From January 1982 to December 1984 I worked as a Senior Consultant at CMG in the UK. I got my first management opportunity by leading a large team working on a life assurance application. From now on I spanned the gap between the technical and non-technical sides of the business.
Managed 20 people on two year project for the Municipal Mutual insurance company to develop a new life assurance application. This project was my first real experience of managing a large team, and the associated presentations both within the team, on-site to the customer’s IT management and to CMG management back at head office.
Worked as senior developer on reinsurance project for SwissRe, as well as performing a number of one-off consulting activities for CMG customers.
It was while at CMG that I remember being invited to have lunch with an important customer to explain to them what IBM’s new PC was, and how it might be relevant to their business in the future.
