Profile

Mr. Maxwell Baiden is a Ghanaian – British Consultant with over 25 years of experience
 in various Information Technology in the UK, Europe, Africa. He has worked with local
 and international organizations, as well as corporate and individuals. Mr. Baiden has
 contributed to various projects as a consultant in various disciplines. 

 

Areas of expertise:
 Data Centre Infrastructure Management | ICT | Construction (Road & building) | Transport 
| Security | Commodities | Business Management | Physical Security | Commodity Trading and more…  

 

Projects Implemented:

 

E-Process International SA:

• Developed and implemented the Group Data Centre Strategy: across Africa. 
• Physical Security management; CCTV, Perimeter / Access Control.
• PCI DSS accreditation attainment or the bank.
• Technical Expertise for the ‘Procurement Board’. 
• 3rd Party Contacts Management - technical relations including SLM and SLAs. 
• BCP Implementation - Disaster Recovery (DR) solution; replicating data from Africa to UK. 
• Standardized M&E environmental installations across all affiliates. 

• 35% drop in fuel consumption through personal advocacy for ‘Energy Saving’

 

Ecobank Ghana 15 Store HQ Building:                                                                              

     A member of the building committee tasked with the building and successful completion of 
    the new Ecobank Ghana HQ Building in Accra.  My role was ensuring all the building’s 
    infrastructure, including the Data Centre met specifications and standards stipulated.
    Power sourcing (Grid) and secondary(Plants) as well as redundancy

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KPMG UK - European  Server Hardware Services Manager

• Technical directives and solutions to the Technical Architects and Support Platforms 
• Technical assessments and specifications of hardware solutions and services for the business. 
• Technical specifications, Best Practices, IT Rooms and Data Centre infrastructure, standards procedures. 

• Server build automation – using Microsoft Deployment Tools (MDT) and Windows Deployment Server (WDS). 

• Service Providers / Vendor engagement through internal and external meetings/forums.

 

Technical Manager (Server Hardware): Watford - UK

• Managed a team providing DC services / support for the entire KPMG UK. 
•  Provided technical support, installations and management of servers and racking systems. 
•  Designed and Installation of all KPMG UK Data Centres and Server Rooms. 
•  Data Centre Security Access Control and Remote Management / Monitoring. 
•  I was a key resource to most of the IT projects carried out in the business

 

Mr. Baiden holds Masters in Data Centre Leadership 
from the Anglia Ruskin University - Cambridge.
Certified Data Centre Design Professional. 
Decades of experience and specialization in DCIM Services and ICT.