DNA Neuroanalytics Ltd

Director and Founder

KITE COACHING LTD

Mentor and Coach

Paul Snell

Founder - mentor

I have a passion to help inspire people to make measurable improvements in their lives and businesses.  I provide a number of business coaching and personal development services which includes teaching people the strategies necessary to overcome procrastination, set powerful goals and empower themselves to win.

Managing Director - Productivity  / Leadership /  Business Coach / Public Speaker

The Competitive Advantage Consulting Ltd

Co-Founder and Mentor

The Coaching Revolution

Coaching Revolutionary - Founder

Lenovo

EMEA Workstation business Management

Escape Technology Ltd

General Manager at Escape Technology - Dynamic leading reseller in digital media technologies that are used across multiple industries including VFX, Games, Architecture, Design, Advertising, TV and much more!. The role encompasses oversight of the day to day business operations as well as strategic vendor relationships, personnel development and key account management.

General Manager

Management of day to day business operations
Strategic vendor relationships
Business processes
Internal Systems - CRM, ERP
Key account management
Human Resources - HR

Head of Hardware Division

Jarvis Technologies

Oversight of day to day operations for Jarvis Technologies
Management of the Jarvis Media Division

General Manager - Jarvis Technologies and Jarvis Media

Jarvis Technology

General Manager for Jarvis Media, a division of Jarvis Holdings Group. Full P & L responsibility, strategic vendor relationships, Sales and Marketing and Business strategy. Established successful sales channel throughout EMEA on behalf of leading industry vendors.

Business Manager - Jarvis Media

Establish and grow the Forensic Video and eForensics division of Jarvis Media across EMEA, positioning it as the leading trade supplier of technology in this market, supplying across public and private sectors. In addition, assist in the growth and expansion of Jarvis Media as a value added Disitrbutor in the Creative Markets with leading brands such as HP, Avid and Matrox.

Manager

Matek Business Media Limited

Establish and grow a profitable international sales channel for digital CCTV and imaging technologies in the digital forensics market. Introducing new innovative products whilst establishing Matek as the premier independent supplier in the market covering both private and government sales, negotiating and closing business at all levels.

In addition to this I also assist in the development of Mateks opportunities in the creative markets throughout the UK.

Business Development

Trusted Advisor in Leadership Development Underpinned by Cognitive Science | Business Success | Consultancy | Keynote Speaker | Coaching | Mental Health | Podcaster

We aren't just another people consultancy.

We help businesses thrive through leadership excellence.

Our secret weapon? 

⭐️ A unique approach that combines Cognitive science and people consultancy ⭐️

Imagine:

✅ Understanding what your people's real drivers are in the workplace
✅ Making decisions with pinpoint precision that get results
✅ Communicating with impact...all the time 
✅ Building teams that collaborate in harmony

To name but a few.

It's not science fiction. It's cognitive science driving leadership development.

Are you ready to unlock your leadership team's full potential?

Curious? Skeptical? Perfect. That's where transformation begins.

All our programs are completely bespoke based on an understanding of your unique organisation. 

Here's how we can work together:

✅  Cognitive Science - Understanding how your team truly feel is the key to high performing teams in business
✅ Consultancy
✅ Tailored 1-1 training/coaching in-person & online
✅ Tailored 1-1 training/coaching in mental health and wellbeing
✅ Tailored Group Training Programmes/workshops
✅ Mentoring

What people say:

'How can I sum up the coaching we received, In a word…Fantastic!.

An inspirational, well-structured and interactive program delivered expertly by Paul with passion and conviction.

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G. Cornwall - Director, Jarvis Tech Ltd

Drop me a message. Your future self will thank you.

Black Jacket Enterprises

Chief Executive Officer

Neiman Marcus Group

	Architected and leading a PCI compliance project that will restructured how Neiman Marcus takes payments on our ecommerce sites
	Helped drive discovery efforts and helped drive engagement to completion
	Helped prepare budget and levels of effort for projects and other major discovery efforts
	Lead JAD sessions to help iron out technical requirements and deliver capabilities 
	Worked on new technologies for Neiman Marcus brick and mortar stores in the innovation lab with the lab’s lead
	Introduced new technology that will be premiered in our new flagship store
	Presented innovation ideas to the business, directors, Vice Presidents and members of Neiman’s C LEVEL suite
	Owned solutions for the integration team (Cloud based, ESB based, Java based solutions)

