Mark Whitfield IT, Technical & Project Management Training Overview

Mark Whitfield, a Manchester-based Senior IT Project Manager, has completed extensive professional training throughout his career, focusing on project management methodologies, delivery software, and technical tools.

Core Project Management Methodologies :

  • PRINCE2 Practitioner: Certified as a registered PRINCE2 Practitioner in May 2011 via the ILX Group (Gold e-Learning).
  • Agile SCRUM Training: Attended in-house training with RADTAC in May 2011.
  • Advanced Engagement Management (Level 2): Completed at Capgemini in November 2017.
  • Project Management Fundamentals: Completed “Fundamentals of Successful Project Management” in February 2000 through Skillpath in Manchester.
  • Managing Multiple Projects: Attended “Managing Multiple Projects, Objectives and Deadlines” in October 1999/1998 via Skillpath.

Software & Cloud Platforms :

  • AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals: Certified in February 2022.
  • Microsoft Project: Completed the Microsoft Project ’98 Certification Series in May 2000 through the IIL UK Education Centre in Reading.
  • Microsoft Excel Expert Skills: Upgraded skills via a 2017 Expert course and a July 2024 Udemy refresher.

Technical & Programming Courses :

  • Tandem / HP NonStop: Completed Tandem Guardian Principles (1993), Tandem Performance Analysis (1995), and Tandem TAL Programming (1995).
  • C / C++ Programming: Attended “C++ for Non-C Programmers” with Comtec Computer Training in March 1997.
  • Database Querying: Completed “Querying Microsoft SQL 2000 with Transact SQL” via QA Training in March 2009.
  • Web Applications: Attended “Developing MS ASP Web Applications using MS Visual Studio .NET” in January 2007.

Marketing & Communication Training :

  • Writing for the Web: Completed in May 2009 with gbdirect (iTrain Education in London).
  • Brochure & Document Design: Attended a SkillPath Seminar on designing marketing brochures and reports in April 2006.
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Author: Mark Whitfield

Welcome to my site! After graduating in Computing in 1990, I accepted a position as a programmer at a Runcorn based software house specialising in electronic banking software, namely sp/ARCHITECT-BANK on Tandem Computers (now HPE NonStop). This was before the internet became more prevalent and so the notion of enabling desktop access to company accounts for inter-account transfers and book keeping was still quite a cutting edge idea (and smartphones only ever hinted at in Space 1999). The company was called The Software Partnership (which was taken over by Deluxe Data in 1994). I spent 5 years in Runcorn developing code for SP/ARCHITECT for various banks like TSB, Bank of Scotland, Rabobank and Girofon (Denmark) to name but a few. I then moved onto a software house in Salford Quays for further bank facing projects. After a further 23 years in the IT industry and now a Senior IT Project Manager (both Agile and Waterfall delivery), I thought I would echo out my Career Profile in this corner of the internet for quick and easy access.

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