Racing Intro | What is lay betting? | Models | Subscribe | Links MKK Lion / Racing What is lay betting? A description of what lay betting is and how it differs from normal 'sports book' betting. How to place a lay bet using an exchange. Video links to help explain. ​ If you still have questions, email us at... contact@mkklion.com Subscription costs just £15/mo inc VAT Cancel at any time. ​ What is lay betting? Lay betting means betting on something NOT to happen. Backing is when you want something TO happen. Traditionally, you could only 'back' a horse to win. The bookmaker at the racetrack, then in betting shops and then online, would only let you choose horses that you wanted to win ('back'). The bookmaker would take the risk if the horse won and would pay out, but if your 'back' bet lost, they kept your stake. ​ It was like this for years, until betting exchanges appeared. ​ ​With traditional bookmakers, running a 'sports book', it's you against them. The more you win, the more the bookmaker loses. This is why you read stories about successful gamblers having their online accounts suspended or being blocked. ​ Betting exchanges work differently. They offer odds to 'back' horses to win, but also offer odds to 'lay' horses to lose. The exchange puts backers and layers together, one against the other, but never against the exchange. Imagine a fruit and veg market. The fruit and veg seller offers their products and displays the price. You decide you want to buy and agree the price - usually what the seller advertises - but it's a contract between you the buyer and the fruit and veg seller. The market charges the fruit and seller rent for their stall. You aren't competing against the marketplace. This is the same as betting exchanges. But this time, you can be the seller. Selling bets is 'laying'. ​ To help you, the exchange suggests the price. You simply decide to offer the 'lay' bet at the odds suggested and wait for someone to place a corresponding 'back' bet. ​ You want the horse to lose (like a bookie). The other person wants the horse to win. If the horses loses, you keep their stake (like a bookie). If the horse wins, you payout (like bookie). Did you notice the reoccurring phrase, "like a bookie"? Laying bets through an exchange gives you the opportunity to behave like a bookmaker. ​ Our model finds horses every day to lay using an exchange. We lay the bets hoping the horse loses. Backers who think the horse will win bet against us. The exchange puts us together. ​ That's lay betting. Betting on horses hoping they will lose, just like a bookie. Understanding the betting exchange screen We are using matchbook.com to explain lay betting. ​ ​ Betting exchange screens may look complicated with multiple numbers and colours, but it can be explained quite easily. The first thing that stands out are the blue and pink boxes. ​ The blue boxes represent what’s available to ‘back’. Back betting is where you want something to happen, e.g. you want the horse to win. The bold pink column represents what’s available to ‘lay’. Lay betting is where you are betting on something NOT happening, e.g. you don’t want the horse to win. We are only interested in lay betting and pick horses that we DON’T want to win. Look at the numbers in the pink boxes. The bold numbers are the odds the smaller numbers below shows how much money is available in the market for each horse. Exchange operators match gamblers who want to back and who want to lay together. The monetary values show you how big that market is for each horse. You don’t really need to worry about the liquidity value. Focus on the bold PINK column for lay bets..... You can see that betting exchanges use digital odds, instead of the traditional fractional odds that betting is known for. Once you get used to digital odds, it's actually quicker and easier to compare the odds between horses, e.g. The 1st favourite, 'Light Em Up Nigel', is 3.8. The 2nd favourite, 'Pepe Le Mono', is 3.85 The 3rd favourite, 'Flat White', is 4.4 The 4th favourite, 'Lock Out', is 7.4 ... so you can see the odds lengthening. The market expects this to be a tight race between the first two horses, 'Light Em Up Nigel' and"Pepe Le Mono'. Watch the video made by Matchbook... "Understanding the Matchbook betting exchange layout" Placing a lay bet on Matchbook We are using matchbook.com to explain lay betting. The following instructions tell you how to place a lay bet, but the process is the same for any other betting exchange. ​ Log in. Find the race you want to bet on. You will see numbers in blue boxes and numbers in pink boxes. If you are viewing the odds on a desktop computer with a larger screen than a mobile phone, you will see two more sets of numbers in white boxes, either side of the blue and pink boxes. Ignore them. Focus on the pink boxes only. Click on the pink box for the horse that you want to lay. In this example, I click on the pink lay box for 'A Cheap Thrill'. ​ The betslip then appears on the right hand side and I can either enter my stake or the liability. The STAKE (£2.63) is what you stand to win if the horse doesn’t win. The LIABILITY (£20) is how much you stand to lose if the horse does win and you have to pay-out. ​ To make life easy, so that you can use the same value for every race, I enter the amount in the LIABILITY box that I am willing to lose. The app then calculates the stake for