Architect

Jsg, inc

	Helped CTO build out enterprise architecture group at the client site (using TOGAF 9.1)
	Created proof of concepts for technical teams using java, tsql, hibernate, etc.
	Used social science degrees to help breakdown silos and  political discourse within the organization 
	Delivered key Enterprise artifacts (catalogs, matrices, value chain, solution concept diagrams, function decomposition diagrams, etc.) using Abacus Modeling and EA Repository suite by Avolution 
	Built out transition plan for moving to a hybrid cloud architecture (AWS) from Rackspace
	Communicated tradeoffs from moving from Rackspace to AWS
	Provided Technical definition of projects that were strategic and key to accomplishing company goals
	Lead efforts that contributed to the overall innovation of lab processes with the company
	Met with business users to help determine long term business needs and strategy
	Translated design specs into architecture design documents 
	Lead JAD Design sessions between the business and technical resources
	Lead Kaizen activity to improve  devOps, architecture decisions and program management  and  within the organization 
	Developed interface control documents
	Lead and participated in devops to overhaul sdlc progress
	Engaged and built relationships with various cross functional teams in order to establish work list and components needed to establish company goals
	Held responsibility for infrastructure and order to cash (lab product) projects
	Lead effort to help improve hl7 interfaces
	Attended some of the desk checks to ensure requirements were properly delivered to stakeholder

Enterprise Architecture Consultant

OmniPoint Staffing

	Worked with vendors to help determine integration strategies 
	Coded XSD’s, wsdl’s, proxy services, bpel components, business services, etc.
	Worked with offshore team members to code enhancements for the Cox-Manheim Gavel to Gate project
	Participated in design sessions for the change request associating with flooring cars for auctions 
	Designed a SOA integration which integrated Manheim with AutoTec
	Provided production support assistance during auctions

SOA Architect

SkyBridge Resources -<Ellucian>

Served as Enterprise framework SME on Enterprise Architecture team
Applied Enterprise Frameworks like Forrester, TOGAF 9.0, and Zachman to propose, champion and author strategies and documents that helped establish leaner, clearer, business processes with Cloud Services at Ellucian 
Helped establish an EA dashboard which served as the foundation for storing EA related building blocks & artifacts
Created and/or helped improve role, location, product, and customer catalogs within the organization
Assisted sales with estimates related to the onboarding on new customers or product services
Lead an initiative the stood up an Amazon Web Services sandbox
Assisted and lead efforts that on boarded over 20+ clients into XE

Enterprise Architect

XO Communications

Worked as enterprise architect at a telecommunications company
Analyzed the enterprose footprint of the using Zachmann, TOGAF, and other enterprise frameworks
Worked with Gartner and the clients other architects to make recommmendation about the companies policies and strategies.

Apex Technology Systems, Inc.

Working on an assortment planning initiative with the client (Advance Auto Parts)

Systems Architect (consulting)

Randstad

Working as a SOA consultant for Citizens Property Insurance.

Oracle SOA Consultant

Ascendant Technology

Domain Architect

Daman Consulting

Assisted an executive director with overseeing the system integration of MAAC with projects in flight across the enterprise.
Developed requirements matrices and conducted JAD sessions to discuss integration strategies between MAAC systems and other USAA subsystems
Participated in a triage and made key recommendations to restructure the day to day operations of MAAC
Sharpened ability to read communication styles of team members and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines. 
Managing and overseeing the integration of MAAC with over 50 inflight projects 
Negotiated system to system integration strategies
Interacted with teams on and offshore to ensure that milestones and deliverables were delivered in a timely manner
Worked closely with product owners, subject matter exports, and technical resources to define and execute high-performing service-oriented solutions.

Integration Manager

Derika Francis is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of  @blackjacketenterprises ‘Black Jacket Enterprises+.’

The Company's mission is to craft highly Innovative products and Flexible IT solutions.
Black Jacket is a boutique international product development, business advisory, technology, and consulting firm. We provide strategy consulting, operating partner services, interim CTO, and sales & marketing leadership to lower mid-market technology companies in North America, Europe, and Asia. We specialized in the software/SaaS/cloud and technology industries and focus on the following verticals: 

1.	Hybrid Cloud Architecture, IT Security
2.	IoT, Cloud Engineering, Software Engineering 
3.	Data Analytics, Big Data, Cloud Analytics
4.	Machine Learning, AI, Drone Technology
5.	Digital Products Relating: Small Business, Popups, Gaming, Charity,  Funding
6.     Staff Augmentation 
 
Black Jacket Enterprises+ is a holdings company of 4 smaller companies and a non-profit.

We also aid small businesses and marginalized people by providing them access to information and free/reduced priced technology.  We are dedicated to helping solve some of the world’s problems via technology and empathy.



Featured Products:

storepopin | storepopin.com | popup and tiny business enablement 

tiedcircles  | tiedcircles.com  | information sharing and intimate social media platform

fundingpiggy | fundingpiggy.com | crowd sourced fund raising platform 

snipzen | snipzen.com | platform meant to help an artist build their brand 

shiftergig | shiftergig.com | gigs and short term assignments - in pilot

reignhealthy | reignhealthy.com | womens’ health platform 
stashauctions | future phase

kitelights | kitelights.org | charity focused on paying for mental health cost for children  (infancy phases)

It should be the mission of technology companies to help struggling people in this world.


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