Sole Partner, 'Dr Richard Sykes'
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Trustee & Acting Chairman at Cubitt Artists
- Elected Board Member at Intellect UK
- Columnist at CIO Magazine
- Member, Global Advisory Board at Quickstart Global
- Research Director,Services at Bloor Research
- Associate at The Leading Edge Forum
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board at silicon.com
- Chairman at Solcom Limited
- Sole Partner at 'Dr Richard Sykes'
- Past
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- Former Chairman at The De La Warr Pavilion Charitable Trust Ltd
- Former Chairman at Site Confidence Ltd
- Former Chairman at Morgan Chambers plc
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- Education
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- Yale University
- University of Cambridge
- Connections
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- Industry
- Management Consulting
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Dr Richard Sykes’s Summary
Scientist by background and initial education (to PhD level), Cambridge (UK) and Yale (USA) ). Two years as an Associate of Ralph Nader's Public Interest Group Research Group in Washington DC. 27 years with ICI plc in various business management and leadership roles including internationally in Japan and closing with 6 years as ICI's Group VP IT. !0 years in non-executive chairing & other NED roles with smaller tech and arts enterprises, including start-up and transformation situatons.
My two key competencies are in board chairmanship and in practical strategic visioning. In addition to my deep experience in the broad world of business-applied information technology, I also have a strong interest in, and involvement in, the world of visual arts. My work all relates to exploitation of my two key competencies in these fields. Goals are to keep actively developing my portfolio of chairmanships and build my personal practice, 'Dr Richard Sykes' as board-level trusted adviser, strategic coach & facilitator with vigour as I build and deepen my experience. For a fuller introduction go to: www.dr.richard-sykes.com
Dr Richard Sykes’s Specialties:
I work as a strategic analyst & advisor in information technology & business process sourcing, outsourcing & offshoring. Increasing globalisation of offshoring continues to mature classic outsourcing business models. New models based on automation of web-based consumer services & e-commerce (think Google, eBay, Amazon) are transforming classic outsourcing business models by introducing direct sourcing of technology services suitable for Enterprise (think salesforce.com) & Government use.
Dr Richard Sykes’s Experience
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Trustee & Acting Chairman
Cubitt Artists
(Museums and Institutions industry)
September 2009 — Present (7 months)
Cubitt is a co-operative of 30 artists with their working studios at the Angel, Islington in London. They support a gallery space that established atrack record as a sucessful training ground for young visual arts curators - and also a fast developing educational & outreach programme.
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Elected Board Member
Intellect UK
(Non-Profit; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Intellect is the UK Trade Association for the IT, Telecoms and Electronics Industries with 850+ company members. I am an elected member of the Board, having been chairman of the special interest group focused on Outsourcing & Offshoring 2005-2009, and of the inititaitve on Outcome-Based Agreements 2008-2009,.
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Columnist
CIO Magazine
(Publishing industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
CIO Magazine can be sourced both on-line and as a monthly printed joiurnal. Its readership is the CIO community across all sectors of the UK economy, private and public. Richard writes a monthly column in the Opinion section.
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Member, Global Advisory Board
Quickstart Global
(Privately Held; Human Resources industry)
February 2008 — Present (2 years 2 months)
QuickStart Global's innovative In-House Anywhere™ service enables businesses to speedily and economically establish captive operations around the world.
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Research Director,Services
Bloor Research
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2008 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Bloor Research is home to a group of specialist IT industry technical analysts of proven reputation and experience..
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Associate
The Leading Edge Forum
(Management Consulting industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)
The Leading Edge Forum is a research-based CIO membership group.
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Member, Editorial Advisory Board
silicon.com
(Management Consulting industry)
2004 — Present (6 years )
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Chairman
Solcom Limited
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1999 — Present (10 years 10 months)
Solcom is a specialist venture in control systems and related software and consultancy.
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Sole Partner
'Dr Richard Sykes'
(Management Consulting industry)
June 1999 — Present (10 years 10 months)
In my personal practice 'Dr Richard Sykes' I work as a board-level strategic analyst & advisor in information technology & business process sourcing, outsourcing and offshoring. My particular focus is the transformation of the classic outsourcing business models by new models based on the direct sourcing of information technology and business process services, including through the agency of 'the Cloud'.
Additional Information
Dr Richard Sykes’s Websites:
Dr Richard Sykes’s Groups:
IAOP (International Association of Outsourcing Professionals), The Chairmans' Network, Intellect UK
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Intellect - representing the UK technology industry - members only
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