Westwood Technology Management
WTM WESTWOOD TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Consulting services that get you profits from your information
technology investments
What is WTM?
If you are planning to make a significant investment in
information technology (IT) and systems, and you want to be sure
that the right technological solution is implemented
successfully, and significant benefits are provided to your
business, then WTM can help you.
Founded in May 1989, WTM provides independent IT management
consulting services to industry, government and international IT
companies. WTM is a sole proprietorship operated by Peter
Westwood. As a result, unlike other management consulting
companies, WTM's consulting assignments are only undertaken by a
very senior, seasoned roll up the sleeves IT practitioner.
Mr. Westwood gives recommendations that make business sense, and
delivers projects that meet their objectives. He has a unique
combination of successful business and management experience, a
strong technical background, with an excellent understanding of
how IT and IT vendors can help an organization. He has an
outstanding track record of results.
With over 25 years of successful experience in the computer and
communications field, much of it at a senior management level,
Mr. Westwood has excellent communication and people management
skills.
He has directed implementation projects as large as $10 million
and managed as many as 100 people. He has been directing e-
business projects since 1996.
Projects that he has led have resulted in a number of awards for
his clients, including Windows/Comdex (Bill Gates actually
presented this award), US Banking Administration Institute
Retail Banking Software winner and a Canadian Information
Productivity award. Mr. Westwood has directed projects for
industries such as banking, utilities, telecom, computer,
software and government. The types of projects that he has
undertaken include preparation of strategic plans, process
improvement, marketing studies, custom and packaged software
development and implementation.
Prior to founding his consultancy, Mr.Westwood was the C.O.O. of
a $15 million software company with clients in 25 countries. He
rose to that position from first the position of Director Product
Development; then founding and heading up the Messaging software
division which grew profitably from 4 to 80 people in just 4
year.
He has given over 20 speeches and papers at international
conferences on strategic information systems.
Currently Mr. Westwood is a member of the B.C. Science Councils
Computers and Computing Committee responsible for the
recommendations for the Technology BC grants. Immediately prior
to that he was a founding member of the Board of Directors of
the B.C. Technology Industries Association for over 5 years. He
has an Executive MBA, as well as a B.Sc. and a B.A.
Selected Clients:
BC Hydro
BC Tel
Bentall Development
Brother International (Japan)
Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship
CIBC Mortgage
Consumers Software Inc. (now part of Microsoft)
Data-Tech Institute (U.S.)
EDS Financial Services (U.S., Australia)
Hewlett-Packard
ISM-BC
IBM (U.S.)
Modatech Systems (now Multiactive Software)
NASA (U.S.)
Nomura Securities (Japan)
Prologic
Selkirk Financial Technologies
Simware
Simon Fraser University
Ventures West
WED, Government of Canada
Ways that WTM can help you
With the extensive and successful experience of Mr. Westwood in
the IT field, there are many ways that WTM can help you to get
more profits from your IT investments. Mr. Westwood brings to
every assignment a business focus together with an extensive
understanding of where technology can benefit an organisation.
The following are examples of some of the assignments that he
has undertaken.
Senior IT Management Contract Services
Project Director leading the planning, vendor selection, and
vendor management for a Canada wide custom developed system. The
technologies include: Internet, client/server, data warehouse.
Director, R&D, financial software; leading the development of
the first e-business product; introduced software development
project management processes, recruited full-time Director.
V-P R&D banking software, developing client server & Internet
enterprise wide core banking systems and toolkit. Grew the
division from 15 to 40 staff, customers in 27 countries.
V-P Data Communications overseeing the management of a large
heterogeneous LAN/WAN network (over 5,000 desktop devices, 80
LANs, dial-up to T1 communications). Directed the redesign of
the networks necessitated by the relocation of the head-office.
Senior Project Manager leading the planning, vendor
procurement, and overall management of a large AS400 and
associated network and desktop devices (over 1,000 desktop
devices).
Senior Product Manager determining e-mail directory strategy
for a major e-mail software vendor. Establishing a strategic
partnership with a European developer.
Project Management Services
Directing, for industries such as banking, utilities, telecom,
computer, software and government, projects that include:
preparation of strategic plans, RFP preparation and evaluation
management, process re-engineering, marketing studies, custom
and packaged software development and implementation. The
largest project was over $10 million.
Implementation projects include: e-business, Internet, multi-
tier enterprise client server (Windows 95/NT), data mart, data
communications, networking infrastructure, mid-range (Unix and
proprietary) and mainframe (IBM) platforms.
As V-P R&D led the development of a $4 million set of projects
resulting in a new product line - Windows NT open client-server
& Internet toolset, new Lending application, re-engineered
including GUI Deposits application, Data Mart, Internet personal
banking system.
Managing a benchmark project, certified by EDS, demonstrating
that Windows NT banking software, with a realistic mix of both
on-line and batch transactions, could handle the business load
resulting from a 10 million customer database, being
concurrently accessed by over 10,000 users at PCs and 2,500
customers at ATMs.
Teaching Project Management at a university, running project
planning sessions, giving project management seminars and
providing project manager 'mentoring' services.
Directing the implementation of Canadas first (1996)
operational Internet personal banking system.
Managing product development partnerships with companies
from Canada, U.S., Japan and Australia.
Implementing improved product development processes.
Managing IT Outsourcing Contracts
RFP development, proposal evaluation, vendor management for a
$10 million plus development, operation and support outsourcing
contract.
Bid consulting services to a major outsourcing vendor that
resulted in a $15 million banking ASP contract.
Selection, contract negotiation, and management of a vendor to
provide the hardware and system software, and on-going support
of such, for a new major billing system ($6 million plus
procurement).
Management of a vendor providing systems and network
facilities management services ($5 million contract).
Selection of vendors, including contract negotiation, to
provide library automation software and computing system ($1
million procurement).
Business strategies planning services to IT facilities
management services vendor.
Preparation of strategic IT plans including outsourcing
strategy.
Strategic business advisory services to an MIS group planning
to enter the outsourcing business.
Business Development
Obtaining funding and establishing a software development
company.
Preparation of several business plans for high-tech companies.
Developing strategic alliances.
Re-organizing product development and support groups.
Assessing business development funding applications.
Overall management of a high-technology business ($15 million
revenue, sales in 25 countries.
Company Details
Year Established:
1989
Total Sales ($CDN):
$1 - $100,000
Number of Employees:
1
Company Information
Peter Westwood
Title:
President
Area of Responsibility:
Management Executive
Telephone:
(604) 836-8955
Fax:
(604) 922-8914
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