Vidacom

Bob founded Vidacom in 1988 when he realised that the really valuable part of his IT company was the willingness to ensure that the customer's business needs and expected outcomes were being met. Vidacom was founded as a Business Consultancy company to assist clients meet their individual business needs and ensure that projects delivered embedded business benefits. That was a long time ago and since then Bob has acquired a lot of experience engaging with clients in diverse sectors to ensure that their businesses, projects and strategic aims are on track and under control, ensuring that their expected outcomes are met and their portfolio has clearly defined benefits in alignment with the organisational strategy. He is currently engaged on an organizational re-alignment programme within a Social Housing company that specialises in the Care and Housing of people with Learning Difficulties. Vidacom is now ComVida and continues to develop the Social Entrepreneur in Bob, In Portugal he founded a school for children that did not fit into main stream education. He is a qualified part time teacher specialising in hard to reach and vulnerable people and has experience working with Ex Offenders, NEETs and people with Learning Difficulties. In more recent times Bob has combined his Social Entrepreneur skills with his Professional Skills and experience working with organisations in the Criminal Justice, Social Housing and Care Sectors. He now believes the time is right to develop his passion further and ComVidais a significant step along this pathway. Bob says: " the world has changed, we can no longer rely on 'good will' alone. We must be accountable for what we do and justify our needs. I want to help people and communities to continue to do the great work they already do and work with them to make Accountability and Justification easy and acceptable practice. That will enable them to build a sustainable model for future success. Bob is a committee member of the Eastern Region of the Association of Project Management (APM), A PRINCE2 practitioner, an IOD Certified Company Director, CMMI qualified and Passionate about Life Long Learning and has obtained the Certificate in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (CTLLS).