Tony O'Keeffe

Head of IT at Blarney Woollen Mills Group

Ireland

About

An experienced and results orientated professional, currently employed as IT Manager with overall responsibility for the nationwide network of the Blarney Woolen Mills Group. A decisive and persuasive leader with excellent communication and negotiation skills and a proven ability to effectively manage complex projects from inception through to completion.

Experience

  • IT Manager at Blarney Woolen Mills Group
    Nov 2016 - Present · 9 yrs 8 mos

  • IT Manager at Hooper Dolan Insurances Ltd
    May 2002 - Oct 2016 · 14 yrs 6 mos

    •Providing IT consultancy to nationwide group management based and project manage/oversee the implementation of all agreed infrastructural developments. •Managing relationships with suppliers and service providers, evaluate performance ensuring compliance with SLA’s and define improvement initiatives. •Overseeing change management processes, identifying long term trends and improving the rate of "first time fix". •Monitoring, reporting, analysing and escalating day-to-day operational service delivery issues, taking ownership through to resolution. •Managed the integration of 14 separate site locations with disparate IT infrastructures into a single, centrally managed network. •Provisioning group-wide day to day support •Centralisation of management and back office functions via VPN/WAN •Develop, test and maintain a group disaster recovery and business continuity strategy for both IT and critical business systems.

  • Implementation Consultant at Datalex
    Jan 2000 - Apr 2002 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • IT Systems Administrator at Standard Life
    Mar 1998 - Dec 1999 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • System Integration Engineer at Avid Technology
    Mar 1994 - Feb 1998 · 4 yrs