The Finance Director as IT Leader

David Locke

Agenda

1. Introduction2. Leading3. Focus on Marketing/Communications4. Case studies5. Trends 2012

1. Introduction

1999 to 2012…

1999…Internet usage – 61%Website – 19%Computers – 1 per 2 staff _________________Since then…2004 – Facebook2007 – iphone2010 – ipad

Established 1792 – one of the oldest mission agencies

Working in over 40 countries

Supporting over 370 personnel

Established 1792 – one of the oldest mission agencies

Working in over 40 countries

Supporting over 370 personnel and volunteers

Finance & Corporate Services

Dept of World Mission

Communications

Training

GeneralDirectorate

Department structure

2. Leading

Leading IT – initial reflections

Learner

Innovator

Visionmaker

Pusher

Peacemaker

Affirmer

Inspirer

3. Relationship with Marketing/Communications

Quotation

“Watching an IT professional trying to be cool and knowledgeable with our designers is like watching your Dad dance – just don’t!”

Mark Craig – April 2012BMS Director for Communications

What do you want?

• Reliability• Understandin

g• Perspective

for creative teams, high-value software is 'the tools of the trade' - it's not a bonus to have current kit, it's essential.

Major strategic priorities

• Responding to rapid shifts

• Staying retrofor creative teams, high-value software is 'the tools of the trade' - it's not a bonus to have current kit, it's essential.

How can IT help?

• Keeping updated • By maintaining support• Stay cool

The IT team need to be familiar with the landscape, so that they can talk the same language with creative teams,

New technologies excited about

• Video • Cloud facilities • Holographics

4. Case studies

Case Study 1Personnel/Volunteer System(with document management)

Timing is everything…

The Technology Adoption Landscape (Source: Gartner Group)

Case Study 2Conference Room Booking System (Saas)

Leading Strategy Benchmarking Team building New Projects Opportunities 2008

Case Study 3pension monitoring system

Case Study 4Web based applications

Email update system Survey software

Case Study 5Virtualisation

4. Trends 2012

What’s on the radar

Trends 2012

Software as a

Service

VirtualisationCloud

Mobile/ Consumer

Other areas

Windows 8

Social networking policy guidelines

Data protection guidelines

Social media matters!

The future is mobile…

87% - of world population has a mobile

85% - new handsets web enabled

Do you have a mobile strategy?

50% by 2020 payment transactions

in UK will be by a mobile