08 | housing technology 2012 conference & executive forum business & technology presentations suite 6 | 1100 aareon uk More for less – Getting the maximum value out of an IT solution in challenging times Paul O’Reilly, Pre-Sales Consultant, Aareon suite 4a | 1615 adactus housing group Co-regulation, transparency and the web Paul Lees, Chief Executive, Adactus <strong>Housing</strong> Group Brian Moran, Director of Corporate Services & Company Secretary, Adactus <strong>Housing</strong> Group suite 6 | 1530 advanced 365 Improving flexible working and reducing IT costs through innovation Roy Wood, Sales Director, Advanced 365 suite 1 | 1015 affinity sutton Affinity Sutton’s recent implementation of a procure-to-pay system from Capita IB Solutions Chris Battye, Head of Business Systems, Affinity Sutton In the current economy, housing organisations are being forced to balance the goal of meeting increased customer demands with the real need to save money. The innovative use of IT can help you to achieve this seemingly impossible goal. Aareon, using case studies from some of its customers, will explain how it has helped organisations to increase service levels and efficiency while at the same time reducing both costs and the load on the IT department. A tour and discussion of Adactus <strong>Housing</strong> Group’s recent online developments that aim to provide a strong foundation for its co-regulation and transparency efforts. The presentation will cover AHG’s forays into online customer consultations, crowd sourcing, blogging, its wiki-approach to providing customer information, use of online mapping and graphing services, and adventures with ‘infographics’. The focus of this session will be on sharing experience and practical tips to help you achieve some of these ideas at your own organisation. Advanced 365 provides IT outsourcing, cloud services, mobile services and application development to housing providers. Advanced 365 works in partnership with its customers to deliver an IT platform that supports flexible working and improves communications. The Advanced 365 platform enables its customers’ staff and tenants to communicate anytime and anywhere, providing its customers with the cutting-edge, flexible and cost-effective IT services needed to meet the evolving demands of modern society. Affinity Sutton will concentrate on the technical aspects of project completion and explain its implementation approach and methodology. Starting with the procurement selection process, the presentation will discuss each facet of the project including project governance, an agreed joint approach and commitment to the implementation, effective training, and finishing with a summary of the positive and negative lessons Affinity Sutton has learnt during the process. Paul O’Reilly joined Aareon UK Limited in 1996 after working in housing management for seven years. He initially worked in Aareon’s implementation team, covering a number of roles ranging from trainer to implementation consultant. O’Reilly’s experience includes both local authorities and RSLs of varying sizes and structures. He has been Aareon’s senior pre-sales consultant since 2003. Paul Lees strongly believes that organisational transparency to stakeholders drives up quality but thinks that most organisations are getting this wrong by focusing too many resources on a relatively small number of tenants, often in unproductive meetings. He is active on twitter as @paulflees. Brian Moran cares passionately about governance and is a self-confessed technology addict. He is at his happiest when the two collide. He is active on twitter as @brimoran. Roy Wood has over 12 years’ experience designing and selling IT managed services. Graduating from Exeter University in 2000, he joined BSG and established himself as a business development specialist. In 2005, Wood was one of the co-founders of BSG’s managed service division which was bought by Advanced in 2009. Chris Battye has worked in the housing sector for the last eight years. Before that, he was the client services director of a Yorkshire-based solutions provider, where he was responsible for the implementation and support of firstgeneration ERP solutions, finance systems and industry-specific applications. Aareon UK Limited provides software to social housing providers. As the leading European housing software provider, we have over nine million units of stock managed on our software throughout Europe. Our QL product portfolio includes QL <strong>Housing</strong>, QL Finance, QL Personnel & Payroll, CRM, Mobile Working, Reporting Services, e-Business, Electronic Document Management & Workflow. Adactus <strong>Housing</strong> Group is a North West partnership between four housing associations and celebrates its 10th birthday in 2012. The group’s defining characteristics are its financial strength, breadth of experience, commitment to efficiency and simplicity, transparency and growth. To learn (much) more visit www.adactushousing.co.uk. As part of Advanced Computer Software Group Plc, Advanced 365 focuses on the delivery of managed services, cloud computing, application development, mobile delivery and software as a service (SaaS), helping support the group’s 150+ housing association customers. With over 55,000 homes and a 100-year history, Affinity Sutton is one of the biggest providers of affordable housing in England. As a business for social purpose, we are committed to helping people put down roots. We act as a springboard, maximising life chances for our residents and creating places for communities to thrive.
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