Reports for store managers
September 2010Built a dedicated suite of reports and rolled out access to Tec7 concession managers so they can manage performance metrics of their stores.
August 2010
FinancialModelling.tvProject managed the construction of financialmodelling.tv for
Financial Mechanics. Automated Excel Examination
July 2010Developed VBA code for Financial Mechanics to produce an automated, timed, testing module for EBRD course attendees.
Fast-Standard.org
March 2010Built fast-standard.org for
Financial Mechanics Ltd.
December 2009 Quickbooks data migrationConducted a large database migration from QuickBooks UK 2006 to US 2009. The project included design and implementation of British VAT taxation on the US accounting software platform.
PAYE and VAT accounting
July 2009Took the decision to administrate all HMRC PAYE and VAT accounting for Raj Singh UK myself.
Raj Singh UK Ltd
May 2009Established Raj Singh UK Ltd as a vehicle to provide consultancy and technical services to SMEs, specialising in project management, financial analysis, reporting solutions, accounting projects and software development.
Resigned from Fi-Mech
May 2009Continuing to provide services through Raj Singh UK Ltd.
Resigned from Tec7
May 2009Continuing to provide services through Raj Singh UK Ltd.
Teaching in Italy (2)
March 2009 - Read more.Salesforce integration
February 2009Administrated the company Salesforce.com CRM database and integration of this database with various lead generation channels. Read more.
February 2009 J Parker I-595 roadway model rebuildCompleted a complete model rebuild for J Parker & Associates supporting the I-595 Corridor Roadway Improvements Project in Florida.
Overhaul of fi-mech.com site
January 2009Implemented website features such as newsletter archives; a secure downloads library; video tutorials; public project database; jobs board; events calendar and online booking processes.
Teaching in the Netherlands
November 2008 - Read more.Catalyst Romford hospital model rebuild
November 2008Assisted with a model rebuild for the Catalyst Lend Lease Romford hospital operations team.
Teaching in Saudi Arabia
October 2008 - Read more.Teaching in Brazil
October 2008 - Read more.Teaching in Italy
September 2008 - Read more.
September 2008 FAST Modeling UtilitiesDeveloped a suite of in-house financial modeling utilities in Microsoft VBA.
Teaching in Egypt
July 2008 - Read more.
July 2008 Tube Lines ops. modelDeveloped the cost import VBA code to support model build of the Tube Lines operational model.
Tec7 Intranet Platform
July 2008Installed and configured WordPress as the software platform for the company intranet system.
Rebuilt fi-mech.com site
July 2008Completed restructuring the core framework of the company website as part of a large SEO overhaul, with the achieved aim to reduce Google AdWords overheads.
Financial Mechanics Ltd – Analyst
March 2008Was hired by John Richter to join the City of London office of Financial Mechanics in the role of Analyst.
Built rack server for MIS
February 2008Built and configured a HP ProLiant DL360 G5 rack server. By housing this in the Tec7 data center alongside the AS400 MERRET system, a major performance increase will be achieved through reduction in MERRET data fetch times.
January 2008 Tec7 Website StatisticsThe non-transactional catalogue website has achieved some nice traffic considering the short time the brand has been established.
Google Apps deployment
December 2007Rolled out over 50 e-mail accounts to head office staff, concession managers and store staff by deploying Googles Apps to the tec7.co.uk domain. Google Apps will serve as the primary communication platform for Tec7.
October 2007 MIS reportsCompleted work on the management information system reports server.
Tec7 Limited - Business Analyst
October 2007Departed from the Tec7 head office team, based in Harrow on the Hill, to move back to Manchester; Operating in the capacity of Business Analyst and company IT Administrator.
September 2007 Purchased £5m of stockPost launch replenishment of stock is now complete with £5 million worth of inventory landing to date.
August 2007 Stock Query systemBuilt and deployed a stock query system to stores and head office team members.
Tec7 website
July 2007Together with Robert Walker and Nishant Pithia, we have built a catalogue website for Tec7.
July 2007 Established many new supplier relationshipsSet up over 20 supplier relationships as channels for stock supply.
Training materials
June 2007Created training materials for store staff.
Managed stock transfer of £750k
May 2007Co-ordinated a stock transfer and data loading of £750k of inventory from House of Fraser. This was the initial inventory for sale whilst new stock filtered into the business.
Brand development
May 2007Worked closely with Tec7 graphic designer Roberta Walker to develop corporate branding establish consistent POS materials in stores.
Resigned from Micro Anvika
May 2007Tec7 Limited - Head Buyer
May 2007Joined Ravi Virdi to launch technology retail startup, Tec7, in the capacity of head buyer.
May 2007 Intel, ASUS & Giles DeaconIntroduced Intel’s Perveen Akhtar to ASUS’ Shawn Chang to bring a concept by UK fashion designer Giles Deacon to market through Micro Anvika’s Selfridges & Co concessions. Read more.
April 2007 End of year resultsMy categories have represented 55% of the company £55m turnover this year.
Experience Sony - Portugal
February 2007 - Read more.CES 2007 - USA
January 2007 - Read more.
Micro Anvika Ltd - Category Manager
September 2006Approached by the Managing Director to work as a product buyer. Took the position of Category Manager in the London head office after graduation.
July 2006 Graduated from UMISTLeft Selfridges & Co.
July 2006Taken a 3 month sabbatical to travel and explore East-Asia.
June 2006 Service Support SystemFinal year university project was a system to manage the returns process of products across Micro Anvika. The final product was deployed across the company.
New retail processes
October 2005Implemented checklist based processes for morning, mid-day and closing at Micro Anvika.
During the final year of university, this should streamline management workload.
Dothan 2.5Ghz!
June 2005
April 2005 380% Growth!Since taking over the department and relocating to the basement of the building, we as a team, have grown the business to £3.1m from previous takings of circa £800k!
Temporary work over Christmas at PC World
December 2002Enrolled into UMIST
September 2002Enrolled on to the Software Engineering course at UMIST, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
Left Quake3World & PC World
August 2002Stepped down as webmaster of Quake3World.com and resigned as Sales Advisor at PC World to allow adequate time for study at university.
June 2002 Completed A-LevelsI have received college qualifications of GCE A-Level in Design, IT and Physics from Bradford Grammar School.
PC World - Sales Advisor
January 2002After assisting as relief support over the peak period, DSG invited me to join the permanent sales team in the position of Sales Advisor.
PC World - Christmas Temp
October 2001Joined Dixons Stores Group through employment at PCWorld Bradford as part of the temporary Christmas relief team.
QuakeCon 2001
August 2001 - Read more.
April 2001 1 MILLION!Quake3World.com reached 1 million posts with 32,000 members.
Modifications to UBB forums
April 2001This the complete list of the modifications made to the core InfoPop UBB forum software used at Quake3world.com.
XI XII MM
December 2000Interviewed by CaliGirl.net
December 2000Interviewed by Jody Robinson a.k.a. Caligirl for a festive article.
The interview can be read here.
December 2000 Q3W Team Arena SkinSupporting the launch of Team Arena, redesigned and restyled the whole of Quake3World.com to compliment the new style manual.
GameSpy Industries – Webmaster
June 2000Recruited as site administrator of Quake3World.com, the official website for the best selling action title “Quake III Arena” by id Software.