Simon Holloway

CEO

Holloway Consulting

United Kingdom

Professional Summary

Simon Holloway established Holloway Consulting in 2002. The company provides a range of quality IT consultancy services to clients in all sectors of industry, commerce and the public sector based around RFID, integration and business process management. Holloway Consulting bring their experience of the relevant business sector and innovative skills to introduce fresh new ideas and different approaches to the business users and IT. Holloway Consulting packages the service to ensure that the client is clear what is being delivered, the timescales and costs. Simon Holloway has worked for a number of organisations, including Solidsoft, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Fort? Software and Redfern Consulting, where he has built up a reputation for his ability to provide translation between the business and IT worlds. His background spans some 20 years as an IT consultant specialising in IS/IT strategy planning, information management, corporate data and process modelling, business process reengineering, software selection and project management. He has worked in a wide variety of industry and service based companies including Cadbury Schweppes, PITO, British Airways, Glaxo and Scottish Widows.Simon Holloway is a recognized European Authority on RFID. He was the European Lead for Microsoft for RFID whilst being their Manufacturing Industry architect and is now a member of the Microsoft RFID Partner Advisory Council. He has presented regularly at the RFID Networking Forum as well as contributed articles to PRIME, Manufacturing Computer Solutions and Manufacturing and Logistics. Simon is also an Associate Industry Analyst for Bloor Research, covering RFID, BPM and Manufacturing. He is working closely with the Building Research Establishment on the use of RFID in Construction. He is a member of RFID Tribe and UKRFID.Simon has several areas of specialism from his wide-ranging manufacturing, BPM and RFID experience. For example, he is well versed in the concept of agile manufacturing and the use of web services in the sector. He is also knowledgeable in the use of virtualisation within supply chains. In particular, the issues in the construction industry around gaining better control of equipment and raw materials, as well as health and safety is a particular focus.

Skills

Specialization

RFID, Software selection, Product marketing, RFID, BPM, Manufacturing, SW Selction