CEO at PsySys
Swindon, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Author and Publisher at PsySys
- CEO at PsySys
- CEO at PsySys
- WRITER OF FICTION, POETRY, PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT, EPISTEMOLOGY, at PsySys
- Past
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- Global Programmes Director at EDS
- PSYCHOANALYST, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLOR, HYPNOTHERAPIST & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE at HARLEY STEET CENTRE/CLINIC
- European Systems Manager at Raychem (Tyco) Limited,
- Group Principal Consultant at Plessey (GEC) plc,
- Production and Inventory Manager at Pitney Bowes Limited
- Overseas Marketing Executive: at International Computers Limited (Siemens, Fujitsu, ICL),
- Education
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- Indianapolis, Rockville, Bristol, London, EDS (Texas), Trinity (Texas), Canterbury, Open University.
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Andreas Sofroniou’s Summary
During his varied career, Andreas held the positions of Chief Executive Officer, Programmes Director, Managing Director, Overseas Marketing Executive, Production and Inventory Manager, Group Senior Systems Consultant, European Systems Manager, and Principal Technical Adviser with the multi-national organisations of EDS, PsySys, International Computers Limited (ICL), Pitney Bowes, Plessey (GEC), Raychem (Tyco) and the Engineering Industry Training Board (EITB).
Andreas holds the degrees of Doctor of Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science in Medicine, Doctor of Science in Information Technology, and Executive MBA. He is a Life Fellow of the Institute of Directors, and a chartered fellow member of eighteen professional institutions for Engineering, Systems, Computing, Complementary Medicine, Management, Production, Programming, Marketing, Petroleum, Data Processing, Psychotherapy, and Counselling.
Other studies included Children’s Art and Psychotherapy, Mental Illness/Mental Health and Advanced Psychological Topics. Andreas established his first therapeutic clinic in 1973. Since then, he continued practising as a Psychoanalyst, Psychotherapist, Counsellor and Philosophical Therapist in various cities of the United Kingdom. Andreas is the current President of the Association for Psychological Counselling and Training, a position held since 1982.
For the last twenty years, a Research Life Fellow, Professor, and a member of working parties in the United Kingdom, European Union, and American Institutes for Information Technology, Management, and Therapy.
Many of his research papers and articles were published during his participation as an Information Technology expert, where he represented Britain to the European Union and as a practitioner of therapeutic psychology at the Institute of Psychology and Parapsychology, and the Harley Street Clinic, London.
Andreas Sofroniou’s Specialties:
Harley Street Clinic (London) Consultant, Chief Executive Officer, Programmes Director, Managing Director, Overseas Marketing Executive, Production and Inventory Manager, Group Senior Systems Consultant, European Systems Manager, and Principal Technical Adviser
Andreas Sofroniou’s Experience
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Author and Publisher
PsySys
(Publishing industry)
April 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)
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CEO
PsySys
(Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)
As a CEO, the responsibilities include the development and implementation of management systems, processes, procedures, and methodologies to multi-national client companies and internal operations. In charge of negotiations with clients, bidding for new contracts and their management, the costing of the various assignments involved the legal implications, and the prototyping of the projects/services negotiated.
Additional major responsibilities include the actual complete cycle of systems development and the implementation of management techniques, processes, procedures, and methodologies to client companies and internal operations. Key accountabilities include the management of the I.T. function, development of the IS strategy and implementation of new core systems, the planning and operations of infrastructure projects, ensuring that the IT operations continue to meet expanding business requirements and that the processes support the business, subject to budget approval. -
CEO
PsySys
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
March 1982 — Present (27 years 11 months)
Assignments within Government Departments:
1. Reviewed the EDS services to DETR and DVLA.
2. DWP - Change Management.
3. Child Support Agency – reviewed systems.
4. MoD – since 1982, on five different assignments.
5. Army Systems Security.
6. Defence Research Agency - New software.
7. RAF & BAe - New systems.
8. Naval Logistics, Systems analysis and design.
9. MOD Financial Systems: PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT,
10. Court Services – Technical Infrastructure.
11. Property Services Agency (including USA Airforce) – SYSTEMS CONSULTANT.
12. ENGINEERING INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD - PRINCIPAL ADVISER.
13. Charity Commissioners - Client-server architecture.
14. Inland Revenue – Training Workshops for Senior Managers.
15. Export Credits Guarantee Department – SENIOR CONSULTANT.
16. Customs & Excise - Strategic Investigations for V.A.T. system.
17. NHS Usability Guide for the NHS and the EDS-LogicaCMG consortium. -
WRITER OF FICTION, POETRY, PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOLOGY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, MANAGEMENT, EPISTEMOLOGY,
PsySys
(Writing and Editing industry)
October 1956 — Present (53 years 4 months)
1. THE TOWERING MISFEASANCE
2. SPEEDBALL
3. Exultation
4. DANCES IN THE MOUNTAINS
6. A TOWN CALLED MORPHOU
8. BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS
9. A GUIDE TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
10. TRADING ON THE INTERNET
12. THE SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES FOR I.T. PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT
13. I.T RISK MANAGEMENT
14. FRONT-END DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT FOR SYSTEMS
15. CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN I.T.
16. MANAGEMENT OF I.T. CHANGES, RISKS, WORKSHOPS, EPISTEMOLOGY
17. THE MANAGEMENT OF COMMERCIAL COMPUTING
19. THE PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS OF MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE AGES
20. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
21. HOW TO CONSTRUCT YOUR RESUMÊ.
22. MORAL PHILOSOPHY, FROM HIPPOCRATES TO THE 21ST AEON
23. THERAPEUTIC PHILOSOPHY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE STATE
24. PHILOSOPHIC COUNSELLING FOR PEOPLE AND THEIR GOVERNMENTS
25. MORAL PHILOSOPHY, THE ETHICAL APPROACH THROUGH THE AGES
26. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHILD CULTURE
27. Through Prickly Shrubs
28 Medical Ethics Through the Ages
29 Psychology from Conception to Senility -
Global Programmes Director
EDS
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2000 — March 2004 (3 years 6 months)
2000–2004: EDS (Electronic Data Services) Limited. Global Programmes Director
Reviewed the EDS services to British Government Departments.
