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Leigh, GB

Warton, England, United Kingdom

• Entity Acquisition ProgrammeBAE Systems are acquiring organisations with key capabilities to reinforce or bridge gaps in engineering and manufacturing capabilities. Engaged in requirements gathering activities to.
• The need for network infrastructure hardening to ensure adherence to strict security requirements.
• Opportunities for new or improved engineering and manufacturing capabilities.
• Requirements for strengthening of building durability and access control.Process ImprovementGiven sole responsibility to work with key stakeholder on the improvement of two critical processes: The Entity Acquisition.
• Captured the ‘as-is’ processes with key stakeholders using the BPMN 2 standard.
• Conducted process improvement sessions to identify areas of weakness and opportunities for improvement.

Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Limited Company for Contract roles.

Halifax, England, United Kingdom

Covéa Insurance commissioned KPMG to undertake an audit of their business continuity strategy which highlighted a number of opportunities to strengthen their operational resilience. Consequently, the 'Operational Resilience' project was born.Employed on a 12 month fixed term contract, engaged primarily to ensure all processes relating to the six 'Important.

Chorley, England, United Kingdom

• TVS Supply Chain Solutions is a market leading warehousing and logistics company serving organisations such as Centrica, United Utilities, Electricity Northwest, Siemens, Coca Cola and many more.
• Working within the Business Technology department, led a team of eight Business Analysts of varying levels of experience and abilities in the delivery of large-scale ERP projects, day to day changes and problem.
• Trained users across the business on the use of Azure DevOps which the Business Technology had recently adopted to manage releases of products and changes to these products when live.
• Solely responsible for the modelling of the end-to-end fulfilment process (Order to POD) for the Central Stores at Chorley and their Asset Care Management facility in Preston.
• Delivered a 2-day training course to 16 Business Analysts and Testers in Process Modelling with BPMN 2.0.
• Delivered a 1-day training course on UML Sequence Diagrams to Business Analysts, Developers and Testers in order for them to be able to produce and interpret diagrams that model interactions between systems.

Halifax, England, United Kingdom

• Solely responsible for modelling all Motor Claims processes to inform the user stories and acceptance criteria for a new claims application (for all Business lines) to be rolled out in 2024.
• Given full autonomy to go about the process elicitation to my recommended approach.
• Organised process workshops with SMEs from four main business areas; Customer Motor Claims, Third Party Claims, Technical Claims and Subrogation.
• Massively simplified the Vehicle Hire and Defendant Subrogation processes, identifying dozens of opportunities for improvement.
• Delivered a 2-day training course to 24 Business Analysts in BPMN 2.0.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

• Contracted to conduct the analysis for the implementation of a number of IT systems across the firm.
• Discovery phase for the rollout of a SaaS Template Management System (TMS) in all Addleshaw Goddard’s office locations across the globe.
• A HR sponsored project for the design of an online portal (Parental Hub) for the presentation of information and resource sign-posting for parents looking to start families and support during pregnancy and parental.
• Initiated the introduction of MS Azure DevOps for the recording of epics, user stories and acceptance criteria in a goal to move away from MS Excel to capture requirements.
• Introduced Business Process Model & Notation (BPMN 2.0) as a process modelling standard into the firm.

Chadderton, England, United Kingdom

• Contracted to complete the discovery phase of an Asset & Facilities Management System replacement programme (Keystone to Northgate), focusing on Compliance; servicing and inspections processes for Gas, Electric.
• Modelled all As-Is and To-Be processes via remote workshops with SMEs and suppliers.
• Documented Epics, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria for the new AMS.
• Sole responsibility for migrating all data & artefacts from Excel and various repositories to Azure DevOps.

• HMRC embarked on a programme to replace their 20-year-old Integrated Debt Management System (IDMS):
• Conducted discovery phase to initially define the high-level debt management model and the hand-off between key debt recovery stages.
• Sole responsibility for mapping the As-Is and To-Be processes for a specific stage of HMRC’s debt management model; Field Collections.
• Suggested changes to the project scope that could introduce significant savings by demonstrating that two existing As-Is processes could be consolidated, eliminating the need for an additional phase of the project.
• Documented Epics and User Stories and applied priorities based on development complexity and benefit.
• Produced wire frame designs (using Balsamiq) to enable the development of a prototype in Pega Systems.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

Lead Business Analyst responsible for the analysis of three key TOM areas of the business, covering dozens of business processes. Delivering process workshops with the view to create detailed BPMN process maps and identifying opportunities to improve the process. Compiling User Stories in order to translate into detailed system requirements in the delivery.

