Our Clients
Founded in 1998, Europoint Communications prides itself in delivering professional, knowledgeable test resource to high-profile software delivery projects in the UK.
We have worked with clients such as Resonate, Platform Smart at HSBC, AXELOS, Shiftpoint at Rolls-Royce, Experian, Capita, Ecotricity, Logica Esis, Clerical Medical Investment Group, and The Environment Agency.
Major Contracts
Whatever IT expertise you need, we have a wide range of experience and years of knowledge that can be rapidly deployed. We pride ourselves on being able to quickly understand the business needs and technological solutions required to deliver your requirements.
Best Practice
Having worked with AXELOS to deliver Best Practice into organisations across the world, we now strive to implement the most appropriate methodologies and frameworks into your company so that you can deliver quicker, better and right first time.
Technological Thoughts
Sharemouse a KVM for the modern age
I recently bought a Surface Pro 3, and since I already have a workstation of considerable proportions under my desk, I began looking for a KVM, or Keyboard/Video/Mouse unit so that I could switch between the two machines without having to...
Google's Easter Eggs Have Come Early
In what seems to be an early Easter present for us all (at least in the UK) Google have provided a not so secret Easter Egg on Google Maps. Head on over to maps.google.co.uk and enter an address. After zooming on the area (with plenty of roads), an option will appear...
Twitter Makes TweetDeck More 'Secure'
Having recently logged on to my Tweetdeck account, a web-based app that allows direct tweeting to any number of Twitter accounts, I was informed that I had to move my login from a unique Tweetdeck account to one of my Twitter accounts before the 31st March. This...
How Safe is a Contactless Payment Card?
I was recently issued with a contactless payment card by my bank, and I'll be frank: I've been dubious about the security of such cards, or indeed any Near Field Communication (NFC) systems. As I have been working with a client in London, the security of my payment...
A Little Light Relief
Most of the articles that are published on this site are fairly serious (well, always serious), but there is amusement in the IT industry, albeit often a rather rarefied humour. Two sites are always worthy of mention, https://xkcd.com/ and http://www.dilbert.com/....
Adventures into Secure Email: Solutions on a Consumer Scale
I've written before about an enterprise level secure email facility called MKryptor by Fresh Skies, but I've also been researching a few other options that are starting to arrive on the scene. One such option is Lockify. Where MKryptor relies on a server based...
News
Working with AXELOS to deliver Best Practice
Since February 2014 Europoint Communications is proud to be working with AXELOS, a joint venture between the Cabinet Office and Capita PLC to deliver Best Practice into organisations across the world, and to build an innovative and high quality, continuous learning...
Latest CV Available
Matthew Cunliffe's CV has been updated. You can also find his details on LinkedIn and Jobserve.
Presentations Now Available for Download
Two presentations made to the Nottingham and Derby BCS branch are now available from the downloads page. The first, given last year, discusses the implementation of Service Orientated Architecture as a software development model and the perils, pitfalls and benefits...
Matthew Cunliffe
Director
Matthew Cunliffe has worked in the IT industry for over 24 years and continues to maintain a keen interest in the latest technical advances in both software and hardware.
With regular training to ensure that he remains in the top echelons of his profession, Matthew holds both ISEB Foundation and Practitioner Certificates in Software Testing, together with the PRINCE2 Foundation, Practitioner and Agile Practitioner certificates and RESILIA Foundation and Practitioner certificates. Having a strong technical knowledge has allowed Matthew to involve himself in all aspects of the Information Technology space, as Head of IT, Technical Architect or Test Manager.
Matthew has strong transferable skills that have allowed him to easily manage large projects, control multi-million pound budgets, and manage the ICT team whilst working on technical delivery; team management; design and architecture; Disaster Recovery and failover; through automated testing; development of metric gathering tools, Dashboards and test harnesses; project planning; and Quality Assurance.
With such a wide and varied skillset, Matthew is ideally placed to rapidly integrate into existing projects or introduce the appropriate quality processes into new. For an in depth view of Matthew’s skills and past client base, please take a few minutes to view his Curriculum Vitae below.
Matthew Cunliffe MA Technical Project Consultant
Job Roles: Head of IT, Project Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Test Manager, Technical Architect, Test Lead
Role Type: Contract
Preferred Locations: East Midlands, West Midlands, Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Coventry, Birmingham
Contact:
- AXELOS PRINCE2 Foundation
- AXELOS PRINCE2 Practitioner
- AXELOS PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner
- AXELOS RESILIA Foundation
- AXELOS RESILIA Practitioner
- Gilb Agile Inspection Leader
- ISEB Practitioner in Software Testing
- ISEB Foundation in Software Testing
References available on request
