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London, Gb

London, Gb

Fractional CIO/CTO/CDO consultant delivering digital transformation programs:• Business strategy assessments and digital transformation roadmap creation• Digital transformation project delivery & change management• Microsoft enterprise architecture and solution design• M&A due diligence, integration and value enhancement• Cyber security audits• Modern workplace and cloud infrastructure transformation consultancy• CRM, ERP, CX and EX Process Automation• Low & pro code devops platform engineering Digital transformation projects to modernise business application & infrastructure platforms for the following:- Specialist Insurance Provider - Business Continuity Solution - NFP Organisation - Membership Application Development based on D365 Platform- Central Government Department - Staff Onboarding Automation based on MS Entra for 30,000 users- Educational Course Provider - D365 Membership & Student Tracking Application Development- Wealth Management Business - 2000 user Modern Workplace managed service- Manufacturing Business – Microsoft Modern Workplace and Azure Infrastructure Managed Service- National education service provider - Modernised CRM & ERP solution- National commercial property management company - Modern Workplace Upgrade- Regional housing association - Modern Workplace UpgradeCustom software development projects: - NHS Trust - Covid Vaccination Scheduling Application Development based on MS Power Apps- Care Sector Provider - SaaS Care Provider Comparison Application based on Django/Python Platform - Real Estate Provider - SaaS ERP & Mobile Property Inspection App based on Django & React Native

London, Uk, Gb

TMT M&A advisory and transformation consultant: Example projects included: - Global SI transformation delivery consultant for 10,000 user security modernization program- German corporate advisory - sale side vendor due diligence for regional TMT business- UK PE firm infrastructure transformation roadmap advisory- Large US PE firm - buy side due diligence of major UK hosting company - Dutch PE – sale side vendor due diligence for a multinational European multi-cloud service provider- UK Mid Market PE firm - Buy side tech due diligence for a healthtech software platform- UK Telecom Company – buy side technical due diligence of cloud telephony software company.

London, England, Gb

Core specialise in software application development, cyber security audits, professional and managed services across Microsoft D365 & Power Platform, M365 and AzureKey achievements - Restructured Product Catalogue to a "Cloud First" Offering- Provided Presales Support on Several Major New Business Wins- Restructured Operational Team Leadership & Engineering Functions- Introduced Data Analytics Platform to Provide Business Performance Insights- Transformed Business Support Systems to Integrated CRM, ERP, PSA & ITSM Solution- Built Devops team and developed multiple service automations based on Azure serverless platforms

London, Gb

Acquired by Cancom in March 18 with a deal value in excess of £25M, Ocean was an enterprise technology solutions provider offering public, private and hybrid cloud services throughout the UK. As CTO, I was responsible for the GTM strategy, presales support, internal transformation projects, client professional and managed service delivery.Key internal transformation achievements:- Modernised Product Catalogue - Provided Presales Support for Sales Growth from £9m to £12m pa over 2 yr period- Recruited Operational Leadership and Engineering Resources- Automated ITSM Solution based on Jira Products- Modernised CRM & ERP based on Salesforce Products

London, Gb

6DG is a converged portfolio service provider operating in the corporate and enterprise market throughout the UK. Key business and digital transformation achievements:- Updated product catalogue to include public cloud services- Provide GTM and presales support for several major new business wins- Oversaw operations of 5000 virtual servers across 500 physical hosts- Post acquisition integration of staff & systems across 5 different business units- Consolidating 5 data centres down to 2 realising an annual opex saving of c.£2M.

London, Gb

BIS was a hosting and infrastructure service provider specialising in the London insurance and financial markets. As COO, I led sales & product strategy, operational delivery team leadership, digital transformation projects and acquisition integration, growing the business turnover from c.£8M to c.£17M before the sales to Six Degree Group.Key transformation achievements: - Greenwich data centre acquisition and refit- Acquisition and integration of docklands based data centre business- CRM / ERP Modernisation based on Netsuite platform

Vivao was a multi million pound, VC funded SaaS startup. I was involved in the initial VC funding activities and had responsibility for recruiting and managing the team of software developers and the infrastructure engineering teams.

London, Gb

Colt Telecom is a leading European Telco focused on large corporate and public sector markets across the EU. As the groups product line manager, I contributed to the commercial evolution and product development during the companies rapid early growth, pre-IPO, phase. This included running a team of product managers and liaising between the engineering, sales and management teams to provide business justification for new product developments and overseeing the full product life cycle management.