Projects

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Programme and Delivery

Syed Rahman has a history of commercialising a number of research concepts to end products across the US, Europe, Middle East and Africa.  He had held a number of leadership positions in the telecoms (Vodafone, Orange) , I.T, Education (Ontario Teachers Pension Fund  &  Providence), Mobile games (Camelot), Consultancies ( EY, Cap), Energy (British Gas) and Governments Organisations (HMRC)

He brings with him a wealth of experience and contacts across multiple industries with the ability to forge partnerships and develop services for end consumers.  He is currently advising a number of start up to commercialise their products and have been advising/consulting to investment funds on purchase of comp

Product Specialist and Business Analyst

Nick has always held a passion for IT, from teaching himself to program through to building and selling PCs to help pay his way through university.  Having studied early attempts at using IT for social and community networking for his MSc, he joined the graduate IT programme at EDS (now HP/DXC).

He spent his formative years in the software industry testing and producing code, before turning his attention to analysis.  For nearly two decades he has worked as both a technical and a non-technical business analyst, developing a forensic eye for detail and an acute understanding of the tools and techniques that really deliver results.  Having a passion for learning Nick has always promoted better, more collaborative ways of working throughout his career.  He encourages a practical approach to analysis, utilising best practice and theory but adapting and tailoring these to the local environment.

Nick’s track record of delivery excellence spans multiple periods working on HMRC projects with Capgemini, and working with TNT/FedEx as part of their global business IT operations team.   He is currently work with Capgemini, on a team producing APIs for HMRC’s Making Tax Digital programme.

Product Owner & Agile Coach

From being a  software developer  to completing an MBA, Suhail has always been passionate about technology and business and really loves to be involved in shaping teams to deliver value to end users.

Starting off as a placement developer at Hewlett Packard using C++ and Direct X as part of his Masters in Advanced Computing at Hewlett Packard’s Research and Development department Suhail has always been interested in future technologies. After completing his Masters, Suhail worked for Rolls Royce where he was involved in developing engineering visualisation software for Rolls Royce engineers, spending three years on complex simulation tools.

Moving between a hardware company to an aerospace company this drove Suhail to look at other industries and this time it was telecoms working for the innovative Orange mobile company in their Research and Development department. Suhail spent 10 years there looking at future technologies, producing user centered designs and proof of concepts to help invigorate innovation within Orange Group. Suhail then joined France Telecom R&D and was part of a team of high powered programme managers driving technology throughout France Telecom group.

Suhail then moved to Amdocs and was responsible for placing early 4G test equipment in telecoms labs in Europe and the Middle-East. He was also part of a global team which made the first 4G data call in Europe.

With a lot of travelling over the past 15 years working for Orange and Amdocs, Suhail reached locally to move his successful career from telecoms to education and joined as a Product Manager at Promethean. Suhail spent three successful years at Promethean shaping digital educational products on advanced hardware.

Then a GDS project came calling and Suhail grabbed the opportunity of working as Product Manager for Accenture on the HMRC account. Having taken the project through Discovery, Alpha, Private Beta and Public Beta another GDS opportunity came calling with DWP as a Senior Product Owner and Agile Coach. Suhail worked  on various projects and also mentored and coached various staff  whilst at DWP. Suhail now works for CapGemini on the HMRC account and is involved with APIs on Making Tax Digital.

Suhail has two kids both who are young and a lot of his time is spent in nurturing them. Suhail also has interests in other businesses, both inside and outside of the technology arena.