Jonathan was a valuable member of the technical team. His ‘can do’ approach coupled with a deep technical knowledge was appreciated and valued by his technical colleagues as well the wider business. Tasks were always completed in a conscientious manner and seen through to the end. His positive outlook and cheerful personality meant the team was never short of a laugh. Jonathan was always prepared to engage and put the required effort in both during the working day, but also in his own time in order to keep current with the latest technical information in a fast moving field.
Jonathan has a very good and very broad technical understanding and also a very good understanding and appreciation of the needs of a business. He worked with me on a number of remote access solutions and also on the security and infrastructure elements of a tender evaluation exercise. His broad skill set and ability to articulate the most technical of issues in a language understood by the business proved invaluable.
I only worked with Jonathan for a short period but I found him to be extremely knowledgeable, astute, pragmatic and helpful. I would certainly like to have him in my team if the opportunity arose.
Jonathan is an exceptionally knowledgeable individual, able to identify problems rapidly and express articulately potential solutions.
Jonathan has that rare mix of deep technical expertise and business awareness. He was one of my key contacts in the first piece of work I did at BIS and was always approachable due to his collaborative way of working.
Jonathan worked at BIS (formerly DTI) for a number of years in various technical architect roles, particularly related to remote access solutions but also developing into an enterprise-wide role. He has deep technical knowledge and understanding and is able to translate this into focused advice for an organisation to meet its objectives. He can be relied upon to give evidence-based advice not tainted by political influence. His early work was an important contribution to delivery of a cutting-edge Citrix-based remote access solution. His latter role as enterprise systems architect was based more on analysis and advice than delivery and suited him well. He only left BIS because of changes in Government policy around contracting and, if we had been permitted, we would have retained his services.
Jonathan is one of those rare breeds; he combines an in-depth expertise in technology with the added ability to communicate with a clear and business relevant manor. I have worked with Jonathan for over 8 years; he has never let me down.
Jonathan worked for me for four years across a range of design and delivery ICT projects. He has a broad and deep range of IT skills and knowledge and a very strong problem solving ability. Whilst working client side, on our ICT modernisation programme, he made some key design interventions which improved the quality of our supplier’s products and services which ultimately benefited our end users. He demonstrated a keen understanding of the security implications of designs and offered sound options for reducing the risks to our information. He is fully up to date with ‘Cloud’ technology and services and offered some real insights as we started to move in that direction. Jonathan is a committed individual who appropriately challenges traditional thinking in order to move matters forward; he proved himself to be a real asset to my team.
I had the pleasure of working for Jon as a member of his team of security architects for a challenging programme delivering substantial technical refresh and new business services. Jon proved to be a strong and supportive leader providing clear direction both for the team and programme delivery managers on the development of secure solutions. I appreciated Jon’s direct style and pragmatic approach. I look forward to working with Jon again in the future.
Jonathan is a pragmatic architect who is able to comprehend complex technical solutions and is always willing to assist colleagues and partners meet mutually beneficial results.