Since its creation in January 2000 VICL operates an associate model with a group of like-minded consulting and interim manager firms and individual professionals. This model brings you the best consultants, interim managers and IT specialists carefully selected for your project. Our pool of talent covers all our main areas of expertise.

A sample of our profiles is included in this page.

Frank J. Vielba is the founder of VICL. He specialises in Merger & Acquisition IT integration issues and transformational change and has written books and articles on the M&A subject (see publications). He has operated as Executive Director, IT Director and Management Consultant in a number of blue chip international companies. He is a Chartered Engineer, a fellow of the British Computer Society and MBA. He has studied in Madrid, New York and London and worked in all five continents. As well as English he speaks Spanish, Italian and French.

Steve Anderson is a senior IT Director with over 18 years creating real business value from IS/IT in consulting, M&A, managed services, construction, finance, high-tech, mail-order retail, publishing, transport, and manufacturing sectors throughout UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and North America. He has an exceptional track record of strategic innovation and business transformation in both public and private sector environments. He is a Member of the Chartered Management Institute and the Institute of Directors, a Fellow of the Institute for the Management Information Systems and the British Computer Society, and a Chartered IT Professional.

Alan Pollard has a long and distinguished IT career history in the fields of logistics, supply, distribution and outsourcing. Alan has extensive experience in UK government and consulting. He specializes in IT strategy, business change and outsourcing. He has worked both in Europe and Canada. Alan is a Chartered IT Professional, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Fellow of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems, and a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists.

Jean Pierre Hebert is a Senior IT Manager and Consultant with over 20 years in business and management. He has operated as IT Director and Management Consultant in a number of blue chip international companies. He has led multinational teams in a variety of industries including insurance, transport, chemicals and cement. His areas of expertise include IT Strategy, IT Management, Project Management and people management. Jean Pierre studied at Lille University and holds a degree in Technology. He is bilingual in French and English and has worked in Canada, London, Madrid and Paris.

Jonathan Hari Huggins-Shastri is a seasoned professional with 24 years experience in the management, development, implementation and operation of IT systems. He has excelled at providing cost effective and robust IT business solutions to a diverse range of organisations. In addition to working in the UK and Europe he has worked offshore for a number of years in Saudi Arabia and Papua New Guinea. He has played a significant role in a number of start-ups including Toshiba Information Systems (UK) Ltd and Denso in the UK and Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries and Medical Appliances Corporation (SPIMACO) in the Middle East. More recently he has been involved with the outsourcing of IT services. Hari is a Chartered Engineer and holds a BSc in IT. He is fluent in English and Hindi.

John Kat is a senior IT Architect and Strategist. He has operated as senior IT Architect in a number of blue chip companies designing global enterprise architectures for global enterprises in the retail banking, government and retail sectors. Apart from technical architecture his expertise covers related areas in e-commerce, data warehousing, decision support systems data migration and integration strategies. John holds a BA in Economies and a graduate diploma in Public Law.

Stephen Magraw is a senior consultant, a specialist in government and retail services. Stephen specializes in IT Management Consultancy in the Case Management systems and solutions market. Stephen has operated at executive level for numerous blue chip organizations such as Garner and government bodies in UK, USA and other European countries. Stephen holds a BSc degree in Applied Computing from Manchester, an MSc in Managing Information Technology from Salford University. He is an independently certified management t through the Institute of Management Consultants.

Elizabeth Consalvi is a senior project manager and public sector specialist. Her expertise is in systems analysis, the improvement of service delivery and in providing innovative solutions to business problems. She focuses on the Modernisation Programmes relating to Government and the NHS, and has implemented systems and organisation change in a number of UK public sector bodies. Elizabeth holds a BA degree in Psychology and a post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration. She has travelled extensively and worked in UK, continental Europe and New Zealand.

Martin Tate is an IT and management consultant with over 20 years experience. His management expertise is formal decision-making for complex, high-risk decisions including evaluating strategic options. His IT expertise is commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) system selection. He has applied his proven methods to public and commercial organizations around the world including Biwater, Castrol, DaimlerChrysler, DWP, the Fire Service, LEGO, Pearson, SCA and Turtle Wax. He is an MBCS, CITP and EurIng who both guest lectures at business schools and publishes on decision-making and IT procurement.

Tony Gomez is a Senior ICT professional with over 30 years experience in the IT and Telecommunications business. He is a client centred technology strategist, consultant and project management with a track record of world class delivery exemplified by programme managing a business transformation IT project as well as being a critical contributor for the network design of the world’s first public global wide area network using frame relay technology. Tony has worked on assignments in the UK, Belgium, Spain and USA. Tony is a member of the British Computer Society and is bilingual in English and Spanish.