Leading Resolutions Limited: Leading Resolutions appoints Ashley Somerville to Client Delivery Director

International Malmesbury based Independent IT consultancy, Leading Resolutions, has appointed Ashley Somerville to the position of Client Delivery Director.

Somerville joins the Malmesbury-based business from Virgin Media, where she had held the position of IT Development and Support Director since October 2009. The role involved managing the 600 people across 25 UK locations involved in supporting,  designing, developing and integrating the IT systems that support Virgin Media’s Mobile, cable, TV and broadband businesses.

A business studies graduate from De Montfort University in Leicester, Somerville has also held senior IT posts at T-Mobile, AT&T Communications and Cable and Wireless since 1991.

In her new role, Somerville will work with Leading Resolutions’ team of consultants to develop service delivery programmes and maintain and exceed the delivery excellence enjoyed by the company’s clients.

Commenting on the appointment, Jeff Motto, CEO at Leading Resolutions, said, “Ashley’s track record and wealth of experience in dealing with the complexities of IT strategy and implementation in major businesses speaks for itself. We’re delighted to welcome Ashley to Leading Resolutions where her knowledge and expertise will be of huge benefit to our clients.”

Established in 2001, Leading Resolutions is an international business providing independent, unbiased IT consultancy to many of the world leading organisations including several FTSE 500 businesses. Clients include Sony, Comet, City & Guilds and National Trust.

For further information visit www.leadingresolutions.com.

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Leading Resolutions – Backgrounder

Established in 2001, Leading Resolutions Limited is an independent IT consultancy. From its headquarters in Malmesbury, Wiltshire and its regional offices across the UK, including London, the company works with many of the world’s major businesses, both nationally and internationally. Having previously worked in blue chip businesses themselves, the founders of Leading Resolutions fully understand the IT challenges faced by large organisations. Today, the business employs more than 100 staff.

Leading Resolutions’ three core values - independence, integrity and being passionate about our quality of client delivery – keep the business clear of any vested interests or vendor ties, enabling the business to act as an impartial interface between a client’s IT and its business culture.

Services offered by Leading Resolutions include aiding adoption and management of new technologies such as cloud computing, Software as a Service (SaaS) and green IT; sourcing and supplier management, enterprise architecture, IT business innovation, reducing operational costs, developing IT strategies and consolidating infrastructure and applications.

All of the Leading Resolutions senior team are IT practitioners in their own right, with decades of experience in large, complex organisations. Fully up to date with industry frameworks and best practices such as PRINCE2, Six Sigma, SFIA, CobiT, ISO/IEC 20000 and ITIL, they bring insight and proven expertise to all types of IT and business challenges and opportunities.

With many clients in the FTSE 500, Leading Resolutions is the IT consultancy of choice for many of the world’s leading names. Some recent and current projects include:

Comet – IT transformation; desktop, storage, server and network refresh

City & Guilds – Interim IT leadership and senior management team

Telindus – Interim senior management, project, commercial and technical expertise

Sony – ongoing consultancy and data centre consolidation

Edwards – IT de-coupling with new outsourcing for business separation

National Trust – organisational transformation

Leading Resolutions is proud that most of its new business comes from recommendations from existing clients.

Services
Strategy - creating a business-focused IT vision and strategy, from the operating model, through managing IT risk and establishing governance to defining enterprise architecture and sourcing principles.

People - putting the right organisational structure, people and skills in place, workforce planning, interim management and programmes to enhance individual performance and acceptance of organisational change.

Process - achieving operational excellence through service desk consultancy, ongoing service improvement, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, demonstrating the business value of IT through a Business Balanced Scorecard.

Technology - exploiting new technologies and leveraging existing investments, leading technology direction beyond the traditional 'engine room' systems in areas such as collaboration, mobility and digital.

Sourcing - developing partnerships and agreements with providers across all sectors of the IT industry, from enterprise applications, data centres and networks to emerging technologies. 

Projects - ensuring that change agendas deliver on time and on budget – and make significant commercial contributions.

Review & Audit - providing independent and objective insight across entire organisations, to reduce risk and assist with investment planning.