me. This way, I control how much I could lose for each race. ​ How much should your LIABILITY be? See below. Watch the video made by Matchbook... "Placing a lay bet on Matchbook" If you are happy, then click the ‘place bet’ button at the bottom of the screen, to make your bet. Confirm and then the exchange will match you bet with someone who thinks the same horse will win. And that’s it. The exchange will take the value of your liability and hold it in escrow. If the horse loses, you get the liability amount back and you are awarded the stake, minus the exchanges commission. Wait for the race to run and smile when your horse loses. ​ So, now you are probably thinking I can lose a lot more than I win. But think about how often the favourite horses do NOT win their race, using our model we work hard to deselect the horses that might win and target those horses with the greatest statistical chance of NOT winning, and bookmakers make millions of pounds of year collecting those losing bets, whilst still paying out when a customer’s bet wins. We are behaving like the bookmaker, not the gambler, expecting many more horses to lose where we collect the stakes, that to win and we have to pay out. ​ How much should I bet? The honest answer is, "the maximum you should bet, is the maximum you are prepared to lose". I know that sounds easy, but you'll know when you bet an amount that you don't feel comfortable with. Your heart rate goes up, your palms get sweaty. That's no fun. So, like the mathematical way we select which horses to lay, we have a mathematical model that calculates how much to bet - and it's very simple. ​ ​ The Bankroll How much you bet is calculated as a proportion of how much money you have in your betting account - your 'bankroll'. ​ There are then two ways you can decide how much to bet The 'Fixed' Bankroll The 'Racheted' Bankroll (we use this method) The 'Fixed' Bankroll This is where you fix the LABILITY VALUE at an amount you feel comfortable with. You choose how much you are prepared to lose on each race, considering we do our best not to pick winners, so we don't want to pay-out. ​ This method makes it easy to control how much you gamble on each race and also, when your bankroll exceeds your starting investment, you can withdraw money and enjoy your winnings. ​ e.g. Set the LIABILITY RATE at 3% of your bankroll. Imagine you deposited £500 into your betting exchange account. Your LIABILITY AMOUNT is then £15 (3% of £500). This is the value that you enter on the betslip in the 'LIABILITY' box. ​ The benefit of this method is... you control how much you risk losing, so it doesn't get out of control. your liability remain the same every day, so it's easy to remember what number to type in. setting your LIABILITY RATE at 3% of your starting bankroll, means you can can afford to pay out 33 winning horses in a row before you have lost all your money - but consider that our model avoids picking winners. If at some point, you feel comfortable raising the LIABILITY VALUE, recalculate it again at a higher percentage of your current bankroll, but remember, as your potential profits go up, so will the amount you pay-out on winners. Personally, I find 3% a comfortable liability level. The Rachet System This is the system that we use when we gamble with our own money. We want to grow our profits as the bankroll increases, yet keeping the same risk level. It is similar to the 'Fixed' Bankroll method, except we replace 'Fixed' with 'Racheted'. ​ Each time the 'highest' bankroll value goes up, our LIABILITY AMOUNT is recalculated at 3% again. ​ e.g. Day 1 we start with £500. We've chosen our LIABILITY RATE as 3%, so our LIABILITY AMOUNT is £15. Let's assume after Day 1, we've made £50 profit. Because the 'highest' bankroll has increased from £500 to £550, we recalculate the LIABILITY VALUE at 3% of the new 'highest' bankroll of £550 = £16.50 Day 2 Imagine at the end of Day 2, we've made another £50 profit. Our 'highest' bankroll is now £600, so we recalculate the LIABILITY VALUE as 3% of £600 = £18 Day 3 Oh dear, we lost £20, so our 'current' bankroll has fallen from it's highest level of £600 to £580. This time, we DON'T recalculate the LIABILITY VALUE. We let it continue as 3% of the 'highest' bankroll, not 3% of the 'current' bankroll amount. So, our LIABILITY VALUE remains at £18 (3% of £600). ​ The advantage of this system is that your profits will grow faster because we are effectively compounding the profits each time the 'highest' bankroll value goes up. The LIABILITY VALUE (and consequently the STAKE VALUE) goes up, but the risk level remains constant. 3% in this example. ​ We've found that 3% feels a comfortable level of how much money we are prepared to lose on each race, as a proportion of our bankroll, but you can choose your own LIABILITY VALUE. Increase it if you want higher returns and risk. Lower it if you want to reduce payouts and the impact on your bankroll of winners. What is the commission charge? Betting exchanges typically charge 2-5% only when your bet wins. You will not pay a commission if your bet loses and you pay out. Sounds good, but remember, the exchange doesn’t care who wins because their job is to put the ‘back’ better together with the ‘lay’ better. So, whoever wins, they collect their commission. It’s how the exchanges make their money. Watch the video made by Matchbook... "What is commission?"

