Michael Ratcliffe PMP

Consultancy, planning, project managing and building IT solutions, Network Solutions, Internet Solutions, Datacentre Design and Architecture, IT & Business Process Engineering, Business Optimisation and Transformation. Outsourcing

Responsible to support the migration of business-critical applications from a legacy datacenter to new-build strategic data centres involving about 1500 servers & IBM Z/OS Mainframes

Responsible for the design and architecture of network-based LAN & WAN solutions

Managing the networking aspects of customer migrations in Switzerland and Germany as part of HPs global datacentre consolidation programme.

Responsible for the entire network infrastructure at Neos, including several complex multi-tenant datacentre application environments and the associated security solutions. The company had significant datacenter infrastructure in Munich (Germany), Singapore, Beijing (China) plus office locations in Munich (Germany), Bangkok and Bratislava.

IT solutions, Network Solutions, Internet Solutions, Datacentre Design and Architecture, Consultancy, Project Management, Process Engineering, Business Optimisation and Transformation

Accountable as the global design authority for the AS1273 internet backbone. This network uses both Cisco and Juniper hardware and generates an annual revenue of €52 million. Tasks included: network design, service management, quality management, change management, fault resolution, customer support, project management

Responsible for the tracking and reporting of pan-European build projects with budgets between EUR100k and EUR30 million. Initiating and project managing various cost savings initiatives. Developing various financial models, tracking and reporting tools.

Responsible for the creation and nurturing of new leading-edge services and strategic business relationships.

Transformed a pure reseaerch organisation into a major German commercial Internet Provider with a revenue of over EUR13 million. Built a web hosting and CoLo business. Responsible for sales, marketing and partnerships.

Responsible for Programme Managing various international research collaborations. Liaison with DGXIII of the CEC in Brussels.

Research in parallel and distributed computer architectures. A publications list is available on request.

Developed basic technology design rules for computers, designed, built and supported a 4096 PE SIMD supercomputer. Designed and programmed simulation models for a mainframe product