As a Programme/Project Director and Manager for the Global Support Services, responsible for reviews of on-going projects and their financial implications, risk management, operational computer systems, the development of new systems and Internet applications, the interfacing with sub-systems and the enhancements to legacy systems.
As a Programmes Director under the Global Project Management Services, the responsibilities extended to various projects and services on an international basis involving many teams of talented people and a budget of £12.5m.
From September 2002, responsible for the EMEA remediation and migration of all the IBM mainframes operating systems to the latest IBM ALL31 (ON) evolving mainframe systems. The budget for the EDS and IBM global operating systems collaboration was in the region of £25m. -
PSYCHOANALYST, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLOR, HYPNOTHERAPIST & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
HARLEY STEET CENTRE/CLINIC
(Medical Practice industry)
April 1980 — October 2000 (20 years 7 months)
The London (UK) Harley Street is the most famous street for Medical and associated specialities.
At the Harley Street Centre and Clinic, as a Consultant and a Practitioner held sessions for patients from all over the world in the specialities of Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Psychological Counselling, Hypnotherapy and Complementary Medicine.
Collaborated with other Medical specialists such as Gynaecologists, Cardiologist, Urologists, Andrologist and IVF clinics. -
European Systems Manager
Raychem (Tyco) Limited,
(Biotechnology industry)
March 1979 — March 1982 (3 years 1 month)
Complete responsibility for the development of systems in the Finance, Engineering, and Manufacturing divisions.
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Group Principal Consultant
Plessey (GEC) plc,
(Semiconductors industry)
March 1976 — February 1979 (3 years )
In charge of Information Technology for the twelve manufacturing companies within the group.
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Production and Inventory Manager
Pitney Bowes Limited
(Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
February 1973 — February 1976 (3 years 1 month)
Responsible for production, inventory and materials control, warehouses, manufacturing co-ordination and engineering services. Developed and implemented the systems for manufacturing and materials control.
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Overseas Marketing Executive:
International Computers Limited (Siemens, Fujitsu, ICL),
(Computer Hardware industry)
January 1964 — January 1973 (9 years 1 month)
Complete responsibility for all contracts negotiations and services to multi-national organisations and foreign governments. For the initial three months a Trainee Analyst and Programmer and for the next two years worked as a Senior Systems Analyst and Systems Designer.
Andreas Sofroniou’s Education
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Indianapolis, Rockville, Bristol, London, EDS (Texas), Trinity (Texas), Canterbury, Open University.
DSc(Med) DSc(IT) PhD PsD ExecMBA CEng FIoD , Medical Studies, Information Technology, Systems, Philosophy, Psychology, Management, Engineering... , 1956 — 2009
* EU: Represented the UK as an Information Technology Expert,
* British Government, Principal Adviser on computing,
* Alvis Collaborative Project on ‘Knowledge-based Engineering Training’:
* Consultant to the KBET collaborators and a Speaker for Imperial College, Exeter University, Kingston University,
* Research Fellow on Artificial Intelligence at the Turing Institute (Strathclyde University Associate).
* Responsible for UK’s ‘Journeyman’ project and grants involved for the promotion of engineering for women and the professional portability of graduates,
* British Hovercraft Engineering Research: Initiated and participated in the Artificial Intelligence project for the piloting of hovercrafts,
* British Association For Counselling: Accredited Counsellor, Convenor, Assessor & Supervisor.
* ‘Sunday Times’, 'Wiltshire Press': Advised, on psychological matters, careers for women and executive stress,
* Institute for Complementary Medicine: Adviser on training, practising...- Activities and Societies:
- Medical Studies, IT, Systems, Philosophy, Psychology, Management, Engineering, Epistemology.
SPEAKER AT:
* University of Bournemouth: Expert Systems,
* John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford: Counselling, Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy,
* Brighton University: Artificial Intelligence and Computer-based Training,
* Inmos-EITB: Transputers in Parallel/Concurrent Processing,
* University of Kingston: Knowledge Inference,
* University of Bournemouth: Software and Languages in the 5th Generation.
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Andreas Sofroniou’s Interests:
Author of 26 published books, which include Information Technology, Management, Psychology, Poetry, Philosophy, Epistemology, and Fiction, Adventure, Literature.
Andreas Sofroniou’s Groups:
Andreas Sofroniou is a Psychotherapist, an Information Technology Executive with international organisations, a Principal Adviser to Government Departments, and an affiliated Professor & Research Fellow to Institutions & Universities in the USA and the UK.
Andreas Sofroniou’s Honors:
2001. Nominated for the House of Lords membership (non-political) and subsequently was bestowed with the Scottish nobility title of Laird and his wife with the title of Lady.
January 2003, together with PsySys Limited, was presented with the Achievement Award for twenty years of continued growth and client satisfaction.
In March 2004, Andreas received the EDS award for Distinguished Global Services with the Company.
For achievements in Systems Engineering, Psychology and Directing, Andreas’ biographical records are included in the directory of ‘Who’s Who in the World’, published by Marquis of America and other international biographical publications.
Untill his recent retirement, Andreas held about thirty different professional qualifications. Due to the lack of space in this LinkedIn web site, a list of current and recent qualifications can be supplied on request.
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