Racing Intro | What is lay betting? | Models | Subscribe | Links MKK Racing. MKK Lion Welcome to the home of MKK Racing. ​ We aim to make money by laying horses to lose. ​ We have created computer models that choose horses to 'lay', not to 'back'. We want to pick losers. No emotion. No guessing. No funny feelings. Just maths. Updates F ollow us on Twitter for news and updates. Warning There is no guarantee that you will win money using the techniques and tips on this website. Predictions on this website are not to be interpreted as a promise or guarantee of earnings. Gambling is very risky and careless gambling can result in the loss of substantial sums of money. For further information on responsible gambling, or if you think you may have a gambling problem, please visit GamCare or Gamble Aware . Membership costs just £15 /mo inc VAT ​​ ​ Free Tips Follow us on Twitter for a free top every day. Subscribe Get daily tips by subscribing. Our objective We want to make money from gambling (it's tax-free in the UK). We want to gamble with an unemotional plan. No wild picks, no 'gut feelings', no betting on our favourite team. I call this 'Emotional Betting' and the big winners are the bookmakers, not us. So, we created a model that is mathematical in it's selections. ​ We 'lay' horses instead of searching for winners because consistently picking winners to make a profit is very difficult. Bookmakers make millions every year, so instead of trying to 'beat the bookie', we copy them and 'be the bookie' by laying horses that we want to lose. Our selection model Our model chooses 2nd and 3rd favourite horses, that we calculate have a statistically lower chance of winning. We deselect the favourites that have a high chance of winning, to reduce the number of payouts and lay the remaning favourites, hoping as many as possible don't win. It is gambling after all and there are no guarantees of making a profit. ​ 1st favourites only win about 30-35% of the time 2nd favourites only win 18-21% of the time. 3rd favourites win even less frequently.

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Racing Intro | What is lay betting? | Models | Subscribe | Links MKK Lion / Racing Models. 2nd favourites win on average 18-21%. 3rd favourites win even less. ​ We target 2nd and 3rd favourites with a low chance of winning. We want losers. Subscription costs just £15/mo inc VAT Cancel at any time. ​ Description Our models review every horse race in UK and Ireland and choose which horses to lay via a betting exchange. We typically target 2nd and 3rd favourites and use statistics and historic results, to choose which horses to select and which to ignore. ​ Some 2nd and 3rd favourites win more often at certain times of the day or when backed at certain odds or at certain racetracks. We take all this information; odds, locations, number of runners and times, and choose the horses that meet all our criteria that have a statistically lower chance of winning. We want losers because we are 'lay' betting.​​ Historic Performance DATES 15 Jan - 28 Feb 2023 01-16 March 2023 ROI 47% 38% PROFIT £800 £625 Performance Dashboard This is our current performance, gambling with our own money, from 17th March 2023. Which horses to lay? Subscribe to our service to obtain the names of horses to lay. We produce recommendations every day and post them online and send them to your inbox. If you'd like to try our service for free, follow us on Twitter @mkkracing to receive a free tip to lay each day. ​ We typically generate 3 to 8 selections a day, so you will only need to spend 10-15 minutes placing your bets using the information we give you. We use a platform called patreon.com to host our memberships and publish our recommendations. ​ They provide secure card processing, which means we never need to hold your card details. They make it really easy for us to post tips and images and manage the information we make available. So we took the decision to pay a fee on everyone that signs up as a subscriber and take advantage of their platform, rather than build our own.

