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Bath, GB

Germany

• After the inception phase (see below), I was asked to continue as Head of Programme to deliver my proposal and the new product to its first customer. I was responsible for the coordination of software development.
• Successfully delivered new SaaS product to the first customer in March 2023 and then version 2.0 of the product in September 2024
• Implemented the Agile Software delivery framework company-wide (Scrum or Kanban depending on team requirements). Drove an initiative to make all teams disciplined in the use of these frameworks so that they become.
• Implemented the Programme Management process which allowed quarterly prioritisation and resource planning across all four products
• Reported progress, risk and issues of all software development projects to the Board, Management team and the rest of the company in regular meetings
• Led the initiative to move to a CI/CD release process working with the DevOps, QA and Technical Leads to make sure that we delivered features to our customers faster whilst still maintaining quality

Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany

Skymetrix is a Fintech company in the aviation industry which was created in 2021 by merging two companies. I was contracted by the investment company to manage the inception phase of the project to merge the two companies’ products. I setup the Agile development process for the project. I acted as the Scrum Master for the two development teams which.

Remote Working / Bogota Colombia

Rappi is a Central and South American eCommerce Super App which provides its customers with numerous services including grocery home delivery, restaurant take away delivery, a payment service, plus many others. As Programme Manager for the grocery home delivery vertical, I coordinated effort across 11 product teams as well as managing two projects which.

Remote Working / Ostend Belgium

I managed the project to improve the TUI Belgium e-Commerce website search engine using GridGain and AWS technologies. This was an agile project within a tradition programme management environment, so I performed Scrum Master duties as well as more traditional project manager activities (e.g. formal reporting, risk management, change control).This was a.

Swindon, United Kingdom

Managed a project in the Operational Resilience Squad to deliver learning materials to increase Nationwide's developer's knowledge of resilient procedures and practices.This was the first time I managed a team using the Agile Methodology who weren't engineers. I was assigned the project close to the completion date after the previous PM left the.

Bath, United Kingdom

MyLife Digital (MLD) is a software start-up company specialising in developing software which helps their clients manage and analyse their data. Their main product provides a tool to manage data allowing the client to comply to the new GDPR legislation.I started very early in the company’s lifetime and have created the corporate project methodology which.

Bath, United Kingdom

• Programme Manager for all Mylife Digital projects. I ran the monthly programme steering committee with the company executive.
• Project Manager for other client implementations of GDPR software including EON and Mitsubishi. With my business analyst team created a framework to audit a client’s data landscape in order to establish what personal.

Bath, United Kingdom

• Project Manager for the first implementation of the GDPR product for Dogs Trust. This was an 18-month project with several bespoke functions required for the client. As it was the first project for MyLife Digital the.
• Project Manager for data analyst tool for the Rugby Football Union (RFU) which was rolled out to 14 rugby academies around the UK.
• Temporary Scrum Master for the two development teams whilst a new Scrum Master was recruited. I managed the development team for seven sprints four of which we completed 100% of the commitment. Prior to me starting in.
• Project Manager for the company office move. I successfully moved 80 members of staff from two separate locations into a new office. This included a server room move and some building redevelopment.

Hatfield

• Ocado is an Agile development environment – as Programme Manager my challenge was to communicate project goals to make sure that the different scrum teams are working in the same direction and that the Ocado management.
• Programme Manager on Ocado’s £15M replatforming project. The two year long project involved redesigning every application that Ocado maintains so that they can be used for other Retail Clients around the world.
• Managed the project initiation and change management process between Ocado and Morrisons. In 2014 Morrisons became Ocado’s first client. As the Ocado technology contact for Morrisons I frequently have to perform.
• www.sizzle.co.uk – Led the project that created a new webshop for Ocado which has been trading since August 2014.
• Managed the project that introduce a click and collect offering to Ocado’s customers. This was run as a trial to analyse the customer requirement and therefore the project challenge was to identify a solution that took.
• Paypal – Introduced a new payment method co-ordinating with the Paypal project team.

Hatfield

Ocado is an Online Supermarket based in the UK. It operates exclusively online without any physical stores. Ocado has a large Technology department compared to the size of the company as its philosophy is to drive efficiencies by heavily automating its warehouses and developing and maintaining its own suite of applications to manage the full lifecycle of a.

Chippenham, Wiltshire

Wincanton is the third largest logistics provider in Europe. I specialised in the development and implementation of warehouse management systems, Wincanton’s own and third parties’ systems. Logistics is a cost and time driven industry, on many occasions I successfully delivered to demanding time and cost constraints.

Brent Cross, London

Corona Energy maintains a bespoke system which manages the complete quote to cash process. My role within the department was to specify the businesses requirements, develop solutions and manage subsequent development projects. As a new member of staff I introduced development review meetings and testing workshops.

Reading, United Kingdom

• Team Leader of the company’s Intranet Development Team. This role included the responsibility of two developers as well as analyst duties.
• Analyst for £15m Gas Trading Project. Responsible for gap analysis and development of the trading environment to meet the evolving business needs.
• Business Analyst for the selection of a risk management tool. I selected a risk management application that was successfully rolled out to over 500 users in 13 sites worldwide.
• Member of the staff committee. I was a key member of the group that introduced the employee reward scheme.