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The Switchblade consortium for this project consists of four experienced, skilled personnel. All members are experienced in Information Systems, multimedia and have project management skills. The team has previously worked successfully on several other projects and forms this consortium for the Theatreland project. Below are how the team is organised and a brief description of their skills and experience.
Nilesh has managed numerous projects over the last 8 years, has specialised skills and experience in Business and Project Management. Has held various executive positions throughout his career and had many years� of world-wide project expertise with the Microsoft Corporation where he was responsible for Commercial Technology Development, Publishing and Multimedia activities and Information Strategy. Have excellent project management skills and a good team motivator. Has brilliant organisational skills and is able to get the best out of those that work with him. Effective time management and prioritisation of tasks is his key feature in achieving exceptional standards Nilesh Parmar now has aspirations of promoting switchblade into the multinational arena.
Role duties: IT, Financing, Risk Analysis, Design Management, Human Computer Interaction, Web Database Management, Company Strategy Analysis. Background: Mr Nurmohamed has been a consultant primarily concerned with the financial aspects of Internet based firms. His approach is to investigate the introduction of new technologies within the field of IT in particular those relating to the Internet. It is within this role that he has been able to investigate the probable impact of these technologies, both in terms of financial constraints as well as those pertaining to the technological benefits, for many of the industries largest company�s. His input has also been very much required in the financial accounts of these firms. Along with dealing with financial considerations, he has also been at the forefront of looking at both back and front end processing issues concerned with the Internet. Furthermore, his vast research background makes him a perfect candidate for roles that require taking into account current social, demographic and technological trends in the market, and providing these insights into design issues relating to the interaction between end users and the final product. Perhaps, his greatest strength is looking into the corporate strategy within firms, and making decisions on the best course of action to enable stability and to provide a basis for a more forward thinking operation. Previous experience: Previously worked for Coopers & Lybrand and then for PricewaterhouseCoopers, within each of the above-mentioned fields individually. Also worked as a corporate strategy analyst for British Airways, and as a design manager for a leading international magazine. All in all, a useful person to have on board, as he adds an additional dimension, through divergence thinking, to what can often become a �single track� thinking design team.
Reena Shah has graduated from Kingston University with BSc (Hon's) degree in Information Systems Design and a MSc in IT and Marketing. Reena has spent 3 years working for British Airways in the Im Marketing Department. At BA she has spent much of her time creating and maintaining BA's Web sites for both Internet and Intranet exposure. She has an in depth understanding of development of Web pages with the use of HTML and is also able to implement increased functionality and interactivity on the pages designed through the use of Dynamic HTML, JavaScript, Macromedia Flash and VRML. Prior to joining BA Reena worked in the retail industry as the marketing manager for Debenhams where she was responsible for the marketing strategy for Women's Wear. Reena is highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with a great ambition to succeed in anything she does. She has excellent design and information technology skills and is well aware of the different marketing strategies and how a business operates. Reena has also managed various projects and has excellent organisational and project management skills.
Background A keen interest of the Internet has led me to concentrate on learning all available Internet-based technologies. These include:
The Internet, in essence, is another form of publication (albeit one which has a greater level of user interactivity). This basic ideology has led me to develop my skills in several key design areas. As well of extensive knowledge of the major industry leading packages (listed above), I have managed to "condition" myself towards creating highly visual, yet innovative web-sites � be they for an Intranet or the Internet. I have moved from creating and designing web-sites, which look like a high school student created them towards a more professional level. I like to feel that over the past few years I have managed to hone my design skills towards a highly creative state. Experience I managed to truly hone my skills as a result of spending time working on initial designs for my own personal web page. However, as time went on, my skill level rose to a level such that my cousin (who owns his own internet-based company) hired me to work on several of his projects for his clients. This allowed me to work with real clients for the first time. Initially, this was quite a daunting experience. However, under the direct tutelage of my cousin, I was able to successfully implement creative web-sites for his client. I never worked alone, as this would have been quite a risk for my cousin to take: I would always work within a team. I started out as an assistant, but over time started to create and design storyboards and web-sites on my own as a team member in my own right. During the course of my industrial placement year, my department at British Airways put forth a plan to implement an Intranet site as a means of advertising their products to a wider audience. I immediately jumped at the chance to steer-head the entire project. These involved not only creating and designing the site, but to also manage the project myself. This meant holding various meeting with department members to find out what they would like the site to do, as well as finding out every service that the department hoped to offer. By the end of the project, I had managed to create a successful branding strategy for the department, using the Intranet as the ideal medium to sell their product. The department had already several brand names for some of their core products, but I was able to develop a much more visual branding strategy, rather than the then-used brand name strategy. This was my spring-board into the arena of web publishing. After graduating from Kingston University, I was snapped up by James Martin to create a new corporate internet site. This was a huge project, and aspects of it are still currently running. I have been contracted with various firms from either side of the Atlantic. Firms include: Adjaceny, IBM (USA), British Airways, Imano, British Petroleum, and Adobe. Role Involved My main role within this team would be the web master. This would mean consulting with the team about design issues and the structure of the site amongst other issues. Howeve r, my past experience leads me to believe that I would also be instrumental in creating a suitable market plan as to how we would be able to "sell" the product as effectively as possible. I would be able to create a suitable branding strategy that would be productive. |
