Mark Whitfield – Career IT Training by Era and Year

Mark Whitfield‘s career training courses and certifications span over three decades, evolving from low-level mainframe engineering roots to advanced enterprise cloud agile delivery and stakeholder engagement governance.

Mark Whitfield, Career IT Training by Era and Year
Mark Whitfield | Career IT Training by Era and Year

The detailed breakdown of his professional training is organized below by chronological career era and year:

💻 Era 1: Early Engineering & Technical Analysis (1990–1995)

During his early software development years at The Software Partnership and Deluxe Data, his training focused entirely on low-level mainframe performance and fault-tolerant architecture configurations.

  • 1993 – TANDEM Guardian Principles Course: Covered core Tandem fault-tolerant operating system architectures and file security configurations.
  • 1994 – VPS 7000/9000 Series Application Development (VOS 4.3): Specialized training in legacy platform application configuration and system engineering.
  • 1995 – TANDEM TAL (Transaction Application Language) Programming: Focused on high-performance, low-level systems programming optimized for secure transaction monitors.
  • 1995 – TANDEM Performance Analysis and Tuning: Code profiling, identifying infrastructure bottlenecks, and mainframe system optimization.

🏦 Era 2: Senior Development & Product Management (1995–2013)

As Whitfield transitioned from pure core engineering into product and delivery management at Insider Technologies Limited (ITL), his training balanced web application engineering, modern databases, and his first structured project management credentials.

  • 1997 – C++ for Non-C Programmers: Covered object-oriented application design, memory management, and structural code transitions.
  • 1998 – Microsoft Project ’98 Certification Series: Advanced training in Critical Path method modeling, timeline layouts, and project tracking metrics.
  • 1999 – Managing Multiple Projects, Objectives and Deadlines: Focused on multi-project tracking, prioritization techniques, and timeline optimization.
  • 2000 – Fundamentals of Successful Project Management: Early career certification exploring project initiation frameworks and core management mechanics.
  • 2006 – How to Design Attention-Grabbing Brochures, Catalogues, Ads, Newsletters and Reports: Desktop publishing formatting, layout typography, and corporate design principles.
  • 2007 – Developing MS ASP.NET Web Applications using MS Visual Studio .NET (Course 2310B): Deep dive into building scalable web components, data binding with ADO.NET, web controls, and XML Web Service integration.
  • 2009 – Querying Microsoft SQL 2000 with Transact SQL (M2071): Scripting, database querying architectures, and data manipulation.
  • 2009 – Website Visibility and Promotion by Design: Explored search engine discoverability metrics and web application positioning mechanics.
  • 2009 – Writing for the Web: Focused on content architecture and copy optimization for digital platforms.
  • 2011 – PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner: Formal training in structured waterfall project governance, stage-gate management, and risk frameworks via ILX Group.
  • 2011 – Agile SCRUM Training Course: Sprint ceremonies, user story mapping, agile delivery mechanics, and backlog prioritization via RADTAC.
  • Unspecified (Insider Tech Era) – Selling Insider Technologies Successfully: Focused on strategic relationship building, value proposition mapping, and enterprise software sales processes.

☁️ Era 5: Enterprise Cloud, Integration & Public Sector Leadership (2016–Present)

Note: During Era 3 (Professional Services Banking Delivery, 2013–2014) and Era 4 (Digital Sportsbook Transformation, 2014–2016), Whitfield focused on direct portfolio delivery. He heavily updated his training credentials again upon entering senior enterprise delivery at Capgemini.

  • 2017 – Advanced Engagement Management Course (Level 2 Exam): Certified at the Capgemini Campus (Serge Kampf Les Fontaines in Chantilly, France), focusing on enterprise stakeholder management, delivery financials, and large-scale delivery mechanics.
  • 2017 – Microsoft Excel 2010 (Expert Skills): Complex variance mapping, financial track design, and cross-functional project tracking sheets.
  • 2019 – Engagement Manager eLearning & Group Training: Covered Capgemini operational workflows, anti-corruption policies, and corporate IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) risk mitigation protocols.
  • 2022 – AZ-900 Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals: Cloud architecture concepts, cloud security protocols, and core Azure deployment ecosystems.
  • 2024 – Microsoft Excel Refresher Course: Modern data analysis formulas, validation tracking, and programmatic report structures completed via Udemy.
  • Ongoing (Capgemini Era) – ITIL Framework: IT Service Management (ITSM) and aligning enterprise IT operations with business outcomes.
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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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