruitment, executive search and technical sales skills.

IT & TECHNOLOGY.

  • Intrinsic understanding of IT, web technology and technologies markets.
  • Strong use, development, and consultancy in Web Technology
    • HTML 1, CSS 1 , UML 1, Javascript 2, Php 2, MYSQL/SQL 2, Java 3, C 3.
    • Content Management Systems - Joomla, Drupal, Plone, Squarespace.
    • CRM Development - Sugar CRM
    • Hand coding and WEB Authoring software -Dreamweaver etc.
    • Usability investigation, consultancy and development.
    • SEO and SEM.
    • Social Networking and Media strategy, campaign implementation and training.
    • Understanding of PRINCE, AGILE, SCRUM, RUP
  • Strong graphics and design skills
    • Fireworks, Photoshop, Illustrator, GIMP, SWISH/FLASH.
    • Web and Print (Digital & CMYK) deseign and optimisation.
  • Advanced MS Office SuagrCrm and Salesforce user.
  • Advanced user and system admin of MS OS 95/98/2k/XP/7, *nix(Redhat, suse Ubuntu) and OS X
  • Infrastructure and hardware configuration, maintenance, and build networking

EMPLOYMENT (previous, and of note).

  • Director (09.06–Present) WeBecomeOne Ltd.
    • SME Web, design and Technology Consultancy
    • Driving Sales and Marketing while delivering and project managing design, development and consultancy projects.
  • Senior Consultant (05.08–10.09) Novo Executive Search.
    • Executive Search And Selection Consultancy.
    • Broking relationships at board level, managing project teams and delivering focussed executive search, and research projects.
  • Lead Consultant  & Manager (05.06–05.8) Ashton Consulting Ltd.
    • IT and Technology recruitment consultancy
    • The 'technical voice' and lead for Ashton, Gavin performed an advisory and consultancy role outwith the typical recruitment arena for Ashton and their clients.
  • Business Development and Technical Pre-sales Consultant (06.05–04.06) The Pareto Principal (TPP) Limited.
    • A Startup .com concentrating on semantic understanding and intelligence delivery.
    • Delivering technical sales, marketing and pre-sales into board level within blue chip and government organisations. The role also encompassed consultancy and development for small projects!
  • Sales Manager, Scotland (09.03–05.05) British Polythene Industries PLC.
    • The Country Sales Manager- Scotland in the leading PLC
    • The role was pivotal for BPI in rationalising the business and in regaining 'home' territory. Gavin achieved significant loss-reduction and regeneration beyond forecasts and agreed timescales.
  • System & Hosting Admin Consultant.(05.01-10.01 & 05.02-10.02) SimplyNames.Com (aquired by Namesco)
    • Hosting and web domain management.
    • Instrumental in the resolution of 1st, 2nd and 3rd line support issues, whilst performing a secondary system admin build and maintenance. This included advice on design and coding issues.

EDUCATION & TRAINING.

  • University of St Andrews 1999 – 2003. Bsc (Hons) Chemistry St And.
    • Including 2 Years Computer Science.
  • Malvern College, Malvern, Worcestershire. A Level x4, AO x 1, GCSE  x 11
  • Multiple Sales and Consultancy Courses
    • Permanent Recruiting, Face to Face with the Client, The Billing Manager, Sales Management, Negotiation and Closing, Meeting Client Expectations.

INTERESTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS.

Gavin had a severe rupture of his hamstring in 2008. Before which he had accomplished the following accolades. Regional and National League 1st Div Hockey Player. National Standard Athlete. Regional and Club Rugby Player.

Gavin has traveled extensively, and remains active as a keen surfer, snowboarder and exercise enthusiast.

CURRICULUM VITAE GAVIN POYNTON  - Key.1. Strong. 2. Passable. 3. Unpracticed.