Matthew John Rand

Mail@MatthewRand.co.uk

 07974 575550

CAREER HISTORY:

May 2008 to present         Senior Account Manager/Operations Manager       Affiliate Future

• Senior account manager for UK based affiliate network
• Responsible for key clients ranging through all verticals
• Proven track record of integrating recruiting and growing major accounts and maintaining them
• Very good affiliate relations
• Very good relations with Agencies
• Recently appointed acting Operations manager
• Managing all tracking, travel white label and iFrameintegrations
• Managing Javascript and pixel tracking also 3^rd party payment systems
• Also running SQL reports for clients and account managers
• Product feed integration, XML, CSV and plainTXT

Mar 2006 May 2008          Internet Antipiracy Specialist    IFPI International 

• Working for the music industry investigating music piracy and enforcing international digital copyright law
• Universal, EMI, Sony and Warner amongst my clients
• Responsible for policing albums from recording to 2 week after release
• Working with litigation international Police FBI and Scotland Yard
• Investigating and incriminating theft of intellectual property
• Writing legal statements and support cases in court
• Cutting edge technology to stay ahead of growing file sharing technologies

Sep 2004 – Mar 2006         IT Administrator/Web designer/Marketing     CTA Ltd, SE Essex

· ·         Administering network and maintaining websites for a music production company

· ·         Daily desktop/network support, and telephone support

· ·         Editing and designing websites using Dreamweaver, Quark, Flash, Photoshop

· ·         Liaising with BBC, Daily Express and variety of other TV/radio stations to promote services

· ·         Organising day to day running of marketing infer structure and staff activity

 May 2003 – Sep 2004             IT Solutions Outsourcing      Cortana Ltd, SE Essex

 Ongoing contract to assess, upgrade, and maintain networks for an I.T. outsourcing company

Feb 2002 - May 2003          Network Administrator           PAS Ltd, London EC4

· ·         1 year support contract

· ·         1^st 2^nd and 3^rd line support of Windows/Exchange2000 network   (All Compaq hardware)

· ·         Symantec/Norton anti virus, Sonic Firewall

· ·         Data backup using Veritas, Cisco routing

· ·         Managing Adaptec phone network

· ·         Supporting A team of VB and Java developers, sales and marketing teams

Feb 2001 - Feb 2002       Network Administrator           REUTERS, London EC4

· ·         1 year contract to build and maintain an IT infrastructure

· ·         1^st 2^nd and 3^rd line support

· ·         Administered Windows/Exchange2000 network

· ·         Managed Cisco routing, Raptor and FW1 Firewalls

· ·         Troubleshooting Sun 220R, U60; Lotus Notes

· ·         Supporting teams of developers and journalists, incorporating Reuters technology

Jan 1998 - Feb 2001        IT Team Leader                       GCC, London SE8

· ·         Managed team of  8 technicians maintaining 20 sites

· ·         1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd line support for NT, Novell, and Unix networks

· ·         Teaching HTML, SAGE, and MS Office to college pupils

· ·         20,000 users and students al with login IDs and directories

Jan 1997 - Jan 1998        IT Support Database Admin   Manor Financial, Kent

Managed all IT, created Access database for the accounts department, maintained website

1989 – 1997                     Various roles in IT and Music Industry

• I was a professional singer and Piano player/Guitarist playing in many countries and on Cruise ships, I now teach in my spare time
• I also spent some time working in studios writing, arranging and recording artist material
• I got into I.T. firstly as a hobby, then it soon became my No1 working skill , working both jobs for 3 years, changing fully to I.T. in 1999

PERSONAL DETAILS:

· ·         Freelance artist

·           Keen World traveller, holding an international shipping navigation qualification

· ·         Spare time piano and guitar teacher

· ·         Singer /Musician

•           Publishing deal with major recording label and currently working with a few original band's and singers

Qualifications

·         B-Tec National Diploma in Graphic Design/Art History

·         GCE A-Level in Graphic Design/Art History

·         GCE O-Levels in Mathematics, Physics, Design and Technology, Graphical Communication, Music

Referees upon request

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