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As COO, I am responsible for the overall delivery of our teams across our diverse portfolio of clients and industry sectors and our wider range of service offerings. It is key for me to ensure that we consistently offer the same high level of service value across agile application/product development, DevOps & infrastructure automation, data pipeline and cloud transformation projects. Through communities of practice, I ensure that we keep abreast of industry developments and technology… Show more As COO, I am responsible for the overall delivery of our teams across our diverse portfolio of clients and industry sectors and our wider range of service offerings. It is key for me to ensure that we consistently offer the same high level of service value across agile application/product development, DevOps & infrastructure automation, data pipeline and cloud transformation projects. Through communities of practice, I ensure that we keep abreast of industry developments and technology advancements so that we can continue to move our clients forwards in the most effective way.Some of my core responsibilities are:+ Securing the operational delivery practices of BlackCat to drive extensive and sustainable growth+ Defining the shape, size, structure and operational frameworks of the delivery function to fulfil the growing demand from our customers+ Fostering a collaborative and continuously improving community of delivery professionals+ Ensuring the quality of our delivery and the ongoing development of the skills and capabilities of our people+ Evangelising and consulting on agile best practice Show less

Directly responsible for all delivery projects across the business, ensuring that the team of project managers are delivering the projects consistently and to time, budget and quality constraints.• Managing 4 streams of delivery – Agile Delivery Management, Analysis/Consultancy, Development & Testing• Currently delivering a portfolio of SAP hybris eCommerce projects across the B2B and B2C spaces• Undertaking hands-on agile Project/Programme Management roles for a number of… Show more Directly responsible for all delivery projects across the business, ensuring that the team of project managers are delivering the projects consistently and to time, budget and quality constraints.• Managing 4 streams of delivery – Agile Delivery Management, Analysis/Consultancy, Development & Testing• Currently delivering a portfolio of SAP hybris eCommerce projects across the B2B and B2C spaces• Undertaking hands-on agile Project/Programme Management roles for a number of clients• Responsible for Eclipse’s offshore development capability in Poland, from a people and process perspective• Responsible for ensuring that the test team has a quality-focused approach, going beyond the traditional testing role• Identifying & developing future leaders from within the delivery organisation• Ensuring delivery processes are baselined and fostering a culture of continuous improvement• Recruitment & Resource management to ensure that the delivery organisation can meet the demand from our existing clients and the sales pipeline• Building the skills and capability of the delivery organisation through provisioning training and planning breadth of experience• Developing deep-rooted relationships with existing and new customers through project board and pre-sales involvement• Striking a good balance between client needs and team needs Show less

Responsible for defining market leading eCommerce systems for prospective clients built on the SAP hybris platform• Demonstrated Eclipse’s capability to deliver eCommerce platforms for a wide range of retail, B2C and B2B clients• Built a deep understanding of the SAP hybris core offering so that solutions could be aligned as closely as possible with it to maximise cost-benefit to the client• Proposed solutions for eCommerce implementations and responded to RFI/RFP… Show more Responsible for defining market leading eCommerce systems for prospective clients built on the SAP hybris platform• Demonstrated Eclipse’s capability to deliver eCommerce platforms for a wide range of retail, B2C and B2B clients• Built a deep understanding of the SAP hybris core offering so that solutions could be aligned as closely as possible with it to maximise cost-benefit to the client• Proposed solutions for eCommerce implementations and responded to RFI/RFP requests• Responsible for designing and implementing discovery phases to mitigate risk and provide detailed cost and schedule estimates• Provided business analysis, translating the business requirements into detailed system requirements and feeding them into the delivery process in readiness for project kickoff• Became project consultant on in-flight projects to ensure clarity around what functionality was to be delivered Show less