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Consultancy Intro | Availability | Applications | Cloud | Data centres | Networking | Office relocations | Servers & Storage | Telecoms MKK Lion / Consultancy Networking. I have delivered many types of networking projects over the years... ​ Data centre migrations Connectivity to market data providers Upgrading / expanding / decommissioning networking hardware Rolling out global connectivity Re-organising VPN connections Installing local WiFi. New 10Gbps circuits & Cisco Nexus hardware 2016, CMC Markets As part of CMC's data centre relocation project, I managed the installation of 4x 10Gb/s links between the new data centre and their existing two other sites. New Cisco Nexus hardware worth £1m was purchased and installed, to create a brand new LAN in the new data centre. New Internet and MPLS connections with Verizon and Colt were added. Months later when the servers had been installed and services migrated, the final part of the project was to manage the relocation and integration of the original Cisco Nexus hardware into the new data centre, to increase capacity and resilience. ​ ​ Replacing market data providers 2014, CMC Markets CMC replaced BT Radianz and TNS as their primary price providers, with a new supplier, Market Prizm. Four new data circuits were installed between CMC's two data centres and Market Prizm (two per site for resilience) . Price data from Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Smart Trade and Real Tick was then supplied by Market Prizm (whilst still retaining the original feeds) , integrated into CMC's pricing infrastructure and tested. The original BT Radianz and TNS services were decommissioned when CMC's Pricing team signed off the new data supply. ​ ​ 53x VPN migrations 2013, Ladbrokes I managed the migration of fifty-three VPN connections to Vodafone's data centre, saving Ladbrokes £600K because they could decommission an Internet circuit, saving the renewal budget. Working with Vodafone and 3rd parties, I managed technical resources for the network design work, scheduled change windows and managed the change control processes. All fifty-three VPNs were migrated on schedule. ​ ​ SkyBet's datacentre relocation 2013, Ladbrokes Sky supplied data services to Ladbrokes and had their own programme to relocate one of their data centres. I ensured the continuity of services provided by Sky to Ladbrokes customers, by managing the analysis, change and testing of the network between Sky and Ladbrokes. When Sky moved their data centre there was no loss of service to Ladbrokes. ​ BGP deployment 2013, Ladbrokes Deployment of new BGP technology across four internet circuits between two data centres in Gibraltar, managing Ladbrokes' internal networking team and the technical resources of the ISPs. ​ ​ WiFi installation 2012, Ladbrokes I managed the installation of two WI-FI networks, at Ladbrokes' Crayford Greyhound Track, in their hospitality centre and their restaurant. ​ ​ Decommissioning old XML price feeds 2011, Ladbrokes I decommissioned uncontrolled outbound XML price feeds and migration of 3rd parties to a single, managed production feed, allowing Ladbrokes to control who they were giving access to their data feed. ​ ​ Worldwide MPLS deployment 2011, CMC Markets I managed the deployment of a new worldwide MPLS network to eighteen offices in Europe, APAC and North America, supplied by Verizon. I had to liaise with many telco's around the world as well as Verizon, managing the delivery of local tail circuits between our offices and Verizon's connection point. All the offices went online on schedule, network traffic was faster, more resilient and CMC saved money by having one integrated network, instead of multiple separate deals. ​ ​ Live TV Broadcasting 2009, CMC Markets I managed the installation of data links and hardware between CMC's office and a broadcast intermediary company, to enable live TV broadcasting from the dealing room to broadcasters like BBC News, Sky News and Bloomberg. ​

Consultancy Intro | Availability | Applications | Cloud | Data centres | Networking | Office relocations | Servers & Storage | Telecoms MKK Lion / Consultancy Servers & storage. I have delivered many projects that involved changing servers and storage. Migrating servers between data centres, installing new hardware, decommissioning old hardware, upgrading operating systems. There's not much I haven't done with servers. Avaya telephone system migration January - June 2020, TP ICAP Part of a larger data centre migration programme to vacate three data centres, bring a new one online and migrate applications to the AWS Cloud. I was responsible for Lift and Shift of 20 applications from old OnPrem data centres to the new OnPrem. Mixture of physical migrations and vMotioning. Working with the DBA team to upgrade Oracle databases from versions 11 and 12 to 19c and migrating the databases to a new infrastructure. Migration of 80 SQL server databases to a new SQL farm. Decommissioning 43 applications. ​ Migration of IT Services from one IT support provider to another July - December 2018, MS Amlin MS Amlin wanted to migrate all supported services and users from one outsource partner to another, to save £3m a year. I worked on four streams of this programme: ​ Network Changes; New circuits, VLAN stretching, gateway migrations, DMZ, firewall & F5 changes. Migration