Steve Feeney CV

 

Highlights

Graduated from Sunderland University with a BA Hons in IT

Worked for Shell UK Exploration and Production for 8 Years as a programmer, systems analyst and Business Analyst

Accredited Personal Development Coach with Insights Coaching

3 Years as Network Marketing Consultant acheieved rank of National Marketing Consultant (i.e. top 20 from 70,000 consultants)

Owner of Finance Broker for Secured Homeowner Loans

  • Managed all online marketing personally
  • lent over £30 million per year
  • 7 offices in the UK
  • 70 Staff


Detail


Director

2007 - (now) Essential System Limited and Essential Marketer Ltd

  • With strategic skills in online marketing especially - SEO, Web Design and Affiliate Marketing

Director

2003 - 2006 - Essential Loans Limited

  • I co-founded a finance brokerage called Essential Loans.
  • I developed all of the websites and systems and marketing strategies of the company whilst the other director looked after the operational aspects of secured loans.
  • This company grew to 70 staff, 7 UK offices and was lending over £30million a year to its customers.

 

Personal Development Coach

2001 - 2002 - Insight Coaching

  • Through my two years in multi-level marketing I became very interested in Personal Development.
  • Having read many books and attended many seminars I qualified as an accredited Personal Development Coach with Insights coaching.

Network Marketing Consultant

2000 - 2001 - Euphony Communications

  • Whilst still being the managing director of Super Slim I expanded into Network Marketing
  • I joined a multi-level network marketing company and of more than 70,000 people that joined I attained National Consultant which only 16 people achieved in the time I was with the company.

Managing Director

1996 - 1999 - Super Slim Slimming Clubs

  • My mother was taken ill with cancer so I moved from Aberdeen to Birmingham and took over the family business.
  • Super Slim operates 100's of diet classes throughout the West Midlands
  • I managed 7 Area Managers and over 150 Group Leaders

IT Business Analyst

1995 Shell UK Exploration and Production, Aberdeen, East Anglia

  • Shell had an IT section for each section of the business.  This position was to work with all of the other IT sections and to collaborate with them on how projects were delivered what technology was being used, how new systems were tested, what feedback was gathered from users etc. etc.
  • A most rewarding role as it allowed me to work with other IT professionals helping to focus on the business rather than the technical solution.

Senior Systems Analyst

1993 - 1994 Shell UK Exploration and Production, Aberdeen, East Anglia

  • When first moving to Aberdeen I was involved in very large projects.  I found that due to the size of the organisation the systems that had been developed did not quite deliver what the users wanted.  I was given a role that enabled me to work on many systems and 'tweak them' such that more benefit was delivered to the business.

Systems Analyst

1991 - 1992 Shell UK Exploration and Production, Lowestoft, East Anglia

  • This role allowed me to progress from building systems to designing them.
  • I enjoyed this role as I found the close collaboration with users gave better results in the systems that I designed.

 

Programmer

1989 - 1990 Shell UK Exploration and Production, Lowestoft, East Anglia

  • This role allowed me to develop my skills in building systems.
  • Shell used many languages and database systems so experience was varied


Junior Programmer

1985 -   Shell UK Exploration and Production, Lowestoft, East Anglia

  • A placement year from university.  I was lucky enough to be given the Offshore Personnel Tracking Information Tracking System to maintain for 12 months.
  • This was a high profile system that monitored movements between oil platforms so was a critical system for the business.
  • This role taught me that the business always comes first over and above technical solutions


Education

1985 - 1988 Sunderland University 
BA Hons in Computing
1983 - 1984 Great Barr Comprehensive School, West Midlands
A Levels in Computing and Technical Drawing
1976 - 1982 Great Barr Comprehensive School, West Midlands
GCSE - English, Maths, Computing, Technical Drawing.