If someone asked Steve to describe himself he would probably say he was a bit of a restless soul with a passion for solving complex problems. It all started as more of a happy accident than any sort of career planning. Halfway through an engineering degree he discovered that computers were much more fun and interesting than electronics. This was confirmed by his results; straight distinctions in all of the computing modules, so IT was the way to go!
After learning programming in the usual way (writing games at home) and spending time working with networking, hardware, software and supporting clients at a computer reseller he ended up at a software publisher. It was here that he got into professional programming after developing a new tool to fill a gap in their product set.
After that Steve moved to a leading bespoke development house, which is very much at the sharp end of development as everything is a one off and the company lives and dies by its last project. While there he moved from developer to project manager, to development manager, finally ending up as their principal business analyst and consultant.
Eventually the realisation came that it's not about fitting into a specific role. Instead it's about adding value to organisations by using his 25 years of experience to solve the tricky problems that others find just too hard and tend to put to one side to deal with later. These are usually problems involving complex technology and processes, where the systems fail to effectively support the business and introduce more friction than function.
"His translation of business process into requirements for IT projects has been widely praised within my team, along with his willingness to help and his strong attention to detail. To quote one member of my development team, Steve is "the best we've worked with"."
Do you find that your IT systems don't work as harmoniously with your business processes and operations as you would like.
Modern organisations depend more and more on people and complex IT systems working together in a streamlined and effective way, tied together by business processes. But what happens when the pieces of the jigsaw don't fit together?
Perceptive Consulting works with companies that depend on people, processes and complex IT systems working together in a streamlined and effective way. These companies often struggle with IT systems and business processes that seem to fight against each other and require them to expend a lot of time, money and effort just to keep things ticking.
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