Leland Vandervort

Current

Technical/Networks Director at Gandi
Routing Committee Secretary & Honorary Admin at UnderNet
Owner at DISCPro.Org (DISCovery Productions)

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Past

Technical Director / CTO at SMEcentric
Senior Manager, 21CN Delivery at British Telecom
Solutions Architect at BT Global Services

Director, European Networks at Lycos Europe
Director, Network Operations at MultiMania / Lycos France
Senior Network Engineer at Internet in Nottingham, Ltd.
Computer Systems Manager at Computer Sciences Corporation, ERIC Processing and Reference Facility
Network and Communications Technology Instructor at USAF, NCS
Intelligence Network Communications Engineer at USAF

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Leland Vandervort’s Summary

As an executive technical manager and skilled inter-network professional by trade, I bring twenty years’ experience, including nearly ten at executive level, in IT/ICT, telecommunications, Internet services and technical professional services.

I have a proven track record in organisational leadership, service delivery and strategic change. Driving performance improvements through productivity efficiencies and process streamlining, and dramatic cost reduction through innovation are hallmarks of my career.

With business and commercial acumen I am able to ensure effective use of information and communications technology aligned with the strategic goals of the business to increase competitiveness and profitability in a 21st century marketplace.

Leland Vandervort’s Specialties:

Technical Director in Telecoms, Data Communications, Content Delivery, and Multimedia, including E-Commerce and Internet services.

Leland Vandervort’s Experience

Technical/Networks Director

Gandi

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Gandi.Net is a leading European domain name registrar and VPS provider based in Paris with a world-wide customer base. Gandi's success is enhanced by its support for open-source initiatives allowing the company to establish itself as a leader through innovation and integration.

As part of the team of managing directors, Leland is responsible for technical operations for the full range of Gandi service as well as all internal IT infrastructure and solutions. He is also responsible for organisational management and has a critical involvement in strategic initiatives of the company.
Routing Committee Secretary & Honorary Admin

UnderNet

(Internet industry)

1996 — Present (13 years )

Undernet is one of the worlds first and longest established Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks with an average user-base (at any given moment) of around 100,000 users.
Owner

DISCPro.Org (DISCovery Productions)

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Research industry)

January 1995 — Present (15 years )

Research and development for Internet, IT/ICT and telecommunications solutions, technology, and applications. Also Cisco solution experimentation in a lab environment to research/investigate innovative network solutions.
Technical Director / CTO

SMEcentric

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2007 — August 2008 (9 months)
Senior Manager, 21CN Delivery

British Telecom

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BT; Telecommunications industry)

July 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 6 months)

Oversaw a pan-UK organisation of 150 people plus a further group of 100 as part of a matrix organisation, responsible for service delivery of the BT 21st Century Network infrastructure, as well as ongoing legacy customer-driven services. Specialised in cost reduction, process streamlinig, organisational performance, and quality improvement methodologies (TQM/6-Sigma).
Solutions Architect

BT Global Services

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BT; Telecommunications industry)

December 2002 — July 2006 (3 years 8 months)

Managed matrix and direct teams in support of service design and delivery for managed IT/ICT services for medium to large corporate customers as well as solutions architect associated with large managed services and transformational outsourcing projects.
Director, European Networks

Lycos Europe

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; TRLY; Internet industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year )

Responsible for the evolution, design, deployment, and operations of the Lycos European network infrastructure and technical operational platform.
Director, Network Operations

MultiMania / Lycos France

(Internet industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )
Senior Network Engineer

Internet in Nottingham, Ltd.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

September 1997 — March 1999 (1 year 7 months)
Computer Systems Manager

Computer Sciences Corporation, ERIC Processing and Reference Facility

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 4 months)
Network and Communications Technology Instructor

USAF, NCS

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

March 1993 — April 1996 (3 years 2 months)
Intelligence Network Communications Engineer

USAF

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

January 1989 — March 1993 (4 years 3 months)

Additional Information

Leland Vandervort’s Websites:

Leland Vandervort’s Interests:

Aviation, Martial Arts, Languages, Flamenco, Andean Music, Business

Leland Vandervort’s Groups:

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) #8936,
Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET),
Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS),
Chartered IT Professional (CITP),
Associate of the Chartered Management Institute (ACMI)