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16/01/2018

AstraZeneca Senior Programme Test Manager announced as TestBoss Manchester Keynote Speaker

Corecom Consulting are thrilled to announce Simon Jones, Senior Programme Test Manager at AstraZeneca as the keynote speaker at TestBoss Manchester, on Thursday 22 March 2018. TestBoss is an award-winning networking event for leaders within Software Test Management.

His talk titled ‘GDPR: The battles in store for Test Bosses’ is set to gather plenty of interest from experienced leaders within Software Test Management. He comments:

“With GDPR being introduced in May, the testing community is currently having to undergo significant change to ensure compliance. However, GDPR is not a simply a one-off exercise. It will present test managers and their organisations with challenges for years to come.”

“My talk will provide test managers with an insight into what some of these challenges are likely to be and offer some practical solutions on how to address them. I’m really excited to be presenting at Manchester’s first TestBoss event and hope attendees will come away with ideas on how to develop their longer term approach to testing in the new GDPR world.”

Get involved – join the conversation

TestBoss Manchester takes place on Thursday 22 March 2018 from 6.00 – 8.30pm in central Manchester. The award-winning event boasts a wealth of information from experienced leaders within the test management community. Click here to register your interest.

04/10/2017

TestBoss Topics Released: Performance Testing and Employee Retention

TestBoss, an award-winning networking event for Test Managers, will take place on Thursday 19 October 2017 from 6.00 – 8.30pm in central Leeds. Amongst the confirmed delegates include Heads of Test from the likes of Experian, Capita Asset Services and ENGIE.

As is the case for every event, delegates have been busy submitting the topics they’d like to collectively discuss on the evening. Corecom Consulting can confirm two popular topics which will be addressed. These include:

Performance Testing Implementation – how have attendees gone about approaching this?

How to retain permanent employees – with many Software Testers now wanting to contract?

There will be four additional topics covered at the event, which are all submitted by attendees.

Want to join the conversation?

TestBoss is an exclusive invitation-only networking event for leaders in Software Testing across Yorkshire, hosted by IT recruitment specialist Corecom Consulting.

Woman in tech? Join the community, be inspired, create your future

Employers in the tech industry find it a challenge to retain women. Successful companies focus on mentorship, encouraging women to support one another and recognise that they will benefit if they encourage women to be themselves – fully themselves, with their own freely expressed perspectives.

WITBoss: a unique community for women in tech

Do you commit to knowing your own mind and speaking it in the workplace?

Are you confident enough to trust your own instincts amongst your colleagues?

Lisa Jones, Founder and Director at Barclay Jones will be leading and challenging these discussions at WITBoss, including:

who she looks to for inspiration

lessons learned during her career

how she’s thrived in the industry.

WITBoss is a free invitation-only networking event for female leaders in the IT industry. It takes place on 20 June 2017 in central Leeds from 6:00pm to 8:30pm. Click here to register your interest.

Who is Lisa Jones?

Lisa has a real passion for tech and has worked in the industry for over 20 years.

She started her career as an IT Trainer, progressing to take up senior roles in tech, including Head of IT and IT Director. During her time in IT recruitment, Lisa led her team to win Computing Magazine’s IT Department of the Year.

Lisa set up Barclay Jones in 2008. Led by Lisa, Barclay Jones specialises in helping recruiters generate ROI from technology and digital marketing. She’s even won awards recognising her value as an influencer in the industry. When asked what we can look forward to hearing at WITBoss, Lisa said:

“I love working in tech and being a woman can of course be a challenge. I’m looking forward to sharing how I worked my way from being a history graduate with a massive fear of tech, to an award-winning IT Director in a very sales-led business to business company. The ceiling may be glass, but I am keen to discuss practical tips for developing great strategies to improve your PR and career in technology.”

Lisa’s most definitely an inspiration to women in tech – we’ll be interviewing her ahead of the event so watch this space for the release of the podcast in the coming weeks.

How do I get involved?

The award-winning event creates a unique community for women in IT to network, debate, discuss hot topics, and learn from reputable and established speakers who are leaders in the industry. Click here to read more. You should come away with the inspiration to:
· change your mind-set

· formulate a clear road to success

· feel happier and perform better.

Click here for highlights and interviews from the last award winning event.

