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Information Technology Director

Downing LLP offers management of tax efficient investment products for investors in the United Kingdom.

Information Security Director and IT Project Manager with 27 years’ IT experience working primarily within the Financial Services Industry specialising in Information/Cyber Security, IT Management, Project Management, Cloud (Azure), Microsoft Windows technologies and VMware. KEY SKILLS: • Broad experience across diverse technical IT disciplines • Excellent interpersonal skills working in teams globally at all professional and skill levels • Effective communicator with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts for non-IT people • Methodical approach to work, with a creative mind when alternative ideas are required • Facilitator of effective communications co-ordinating project teams • Authoring of technical & user documentation for systems and projects with supporting diagrams • Experienced presenter/trainer with a flexible approach to new responsibilities and requirements CORE TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES: • Passed (ISC)2 CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional exam, now applying for CISSP certification • PRINCE2 Practitioner and PRINCE2 Foundation • Windows Servers, Active Directory and VMware virtualisation • Microsoft SQL Server & MySQL • Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook, One Note, Visio, with VBA macro automation • ASP.NET, VB.NET, JavaScript, Internet technologies and data services