Stockport, United Kingdom

• Sole responsibility for the delivery of 50+ Finance business process maps (As-Is and To-Be) to BPMN standard:
• In collaboration with key SMEs in the Finance Team, conducted a ‘discovery’ phase to establish scope and priorities of delivery.
• Designed a project plan for the initial analysis of scope with key members of the Finance Team; Senior Managers and Directors.
• Although not a software delivery project, adopted an agile approach in the delivery and sign-off of the product deliverables.
• Planned and facilitated dozens of process workshops with key SMEs in order to capture As-Is and To-Be processes, mainly focusing on Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
• Designed, built and implemented a number of automated solutions (Excel VBA based) to automated laborious manual tasks. In one scenario reduced what was a repetitive and time consuming 3 hour task to the ‘click of a.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

• A programme was initiated to transform the Procurement department with the introduction of leaner processes and a strategic Source to Contract solution. Sole responsibility for the delivery of 70+ Procurement and.
• In collaboration with key SMEs in the Procurement Team, conducted a ‘discovery’ phase to establish scope and priorities of delivery.
• Planned and facilitated dozens of process workshops with key SMEs in order to capture As-Is, To-Be processes, Epics and User Stories.
• On completion and sign-off of User Stories, high level functional and non-functional requirements were captured. Detailed, key-stroke requirements were not required as the strategy was to procure an off-the-shelf.
• Held several review workshops to walk through processes in order to gain ‘sign off’ from key stakeholders of processes and requirements.
• Captured opportunities for improvement across all aspects of the business model; policy, process, procedure, people, technology/assets, governance and reporting.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• A member of a 24 strong team of the ITS Modernisation Programme responsible for overhauling the ITS Products and Services and the upgrade of its applications and infrastructure to cutting edge technology. As the sole.
• Documentation of processes to BPMN standard and (with stakeholders) identifying opportunities for improvement of all key ITS processes.
• Worked with Service Desk managers in documenting ITIL and SIAM processes.
• Facilitated workshops with the Programme Office in documenting all Project and Programme Management processes in line with the strategic solution; JIRA.
• Daily engagement with ITS Resource Management in capturing User Stories and detailed requirements for an in-house developed database for capturing requests for staff resource and tracking the progress of applicants /.
• Sole responsibility for developing the prototype system (in MS Access) using out the box functionality and Visual Basic.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Preston Recruited to produce specification documents and business processes with key business stakeholdersand to manage the rollout of two Geographical Information Systems; GeoField and GeoViewer.
• Facilitated and led several workshop groups in gathering detailed understanding of the As-Is and To-Be business processes and procedures and translating those into business requirements, covering all 5 aspects of the.
• Documented business and technical process flows into BPMN format and sought sign off prior to conducting requirements elicitation.
• Conducted workshops to capture Epics, User stories and detailed requirements which also included capturing the data model illustrating relationships between database classes.
• Managed a team of 4 technical and training personnel in the rollout of GeoField to 1100 staff across 14 regional locations; Lake District to Stockport.
• Provided technical support (hypercare) for the first 6 week prior to system rollout.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Contracted to implement a new process mapping standard (BPMN) and to document all business processes for several business areas; Assets, Security, Procurement, Property and IT.Primarily focussed on design of the target operating model (TOM) for the Passenger/Customer Journey, Aircraft Ground Journey, Asset Management, Procurement and Property workstreams.

Bootle, Liverpool

• A truly multi-disciplined role where overall responsibility was trusted in managing the on-going software development and day to day operational support of Peel Ports’ Short Sea Shipping Systems in the UK, Ireland, The.
• Business Analysis – face-to-face liaison with all users in nine European offices allowed the elicitation of detailed user requirements for the improvement of existing features, the design and specification of new.
• Project Management – managing the migration of a legacy VB6 system to.NET that started in 2012. Took over from predecessor to finalise migration & manage further enhancements adopting an Agile (SCRUM) methodology..

Contracted to take over 3 projects from the previous Project Manager:

Manchester, United Kingdom

Contracted primarily to work on 2 key projects; the implementation of SAP HCM and the integration of a company acquisition by the Group – Turbosound.

