Paul Lomax

Experienced general manager and former entrepreneur with specialist experience in digital media, technology, e-commerce, marketing and operations.

Responsible for launching and managing hundreds of high-profile consumer websites on-time and on-budget over the last 10 years.

A highly respected leader of teams, able to hire, motivate and inspire talented employees, creating an environment of innovation and new ideas and turning chaos into productivity.

Employer:	Pod1 Ltd
Position:	Director of Technology and Operations
Time period:	February 2008 - Present
Description:	Pod1 is the UK’s fastest growing creative digital agency with clients including Schroders, Cushman & Wakefield, Kurt Geiger, Reiss, Uniqlo, Links of London and Virgin Holidays. - Line-management of the technology, search marketing and project management teams and the delivery and maintenance of all projects, websites and digital campaigns on-time and on-budget whilst meeting customer expectations. - Creating and implementing a new process and strategic development for all stages of the business, from initial pitch through to project delivery and on-going maintenance.

Employer:	Wolfe Crescent (Residents) Management Ltd.
Position:	Chairman and director

Employer:	Pod1 Ltd
Position:	Technical Director
Time period:	July 2007 - February 2008
Description:	- Managed the re-organisation of the 20-strong technical team, creating a management structure allowing the team to scale and introducing other measures to improve job satisfaction, productivity and ultimately profitability. - Devised and executed a new technical strategy; developed new standards and agile software development processes. - Provided to key clients technical, business and strategic consultancy, including web 2.0, social media, usability and online marketing strategies. - Launched www.kurtgeiger.com, www.reiss.co.uk, www.uniqlo.co.uk, www.fredolsencruises.com, www.redcarnationhotels.com and more.

Employer:	IPC Media Ltd
Position:	Digital Publisher
Time period:	January 2007 - June 2007
Description:	Responsible for new digital product development in the mass-market female sector for the UK's largest consumer publishing company, and digital strategy for www.nowmagazine.co.uk and www.goodtoknow.co.uk.

Employer:	IPC Media Ltd
Position:	Internet Technology Manager
Time period:	September 2002 - January 2007
Description:	Responsible for the digital department at IPC Media, the UK's largest consumer magazine publishing company. This encompassed development of in-house content management system powering over 50 websites and management of a team of 40 front- and back-end developers, web designers, project managers, account managers, traffic managers and systems administrators. Provided consultancy to over 90 magazine titles on digital strategy including online advertising, cross-media plans, online marketing, social media, SEO, and business models. Spoke and presented at industry conferences on subjects such as the challenges of creating media-neutral content and Web 2.0.

Employer:	IPC Media Ltd
Position:	Technical Systems Manager
Time period:	October 2001 - September 2002
Description:	- Web development, infrastructure and technical strategy for NME.COM and ybw.com, recruiting and leading a team of freelance developers and systems administrators. - Migrated IPC’s web hosting infrastructure from an outsourced to in-house solution.

Employer:	IPC Electric Ltd
Position:	Senior Solutions Developer
Time period:	April 2001 - October 2001
Description:	- Web development and server administration, leading a small team of freelance developers. - Created IPC’s company-wide in-house content management system, introducing open source and LAMP technologies.

Employer:	Vodafone PLC
Position:	Junior Developer (Internship)
Time period:	July 1999 - September 1999
Description:	Designed and developed bug tracking and analysis software using Oracle; Co-ordinated Year 2000 compliance project; Wrote C++ test harnesses for software development team.

Employer:	Max Internet Ltd
Position:	Managing & Technical Director
Time period:	September 1997 - March 2001
Description:	- Formed digital agency whilst in full-time study, later going full time. - Specialised in design, development, hosting and domain names with a turnover of £250k and over 10,000 customers. - Customer-facing and hands-on role involving sales and business development, account management, project management of freelance designers and developers and management of support and administration staff.

Employer:	Cooperative Bank PLC
Position:	Database Developer (Internship)
Time period:	June 1996 - September 1996
Description:	Created the corporate customer complaints system, returning in 1999 for Y2K testing.

University:	University of Manchester
Time period:	1997 - 2000
Degree:	Computing & Information Systems

University:	Aquinas College
Time period:	1995 - 1997
Degree:	5 A-levels: Business Studies, Computing, General Studies, Maths, Physics.

Hobbies:

Semi-pro photography, cooking, fine wine, films, football, management theory and technology.