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”

Abraham Lincoln

06/09/2016

Former Head of Engineering at Yahoo! to present at ITBoss

Yoel Marson

Corecom Consulting’s award-winning networking event for Senior IT Professionals is coming up on 22 September 2016. ITBoss promises to be a great success with two presentations from some sought after IT professionals. The event will take place in Leeds City Centre and will run from 6:00pm – 9:00pm. Register your interest today.

The second Guest Speaker will see Yoel Marson, CTO at CPP Group, with a presentation titled talking about ‘Structuring an Agile IT Organisation’. This presentation will cover how best to design organisations to best suit agile software development and delivery.

Yoel has over 8 years’ experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams of up to 100; across design, web, server & app development, architecture & testing. With a background in Development, Yoel has progressed in his career from Senior Developer, through Development Manager to Head of Engineering where he worked at Yahoo! Answers.

As Head of Engineering at Yahoo! Answers, Yoel was responsible for reporting to Global Head of Communities and was the only global product technology leader outside of the US. Yoel served 1.5bn page views a month to 200m+ unique monthly users. He saw a complete team rebuild following re-organisation to single co-located team in London and transitioned the team to Agile.

After Yahoo! Answers, Yoel joined Saffron Digital as a CTO whereby he transformed the technology from monolithic services to AWS hosted microservice architecture, resulting in multi-tenant and easily configurable/customisable platform. Here he transitioned towards hybrid automated presentation solutions whilst managing a multi-platform team across iOS, Android, Windows and SmartTV.

Now, Yoel is CTO at CPP responsible for the entire IT strategy and delivery at CPP.

Speaking ahead of the event, host and Head of Senior Appointments, Dan Mills, said:

“It’s a pleasure to be welcoming Yoel to speak at ITBoss later this month, his numerous years of experience in the industry will go a long way towards providing attendees with invaluable knowledge and information.

“ITBoss is going from strength to strength and this event is no exception. With two presentations from leading IT professionals, this event is looking to be our biggest yet. We have already reached our capacity for the event, but we’ve opened up a few more spaces on a first-come, first-served basis.

“If you’re a Senior IT Professional in Yorkshire and haven’t yet registered for our event, I highly recommend getting in touch to secure a ticket.”

ITBoss is an exclusive, invitation-only networking event in Yorkshire designed to bring Senior IT Professionals closer together. Organised and held by Corecom Consulting, Yorkshire’s fastest growing IT recruitment specialists, ITBoss creates a unique platform for IT Managers across Yorkshire to debate and discuss hot topics, learn from reputable and established speakers whilst networking with like-minded individuals in a friendly environment. Please click here for further information.

Want to join the conversation?

The next ITBoss event will be held on 22 September 2016 in Leeds City Centre. To register your interest for this event click here. To enquire about future events, please contact Dan Mills at itboss@corecomconsulting.co.uk or call 0113 457 1454.

28/04/2016

WITBoss to launch with prevalent topic

Corecom Consulting is set to launch WITBoss on 19 May 2016 as part of our award-winning Boss Event Networking Series. WITBoss is specifically targeted towards female leaders within IT and we’re pleased to be welcoming Gillian Arnold, Chair of British Computing Society (BCS) Women and Non-Exec on the Board of WISE, to speak at the event which will take place in central Leeds.

Gillian Arnold, also listed in the Computer Weekly top 10 most influential women in IT for 2015, has revealed her presentation topic for WITBoss and has titled it ‘Deconstructing the Glass Ceiling’. Gillian’s presentation will look at the elements that can mean an inequality of opportunity for women in Technology and how to counter them. Her talk will outline the essential elements which make up the glass ceiling, the impact that they will have, and how to ensure you make it through.

Speaking ahead of the event, Gillian Arnold said:

“Shockingly, we make little progress on increasing the numbers of women in technology roles in the UK. Whilst I believe that much of the issue is for the employers to deal with, I know that women in tech will want to get active and boost their own chances of getting the best career they can get. So this session will offer hints and tips on getting through the glass ceiling.”

As well as having Gillian Arnold as the guest speaker, Helen Wollaston, Chief Executive of WISE will be attending the event to share her experiences and explain the campaigns that are in place to promote women in science, technology, and engineering industries.

