• Accountable for end-to-end solutions in the Connectivity+ Business Line to meet GlaxoSmithKline objectives and requirements, including the required service wrap costing and sizing.• Created a statement of work template, including the writing, pricing, and presentation of value propositions to GlaxoSmithKline stakeholders, winning significant business as a result.• Bench marked cost base and margin for offers being proposed, avoiding level of effort duplication or gaps.• Knowledge of solutions and blueprints offered by the Connectivity+ Business Line to support Sales Specialists in customer conversations.

Network and Telecoms Subject Matter Expert – Contract (01/2015 - 09/2018)• Technical lead for a global Network and Telecoms Transformation project with a £100mn spend across 650 sites in 110 countries. • Technical lead on both a single source RFP and later a market RFP from initiation to supplier selection and contract negotiation working closely with key stakeholders including commercial and legal teams.• Lead the technical areas of on-boarding the new supplier, creating both high and low level designs with the supplier, leading vendor and internal technical workshops.• Owned and lead all technical design documentation review sessions adhering to strict governance processes.Network Solutions Architect – Contract (08/2012 - 12/2014)• Responsible for designing and transformation of 1000 circuits, across 800 sites in 110 countries from Orange Business Systems to British Telecom’s Global MPLS service, including the removal of multiple global in-country networks to create a ‘single tiered’ network.• The consolidation of the global firewall estate for IPSec connected sites, and the introduction of dedicated supplier MPLS VPN’s for all BAT 3rd party suppliers.• The rationalisation of the global IP address space to allow full route summarisation.• Part of the core team to design and implement dual vendor MPLS gateways in three Tier one data centres, creating the architectural function of continual data flows whilst sites were migrated from Orange Business Systems to British Telecom.• Provided network analysis of the BAT global firewall estate, determining firewall reductions and impact both to the business and other supported firewall services.• Involved in various BAU activities including service impacting network events and providing day to day advice and guidance.

Senior Network Design Consultant – Skype and RSM Tenon (12/2010 – 08/2012)• Skype – Technical lead and implementation engineer for a new green field office for Skype in Stockholm. Designed the branch network leading the team through the entire project life cycle through to the inception into the managed services umbrella of the company. This project involved working with a number of 3rd party companies, including building contractors.• RSM Tenon – Technical lead for the 5th largest UK taxation company. Recently completed a network upgrade in their Data Centre converting the network to layer 3 based on OSPF. Delivered a 22 site Riverbed WAN Optimisation solutionNetwork Manager – Mizuho International Account (09/2010 – 12/2010)• Technical hands on network manager, running the day-to-day data centre network, including routing, switching, firewalls and VoIPNetwork Design Consultant – Skype Account (08/2010 – 09/2010)• Redesign of Skype’s corporate back office backbone network connecting 10 global locations using local ISP Internet connectivity, ASA firewalls to provide a full mesh IPSec VPN, local layer 3 core switching, GRE tunnels and OSPF routingNetwork Design Consultant – Thomson Reuters Account (09/2009 – 08/2010)• Technical design consultant role to facilitate and implement a new globally optimized LAN/WAN infrastructure across APAC, EMEA and AMERICAS, for approximately 300 remotes offices and more complex in-country metro networks.• Migration to a new BT MPLS WAN backbone network, to full local layer 3 switching, the introduction of LAN resilience and replacement of end of life equipment and local firewall infrastructur

Senior Network Engineer (12/2008 – 07/2009)• The integration of American Express Bank into the current SCB WAN as a result of a global acquisition by SCB• The scope of the project included 30 global locations including 2 AEB UK data centres and around 3500 users. A large NAT implementation was necessary which added to the overall project complexity. The AEB sites were migrated using the Bank’s standard network design which features no single point of network failure

Senior Network Engineer (07/1997 – 12/2008)• Led and implemented a number of key strategic network planning activities, throughout the entire project life cycle:• Global Data Centre Upgrade – Production and Backup sites. Assisted in design and lead the installation and configuration of the new platform.• London Campus LAN Upgrade using 6509 chassis switches.• Delivered New Reuters 3000 and Market Data System Network using IOS Firewalls and Multicast protocol• Various EMEA Branch office projects ranging from new office and communications room setups to existing office WAN and LAN upgrades, including VPN and IPSec encryption technology.• Designed, managed, and implemented Disaster Recovery network solutions, co-ordinating network switching and testing on a regular basis for the Global Data Centre and EMEA Branches.• Managed and implemented the roll out of a global encryption strategy based on IPSec and 3DES technology specifically meeting in country regulations for branches. • Implemented and lead network management action plans (MAPS) on behalf of Senior Management, ensuring completion on time and within budget ranging from network security to network performance hotspots.• Coached team members to close technical knowledge gaps within the operations teams because of new technology and network designs being moved into the production environments.• Worked closely with external partners and vendors at both a project and operational level to meet project deadlines and operational SLA’s