Chris Sandford

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Head of ICT Programme Delivery at Cleveland Police (UK) @ Cleveland Police (UK)
cleveland, middlesbrough, united kingdom
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England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Chris Sandford

A strong and highly versatile leader with a wealth of Digital Transformation and technology change experience across various markets including Blue Light, IT Outsourcing/BPO, Local Government and Retail sectors.Possessing strong strategy development skills aligned with a proven ability to introduce new ideas and deliver results. Adept at managing priority business and technology-led transformation programmes to scope, time and cost with significant budgetary responsibility. Experience is further enhanced by extensive leadership qualities combined with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Chris Sandford's Current Company Details
Cleveland Police (UK)

Cleveland Police (Uk)

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Head of ICT Programme Delivery at Cleveland Police (UK)
cleveland, middlesbrough, united kingdom
Employees:
181
Chris Sandford Work Experience Details
  • Cleveland Police (Uk)
    Head Of Ict Programme Delivery
    Cleveland Police (Uk) Oct 2020 - Present
    Helping Cleveland Police support our local communities by delivering significant digital transformational change through a portfolio of business and technology-enabled programmes. In doing so the programmes are realising significant efficiency benefits both operational and financial.Key Contributions:• Development of a five-year strategic digital transformation plan for the transformation of Police services onto a digital platform. This has involved building strong stakeholder relationships across the Force to ensure that the strategy supports end-user requirements.• Successfully delivering desired outcomes for multi-million pound digital transformation programmes.• Providing strong programme delivery leadership within tight budgetary and resource constraints.
  • Sopra Steria
    Portfolio Manager
    Sopra Steria Oct 2010 - Sep 2020
    Providing portfolio and project management services to the client (Cleveland Police) in respect of key business and digital transformation activities.Key Contributions:• Emergency Services (Police) 999 Control Room Upgrade – Replacing the legacy solution with state-of-the-art technology facilitating future digital enablement projects, widening communication channels with members of the public. • Mobile Working - The project was the first within the UK Policing space to deploy Android devices to front-line operational Police Officers and Police Community Support Officers, effectively enabling officers to be fully agile workers. • Unified Communications - In support of the wider Agile Working strategy the project provided the Police Officers and staff with basic functionality of presence awareness and instant messaging.
  • Cleveland Police (Uk)
    Project Manager
    Cleveland Police (Uk) Apr 2007 - Sep 2010
    Responsible for the management and delivery of numerous ICT related projects.Key Contributions:• Mobile Data - Delivering the Chief Constable’s vision to mobilise key operational systems via handheld devices enabling over 1,100 front-line officers to access, capture and submit data in a real-time environment.• Body Worn Video – Introduction of the capability to capture and present video evidence during initial investigations. This was shown to increase “guilty” pleas by over 60%, reducing both Police Officer time, and lessening un-necessary court appearances. • Service Orientated Architecture – An XML based Service Orientated Architecture facilitating a significant improvement in the ability to share reliable, accurate data across Force systems.
  • North York Moors National Park Authority
    It Manager
    North York Moors National Park Authority Feb 2004 - Mar 2007
    Responsible for the day-to-day management of the IT infrastructure and client devices. Implementing the Authority’s response to the Government’s vision and national strategy to modernise the way all public sector organisations delivered their services in support of the local communities.Key Contributions:• Developed and implemented effective IT strategy to meet the Authority’s infrastructure demands.• Built positive stakeholder relationships, enabling the successful delivery of cross-functional projects.• Implemented IT Security measures to protect Authority data and systems from cyber threats.• Closely managed department budgets and forecasts to optimise IT services against financial targets.• Successful delivery of the priority outcomes required to comply with the nationally mandated programme.
  • Sainsbury'S
    Project Manager
    Sainsbury'S Feb 2002 - Dec 2003
    • Managing the implementation of IT systems within new build distribution centres for one of the UK’s largest food retailers.• Liaising with the business and 3rd suppliers to ensure delivery and installation within the strict constraints of the Programme.
  • Global Retail Systems
    Systems Implemenation Manager
    Global Retail Systems Dec 2000 - Jan 2002
    • Providing independent professional advice and guidance to retail clients including Waitrose and Co-operative Group.
  • Atos
    Systems Development Team Leader
    Atos Aug 1998 - Dec 2000
    • Managing a team responsible for the front of store systems in both the client’s food and non-food businesses.
  • Co-Op
    Systems Development Team Leader
    Co-Op Aug 1996 - Jul 1998
    • Delivering leading-edge solutions to the business; performing business and systems analysis to identify optimal solution.
  • Focus Diy
    Store Systems Analyst
    Focus Diy Feb 1992 - Aug 1996
    • Converting all stores from a manual stock control system to a bespoke EPOS system with integrated stock control.

Chris Sandford Skills

Management Budgets Prince2 Project Delivery Stakeholder Management Itil Service Management It Service Management Software Project Management Requirements Analysis Program Management Requirements Gathering Business Transformation Business Analysis Project Management Change Management Security Pmo Risk Management Solution Architecture Data Center Disaster Recovery

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