Want to join the conversation?

WITBoss creates a unique platform for female leaders within IT across Yorkshire to debate, discuss hot topics, and learn from reputable and established speakers whilst networking with like-minded individuals. For more information or to register your interest for this event simply contact witboss@corecomconsulting.co.uk

18/03/2016

WITBoss Guest Speaker confirmed: Gillian Arnold ‘Top 10 most influential women in IT 2015’

We’re excited to announce Gillian Arnold, Director at Tectre as the Guest Speaker for WITBoss, our exclusive networking event that brings together female leaders within the IT industry. The event will take place on 19 May 2016 in central Leeds from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

Gillian has extensive experience in the IT industry and set up her own IT Services company in late 2009. She has a long involvement with work for women in IT, supporting both industry and academic institutions in their work on diversity. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for WISE, the UK organisation which supports women in Science, Engineering, Technology, Maths, and is a Trustee Director for the BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) L&D Group. Gillian has been chair of the BCSWomen Specialist Group since 2011 and continues to drive UK and European initiatives in support of women in the Technology Sector. Gillian won the 2012 Cisco / Everywoman in Technology award for ‘Technology Inspiration of the Year’ and was listed in the Computer Weekly top 10 most influential women in IT for 2015.

Most of Gillian’s early career was spent working for IBM in theUKand she held customer facing management, training, technical, sales, business development, strategic marketing and consultancy roles. She proved her expertise in managing and establishing teams to support new software and hardware products and running teams with cross-industry and cross-platform experience across the UK and Europe. She was also instrumental in shaping and executing the IBM UK policy on women in the workforce. She now brings that expertise to help IT Hardware and Software Vendors, Managed Services Providers and Software Development houses to gain traction in their positive action campaigns for women in Technology. Her company, Tectre, provides staffing, Unconscious Bias training, and consultancy to the IT Vendor supply chain, to some of the UK’s largest banks, and to the industry.

Speaking ahead of the event, Jonathan Sanderson, Director at Corecom Consulting and event host said:

“I’m really looking forward to welcoming Gillian Arnold to speak at our event in May. Gillian’s background in supporting women in IT through being on the Board of Directors at WISE and being chair of the BCSWomen Specialist Group is exactly what we were after when looking for a Guest Speaker at our event.

“We’ve already had a lot of interest in our event and I’m sure it’s going to attract more now that our Guest Speaker has been revealed.”

Want to join the conversation?

WITBoss is the first of its kind in Yorkshire, designed to bring together female leaders within the IT industry. The event creates a unique community for female leaders in IT to network, debate, discuss hot topics, and learn from reputable and established speakers who are leaders in the industry.

To register your interest for this exclusive event, simply contact us at witboss@corecomconsulting.co.uk

28/05/2015

BIBoss Attracts Top Business Intelligence Specialists

#businessintelligencenetworking

The next networking event for Business Intelligence professionals in Yorkshire, BIBoss, will take place in just two weeks on Thursday 11 June 2015 from 6.00 – 8.30pm in Central Leeds. Confirmed guests and contributors include top BI specialists from Provident Financial, BSkyB, Morrisons, Jet2, Callcredit Information Group and StepChange Debt Charity.

Delegates can look forward to a complimentary bar, buffet and a presentation by industry expert Remo Biagioni, Head of Business Intelligence at Callcredit. Remo will be sharing his experiences of transforming the BI Development Team at Callcredit from using a DSDM iteration-based approach towards Kanban. This will include the learnings taken and the benefits gained such as stakeholder engagement, speed and quality.

When interviewed at the last BIBoss event, Philip Doyne, Technical Director at QlickIT said:

“I think that this is incredibly valuable. There is some very very good advice being offered, and for free!”

The purpose of BIBoss is to create a unique platform for Senior BI Professionals all over Yorkshire to debate, discuss hot topics, learn from reputable and established speakers and network with like-minded individuals. Guy Nicholson, Data Services Manager at Hermes Parcelnet Ltd said:

“It’s been really good to network with other people at the event and get an idea of what size of warehouses they have. I came here thinking we had a particularly small data warehouse and I think we’ve got the largest one here, so that was an eye opener.”

Want to join the conversation?

