eyeOS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telefónica based in Barcelona, provided open source, cloud-based virtual desktop products for enterprise customers.

Leader of global innovation business unit focused on driving customer and revenue growth in emerging technology businesses. Accountable for multiple P&Ls. Reported directly into Group Chief Innovation Officer. Business unit included B2C and B2B offerings and covered a range of products including IoT smart sensor technologies, WebRTC enabled video communications, cloud productivity tools and live streaming apps.Go-to-market approaches covered direct-to-market (OTT) as well as through Telefónica's operating businesses with 300M+ customers across 24 countries.Innovation Scaling had >50 FTEs in Commercial, Product, Engineering and Marketing areas based in Spain, the UK and the U.S.

General Manager and Business Owner within Chief Commercial & Digital Office with accountability for leading Connected TV start-up.- Established partnerships with >20 leading consumer electronics companies across Asia and Europe- Development of business strategy and business model from conception- Product design from conception through to patent (EP15382095.6 - Seamless Authentication to Smart TV via SmartPhone)The lean innovation approach to product development, start-up and scaling was recognised as a benchmark in new digital business creation and was adopted elsewhere across Telefónica as well as resulting in vertical promotion.

Accountable for leading Telefónica UK's IoT smart metering business:- Built team from 2 FTE's to >60 FTE's across product, devices, network, security and service management- Won £1.5Bn worth of contracts, the world's biggest machine-to-machine contracts ever at the point of signing- Directed all sales, business development and contract negotiation efforts- Ran sourcing, pricing and negotiations for £500m+ sub-contracts.

Held leadership role helping to drive the formation of Telefónica Digital. Reported directly into Digital Group HRD. Accountable for digital people transformation activities: - Built team from 0 to >40 FTEs- Ownership of multi-million pound budget across global workspace, process and technology, strategy and planning and internal communications.- Delivered global HR and IT strategies- Delivered cloud Workday transformation programme. This enabled the setup and function of a 6500 organisation across 17 countries- Established global HQ office and migration in London for 500 digital employees- Setup and led global Internal Communications function for Telefónica Digital as well as global people planning and reporting function.

Recruited by client Telefónica Europe, led the delivery of major change programmes on a European and global basis:- Led the programme to design and set-up HR shared services in Dublin- Delivery of European sourcing savings at ~ 130% of target- Implementation of SAP and supporting CRM technologies to 28 500 employees across Europe- Set-up European HR operating model- Led global operating model programme management function on behalf of Global HRD to design a model for > 250 000 employees

Recruited to join the ITA practice leadership team to help grow the start-up ERP IT Advisory Practice:- Significantly exceeded sales targets by leading business development initiatives with work for clients in telecomms, pharma and support services- Successfully delivered several major global technology transformations from the business case stage through to delivery- Rated in the very top performance category as an ‘Exceptional Performer’ in every KPMG performance management cycle throughout time in firm- Owned and managed multiple C-level client relationships

Various roles focused on sales, strategy and business transformation:- Led sales totalling several million pounds for FTSE 100 clients in the UK, Middle East and ASPAC- Programme directed multiple technology implementations - Programme managed global finance and HR operating model set-up- Designed ways of working and processes across CRM, procurement and finance for several FTSE 100 clients- Set-up and managed offshore delivery teams for system customisations in India