THE COMPANY

G.A.W. Associates Ltd (GAWA)

 

Established in 1995 as a Private Limited Company, G.A.W. Associates (GAWA) is a grouping of consultants who provide short / medium term business and technical consultancy, training and project management to both potential purchasers and suppliers of Information Technology related solutions.

 

Our prime areas of operation are in:

·         Procurement Management

·        Major Bid Management and Project Planning (for PFI/PPP assignments)

·         Project Management (and PRINCE2 training, Method1 methodologies)

·         Due Diligence Analysis & Technical / Management Audits (for investment banks)

·        Supplier & Relationship Management (during public procurements)

·         Disaster Recovery (for service providers and end clients)

·         Facilities & Applications Management Services Contract Negotiation

·        Contract negotiation and SLA definition for security services desktop and network outsourcing

 

Our direct client list includes:

·        Telecom  Kenya

·        UK Cabinet Office (office of e-Envoy)

·        Bulgaria Telecom billing system procurement and implementation

·        Macedonian Telekom (owned by Gov, Matav (Hungary) and Deutche Telecom) Supplier management and contract negotiation (Accenture, HP, Convergys) for implementation of new billing system (Geneva) plus Project management, Security standards upgrade and PRINCEII training. Other projects we are involved in include, fraud management, Intranet specification, IT Roadmap, Call centre planning and CRM.

·        West Herts NHS Trust Network strategy review and improvement planning

·        TMNG Due diligence analysis and reporting

·        Airtours CRM, call centre, voice & data integration strategy definition

·        BT Project management (PFI/PPP procurements)

·        Thus Telecom Sales & marketing training consultancy and comms strategy

·        Cable & Wireless Interim IS management and PRINCEII training

·        SITA Outsourcing service delivery management

·        EQUANT Promotional material design and comms strategy

·        Guardian iT DR project management and comms strategy

·        Siemens Bid management and communications strategy definition

·        Unisource / Energis SDH planning and supplier audit

·        Morgan Stanley Due diligence auditing

·        Soros Due diligence audit

·        Goldman Sachs Due diligence auditing

·        DTI Best Practice (IT procurement) authoring

 

Apropos- Design  (www.Apropos-site.com)

Apropos- is a flexible design agency, offering a variety of creative services from proposal and concept development through to production. Each commission is managed by a core creative team. Where necessary, additional design and technical skills are gathered building a dedicated working team around each project. We often work on a project by project basis in both print and new media. Our philosophy is to offer innovative yet appropriate design systems, working closely with our clients. We have no pre-determined studio style. Apropos- develops individual solutions, the aesthetics of which are evolved in response to the specific requirements/context of each project.

 

Our design client list includes:

·        Reebok & Helly Hansen - branding, advertising collateral design and visual language development

·        Channel 4 - marketing collateral design for TV, magazines, billboards for all the US sitcoms - Ally McBeal, Will & Grace, Friends etc

·        Guardian Newspapers - web site design www.guardianunlimited.co.uk

·        Various universities - as visiting lecturers & course leaders in design, illustration and information presentation

·        Mac User Magazine- article illustrations

·        ICON Publishing - marketing collateral / web site design & production and technical authoring

·        SKY Magazine - series of article illustrations

·        Express Newspapers - illustrations for topical news items

·        Management Today Magazine - headlines and logos

·        Dorling Kindersley Publishers – various

·        Oxford University Press – various

·        Churchill Livingstone – various

·        MultiMedia Corporation - packaging & promotional material design

·        English Heritage - stately home room design