Mrs Fiona Smith

About me:

Lecturer in Human Resource Management & Business (Strategy, Leadership, Management, Innovation).

Particularly interested in the convergence of business and technology strategies driving the need for management IT skills development.

• Predictive analytics
• Gender equality
• Effective transfer of research to business

Fiona is considering areas for PhD research.

MSc HR Management (Distinction, Dean's Commendation)

BSc Mathematics for Business

CIPD Level 7

FRSA

FHEA (Distinction, Dean's Commendation)

STAR Notion Coach

Public sector experience (5 years)
- Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service
- Probation Service (Dorset, Devon & Cornwall Community Rehabilitation Company)

Founder Manager - established & ran suite of businesses (13 years)
- 5 star gold eco tourism accommodation built and operated, rare breed farming, organic beauty product development & turnkey solutions for self-catering accommodation

Director level IT start-up experience (20+ years)
- UNICORN 6th employee in EMEA Director of PR EMEA & Marketing Manager Northern Europe building a disruptive market segment (middleware) with $50M VC investment from Warburg Pincus
- Managed World's first IoT press release jointly with Nokia and LG 1999 (internet enabled fridge)
- Worked in IT roles including Managing Consultant, Project Manager, Team Leader, Business Analyst for large scale IT integration projects within numerous industries, designing and managing software development.
- Sponsored by IBM for mathematics undergraduate final year studies. Monte Carlo simulation analysis of Worldwide computer hard drive marketplace. Competitive analyst undergraduate industrial placement year.

Customer accounts include:

Oil & Gas
- BP, Amerada Hess, Agip, British Gas Group, Enterprise Oil

Transport
- Eurotunnel project, British Airways, London Underground, Glasgow Underground, TFL

Public sector
- Employment Services DWP, HM Prison Services, HM Customs & Revenue, Hong Kong Police, Interpol

Utilities
- South West Water, Lyonnaise des Eaux, Anglian Water, National Grid (NGC), Southern Electric,
First Hydro Electric, British Gas

Internet commerce
- E*Trade, Lastminute.com, Whole Foods Market, British Airways

Telecommunications
- Nokia, Motorola, Orange, AT&T

Manufacturing/Food
- Kelloggs Group, HP Bulmers, Billiton Bogasu Gold Mine, Frigoscandia, GE

Pharmaceuticals
- Boeringer Enngelheim, Glaxo Smithkline

Media
- BSkyB

Banking
- SWIFT, NASDAQ, London Stock Exchange, ABB Amro, HSBC, Santander

Notable experience:
Employee no 6 in EMEA in the World's largest VC start-up (at that time) later acquired by Oracle for
$6.5 Billion, prior to IPO NASDAQ (BEAS) and instrumental contributor to global rebranding campaign for the business.