Lisa Holmes I’m
the Holmes in Carter Holmes. My days are very varied but most of the work I do
for Carter Holmes is leading large and small scale health-care projects, bids
and consultancy for the company. We cover a lot of ground and expertise between
us, but one thing is sure we are very lucky to be in the position that we are
with our clients who trust us to advise and lead them through some very
difficult scenarios. That may be an entire new IT strategy for a new
health-care organisation or delivery arm to service a large government
procurement, to practical advice and how to deliver a compliant infrastructure
to meet legal standards or how to build a team to deliver a lot with very
little. We do a lot of R&D and networking to find the best solutions for
our clients, so I get to meet some really amazing people and hear and see their
ideas, which is just fantastic. We like to think outside of the box. I’m lucky
to love what I do, but the first loves of my life are my family (Joe, my lovely
ten year old son; Jimmy my awesome husband) , dancing (yeah, I’m the
embarrassing one who’s always first on the dance floor), cricket (playing,
watching, making-the-teas-for) and playing netball for the Black Panthers (Go
Girls!)
Andy Carter As
the Carter in Carter Holmes I have been working with Lisa for over 7 years. I
originally worked with Lisa as a consultant helping deliver elements of a very
large infrastructure to support mobile Diagnostic Services.
Having always been interested in technology –
even before the Sinclair ZX80 (Google it, you will be amazed) – I am fortunate
that I spend my time helping businesses and people get the best out of their
technology.
As a translator (turning
business speak into IT speak and vice versa) and an optimiser (getting
technology to work better for people and people to work better with technology)
I spend most of my time with people. I strive to understand what is needed,
spending time with senior managers to understand the business goals, and users
to understand how technology can help them in their day-to-day work.
Then it’s time to put a strategy in place,
design and deliver the infrastructure and migrate users on to it, not
forgetting all their data and applications.
A good job is a system that not only works but is used, and all with a
minimum of disruption to the business and users alike.
Keeping my life balance are my wife, Sharon,
my son Michael (a budding artist – and we thank him for being kind with our
pictures), and daughters Emily (Street Fit Instructor and Dancer), and Issy
(enjoying school and being 10 – nearly 11).
I help at Issy’s school, fund raising and at Forest School – thirty
8-year-olds in a forest, what energy!
I
organise the arena events at the annual charity Woodmancote May Day Fete, and an
proud to be a Trustee and Director of Art Shape, an amazing charity -
www.artshape.co.uk