Worked with client senior management/board to understand their outsourcing requirements and generate opportunities for new business along with delivering large parts of their systems roadmap.• Responsible for various project work on the Joules Clothing eCommerce platform• Responsible for the delivery of a product information management system for a large high street retailer• Responsible for project work and ongoing support of the TNT eCommerce application• Responsible for… Show more Worked with client senior management/board to understand their outsourcing requirements and generate opportunities for new business along with delivering large parts of their systems roadmap.• Responsible for various project work on the Joules Clothing eCommerce platform• Responsible for the delivery of a product information management system for a large high street retailer• Responsible for project work and ongoing support of the TNT eCommerce application• Responsible for project delivery across the finance & admin stream of the business enterprise for TNT Express (rating, invoicing etc.)• Managed numerous, concurrent, fixed-price application development projects through the full RUP or SCRUM lifecycle (from inception to production delivery) to cost, quality and delivery date targets• Interviewed and recruited as necessary to manage contract and permanent resource across multiple projects• Dealt with multinational clients and rationalised/streamlined requirements in order to deliver globally common systems• Managed projects both as detailed-level SCRUM master and as overall strategic programme manager• Controlled fast-changing, fixed-price projects to protect financial return whilst meeting client quality requirements• Heavily involved in bringing off-shore capability on board, both in terms of recruitment and implementing processes, standards & guidelines• Devised & Implemented processes to overcome the complexities of non-co-located feature team resource in an agile environment• Led troubleshooting team to identify people & process improvements in existing feature teams• Worked at the detailed level with development teams to resolve technically complex issues• Liaised with technical authorities at the client to communicate technical standards back to the development teams• Worked with development teams to ensure quality by implementing continuous integration environments with a heavy focus on test-driven development Show less

· Managed parallel projects to develop the Autotrader brand and exploit new revenue streams· Ran the tender process for a new website development project, managing both internal and external development, common integration testing and deployment· Implemented a vehicle dealer website development project, managing resource across a range of business streams· Worked to common Prince2-based project management methodology and provided feedback into regular workshops to help improve… Show more · Managed parallel projects to develop the Autotrader brand and exploit new revenue streams· Ran the tender process for a new website development project, managing both internal and external development, common integration testing and deployment· Implemented a vehicle dealer website development project, managing resource across a range of business streams· Worked to common Prince2-based project management methodology and provided feedback into regular workshops to help improve processes· Managed key stakeholder requirements to confirm project business drivers & benefits Show less

· Responsible for managing the development/maintenance of a number of systems and delivering comprehensive end-to-end IT support to the supply chain business process.· Managed €1.5M project to develop and implement a J2EE web application for European engine plants. Subsequently managed the support programme consisting of fix-on-fail issue resolution, change management and continuous improvement driven from user feedback· Managed the full lifecycle of a complex J2EE web application for… Show more · Responsible for managing the development/maintenance of a number of systems and delivering comprehensive end-to-end IT support to the supply chain business process.· Managed €1.5M project to develop and implement a J2EE web application for European engine plants. Subsequently managed the support programme consisting of fix-on-fail issue resolution, change management and continuous improvement driven from user feedback· Managed the full lifecycle of a complex J2EE web application for logistics consolidation centres across Europe, including an €1M vendor selection activity· Managed medium-sized teams of in-house and third party staff, integrating products across different technologies and organisational structures· Defined project processes for analysis & development teams to follow through the Feasibility Study, Requirements Elicitation and Analysis phases · Contributed to mid-term planning process to determine programme-wide budget allocation· Worked with stakeholders to develop business cases to justify future systems development· Issue/risk analysis to quickly identify the root cause of problems, identify short term fixes and generate longer term countermeasures to prevent re-occurrence· Effectively captured requirements and kept scope creep below 10% to meet cost targets Show less

· Full lifecycle responsibility for an engineering simulation software tool· Led interviews & requirements workshops to elicit user requirements, performed OO analysis & design and implemented, tested and deployed the Java system re-write· Modelled system re-write requirements in UML, using Rational Rose to create robust and future-proof design· Developed and maintained the system in numerous technologies (Java, C++, C & Fortran)· Implemented logical and physical database… Show more · Full lifecycle responsibility for an engineering simulation software tool· Led interviews & requirements workshops to elicit user requirements, performed OO analysis & design and implemented, tested and deployed the Java system re-write· Modelled system re-write requirements in UML, using Rational Rose to create robust and future-proof design· Developed and maintained the system in numerous technologies (Java, C++, C & Fortran)· Implemented logical and physical database designs and administered the system data Show less