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John Hackett was born in Raynes Park \u2013 a leafy suburb of London \u2013 in 1955. He started taking trumpet lessons when he was seven years old and set out on the path to becoming a professional trumpet player.<\/p>\n
While at the local high school (which is now a block of luxury apartments) he continued taking Trumpet lessons. An eccentric, strict but well loved music teacher encouraged John to audition for a Junior Exhibition at the Royal College of Music<\/a>. He was accepted and so for the next six years Saturday mornings were taken up with music lessons at the RCM.<\/p>\n After taking A-levels he went on to study Trumpet at the Royal Academy of Music<\/a> with Sidney Ellison for four years.<\/p>\n The other love of his life was (and still is!) Mathematics and Science and while studying Trumpet he also began a Degree in Mathematics and Physics with the Open University<\/a> where he gained a First Class Honours and won the DeBroigle Quantum Mechanics prize.<\/p>\n He was a professional musician and teacher for some years including teaching Brass at the Girls\u2019 Day School Trust\u2019s (GDST<\/a>) Croydon High School for Girls (CHS<\/a>). While still at CHS as a peripatetic Brass teacher he started looking after the school’s computers. This was in the very early days of school IT: when he started managing their systems there were two old networks of RM Nimbus 186\u2019s (remember them?) one of which was located in what used to be a changing room for the gymnasium!<\/p>\n After about a year he was appointed Head of IT and Network Manager at CHS.<\/p>\n While there John returned to study with the OU obtaining his MSc. in Computing for Commerce and Industry<\/em>.<\/p>\n After eight years of continual development CHS had an integrated network of PCs and Apple Macs combining both curriculum and administration clients running over cat5 cabling with a fibre optic gigabit backbone \u2013 one of the first schools in the GDST to do this. CHS also had a Junior department with its own computer suite and administration offices on the same network as the Senior school. As the first of the GDST\u2019s schools to experiment with thin-clients and to have leased-line internet access CHS was recognized as one of the GDST\u2019s lead schools for IT.<\/p>\n The IT\/Computing department also thrived: all Year 8 pupils were entered for a City & Guilds certificate and take up of GCSE IT was substantial (about 30% of the year group). A and AS level Computer Science courses were also available in the sixth form. As Head of IT John Hackett taught at all levels \u2013 including Staff and Parents.<\/p>\n In 1999 John Hackett left Croydon High School to form Icon Information Systems and still enjoys playing for several amateur orchestras in London including the Kensington Symphony Orchestra<\/a> and, as Principal Trumpet, with the Salomon<\/a> and Covent Garden Chamber<\/a> Orchestras.<\/p>\n John Hackett is a member of the Learning and Performance Institute<\/a> and the Professional Contractors Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n skype: john_hackett\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> LinkedIn Profile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_search exclude_pages=”off” _builder_version=”3.23″ button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”][\/et_pb_search][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.icon-is.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/jmh-trumpet.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”3.23″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″ background_color=”rgba(239,239,239,0)”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” column_structure=”3_4,1_4″][et_pb_column type=”3_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″] John Hackett MSc., BA(Hons) John Hackett was born in Raynes Park \u2013 a leafy suburb of London \u2013 in 1955. He started taking trumpet lessons when he was seven years old and set out on the path to becoming a professional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" Prior to forming Icon Information Systems in 1999 John Hackett was Head of IT and Network manager at the Girls' Day School Trust's\u00a0(GDST<\/a>) Croydon High School for Girls (CHS<\/a>).<\/p> When he first arrived at CHS there were two old networks of RM Nimbus 186's (remember them?) one of which was located in what used to be a changing room for the gymnasium.<\/p> By 1999, after eight years of continual development, he left a whole school network of PCs and Apple Macs combining both curriculum and administration clients running over cat5 cabling with fibre optic gigabit backbone - one of the first schools in the GDST to do this. CHS also had a Junior department with its own computer suite and administration offices on the same network as the Senior school.<\/p> As the first of the GDST's schools to experiment with thin-clients and to have leased line internet access CHS was recognized as one of the GDST's lead schools for IT.<\/p> CHS had a thriving IT department: all Year 8 pupils were entered for a City & Guilds certificate and take up of GCSE IT was substantial (about 30% of the year group). A and AS level Computer Science courses were also available in the sixth form. As Head of IT John Hackett taught at all levels - including Staff and Parents.<\/p> John Hackett is a member of the Learning and Performance Institute<\/a> and the Professional Contractors Group<\/a>.<\/p> \u00a0<\/p> [one_half]email: john.hackett@icon-is.co.uk<\/a><\/p> skype: john_hackett[\/one_half]<\/p> [one_half_last]John Hackett MSc., BA(Hons), MLPI.<\/h3>
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