Guy Miller
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IT Director
Guy Miller joined Mace in 2002 and has been IT director since January 2008, having formerly been operations director (head of IT) and IT systems manager.
Guy has been instrumental in driving forward the use of technology within the Mace Group as well as substantially growing and advancing the IT department and setting up of the Mace Technology (Consultancy) service offer.
Guy's particular achievements:
- Set up of the IT strategy and five year plan aligned to Mace's business vision and strategy
- Implementation of a new financial accounting and reporting system across the business
- Introduction and installation of new core infrastructure replacing older platforms and providing a robust and scalable core infrastructure to take the business forward
- Formulation of process and organisational improvements in the IT function to better support the business and ultimately Mace clients
Guy is involved in a number of construction industry and general IT forums and focus groups.
Prior to joining Mace, Guy worked extensively in Europe and America for a number of large organisations and on large multi-country systems, business change projects and global outsourcing projects. Having studied computer science to degree level, Guy has worked through a succession of roles from developer to IT director. This progression of roles and breadth across technical, non-technical and business functions coupled with a breadth of industry sectors has given Guy a unique outlook on the IT function and the application of IT within businesses processes.
Guy has a passion for process and the formal approach and having seen the substantial enabling effects of information and communications technology in other industries, he is keen to bring these opportunities to the construction marketplace.
Guy was born in Luton, Bedfordshire and now lives in Kent with his wife and two children. His interests include travel, the arts, gardening, photography and food. He is also passionate about music and has an eclectic mix of music from all over the world.
Timeline
2008 Promoted to Mace Limited directorship as IT director
2005 Appointed operations director as head of IT tasked with evolving the IT department and aligning IT strategy
2002 Joined Mace as systems manager tasked with reviewing key systems
2002 Employed by Rural Payments Agency in an interim role as business analyst
1995-2002 Employed by General Electric (throughout Europe) in various roles including departmental manager, project manager, technology manager and systems consultant
1994-1995 Employed by DHL/Oracle in Belgium as senior systems consultant
1992-1994 Employed by Europcar/Perot Systems as senior systems consultant and project manager
1991-1992 Employed by Bechtel as systems developer
1989-1991 Employed by Oracle Corporation as analyst developer and consultant
1989 Graduated from Brunel University with BSc in Computer Science
