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About Me

About me

Name:

Howard Barton

Phone:

+44 (0) 7768 448125

A successful Executive, Non-Executive Director, Mentor, Business Coach and Investor with over 20 years’ experience embracing, managing and monitoring change within businesses of varying sizes and across many geographical locations.

I combine leadership skills with critical thinking, creativity and effective communication to offer independent advice on business strategy, in a diplomatic way. My strong commercial background in fast moving markets, allows me to assimilate, assess and analyse information quickly, and provide a well-founded critical response.

I am a dedicated, highly motivated and enthusiastic professional with a tenacious, meticulous and flexible approach who is keen to gain new knowledge and skills to develop competences further.

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What i do

Skills

Skills

Executive

I am an experienced Executive who has experience in taking businesses from pre or early revenue through to company sale.

Non-executive

I am an experienced Non-Executive who has taken positions such as IT Director and Chairman.

Mentor

I have been a mentor for several succesful businesses. I pride myself on giving independant, pertinent advice based on my experience.

Investor

I currently hold a spread of investments in several early stage and growing businesses.

My Experience

CV

CV

Current Board Positions :

Music Vince

Music Vine Ltd

November 2016 - present

Non-Executive Chairman

Financial Pulse

Financial Pulse Ltd / Angel Groups Ltd

January 2016 – present

Non-Executive IT Director

Track Metrics

Track Metrics Ltd

June 2015 – present

Managing Director

CVSRT

Calder Valley Search & Rescue Team

January 2013 – present

Trustee

Previous Senior Management Positions :

Iliad Solutions

Iliad Solutions Ltd

January 2014 – December 2015

Head of Product

Rockshore

Rockshore Ltd

January 2009 – December 2013

Operations Director

Alaric Systems

Alaric Systems Ltd

April 1997 – September 2008

Various Roles including Technical Director

CVSRT

Calder Valley Search & Rescue Team

January 2013 – January 2016

Company Secretary

Where I volunteer

Volunteering

Volunteering
CVSRT

Calder Valley Search & Rescue Team

Calder Valley Search and Rescue Team (CVSRT) is a 100% voluntary charity, that operates within Mountain Rescue (England & Wales) guidelines and is part of the Mid-Pennine Search & Rescue region supporting the statutory emergency services, working on behalf of West Yorkshire Police ...

Yorkshire Ambulance Service

Yorkshire Ambulance Service

The Community First Responder (CFR) scheme is a life-saving partnership between Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) and local communities ...

Cinnamon Trust

The Cinnamon Trust

Cinnamon Trust is the only specialist national charity which seeks to relieve the anxieties, problems, and sometimes injustices, faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets, thereby saving a great deal of human sadness and animal suffering ...

What I talk about

Talks

Talks

Entreprenuership

"Have you turned it off and on again?"

A light-hearted look at the differing advice given to Entrepreneurs and which are of value.

Mentoring

A "head-banging" tale

An light-hearted exploration into the world of mentorship.

After Dinner Speaking

A heck of a lucky man!

A light-weighted speech on the luck needed to be succesful in business.

Television, radio, printed press

Media

Media

Television, radio, printed press

I have been involved with the media covering areas of entreprenuarship, business management, mentoring and investment.

If you would like to discuss any potential engagements, feel free to contact me.

Look at their opinions!

Testimonials

Testimonials
Martin Avison

As the founder and CEO of a business that relies on its technology to deliver its services, the decision as to who should provide and manage this customer interface was crucial. Individually and as a business we are delighted with the outcome that was delivered both on time and within budget – a welcome combination. That said, this doesn’t reflect the true value added contribution that Howard made to our platform and the way in which we can better engage, track and measure our clients as they use our services. I put this down to the fact that they are not techies, but business people who understood our business challenges and translated our needs through technology. I would have no hesitation in recommending Howard to any business where having a reliable, outsourced partner is crucial to the success of their business.

Martin Avison

Founder and CEO, Financial Pulse Ltd
Paul Hirst

I worked with Howard for 6 months during 2016 on a number of projects encompassing data capture, management information systems and various web, commercial and graphics based projects. During this time I always found Howard to be very professional and always available. I was impressed with how Howard quickly understood the various project parameters even if they weren’t fully formed from my side; Howards values as a non-invested consultant proved valuable many times. The nature of some of the graphics and web based work I sent to Howard had great complexity which Howard very quickly understood, conversely there were times when Howard had to work with great ambiguity, but as I have now come to know Howard, this wasn’t a problem at all. If I were to over view some qualities Howard displayed as we worked together, I would he is a leader, a motivator, is very detailed, has clarity of thought, is conscientious and cares about achieving the end result. I would have no hesitation in recommending Howard to anyone, and personally I look forward to working with Howard again in the future.

Paul Hirst

Managing Director, Sole Juice Ltd
Judith Wright

It has been great working with Howard to help me identify the solutions I needed to help me to be able to accurately record, monitor and evaluate the key information I need to enable my business to grow. They have been a pleasure to work with and for any business with a growth plan their systems are a must have.

Judith Wright

Managing Director, Wright Angle Marketing Ltd
Karen Hall

Howard has been brilliant in getting us started and then giving objective on-going support: it’s great to have someone at the end of a phone who really understands what your business needs and then acts on it quickly and efficiently. A pleasure to deal with from start to finish.

Karen Hall

Managing Director, Indigo Olive Ltd
Frank Worsencroft

Amazing team that really delivered for us. We are really impressed with the quality of all the advice given. We feel they are a essential part of our team.

Frank Worsencroft

Managing Director, UK Nutrition Ltd
What I enjoy

Interests

Interests
York City FC

York City FC

I love football! I follow York City, as York is my city of birth.

York City Knights

York City Knights

After football, my next sporting interest is Rugby League. Once again, I support my local team, through thick and, well, thick.

Spine Challenger

Endurance Events

I enjoyß challenging myself through events like The Spine Challenger, a 108 mile endurance along the Pennine Way.

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