Head Of Technical Operations
Swindon, United Kingdom
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