Stevan Lockhart
With over 20 years IT experience, from the early days of PC networking, the rise of the Internet and the change of computing from pure business tools to general purpose communication and collaboration platforms, Stevan Lockhart also has over 10 years’ experience of the deployment of Free and Open Source software in a commercial environment.
Most recently, Stevan was Group IT Director with a pharmaceutical company based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. He was with that company from very small start-up to flotation in 2005 and beyond. He gained experience of M&A business activity throughout Europe, due diligence associated with funding rounds and the joys of supporting a rapidly growing highly entrepreneurial organisation. This was where he developed his ways of introducing Free Software solutions to support business.
Earlier IT experience was mostly in financial services and related organisations. Stevan was Senior Technology Consultant to a large South African-headquartered multi-national financial services company with responsibilities for IT strategic direction across the Northern Hemisphere as well as a spell as operational IT Manager for a dental finance scheme based in Winchester.
Prior to his IT career, Stevan ran numerous trade associations for the Chamber of Industries in Cape Town, learning much about the differing “personalities” of various industries and their approach to business.