Held quarterly, BIboss is an invitation-only event aimed at BI Managers, Data Warehouse Managers, Heads of IT, Heads of Information, Directors of IT, and Senior BI Architects. Forthcoming event dates include 11 June and 10 September 2015. If you would like to register your interest please e-mail biboss@corecomconsulting.co.uk or call 0113 394 4188.

20/05/2015

Head of Business Intelligence at Callcredit announced as BIBoss Guest Speaker

#businessintelligencenetworking

Remo Biagioni, Head of Business Intelligence at Callcredit, has been confirmed as the Guest Speaker at the next BIBoss networking event for Senior BI Professionals on 11 June 2015.

Remo started his career as a Software Engineer for BT Laboratories where he spent nearly nine years. He founded Businets Web Design Ltd where he project managed the parallel development of multiple e-commerce websites using Agile methods. After selling Businets, Remo worked for Stickyeyes and the DWP before joining Callcredit in 2014.

Remo is a member of the Chartered Institute of IT (BCS) and an Assessor for the Chartered IT Professional Qualification. His current role at Callcredit involves leading a team which enables smarter decisions internally. Callcredit are experts in UK and international consumer information management and direct marketing. Remo said:

“Since joining Callcredit, we’ve been transforming the BI development team from using a DSDM iteration-based approach towards Kanban. I’d like to thank Corecom for this opportunity to share what we’ve learned, the benefits – specifically how we’ve improved stakeholder engagement, speed and quality.”

BIBoss is an exclusive invitation-only networking event in Leeds aimed at bringing Senior Business Intelligence Professionals together in Yorkshire. Held quarterly, BIBoss is aimed at BI Managers, Data Warehouse Managers, Heads of IT, Heads of Information, Directors of IT, and Senior BI Architects in Yorkshire. Dan Mills, Head of Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence at Corecom Consulting said:

“Participants at the last BIBoss event included BI professionals from, for example, Jet2, Learn Direct and Hermes Parcelnet Ltd.”

“Attendees at the June event can look forward to an engaging presentation from Remo who has years of relevant industry experience, lightning discussions on topics chosen by delegates, networking and a free bar and buffet.”

Want to join the conversation?

Forthcoming BIBoss event dates include 11 June and 10 September 2015. If you would like to register your interest please contact Dan Mills at biboss@corecomconsulting.co.uk or call 0113 394 4188.

20/05/2015

Director of Engineering at FinancialForce.com to lead ITBoss troops into battle

Corecom Consulting is thrilled to announce that Chris Hirst, Director of Engineering at FinancialForce.com, has been announced as Guest Speaker at the forthcoming ITBoss networking event on 18 June 2015.

Armed with a Physics degree from Cambridge University, Chris started his professional career as a young officer with the Royal Tank Regiment. This started with 2 years as leader of a 12 man troop unit in the British Army of the Rhine, Germany, and lead to the post of Senior Lecturer at the Royal Armoured Corps Training Centre at Bovington Camp, Dorset.

Chris began his IT career as Team Leader and Developer at SD-SCICON with customers including British MoD and the German Weather Service. He progressed to a role with London Business School as a Freelance Developer, followed by Developer and then Project Leader at Concourse Systems in Bradford where he spent over 14 years as a hands-on developer in industrial control and monitoring software. He specialised in a wide variety of projects in the manufacturing industry across EMEA and clients ranged from a fibre optic switch for Pirelli production factory in Milan to a public sector team in Wakefield managing waste recycling and disposal.

Subsequently, Chris has transferred his knowledge and experience to development, technical and project management roles for Trutac Ltd, Manheim Auctions, Anaplan Ltd and Capita Customer Management. Key achievements included delivering a £1.5 million green field product to RAC which achieved budget gains of £300k pa. He has combined development and testing expertise across Europe, US, Singapore and New Zealand to deliver world class solutions.

Chris set up Eliga Solutions a year ago. As Director of the company, he leads IT projects on contract using Agile processes with SaaS Cloud computing. In January of this year he embarked on the role of Director of Engineering at FinancialForce.com where he leads a growing number of Agile scrum teams.