of the Citrix environment used by 150 staff Customising the build image into MS Amlin’s Citrix estate System and UAT C ut-over to the new Citrix. Upgrading user's hardware Upgrading desktops & laptops, remote worker's hardware, replacing WYSE terminals C ommunicating with users. Migration of infrastructure servers MS Exchange , Enterprise Vault, domain controllers and file servers. ​ Removing performance bottlenecks July - December 2016, MS Amlin Users were complaining about poor performance of their SAS environment. The root cause was their physical server was no longer fit for purpose. I managed the installation of the new hardware into a datacenter then the VMs were migrated to the new hosts. A cut-over point was agreed and the new server moved from UAT to PROD and the old server was decommissioned. ​ Data Warehousing January - July 2016, MS Amlin Installation and new HP 3PAR storage and a collection of the latest generation HP DL360, DL380 and DL580 servers were installed, for a storage transition and data warehousing project. ​ Resizing the IT infrastructure for the Grand National in 2012 & 2013 2012 & 2013, Ladbrokes Ladbrokes wanted their online and mobile platforms to stay operational on Grand National Day - the busiest day of the year for every bookmaker with triple the volume of bets compared to a normal Saturday's racing and football. Historically, every bookmaker’s IT systems crashed on Grand National day due to volume. I managed the analysis of every aspect of technology to identify weaknesses and resolve them. We created new customer journeys, made better use of existing F5 load balancers, introduced the use of AWS' Content Delivery Network to reduce the volume of data our web servers had to provide, right-sized database resources, all to try and keep the system operational. In 2012, Ladbrokes online presence survived until one hour before the race started, but in 2013, the IT systems stayed up all day for the first time ever. I heard from ex-colleagues they still use the principles we developed in 2012. Based on those experiences, I wrote a book about planning IT Infrastructure for large events (which you can buy on Amazon. Search for “IT Planning for the Grand National”). ​ Reducing the time taken to refresh non-Production databases 2012, Ladbrokes I reorganised Ladbrokes database infrastructure and deployed a new app for replicating production and test databases, to eradicate the loss of 5-10 days of testing each month, when Stage databases were refreshed using traditional backup and restore methods. The end-result was non-prod database refreshes took just 5 minutes. ​ Performance improvement programme 2012, Ladbrokes I managed a programme of twenty-two projects to improve the performance and resilience of Ladbrokes production web servers, application servers, load balancers, firewalls and backups. The programme was delivered to plan & budget. ​ Eradicating system bottlenecks in the BI system 2012, Ladbrokes The BI system was running slowly and failing to produce reports to management on time. I managed analysis of the bottlenecks, deployment of more powerful hardware, OS and software upgrades and memory upgrades. The impact was production of BI reports became problem free and production time reduced by 2 hours. ​ ​

Consultancy Intro | Availability | Applications | Cloud | Data centres | Networking | Office relocations | Servers & Storage | Telecoms MKK Lion / Consultancy Office relocations. Since 2005, I have managed the delivery of ten new office fit-outs and nine office relocations, in the UK, Europe, the USA and Asia Pacific. As well as filling the role of IT project manager, I was often involved in the office design and physical construction, as well as the normal IT fit-out. I have managed the delivery of new office space for almost 1,000 employees. 2015 Zurich Network fit-out and staff relocation 30 people I was asked to help with an office relocation in Zurich, amalgamating staff from two floors the client wanted to return to the landlord, to a new floor in the same building, the client had rented. The move required installing new LAN hardware on the new floor and connecting it to the existing LAN on remaining floors, inter-floor copper and fibres, patching about 80 positions and relocating approximately 30 members of staff. The IT fit-out and staff move was completed on schedule. Responsibilities: Fit-out: None New installation: LAN hardware, telephony Relocation: LAN hardware, telephony, desktop PCs, staff 2014 Stockholm Office relocation 15 people The client wanted to relocate their office in Stockholm to new premises. There was no fit-out work involved, just the installation of the new telephone, MPLS and internet circuits, followed by the relocation of the staff and their equipment. Responsibilities : Fit-out: None New installation: WAN Relocation: LAN hardware, telephony, desktop PCs, staff Frankfurt 25 people I project managed the relocation of staff and equipment to new premises in Frankfurt. I looked after the elements of the project, not under control of the main contracting company in Germany - the installation of new telephone, MPLS and internet circuits and a new Wi-Fi network. I liaised with the internal End User Support department to organise the relocation of the staff and their equipment and the internal Networking department for the delivery and connectivity of the new