Application Services

Purpose: ‘Give me the applications and data that I need to support my business process’
Experts on:  Database Administration; SAP (BI, FI, CO, MM, PS, PM, FM, GM, HR and Portal); SITS; CMIS; PAMS; Kx; Simplectic; DSPACE; SDE; e-commerce 
Process managers for: Application portfolio management  

The Applications Services team reports to the Deputy Director IT, Systems Design and Development.

The team:

• Is responsible for the architecture of the major applications, master data and information reporting systems which support the University’s business processes such as student records, timetabling, accommodation management, research management, finance, HR/ payroll, marketing and facilities management. It owns the technical strategy and roadmap for these elements and the tools required to manage them.
  
• Ensures that these systems continue to meet service requirements in a cost effective way, providing strategic supplier management as necessary.
  
• Spots opportunities to apply new features and technologies in ways that will support the team’s purpose and highlights these to the Partnering team.
  
• Is the centre of expertise for these areas and responsible for appropriate skills and capability development within the IT Operations team.
  
• Works very closely with the Development and Integration Services team.

 Meet the team

Manager		Darren Garton
Systems Analyst		Matt Ball
Systems Specialist		Mark Hallett
Systems Specialist		Margaret Hunt
Systems Analyst		Emily Ledson
Systems Analyst		Sue Lee
Systems Specialist		Francis Thorne
Systems Analyst		Lesley Bousbaine
Systems Analyst		Joy York