Andrew M. Email & Phone Number

Leeds, GB

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

• Working closely with the team on various aspects of strategic project management and solution delivery.Project Managing the world’s first Internet of Simulation platform.Fully versed with demands for excellence in what.
• The centre of the universe for delivery and an important link with the commercial function
• Dealing with conflicts and strong personalities and keeping everyone on track.
• Understanding project scope, goals and deliverables
• Ensuring that projects are delivered to budget within agreed timescales and scope, whilst managing expectation of stakeholders, and escalate with the Executive Team when appropriate
• Managing ongoing and potential project schedules and plan future resourcing

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

• As a Client Partner at Parallax my role was to understand how our customers’ organisations work, identify pain points and problems and figure out how to solve and improve them. Customers work with Parallax to solve.
• Carrying out qualitative and quantitative research such as customer interviews and user interviews
• Identifying opportunities and creating proposals and pitch decks to answer them
• Running scoping projects including wireframing key areas and functionality and briefing the design team
• Solving business problems using tech with the help of the engineering team
• Financial analysis of strategy choices – return on investment, value fit and margin

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

• Consulting on bespoke Magma software
• Installation and updates
• Creating new Magma “RunSets” which cover the following:
• Development work using XLST
• External data connectors such as web services, FTP, EDI networks etc
• Data transformation from for example XML to CSV as required by the ERP system interface. This required the creation of XSLT maps or more likely the extension of existing ones from our repository

Vitoria-Gasteiz Area, Spain

• Manager of PollyParrot. PollyParrot provided English Language Services to businesses, adults and children
• Providing exceptional Education services to businesses, adults and children. Specialising in tailored courses for Manufacturing, Services and Education.
• Planning programs of study for specialised work environments.
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of technology and working practices.
• Analysis of Legacy systems and Moving IT systems to cloud based Solutions.
• Using waterfall methodologies when appropriate

City Of London And Paris

• Managing a team for all of the technical aspects for the websites of AXA IM. This involved maintaining the high availability for 20+ sites in several languages.
• Maintaining and ensuring Support of all of AXA IM’s internet presence - including supporting and maintaining the Content Management System (CMS)
• Maintenance and support of Intranet Funds Application for all of AXA IM (Java / J2EE application)
• Management of enhancement requests and Release Schedules
• Producing and Maintaining the necessary documentation to support Change Management and IT requests ( i.e. project plans, specification documents, grant charts etc.) and resource management (people budget and time)
• Convene IT working groups (where appropriate) for on-going updates, communication and managing risk and scope

• Analysis and Improvement of E-Procurement system.
• Project Managing development of Sites for Key Business Users.
• Project Managing the introduction of Rapid Application Prototyping.
• Managing Introduction of New Help desk System.
• Project Managing design and implementation of New Development, Staging and Production Infrastructure.

Luxembourg

• Maintaining and ensuring support of eTip. (European Union web based Project Management Tool).
• Managing and Scheduling enhancements and bug fixes.
• Maintenance and governance of back end Databases.
• Maintenance of Document Library.
• Additionally Managed Projects – Secure Entry system, Micro Applications, Graphical Charting,Data Validation.

• Machine and Factory Simulation: - Simulation of Factory Production lines in 3D Modelling tool –for Marketing and to improve factory efficiency.
• Project Manager and Architect of Business to Business Portal. Allowing all levels of Aerospace supply chain to communicate and share information.
• Project Manager and Architect of Real-time Web based parts stock system – allowing all levels of the supply chain visibility on parts – 60+ companies involved (This is still used today).

• Project Manager of MistVR – a Laparoscopic Surgical Trainer for SurgeonsI Project Managed the highly affordable keyhole surgery skills trainer MistVR. After a year of development and many further years of international.

Salford Universty

• Mobile Robots Collision Avoidance Systems including Real -time sensors, Ultrasonic, IR and Laser
• Design of Generic Architecture for European Esprit Project RoadRobot (Project 6660)
• Design of hybrid GPS and Laser Navigation system for Road Paving Vehicle
• Elected Member of the Royal Institute of Navigation (MRIN) as a result of research
• Machine and Factory Simulation: - Simulation of Factory Production lines in 3D Modelling tool –for Marketing and to improve factory efficiency.

Barrow-in-Furness

• Development of New Weapons systems Data Highways
• Secondment to Royal Navy Research Establishment
• Secondment to Advanced Robotics Research Center

Bsc(Hons), Applied Physics

Activities and Societies: R&D at UKAEA SELLAFIELDInterned at Windscale Nuclear Development Labs Sellafield UKAEA (Heat transfer and Fluid.

A- Levels

Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, General Studies