Andy Hope Email & Phone Number

Kendal, GB

Penrith, England, United Kingdom

• Working with stakeholders, responsible for defining and maintaining a product roadmap, inline with the company strategy.
• Responsible for managing an Agile team to deliver workstreams to agreed timescales.
• Responsible for ensuring standards and best practice is maintained.
• Responsible for engaging with internal and external stakeholders to ensure TheIdol offers customers a market leading product.

East Kilbride

• Technical expert for all design, production, availability and performance of Smart Ticketing products, focusing on emerging mobile solutions.
• Responsible for consulting with transport operators and the wider industry, evangelizing new technologies in smart ticketing.
• Responsible for analysing business needs, translating these into solution requirements.
• Collaborates with Sales, Marketing and Development teams during solution design, development and deployment.

East Kilbride

• Technical expert for all design, production, availability and performance of Rambus Smart Ticketing products, focussing on emerging mobile solutions.
• Responsible for consulting with transport operators and the wider industry, evangelizing new technologies in smart ticketing.
• Responsible for analysing business needs, translating these into solution requirements.
• Collaborates with Sales, Marketing and Development teams during solution design, development and deployment.

• Managing and developing key accounts with target revenue.
• Identifying and developing new business opportunities within the mobile market.
• Managing account plans, revenue projections and forecasts, including commercial contracts and contract renewals.
• Working with industry partners to architect and deliver innovative mobile solutions.
• Maintaining a comprehensive knowledge of leading technologies including; Mobile Application Development, Contactless Payments and Transport & Ticketing.

Kendal

• Responsible for efficiently and effectively managing operations, improving productivity.
• Managed the production pipeline.
• Co-ordinated quality assurance (ISO 9001:2008).
• Managed support services including customer budgets.
• Developed and maintained internal and external relationships.
• Responsible for efficiently and effectively planning and executing projects within Smallworld Cable.

• Responsible for the management of an innovative Software Development Company.
• Defined and implemented successful product strategies.
• Developed innovate solutions utilising C#, ASP.NET, MS SQL and XML.
• Managed the successful growth of the business, returning year-on-year profits.

• Established a new department responsible for technical consultancy and business analysis.
• Managed a team of consultants, co-ordinating pre-sales activities.
• Performed the technical consultancy and business analysis role, working closely with clients and other teams in the company.

• Developed both eCommerce and bespoke solutions using C# and ASP.NET.
• Designing and implemented MS SQL Server databases.
• Implemented numerous interfaces using technologies such as SOAP and RPC.
• Responsible for requirements capture and solution design.

• Responsible for ICT strategy and implementation of ICT projects relating to Emergency Planning in Cumbria.
• Educated and trained multiple agencies on off-site planning and maintained efficient emergency response.
• Chaired Cumbria Voluntary Agencies Committee, managing the role of voluntary agencies during emergencies in Cumbria.
• Responsible for a number of Emergency Plans.

Banbury, United Kingdom

• Responsible for all tendering activities within Fixed and Mobile Divisions.
• Co-ordinated the Bid Process from initial opportunity, through tendering to contract signature.
• Provided additional technical and project management expertise.

Banbury, United Kingdom

• Led trials for an advanced IP Multimedia System in a 3G environment.
• Involved in Multimedia Service Creation for 3G, using SIP.
• Gained experience of Intelligent Network Integration.

Banbury, United Kingdom

• Developed an understanding of Alcatel’s Products & Services.
• Developed an understanding of SDH & PDH technologies.
• Managed the deployment of a UK-wide SDH network.
• Gained knowledge of Telecommunications Management Networks (TMN) concepts.
• Developed Q3/CMIP Gateway in C++ utilising CORBA.
• Developed specifications with customers.

Paris, France

• Helped co-ordinate a multi-million pound project involving BT and Alcatel Telecom.
• Performed a role as interface between UK operations and overseas teams.
• Developed an understanding of the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model.
• Developed a Network Management System in C++ and Perl/Tk utilising SNMP.