John Lyons

Group Infrastructure and Operations Director

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Over twenty years experience at all levels of the IT industry encompassing technology, commercials, delivery and service. Leverages this expertise to provide leadership and help bridge the gap between business and IT by simplifying complex technical issues and helping to drive decisions. Enjoys collaboration and employs a pragmatic approach to achieving the best business outcome. Has worked across a number of industries in both large and small organisations with an emphasis on the financial services industry.

Experience

  • Aviva (London, England, United Kingdom)
    • Group Infrastructure and Operations Director
      Aug 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

    • Group Cloud and Hosting Director
      Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Thomson Reuters (18 yrs 3 mos)
    • CTO - Infrastructure, Hosting and Networks
      Oct 2018 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    • Vice President, Enterprise Cloud Technology
      Jan 2016 - Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • Vice President, Data-Centre Systems
      Aug 2012 - Dec 2015 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Principal Consultant at ThruPoint
    May 1999 - Oct 2003 · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Senior Network Architect at Merrill Lynch
    May 1998 - May 1999 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Network Management Architect at BT
    Sep 1996 - May 1998 · 1 yr 9 mos