Philip Calvert

Current

IT Manager at The Leapfrog Group

Past

IT Manager at Gabbotts Farm (Retail) Ltd
Account Executive at Fast Web Media
Director at Fresh Wave Design Ltd

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Education

The Open University
University of Liverpool

Recommended

4 people have recommended Philip

Connections

42 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

My Website

Philip Calvert’s Summary

PRINCE2 qualified IT Manager with proven project management skills, including office relocation. ISO 9001 Internal Auditor, experienced in Infosec policy drafting, security management and budget management. Focusing on Information Security and IT Management.

Philip Calvert’s Specialties:

IT Management, Information Security Management, PRINCE2 Project Management, Web Development Support, ISO 9001:2008, PCI-DSS 1.2

Philip Calvert’s Experience

IT Manager

The Leapfrog Group

(Non-Profit; Marketing and Advertising industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

This role covers the internal IT estate and external hosted web environment for the subsidiaries of an AIM listed company during challenging financial circumstances, focusing on high levels of service delivery on extremely tight budgets. Internal estate originally covered a multi-floor site in Manchester and a satellite office in London. Provided technical information to C-level team during the sale of core businesses.
IT Manager

Gabbotts Farm (Retail) Ltd

(Retail industry)

February 2008 — December 2008 (11 months)

Responsible for all aspects of the IT Systems at an SME, designing and deploying appropriate, cost effective methods of using IT to deliver business goals, improve efficiency and maintain information security.
Account Executive

Fast Web Media

(Public Company; Internet industry)

June 2006 — February 2008 (1 year 9 months)

Web development and system support for award winning Manchester web development and marketing agency.
Director

Fresh Wave Design Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2004 — June 2006 (2 years 3 months)

Fresh Wave Design Ltd was incorporated to act as the holding company for my freelance website development work. As the sole employee, the main role was web development using Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. I was also responsible for meeting all the legal obligations required of a Director of a Limited company.

Philip Calvert’s Education

The Open University

Law, LLB , Law , 2007 — 2011 (expected)
University of Liverpool

Combined Honours Science, BSc , Computer Science, Philosophy , 2004 — 2006

Activities and Societies:

JCR Committee for Derby & Rathbone Halls