Andy Ralph Email & Phone Number

Programme Manager for set of T&T projects on the DXC Post Office card account (POca) with aim to transform functionality for the Post Office card account solution utilising JP Morgan’s Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) banking system,.

Farnham

After taking Voluntary Redundancy, undertaking various voluntary activities in support of local charities for example Friends of Farnham Park and Surrey Wildlife Trust (tasks include scrub clearance, fence building, repairing paths, tree clearance) and Lions Community Store (tasks include collecting unwanted household goods and furniture and delivering to.

Hook

• Accountable and responsible for managing projects within a £35M account. The principle projects involved developing mission planning software to interface into various aircraft for the Ministry of Defence and for.
• Responsible for the projects P&L and improved delivery record across the projects (approx. 275 staff) to facilitateo Profit margin growth by 2.4 percentage pointo Delivered at 1.3 percentage points below Point of Sale.
• Changed customer relationship from a prime/subcontractor relationship to a peer to peer relationship
• Improved delivery output as demonstrated by increased number of software releases
• Improved delivery quality as demonstrated by reduced re-work being required
• Introduced a number of productivity enhancements through incorporation of AGILE techniques into the primary waterfall software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Hook

• Accountable and responsible for delivery of three critical infrastructures deployed with UK forces in Afghanistan.
• Projects covered both infrastructure development and software integration
• Expanded one year £6M project to a multi-year £20M+ annual turnover programme
• Ran live operations for eight years with minimal outages and no penalties
• Successfully implemented enhancement of system throughout the period
• Completed refresh projects for two of the systems in situ whilst continuing live operations

Hook

• Programme Manager for development of a high profile urgent infrastructure for MOD to support UK forces operating with NATO. This programme was initially modest but its outstanding success led to it being expanded.
• Successfully started-up project when resource availability within corporation was at a premium
• Undertook widespread coordination across multi agency and multi nations
• Development completed in short timeframe with appropriate tailoring of processes
• HR policies developed to allow deployment of HPE personnel with UK forces
• Programme acclaimed a huge success and “delivering operational benefit” by National Audit Office

Reading, United Kingdom

• Programme manager for the Architecture and Engineering (A&E) team on DII. The A&E team was responsible for the design and development of the Infrastructure. It consisted of approximately 220 staff from across the.
• Successfully started-up programme working across multiple competing companies within the ATLAS consortium
• Undertook development and deployment of core Infrastructure to First User Live
• Contract Award to First User Live was completed in approximately 10 monthsThis contract was for approximately £5.8B and was the largest infrastructure project in Europe rolling out IT for approximately 200,000 users.

Hook

• Led a team undertaking product evaluation and user demonstrations for the ATLAS Consortium DII bid.
• Delivered series of projects to exibit proposed DII solution includingo Demonstrated core DII technologies in live User trials as part of final bid evaluation. The success of this was fundamental to the ATLAS.

Hook

• Programme management responsibility for C-130J application suite and extending the existing Tornado Mission Planning System for new capability.
• Successfully managed multiple customers: MOD, RAF pilots, aircraft manufacturers, system manufacturers
• Extended role to Business Development
• Consistently delivered to cost, time and quality
• Delivered software development projects following tailored waterfall SDLC across a number of customer airframes

Hook

• Initially software manager and then project manager for development of two applications to interface into the Hercules C-130J aircraft. Range of responsibilities covered full remit of project management for a waterfall.
• Successfully started-up programme for development and extended to a team of approximately 30
• Successfully incorporated customer scope change within the timeframe
• High customer satisfaction result and follow up business

Fleet

Led a variety of small consultancy projects (2-10 staff) supporting MOD, including naval weapon acceptance, conduct of Combined Operational Effectiveness Investment Appraisal (COEIA) and software development.

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Joined a small team undertaking research into improved mathematical tracking algorithms for radar. Activities including leading team and developing new technique, published in an external paper.

Bachelor’S Degree, Mathematic, 2.1

Activities and Societies: Rugby club

High School