I am the Head of Technical Services for the STEM. The Faculty consists of 700 staff and 1,800 Associate Lecturers. We deliver over 185 modules across undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum, supporting nearly 19,000 students (full time equivalents) which is 29% of the Open University total. I oversee the STEM technology development and technology utilisation strategy, managing all information technology resources of the Faculty. I have primary day-to-day responsibility for technology management of operations in terms of planning, developing, implementing, managing, growing, and maintaining, availability, efficiency and financial viability of all technology related components within the Faculty. Collaborating with the Senior Management Team at the University, I help to define and deliver on short term goals and the longer-term road map and strategy for the Faculty.

Keys: IT Infrastructure, Strategy, Operations, Management, Virtualisation, hyperconvergence, cloud, hpc, big data

Team: Michelle Bachler, Robbie Bays, David Castledine, Samantha Colclough, Harriett Cornish, Damian Dadswell, Julian Gilbert, Olivia Hagen, Ben Hawkridge, Tiff Leek, Kevin Quick, Chris Sanders, Chris Valentine, Daniel Woodyer

KMi, the first 25 years

Paul attended the Gartner Symposium/IPxpo 2018 in Orlando, Florida

KMi project wins Storage Award at annual event