Jonathon Smith

Full Stack C# .NET Developer

07786003999 Kettering, UK
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Achievements

  • Built award winning technology platform for automotive financial services company
  • Scaled technology team from 0 to 10 and business to 50+ staff
  • Transformed business by architecting & implementing bespoke digital process system
  • Ran multi-million revenue business as Director & Chief Information Officer
  • Sold business delivering multi-million exit for investors

Key Skills

  • Developer: Over 15 years experience as a .NET developer solving business problems
  • Data: Produced actionable visualisations and metrics from large datasets
  • Mentor: Trained & mentored teams of software developers, sysadmins & DBAs
  • Agile: Worked with agile, TDD & other modern software development methodologies
  • Cybersecurity: Qualified penetration tester with extensive security experience

Personal Summary

Currently founder & director of Cybersmith, provider of technology & cybersecurity services.

Previously Chief Information Officer in the automotive finance sector for over a decade.

Volunteer Vice-Chairman of Kettering Mind & Governor of Kettering General Hospital.

Trampoline gymnastics specialist, with 18 years experience coaching all ages & abilities.

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07786003999 Kettering, UK

Managing Director

Cybersmith Mar 2022 to Now
  • Web Development: Guided organisations on how best to structure their web applications and the teams that build them.
  • Pen Testing: Scoped, performed and wrote reports for pen tests against customer web applications and infrastructure.
  • Security Consultancy: Improved organisational security posture and supply chain resilience by taking a business-case first approach to change.
  • Data Protection: Created data inventories & advised on compliance with the UK/EU GDPR as well as on general privacy best practice.
  • Auditing: Delivered Cyber Essentials+ assessment, ISO27001 guidance and IASME Cyber Assurance assessment.

Non-Compete Period After Business Sale

Various Organisations Feb 2020 to Feb 2022 (2 yrs)
  • Volunteering: Coached gymnastics & volunteered locally.
  • Education: Passed various qualifications required to set up my next business.

Chief Information Officer, IT Director & IT Manager

Fleet Assist Nov 2009 to Jan 2020 (10 yrs 3 mos)
  • Software Development: Developed from a greenfield project, code reviewed and project managed the web based "Atlas" system which was the company's primary system.
  • Data Analytics: Designed and built a multi-award winning (Fleet News and Alphabet) data analytics platform to process over £2bn in automotive maintenance data.
  • People: Line managed 6 direct reports, with a team of 10 in total across the IT, Software Development, Analytics, Data and Rental Risk departments.
  • IT & Cloud: Created and managed an on-prem/cloud hybrid Hyper-V based Windows Server environment within local server rooms and Azure.
  • Networking: Procured, configured and monitored a fully redundant network using a Avaya PABX, Juniper firewalls and switches combined with Ubiquiti access points.
  • Security: Worked to ISO 27001 best practices and regularly passed IT security audits from our FCA regulated customers.
  • Procurement: Completed multiple IT technology refreshes with budgets up to £100k on projects ranging from software migrations to networking and server installs.
  • Facilities: Managed the challenging environment of a 15th century manor house and a £250k modern office refurbishment.
  • Sales: Won multiple new contracts as the lead tender writer & technical sales presenter for new customers.
  • Data Protection: Managed all data protection matters including running an extensive 2018 GDPR program to review circa 1000 contracts.
  • M&A: Involved in further M&A and refinancing activities, with solid experience examining company accounts, managing investors and raising capital.