Simon Ball

Director at Systemize IT and Lucksbridge Horticulture

Spalding, England, United Kingdom

About

Developing a market leading Product Management solution for the Financial Services sector. Business focused IT solution for introducing and managing Insurance products in a colaborative environment to meet compliance and regulatory requirements. Specialties: Product Modelling, IAA IDM, IAA BOM, Product Specification Diagrams, UML, WebService Delivery, Product Management Workbench.

Experience

  • Systemize IT Limited (Spalding, Lincolnshire. United Kingdom)
    • Director
      2008 - Present · 18 yrs 7 mos

      Systemize IT is the delivery company that provides the Product Management Workbench (PMW) solution; the primary focus for its business. As the owner of the company, my role includes the stewardship of the PMW offering and promoting the adoption of Product Modelling/Diagramming within the industry. Although PMW is focused on the Insurance Product Specifications, my interest in the execution environments helps Policy Admin solution providers to maximise on a Product-driven solution.

    • Director
      Dec 1998 - Present · 27 yrs 8 mos

      Systemize UK was established in 1998 to provide contracting services to the Financial Services industry using Object Orientation and, specifically, UML. Although still an operating company, most of the service delivery is via our Systemize IT Limited company.

  • Director at LUCKSBRIDGE HORTICULTURE LIMITED
    Dec 2008 - Present · 17 yrs 8 mos

    Lucksbridge Horticulture is a family-run Horticultural Nursery supplying quality products to the Wholesale Market, Garden Centres and Independent Traders. My involvement in the nursery is more of a strategic investment role rather than a day-to-day management role where we rely on, and appreciate the value of, a committed and dedicated team.

  • Director at Lucksbridge Marketing Limited
    Nov 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 9 mos

    Lucksbridge Marketing was established in 2018 to provide our nursery grown products with ranges from other local growers to garden centres and businesses supplying the retail sector. www.lucksbridge.com

  • IAA Consultant - Contractor at IBM Global Services
    2001 - 2008 · 7 yrs

    Contributing to the IAA assets and delivering training and mentoring services to consumers of the models.

  • IT Specialist at IBM
    Apr 1995 - Jan 1999 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Assigned to the International Insurance Solutions Development Centre in Brussels to work on IBM’s Insurance Application Architecture. Key delivery role for the Business Object Model in IBM’s Insurance Application Architecture Edition 4 and 4.1.