circuits. Responsibilities : Fit-out: None New installation: WAN Relocation: LAN hardware, telephony, desktop PCs, staff 2010 Paris New office fit-out 4,000 sq. ft / 372 sq. m I was tasked with designing and planning the IT installation for a new sales office, for 12 staff, seminar room and meeting rooms. I project managed the design, supply and installation of the IT infrastructure; electrics, LAN cabling, WAN links, LAN hardware, telephone lines and PABX system, desktop computers / peripherals and audio visual hardware. Responsibilities: Fit-out: electrical New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony, desktop PCs, audio visual, security, furniture Relocation: None ​ London (133 Houndsditch) Telephony migration 400+ people The client wanted to relocate their existing telephone system to their new HQ and at the same time, improve the resiliency by hosting it across two data centres. I managed the installation of new phone lines into the new office and second data centre, followed by splitting and balancing the phone system hardware and configuration between the two sites. The final stage was the relocation and testing of over 400 handsets, as staff were moved to the new HQ office. Responsibilities: Fit-out: None New installation: telephony Relocation: telephony London (Leadenhall Street) Office relocation 50 people I was called back to reactivate an office I had decommissioned six months previously and given one month to do it. I produced seating layouts, a relocation plan and got a new WAN link installed. Once all the IT infrastructure had been installed, furniture, staff and their equipment were relocated. Responsibilities: Fit-out: None New installation: WAN Relocation: LAN hardware, telephony, servers, desktop PCs, staff ​ Auckland Office relocation 15 people Relocation of a sales office to new premises in Auckland. I was asked to design the IT infrastructure for the new office, organise the installation of new data cabling, phone and data lines, and produce a relocation plan that a local company would follow to move the staff and equipment. Responsibilities: Fit-out: None New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony Relocation: None ​ 2009 Hamburg Office relocation 30 people The client wanted to relocate their office from Frankfurt to Hamburg, then decommission the original office. There was no fit-out work involved, just the installation of the IT infrastructure (data cabling, electrics, WAN links, LAN hardware, telephones lines), followed by the relocation of the staff and their equipment. Responsibilities: Fit-out: floorplan designs, electrical New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony Relocation: telephony, desktop PCs, staff ​ Vienna Office relocation 5 people I project managed the relocation of staff and equipment to new premises in Vienna. There was no fit-out work involved, just the installation of the IT infrastructure (data cabling, electrics, WAN links, LAN hardware, telephones lines), followed by the relocation of the staff and their equipment. Responsibilities: Fit-out: floorplan designs, electrical New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony Relocation: telephony, desktop PCs, staff ​ Munich Office relocation 10 people I project managed the relocation of staff and equipment to new premises in Munich. There was no fit-out work involved, just the installation of the IT infrastructure (data cabling, electrics, WAN links, LAN hardware, telephones lines), followed by the relocation of the staff and their equipment. Responsibilities: Fit-out: electrical New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony Relocation: LAN hardware, telephony, desktop PCs, staff ​ London (Leadenhall Street) Office relocation 70 people An office with 70 staff was relocated to other premises belonging to the client, as the lease on the Leadenhall Street address was ending. Plans were made to relocate the staff over three weekends and then decommission the original office's IT infrastructure and dispose of any unwanted furniture. Responsibilities: Fit-out: None New installation: LAN hardware, telephony Relocation: LAN hardware, telephony, servers, desktop PCs, staff 2008 Oslo New office fit-out 1,990 sq. ft | 185 sq. m Refurbishment of an office in the centre of Oslo. The challenge here was to fit staff desking, a manager's office, a seminar room and a meeting room, into a small area. I managed all the aspects of the project, from the architectural design and the interior construction, to the installation of the office components; IT infrastructure and hardware, security and furniture. Responsibilities: Fit-out: floorplan designs, construction, mechanical, electrical, lighting New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony, desktop PCs, audio visual, security, furniture Relocation: None ​ Milan New office fit-out 3,219 sq. ft | 300 sq. m Refurbishment of an office in a redeveloped office block in central Milan. Office space was required for 11 staff, meeting rooms and a seminar room. I managed the entire project, from the architectural design and the interior construction, to the installation of the office components; IT infrastructure and hardware, audio visual, security, furniture and signage. Responsibilities: Fit-out: floorplan designs, construction, mechanical, electrical, lighting New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony, desktop