
Business Strategist-Speaker-Author (Social Media & IT)
Ontario, Canada

Business Strategist-Speaker-Author (Social Media & IT)
Ontario, Canada
▓▒░ I work with YOU to guarantee your business is ready to face the next generation of challenges in the Social Media world ░▒▓
Peter is a Senior Business and IT Executive who has over 25 years experience delivering successful solutions. Contact him at peter.b.giblett@gmail.com or call in the office at 905 371 3908. His resume can also be found on-line at http://pgiblett.emurse.com/.
His background includes:
♦ Corporate and IT Strategy - Ensure that IT delivers results:
♦ Delivering Social Media sites for specialist markets;
♦ Providing consulting in strategic business use of Social Media;
♦ Marketing/brand consultancy within the context of Social Media;
♦ Social Media training and education.
Please take a look at Peter's website CIO Perspectives (http://cio-perspectives.com) or see a sample of my recent writing through the LinkedIn WordPress application below.
۩Keywords
Social Media - Corporate Policy, Marketing Solutions
Social Media Intelligence
Business Intelligence
C-Suite consulting, Strategic consulting
My current focus is in delivering realistic Social Media/Enterprise 2.0 solutions for business, including:
♦ Social Media Strategy
♦ Specialist Social Media web sites
♦ Marketing & Brand consulting in Social Media context
♦ Social Media training and education
♦ Strategic Alliances
♦ Facilitates business change
♦ Social Media Intelligence & Business Intelligence
♦ Total business results
♦ Proactive. Results driven.
»Institutes bold initiatives to effect positive change«
(Management Consulting industry)
January 2008 — Present (2 years )
With business Partner identified several gaps in the Social Media marketplace, based on concept of advising businesses how to leverage the new Social Media tools as an additional marketing tool.
Our specific focus in growing our business has been:
♦ Delivering Social Media sites for specialist market sectors;
♦ Providing corporate consulting in strategic business use of Social Media;
♦ General marketing and brand consultancy within the context of Social Media;
♦ Social Media training and education
One of the key elements of Social Media is that it is providing specialist communities, that can often be global with a means to communicate an collaborate as never before. Today’s world in an “open social communication source” for all facets of life, and I have facilitated business entry into this trend. Additionally this open source lifestyle has represents significant marketing opportunities for my customers, largely untapped by many organizations.
(Executive Office industry)
May 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 3 months)
Volunteering with the Happen network. This is an executive and professional network across Canada.
Provide assistance with meeting setup; facilitation; and publicity.
(Privately Held; Wholesale industry)
2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Managed corporate IT development, working with senior business executives to deliver major change.
♦ Implemented major change to application landscape:
◦ Managed CRM implementation
◦ Implemented new financial system (Saving $600K on Budget)
◦ Managed a major database update for Legacy system
◦ Implemented an Enterprise Data Warehouse providing Business Intelligence for the first time in company’s history.
◦ Managed upgrade of corporate Web site
♦ Prepared the company to meet IFRS and SOX compliance for IPO option.
♦ Built an energetic and focused team of professionals
(Management Consulting industry)
2003 — 2006 (3 years )
Led key client projects. Responsible for strategies and business plans, enabling execution of objectives in gross profits and net operating income
For UK TV Corporation
○ Generated an extra $5.6 billion revenue a year from 24 million homes
○ Identified architecture of CRM implementation
○ Implemented IT risk strategy and corporate risk plan
UK Postal Corporation
○ Turned around a failing project circumventing potential penalties of over $2 million per day, by leading two parallel projects
For a UK based Utility Corporation
○ Revolutionized customer service and delivery reputation by providing them with IT tools to enable delivery of rapid response teams to correct off-site emergencies
For European Telecoms Corporation
○ Increased average revenue per unit (ARPU) by 15%, enhancing direct marketing offerings
○ Lowered consumer churn 10%, by use of effective analysis of usage patterns
(Management Consulting industry)
1996 — 2003 (7 years )
Managed the corporation and led the sales force in a pre-sales capacity, building corporate relationships, responding to Client RFP’s, project and people management, including managing teams and consultancy.
♦ Increased margins and profitability while attracting new clients at higher than average bid
♦ Saved clients $ millions by assessing strategic IT policy and project impacts while managing the processes through Project Board. Canada Life saved over $20 million over a five-year period at a migration cost of only $1 Million.
♦ Reduced the amount of analysis work for Glaxo-SmithKline, transitioning the business competencies from 75% data-loading to 75% analytical and lowering headcount by 10%
♦ Eliminated project costs for a full year by identifying a multi-year Return On Investment for British Airways.
♦ Reduced the data-loading competencies of British Airways’ Business Intelligence Reporting unit from 95% loading to 90% analytical.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 1992 — May 1996 (4 years 3 months)
Led development projects and consultancy services for major Data Warehousing projects on a worldwide basis. Involved in pre-sales capacity, defining project scope, responding to RFP’s defining project goals and setting budgets, liaised with client representatives to ensure project deliverables remained on-course, sitting on Project Boards. Key clients included British Telecom, UB European Snack Foods, Sainsbury’s, Birds Eye, and Johnson & Johnson.
Bar Vocn'l Cse , Post Graduate Diploma in Law (Bar Vocational Course) , 2000 — 2002
LLB (Hons) , 1995 — 1999
Baseball - MY YANKEES!
British Computer Society, Happen