Driving the business transformation and digital technology strategy to deliver profitable business growth.Cognica are experts in information collection, collation and delivery of data and documentation for construction and water sector project handover O&M manuals and technical authoring documentation, powered by our inhouse developed software applications Matrix, NaviDOC, NaviGo, Insite360 and associated services. In addition, Cognica provide reality capture laser scanning services for the as-built environment, capturing buildings, estates and sites at speed and converting to digital models with integrated rich content through our Insite360 app.

The Innovation Network Leader (ALPM) role is an associate responsibility in parallel with my existing COGNICA MD role. The innovation network strives to promote innovation across all regions of RSK Group, identifying best practice and influencing adoption across the business units as part of the wider innovation network team.

WRc is an Independent Centre of Excellence for Innovation and Growth, operating across Water, Environment, Gas and Resource Management sectors. Products and services include WMR, RAPID, PartG, eBooks, ShinyApps, custom ERP with extensive inhouse SQL & Access solutions. Also encompasses Cognica, supplying Insite360 (Digital Twin Building Scans) and Matrix4 (Document Management) to the construction and water industries.Reporting directly to the CEO with regular reporting to the Exec TeamResponsible for IT budgetProject & Delivery manager for software development and IT infrastructure programmesDefine and deliver an IT strategy transforming legacy platforms into modern, secure, efficient, available systemsincl. O365, Azure, NavvisCloud, 2008-2019 WinServer/SQL platform migrations, VOIP migrationKey Projects Delivered- O365 migration from legacy 2008/2010 platform- Provision O365, Sharepoint, technical training services to the business- Win/SQL 2003/2005/2008 migration to 2016/9 HyperV Win/SQL platforms- Enabled tech solutions for full business remote working during Covid19 pandemic- Delivery of multiple feature developments /API replacement for Insite360 web application- Delivery of replacement PartGCalculator web application- Delivery of multiple inhouse ERP finance reports and models across 2 businesses- Complete 2 ERP migrations from bespoke in-house systems to FocalPoint/Access Dimensions across two businesses - Implement an Azure DevOps / Scrum development process managing inhouse & outsource teams (MVC.net, VB.net, C#, SQL, Access, Azure Cloud, Azure Devops CI/CD)Programme manage development of Matrix4 (document management web / SQL application) incl migration of >250k documents & projects from Sharepoint 2007Define IT landscape models, diagrams, processes and policiesHost workshops and training sessions championing O365 and cloud techIT Category ManagerMember of Employee Voice leadership team and Covid19 management team

Senior Technology leader of a data rich startup through to a successful business over 13 yearsReporting directly to CEOMember of the Board and Senior Management teamOverall responsibility for IT security, resilience, availability, performance, scale, DRDefined IT & Product strategies and multi-horizon roadmaps presenting at bi-annual AGMsKey projects delivered- Microsoft Azure cloud migration of development/test/production environments from onprem- Reengineering of multiple web applications/services for Azure apps / SQL VMs / storage / security- Virtualisation of Win/SQL IT infrastructure with VMWare/Esxi- Migration to O365 / Sharepoint / Teams across the business- Design to delivery of web Dashboard/Data Warehouse OLAP solutions for financial reporting services- Design to delivery of multi-lingual/multi-currency data capture and financial reporting BI web applications & SQL data management systems for the automotive industry (>100Dbs, multi-millions of data points)- Reengineering of SQL data processing engines achieving >1000% performance improvements- Implemented Agile/Scrum as a discipline across the software teams, acting as Scrum Master- Configuration admin for Azure DevOps and Atlassian JIRA as software development & service desk management solutions across the business- Project managed >100 software development feature solution implementations- Project managed 5 entire physical office moves to new premises (tech/comms/facilities)- Senior software development manager to multiple in-house/offshore teams (MVC.net, VB.net, C#, SQL, Access, Azure Cloud) delivering multi-lingual/currency solutions across multiple domains- Product Owner for 12 SaaS global product families multi-lingual/currency (large financial data capture/cleansing user portals, dashboards, reporting, validation)- Managed IT and facilities budgets, category & IT services supplier manager- Acted as Data Protection Officer for GDPR compliance

Define and lead the development of an IT infrastructure and software product platform to support the significant business growth into Europe, building up a new inhouse software development team, managing the transition from outsource to insource, defining all new business processes and system management tools. Senior Product Owner of multiple global SaaS products, multi lingual, multi currency. Senior software development manager of multiple inhouse/outsourced software development teams.

Design software applications and project manage the product development of composite reporting solutions with an offshore software agency, whilst establishing a physical office and managing the IT infrastructure. Also responsible for co-authoring and delivering customer bids, developing customer implementations of our reporting solutions, delivering launch and ongoing user training, recruitment, creation of business policy and process.

Client account manager for Ford and Mazda UK. Working specifically with products in the network planning and mapping field for automotive dealerships. Developing VBA reporting solutions for data rich environments.Client account manager for Honda Cars UK managing the composite product set from design to development to implementation and delivery.

Project managing and developing the composite systems. Database tables, Excel report templates, VBA code. Composites spanned multiple Vehicle manufacterers across the globe. Team leader of around 8 production staff.