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San Mateo, California, US

Led program delivery for UK Parliament's large scale Digital Transformation ProgramDrove technical projects and initiatives to streamline consumer-facing digital experience Translated program strategy and objectives into a structured delivery plan and roadmapBuilt a strong impactful program delivery team and fostered a fun and collaborative.

Shaped Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO) strategy as Head of ProfessionEstablished baseline for Project Delivery best practice across whole of UK ParliamentFormed 400+ strong Community of Practice and held popular knowledge sharing eventsLaunched 'Centre of Excellence' digital hub with standardized guidance, tools and templates Built and.

Direct accountability for c.$15m Digital Portfolio investment budget Developed integrated portfolio delivery plan aligned with Parliament's strategic objectives Managed resource and capability needs across 6 programs & 30+ projects Delivered regular progress updates and recommendations to executive leadership Line managed 9 direct reports and a broader.

Led technical and process-led initiatives to enhance cybersecurity capabilityDelivered new threat detection, protecting monitoring, dynamic security testing solutions Collaborated with in-house SMEs to design new cyber target operating model for Parliament Developed change and engagement plan to embed cyber best practice through the businessDefined.

Led Scrum team to deliver new Bills webpages for UK Parliament website (C#, HTML, CSS, JS)Managed third party partners to design, build and launch new microsites (Wordpress, PHP)Implemented a series of complex network infrastructure upgrades Rolled out new office technology to MPs, Lords and their staff nationwide Led operational and cross-platform digital.

London, England, GB

Led build and launch of new mobile visitor app (iOS/Android) Developed, tested and released a prototype field app for citizen scientists across the UKImplemented a new onsite and online ticketing sales and admissions system Led projects through the entire project lifecycle, from inception to completionRan ideation workshops, defined epics and user stories.

London, England, GB

Set up multi-year program to digitize and publish the Museum's natural history specimensSteered Science Directors, Researchers and Informatics Experts towards shared program visionSuccessfully led project with Kew Gardens to ship and digitize 5m herbarium sheets overseas Co-designed and documented operational processes for mass digitization pilots Produced.

London, England, GB

Successfully delivered two world class, environmentally-controlled collections storage facilities Defined and monitored project scope, budget, timescales, risks, assumptions, constraints Managed third party build contractor and vendor performanceCollaborated with scientists and consultants to develop a long term strategy for off site collections

Marlow, GB

Set up central PMO and executive reporting function for end-to-end postal network programTracked dependencies and monitored progress of 20 projects across 6 business disciplines

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English Literature

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