During his extensive career Chris has had the opportunity to work with:

teams in four continents for a globally successful cloud-based startup businesses
cloud-based tools such as Salesforce, VersionOne, Jenkins, Podio, Yammer, Box
Agile kanban and scrum methodologies
programming and test teams with Open Source and Microsoft technologies
automation tools for faster and higher quality delivery.

When asked about what he can bring to ITBoss, Chris said:

“I am looking forward to sharing my knowledge and experiences within the industry at the event. I relish providing Agile leadership, focus and direction. This is an exciting age of internet-driven teamwork and I am delighted to offer my perspective on how to deliver faster and richer software solutions.”

Event Host, Philip Nairn at Corecom Consulting said:

“I am thrilled that Chris accepted my invitation to speak at ITBoss. He boasts a whopping 30 year’s IT experience and some truly innovative ideas. Outside the workplace he has also demonstrated talent, determination and success by completing a Marathon in 2 hours 25 minutes, the Three Peaks of Yorkshire Fell Race (24 miles, 4,500 ft) in 3 hours 10 minutes and the Dambuster Olympic distance triathlon 1500m swim / 42 km bike / 10 km run) in 2 hours 28 minutes.”

Held quarterly, ITboss is an exclusive invitation-only networking event in Leeds aimed at bringing Senior IT Professionals together in Yorkshire. It creates a unique platform for Senior IT Professionals all over Yorkshire to debate, discuss hot topics, learn from reputable and established speakers and network with likeminded individuals. The event caters for Senior Project Managers, IT Managers, IT Directors, Programme Managers, CIOs and CTOs.

Want to join the conversation?

Forthcoming event dates include 18 June and 17 September 2015. To register your interest, please contact itboss@corecomconsulting.co.uk

13/05/2015

Hitachi Capital, Infraxis and Provident Financial Group sign up to DevBoss

#leadersindevelopment

Corecom Consulting is delighted to announce that Hitachi Capital, Debenham, Thouard and Zadelhoff (DTZ), Infraxis and Provident Financial Group are just some of the businesses that have signed up for the forthcoming DevBoss event on 21 May 2015.

DevBoss is an invitation-only networking event for leaders of Software Development across Yorkshire. It is hosted in Leeds, Yorkshire, by Corecom Consulting. Held quarterly, the event creates a unique community for leaders in development to network, debate, discuss hot topics and learn from reputable and established speakers who are leaders in the industry.

Adam Roney from award winning digital Leeds-based agency calls9 will be speaking about using the cloud to provide cutting edge services, the lessons learned from the cloud journey when delivering mobile and web applications and the importance of the cloud as a driver of software innovation.

Suggested lightning discussion topics from delegates also include:

How to scale code reviews/QA across larger teams
How to run multiple concurrent agile teams on the same project
How to keep the team up-to-date as technology changes
Are cloud platforms a necessity or do databases still have their place?

Event host, Andreas Xiarchos from Corecom Consulting, said:

“We’re delighted at the response we’ve received to DevBoss. We’re welcoming attendees from Technophobia, Pancredit, TwentySix Digital and StepChange Debt Charity, amongst many others.

“If you’re a software development leader based in or near to Yorkshire and you would like to get involved, do get in touch to register your interest. Adding to the knowledge held and shared within the group is important in assisting with and finding solutions to the challenges which are addressed at the event.”

Want to join the discussion?

The next DevBoss event takes place in Leeds City Centre from 6.00 – 8.30pm on Thursday 21 May. The event is free with complimentary drinks and a buffet. If you would like to register your interest please contact Andreas Xiarchos at devboss@corecomconsulting or call 0113 394 4188.

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AstraZeneca Senior Programme Test Manager announced as TestBoss Manchester Keynote Speaker

TestBoss Topics Released: Performance Testing and Employee Retention

Woman in tech? Join the community, be inspired, create your future

Former Head of Engineering at Yahoo! to present at ITBoss

Yoel Marson

WITBoss to launch with prevalent topic

WITBoss Guest Speaker confirmed: Gillian Arnold ‘Top 10 most influential women in IT 2015’

BIBoss Attracts Top Business Intelligence Specialists

Head of Business Intelligence at Callcredit announced as BIBoss Guest Speaker

Director of Engineering at FinancialForce.com to lead ITBoss troops into battle

Hitachi Capital, Infraxis and Provident Financial Group sign up to DevBoss

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