Andrew David Root Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

• Project Manager in a team responsible for delivering a portfolio of medium to large infrastructure or application related projects to a UK Government department. Major projects successfully delivered include a £2M+.
• Assessment of work requests received from the client, determining the scope of the work required and providing an estimate of the associated costs
• Obtaining quotations for the provision of services and hardware from third party suppliers
• Creating project plans and budgets and using these to track project progress
• Agreeing project time scales with the customer
• Management of project budgets and resources

• Project Manager in the PMO and Change Planning team providing support for a major UK City Council, with responsibility for determining the scope and cost of new projects and for managing their subsequent implementation.
• Application Migration stream lead for a Windows 7 upgrade programme
• Successful Migration of third party systems from an internal architecture to a cloud based solution, this was the first such migration performed by the client and the new provider
• Migration of a team of users into the council from an external Public Health bodyThe projects require co-ordination with the client and the remote delivery teams located in the UK, Poland and India. A strong technical.
• Assessment of work requests received from the client, determining the scope of the work required and providing an estimate of the associated costs
• Obtaining quotes for hardware and software from suppliers

• Sales support and the pre-contract definition of the Schedules and Statements of Work. Responsible for the Process and Procedures stream following contract signature and for the transition of the new Applications.
• Review existing processes and working instructions and identify any gaps
• Agree work to fill gaps identified in processes and work instructions under Change Control
• Deploy and reinforce use of processes and work instructions
• Implement new processes required within an outsourced environment.The role had the following key responsibilities:
• Tailor or develop the process and procedures needed for the on-going Applications Management service

Worked as an Applications Service Delivery Manager leading a team of ten people and responsible for five different clients (public and private sector). Duties included monthly invoice preparation (invoicing over £1.1M per annum), service level monitoring, monthly report creation, client escalation, staff performance reviews, project management, financial.

Assignment At Investment Management Bank

Management of a team of four people supplying application management support services to a major investment management bank. The team primarily supported the main investment management computing application tool, used by the banks front-end (i.e. traders) and back-end (i.e. trades settlement) staff. Supported the business critical overnight processing.

Assignment as a Data Processing Geophysicist before promotion to an Assistant Group Leader with responsibility for processing seismic survey projects to extremely tight deadlines.Transferred to a Software Support role, this new role was later expanded to include a small team providing support to the London office. We were able to successfully provide.

Bsc (Hons), Geophysical Sciences

Education record

Activities and Societies: GCE ‘A’ Levels in four subjects: Physics (A) Chemistry (A) Mathematics (B) Further Mathematics (B)