Stuart Buchanan - Private Cloud & Infrastrucure Monitoring Consultant

Personal Focus

I am a hands on Senior Private Cloud Consultant with inspiring leadership skills. Possessing extensive knowledge and experience of Microsoft System Center Product Suite, additionally highly experienced with Microsoft Core Products, Apple, *nix, IP Networking, VoIP and Mobile Technologies.

First class design & logical problem solving skills & development coupled with a dedication to maintaining the highest quality. highly experienced with customer facing roles and communicating efficiently with key business stakeholders.

I have worked within companies of various sizes up to 280,000 employees, within numerous countries, and as such am highly versatile and can adapt with ease to any environment and culture. I am also a keen amateur Photographer, Cyclist, Private Pilot & Automation specialist in my spare time.

Consultancy

I have undertaken a large number of successfull consultancy projects and can adapt a solution to fit any bespoke requirement.

Photography

This site contains a Gallery of my favourite photographs, all pictures on this site are copyrighted to Stuart Buchanan however can be used freely with attribution.

Application Development

In depth experience developing applications in C#, Visual Basic, Java & Groovy, please see my Linked In profile for some examples of my projects.

Automation

I have a specialisation in Automation in all aspects of my life, both in my working practice and also within my Home for simplifying repetitive tasks and workflows.

I ALSO FOCUS ON

MICROSOFT INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC CLOUD
AUTOMATION
PRIVATE CLOUD
MICROSOFT SYSTEM CENTER
APPLE PRODUCTS
ANDROID DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY

About Me

Senior Infrastructure and Application Consultant, with a broad skillset that encompasses many different technical areas.

Developing Bespoke Custom Solutions.

I have created multiple bespoke solutions for my customers ranging from a Global Maintanence Mode scheduler for System Center Operations Manager that works accross Multiple Management Groups.

Ticketing Integration for Topdesk and Custom assignement Portal to manage tickets are distributed to the correct technology area.

A private cloud automation toolkit to massively reduce deployment costs and ensure that the resultant platforms end resuly is consistent and repeatable.

I have 100% Expertise in the following areas.

Development

I am an expert on development. using C# & VB .Net, Powershell & Javascript Languages
Solution Provider

Resourceful in devising solutions that exceed customer expectations
System Center

Microsoft System Center suite expert with integration experience with numerous 3rd party products.
Public/Private Cloud

I am an expert on Public & Private Cloud Integrations

Testimonials

I have worked with hundreds of clients. Check what my awesome happy clients and collegues saying about me.

“Stuart is one of the best people I have worked with, at both professional and personal level. It is really a pleasure to know and work with him. He is highly skilled and motivated individual with technical expertise in Microsoft technologies - SCOM, SCCM, AD, Exchange and SQL Server. His problem solving skills amaze me, with the way he approaches big problems methodically to diagnose, identify root cause and resolve it. His passion for IT is unbelievable. He is truly a fantastic person, fun to work with, always ready to help and the good thing is he motivates you as well”

Rajeev Raval

Business Analyst - BI, Vodafone Limited

“For me, Stuart's work ethic is like nothing I had ever come across before. I have never experienced a person who was not only the first to get into the office and last to leave but, he also managed to fit in 5am bike ride in and again after work. I will try and be more like him in this respect, we can all improve and get more out of the day and Stuart is a role model to us all. His work followed the same principle, tireless, well organized and of an exceptionally high standard. On top of all this he is a great bloke who is an example to anyone wanting to get the most out of each day.”

Kevin Case

SCCM Consultant at United Nations

“I worked with Stuart at Nestle. His in-depth technical expertise and skills in several key Microsoft technologies, mainly with SCOM, SCCM, AD and Exchange were evident on several occassions. He can always be relied upon to go that extra mile to do the challenging things first time right. He has a great sense of humour and creates a vibrant office atmosphere to work in. He never missed a chance to offer his help and share his knowledge. It was both a pleasure and a privilege to have worked with him and would be glad of the opportunity again!”

Eniyan Pugazhendi

IT & Services Professional at Nestle

“Stuart technical knowledge is second to none and whilst I worked with him on a particularly complex migration project, spanning several global regions, I was impressed with his design solutions and determination that the customers infrastructure would be upgraded to the highest standards. Stuart gave up several of his evenings and weekends often when everyone else was going home in order to ensure major upgrades were delivered on time and with the minimum of disruption. I would recommend Stuart to any employer that is looking for outstanding commitment and ability.”

Alan Partington

Information Technology Consultant, SCC

“Stuart worked for me as the Systems support specialist and his technical skill surpasses many I have come across.

He delivered a complete application monitoring solution using SCOM with SLA monitoring and automated reporting which still impresses the clients today when they see it.

I highly recommend Stuart for anyone who is looking for an excellent technical support or architect.”

Dushan Ratnam

Senior Operations Manager, BT Engage

“Stuart is the type of person who has a limitless knowledge of a vast array of IT Systems and is always willing to assist/help others with any issues

He will not hesitate to expend 110% effort in order to meet and surpass the customers expectations

He always produces excellent guaranteed work that is always of a gold standard

For these reasons I would not hesitate in recommending Stuart to any company”

Simon Parish

Datacentre Solutions Engineer, SCC.

Personal Focus

Consultancy

Photography

Application Development

Automation

I ALSO FOCUS ON

I have many happy customers in last few years. You can check what they are saying about me.

Experience

I have worked on many projects for different customers. Just take a look at each role for details.

Microsoft

Dell

University of Reading

Microsoft

Nestle

SCC

BT Engage IT

XMA

RBS

Stockport Council

Marriott

Computacenter

About Me

Senior Infrastructure and Application Consultant, with a broad skillset that encompasses many different technical areas.

Development

Solution Provider

System Center

Public/Private Cloud

Activity

Gallery

Below is a collection of some of my best picture, you are free to re-use these pictures, however please attribute me as the photographer.

The Eye

St Paul's For the New Millenium

Grand Vaux

Weathered Tree

The Face

Lake Mead

Window on the World

Field of The English

The Arrest

Fully Loaded

Fallen Soldier

Ouchy Sunset

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