Biography
Paul is currently the Head of Network Services at Coventry University and manages a team of 9 covering all aspect of Voice and Data connectivity. Having started his IT career looking after a small Novell network for a sales and distribution company he went on to form his own company in 1996 providing IT Maintenance and Service to SMEs in Greater and Central London. After selling the business in 2000 he went on to work for RMC (Ready Mixed Concrete), firstly providing IT Support and solutions for their Building Products division, then for their Waste division before finally moving to Rugby to become Data Centre Manager. In 2005 Paul moved to Capita IT Solutions as an Operations Manager providing troubleshooting for two projects: a local council in the Midlands and outsourcing an internal helpdesk to Mumbai. At the start of 2007 Paul started working for Coventry University responsible for the Network. He has worked on an entire network replacement, installation of ubiquitous wireless service and security and service improvements throughout. Paul is CCSP certified as well as holding a number of Cisco Specialist Qualifications.
Abstract
3 years, 3 buildings, 3 different solutions
We will share our experiences of working on our 3 newest buildings (London Campus, The HUB and The Engineering and Computing Building) which have been delivered over the last 3 years. All of which have had different challenges, different requirements and of course 3 years of increasing complexity and ability of IP connected devices; from installing Coaxial CCTV with IP DVRs to connecting full IPCCTV; from connecting Network Connected Door controllers to connecting connectionless door controller updated by rumour; from delivering our remote campus connected via 1gbs VPN link to delivering our newest building at 40gbs fibre link. We will also share our experiences of working as a contractor during build stages, to working with contractors during the commissioning stages and how important it is to ensure IT and Estates work closely together.
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