Karl Connor is the Founder and CEO of Equestrian Ventures Limited.  An experienced independent IT Consultant and Project Manager with over 11 years experience both in the private and public sectors.  As well as providing IT services Karl has also developed and managed a successful e-commerce sports and fitness business and launched an innovative product for the Outdoor and Travel markets.

Passionate about the web and the innovations and business opportunities that it can create. Extensive experience scoping, defining and delivering IT projects in the private and public sectors including financial services, FMCG, retail, e-commerce, education, local government, central government, SME, blue chip and media organisations. 

Through running his business ventures in parallel to interim and permanent roles he has built up extensive marketing, communications and product development experience from the ground up and a proven ability to drive rapid growth through social networking and search engine marketing techniques.

Skilled at forging and maintaining relationships with stakeholders, customers, clients, suppliers and partners with the ability to create, manage and motivates teams.

2.1 BSc. IT Degree, Prince 2 Practitioner, ITIL qualifications. 11 years project management experience.

Specialties

IT Consultancy - Audit, Business Analysis, Scoping, Planning, Delivery.

Project Management – Business Change, IT Infrastructure, Web & Software.

Business start-up experience from product launch to e-commerce, social media, marketing and supply chain.

The Early Days

Having left school in 1989 Karl undertook a number of drafting positions from a Trainee Legal Executive and County Court Bailiff, to a Sales Executive for a Top Five Freight forwarding Company but he found that to be taken seriously and achieve his ambitions, he needed to return to education.  In 1996 Karl embarked on a 3 year degree at Manchester Metropolitan University and graduate in 1999 with a 2.1 BSc in Information and Communications.

Since then Karl has enjoyed a varied career working for a number of large public sector and private sector organisations delivering IT projects including, Capita, Oxfordshire County Council, The Health & Safety Executive and Computacenter.

For the last 4 years Karl has worked as an interim IT Consultant and Project Manager for Littlewoods Shop Direct, Barclays Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, Unilever and H&H Classics Limited.

Personal

Karl lives on the Wirral and is Married with two young children.  He has a keen interest in fitness and has run several marathons including London and New York.  He also enjoys motorsport, clay pigeon shooting and water sports.

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