1.  Phil Edwards  Background in Software Development, Business & Web Applications, Project Management and Training  Specialist in IS/Web & Mobile technologies  Also teach at Staffordshire University

2.  £3 Billion

3.  Research by Adroit Economics Ltd for Advantage West Midlands showed a potential £3 billion addition to GVA for the West Midlands area from investing in IT/IS technology & skills

4.  Our own & other research found that there was moderate investment in IT/IS technology but potential not being realised.  Same limitations existed: ◦ Lack of knowledge ◦ Justifying expenditure ◦ Lack of IT skills

5.  Now refocusing my business  “Best Performance”  Provide coaching, training, application support to help improve business and individual performance, particularly in the area of IT/IS.

6.  Scheduled training courses  In company training  eLearning  Open Source & Microsoft  Business, team & individual coaching

7.  Application integration for packages such as Customer Relationship Management, Accounting, ERP, Open Office – all based on Open Source software.