Andy Thomson

I am a SFIA Accredited Consultant and Chair of the SFIA Council.  You may know me from QA Learning where I led SFIA consultancy engagements for 12 years.  Now through my own company, Career-Steps Ltd, I’m able to work with you to identify future-facing skills needs and implement learning and development plans for your digital, IT and change teams.

Drawing on decades of professional experience in IT, software development, business change and L&D, I engage comfortably with technical and professional individuals, as well as with CIOs and Heads of Functions who need to drive forward their teams' capabilities. 

Through a professional and personal style of engagement, on-site or on-screen, we'll work together to identify and benchmark the skills you need to drive forward your team's capability. We'll plan development for groups or individuals over time-bands from 3 to 24 months, to ensure that urgent needs are prioritised, while addressing longer-term transformation and growth. Alignment with the industry-standard SFIA Framework helps with promotion, transfer and recruitment through consistent terminology and clearly-defined levels of responsibility.