PCs, audio visual, security, furniture Relocation: None Madrid New office fit-out 3,390 sq. ft | 315 sq. m Refurbishment of a very dated office interior in Madrid, in a building that had a listed status. Floorplans & related documentation had to be created to ensure the project complied with legislative restrictions on the building. I managed the entire project, from the design and the interior construction, to the installation of the office furniture and IT infrastructure. Responsibilities: Fit-out: floorplan designs, construction, mechanical, electrical, lighting New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony, desktop PCs, audio visual, security, furniture Relocation: None 2007 Dublin New office fit-out 3,000 sq. ft | 278 sq. m Fit-out of an empty office in the city centre of Dublin. Office space for 19 staff, meeting rooms and a seminar room. I managed the entire project, from the architectural design and the interior construction, to the installation of the office components; IT infrastructure and hardware, audio visual, security, furniture and signage. Responsibilities: Fit-out: floorplan designs, construction, mechanical, electrical, lighting New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony, desktop PCs, audio visual, security, furniture Relocation: None ​ Edinburgh New office fit-out 3,200 sq. ft | 297 sq/ m Complete fit-out of an empty office in Edinburgh. Office space was created for 7 staff, four meeting rooms and a seminar room. I managed the entire project, from the architectural design and the interior construction, to the installation of the office components; IT infrastructure and hardware, audio visual, security, furniture and signage. Responsibilities: Fit-out: floorplan designs, construction, mechanical, electrical, lighting New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony, desktop PCs, audio visual, security, furniture Relocation: None 2006 Stockholm New office fit-out 3,200 sq. ft | 297 sq m. Complete fit-out of a shell and core office space in central Stockholm. Office space for 22 staff, reception, meeting rooms and a seminar room. I managed the entire project, from the architectural design and the interior construction, to the installation of the office components; IT infrastructure and hardware, audio visual, security, furniture and signage. Responsibilities: Fit-out: floorplan designs, construction, mechanical, electrical, lighting New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony, desktop PCs, audio visual, security, furniture Relocation: None New York New office fit-out and staff relocation 2,500 sq. ft | 232 sq. m I designed the floorplans for the new office for 24 staff and managed the fit-out process with local sub-contractors in New York. I selected and managed the installation of the furniture, network cabling, IT hardware, audio visual and security. Upon completion of the fit-out, the computers, telephony and network hardware were relocated from the original office in mid-town NYC. Responsibilities: Fit-out: floorplan designs, construction, mechanical, electrical, lighting New installation: LAN cabling, WAN, telephony, audio visual, security, furniture Relocation: LAN hardware, telephony, servers, desktop PCs, staff 2005 Frankfurt new office fit-out and staff relocation 11,990 sq. ft | 1,113 sq. m Thirty staff were relocated to a new office in central Frankfurt. I managed the whole project, including the architectural design (done with a UK-based architect), the interior refurbishment and installation of data and phone lines, phone system, networking, security, furniture and signage. I managed a mixture of German and UK suppliers and local German trades and sub-contractors. Responsibilities: Fit-out: floorplan designs, construction, mechanical, electrical, lighting New installation: LAN cabling, LAN hardware, WAN, telephony, security, furniture Relocation: LAN hardware, telephony, desktop PCs, staff

Consultancy Intro | Availability | Applications | Cloud | Data centres | Networking | Office relocations | Servers & Storage | Telecoms MKK Lion / Consultancy Telecoms. I have delivered quite a few telecoms based projects in my career. Installation and decommissioning of circuits, upgrades and migration of phone systems. Avaya telephone system migration 2014, CMC Markets As part of CMC's data centre relocation, I managed the installation of new ISDN circuits from COLT Telecom into the new data centre in Welwyn Garden City, followed by the relocation of their Avaya system, working with CMC's telecoms partner, G3. ​ Telephony integration 2011, CMC Markets Telephony and data integration with an outsourced debit/credit card processing company, to enable CMC's compliance with PCI requirements when dealing with customer's card information over the telephone. ​ Avaya telephone system migration 2010, CMC Markets When CMC moved to new headquarters in the City of London, I managed the separation and migration of the company’s Avaya phone system, from one to two data centres to improve business continuity. Staff were moved to the new office and every single extension and inbound number worked perfectly. Attention to detail, planning and thorough testing meant zero downtime. ​ Office fit-outs 2005-2014, CMC Markets I managed the installation and configuration of new phone lines and telephony hardware for new offices fit-outs (click here to see Office Moves) ​