Liverpool, United Kingdom

• Commissioned by a start-up Aesthetic Clinic to provide analysis and advice on the viability of a new enterprise to operate from the renowned medical district of Liverpool’s Rodney Street.
• Created a strong business plan and 3 year cash-flow forecast which was presented to lenders prior to borrowing for capital equipment. Assisted in the selection of suppliers and contractors.
• Designed a brand image, product & service pricing structures, marketing strategy and advertising plans. Architected an intuitive and eye catching website, ensured website was SEO ready and personally designed all.
• Wrote the functional specification for a bespoke Patient Management System which is currently in development offshore. Created an Access Database as an interim solution.
• Project managed the fit out of the premises and managed all third party contractors.
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the projects; Start Up, Initiation, Planning, Stage Management, Issue & Risks, Configuration Management, Reporting, Quality and Project Closure.

Manchester, United Kingdom

IT Services provide a service to the university’s colleges, schools & departments in the analysis, specification, development, selection, testing and deployment of IT Systems and processes. Working on a number of projects simultaneously:

Manchester, United Kingdom

• CFS initiated a £19m project to stabilise its telephony infrastructure; replacing its Routing Software (Genesys & Avaya), CTI, IVR, Dialler, Call Recording (NICE) and Management Information.
• Responsible for stakeholder analysis and facilitating requirements gathering workshops. Managed requirements and solution traceability in Requisite Pro.
• Designed the Projects’ Change Process, supporting database and documentation templates. Managed project change requests and the production of Business Impact Assessments.
• Designed a Policy and Control framework to meet PCI DSS requirements in relation to the call recording application.
• Produced Use Cases, Process Flow, Business Requirement and Business Operational Design documents.

Warrington, United Kingdom

• Martin Dawes Systems is one of the industry leaders in CRM & Billing Systems (diseMP) for the Telecommunications sector with customers including BT, Vodafone, O2 and AOL.
• As a Senior Business Analyst held responsibility for leading a team of Business Analysts in the production of Functional Specifications for the design of the MDS products including Web Based Self-Care.
• Internal and external customer facing role, responsible for co-ordinating workshops in order to understand and document customers’ business requirements, quality expectations, acceptance criteria and long term benefit.
• Took initiative to write a Business Case for an enterprise wide Software Change Tracking System. Produced high-level design and prototype which was approved by the Board and successfully implemented.
• Reviewed and introduced efficiencies to the Service Delivery processes and introduced new process modelling methodology and standards.

Wigan, United Kingdom

• Turned a passionate hobby into a successful enterprise which allowed me to spend more time with my young daughter during her pre-school years.
• Built from scratch a fully soundproof and acoustically treated digital recording studio, comprising Live Room, Control Room, Drum Room and Vocal Booth. www.myspace.com/redcatstudios
• Marketed the business using a well optimised website, Pay per Click (PPC) Campaigns (Google Adwords) and cross business promotion in local music shops and venues.
• Worked with artists on the composition and arrangement of songs.
• Highly skilled in the tracking, mixing and mastering of songs using multi-track software (Cubase) and a wide range of outboard equipment.
• Set up a 2 day training course in ‘Hands on Recording’ for A-Level Music Technology Students.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• Managed the North West Region; covering Manchester and Liverpool. Headed the team of 26 in house staff and 15 external contractors.
• Controlled a budget of £25m, responsible for the delivery of 400 Third Generation mobile phone base stations and Transmission High Sites.
• Handled sole accountability for results on all sites and prioritised network connectivity at all sites.
• Managed the project control, Risks, Issues, Actions and Requests for Change
• Recruited, developed and retained Project Controllers and MSA/SS controllers, mentored and motivated the team.
• Promoted and ensured decision making to achieve the set milestones, as well as proactive problem solving with functional input.

Watford, United Kingdom

Reported to Graham Dye and Kevin MurphyBased between Watford and Bromley.Worked with Clare Preece, Lee Jolly, Colin Rourke, Tim Garrood and the late John Whatley.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Wigan, United Kingdom

Manchester, United Kingdom

Skelmersdale

Germany

Onc, Telecommunications

Hnc In Electronics, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

HNC in Electronics

City & Guilds In Autocad, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology, Distinction

Onc, Military Telecommunications

Onc, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

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