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Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

- Responsible for developing consultancy packages and allocating company resources to meet client needs. Planned and delivered a £4M readiness testing programme for Dubai Expo 2020 with responsibility for all commercial activities, operations, and stakeholder engagement. Delivered the programme in 3 months, enabling an on time opening at capacity with a significantly reduced risk profile.- Lead for digital and service development. Delivered 200% growth in Quirk Solutions Ltd over 12… Show more - Responsible for developing consultancy packages and allocating company resources to meet client needs. Planned and delivered a £4M readiness testing programme for Dubai Expo 2020 with responsibility for all commercial activities, operations, and stakeholder engagement. Delivered the programme in 3 months, enabling an on time opening at capacity with a significantly reduced risk profile.- Lead for digital and service development. Delivered 200% growth in Quirk Solutions Ltd over 12 months through detailed operational and resource planning, focused product development and roll-out, and introduction of technology solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Show less

Wyton

- Strategic leadership of the Joint Forces Intelligence Group, a complex technical organisation of 2600 people and a £193m resource and capability development programme to provide insight, information, and data services to Defence, wider Government and allies. Accountable for the outputs of: - The National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence. - The Defence Geography Centre.- 42 Engineer Regiment (Geo).- Defence Human Intelligence Unit.- The Joint Intelligence… Show more - Strategic leadership of the Joint Forces Intelligence Group, a complex technical organisation of 2600 people and a £193m resource and capability development programme to provide insight, information, and data services to Defence, wider Government and allies. Accountable for the outputs of: - The National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence. - The Defence Geography Centre.- 42 Engineer Regiment (Geo).- Defence Human Intelligence Unit.- The Joint Intelligence Operations Centre.- The Centre for Intelligence Innovation.- The Defence Open Source Intelligence Centre.- Managed key relationships with Strategic Stakeholders across government and with international security agencies.- Directed major infrastructure and transformation programmes to relocate the Defence Geography Centre; establish the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence as a digital organisation; focus the Centre for Intelligence Innovation towards AI/ML solutions; provide revolutionary levels of situational awareness and intelligence value from Open Source data. - Operated 5 geographically dispersed sites and oversaw physical and technical infrastructure compliance with SHE legislation and MOD security policy. Ensured support contract delivery, and assured business resilience measures for national strategic facilities. Show less

Digby

- Operational management and leadership of 1200 staff located in 5 sites across the globe, working in strategic partnership with another government agency. - Responsible for risk management and safety of teams operating very high power electrical equipment, working at height, and working remotely in high risk environments. - Expanded the customer base and developed ways of working during digitisation of key equipment. Managed international stakeholders to achieve funding and… Show more - Operational management and leadership of 1200 staff located in 5 sites across the globe, working in strategic partnership with another government agency. - Responsible for risk management and safety of teams operating very high power electrical equipment, working at height, and working remotely in high risk environments. - Expanded the customer base and developed ways of working during digitisation of key equipment. Managed international stakeholders to achieve funding and resource upgrades in a highly regulated business-space. Show less

Whitehall

- Oversaw operational activities across the 4500-strong Defence Intelligence organisation. - Re-designed an operating model which redefined priorities and performance management KPIs and drove operational change to deliver multi-disciplinary team working and a >30% increase in effort against the most important tasks across the business. - Undertook widespread internal, x-govt and international stakeholder engagement from local to government level to cohere activity, develop… Show more - Oversaw operational activities across the 4500-strong Defence Intelligence organisation. - Re-designed an operating model which redefined priorities and performance management KPIs and drove operational change to deliver multi-disciplinary team working and a >30% increase in effort against the most important tasks across the business. - Undertook widespread internal, x-govt and international stakeholder engagement from local to government level to cohere activity, develop new customers, and assess the effectiveness of outputs. Routinely briefed the most senior MOD officials and Ministers on intelligence matters. Show less

Northwood

Analysed, interpreted and prioritised strategic direction to focus and empower a highly specialist team to deliver a Defence-wide 'Information Warfare' initiative. The output served as the blueprint for generation of the recently conceived Standing Joint Force Headquarters (SJFHQ) and the UK's Joint Expeditionary Force, and enabled the first Defence-level exercising of the Cyber domain alongside traditional manoeuvre and information operations.

Plymouth, United Kingdom

Led, trained and managed over 500 specialist commandos operating in multi-disciplinary teams in a range of international engagement, forward presence, and deterrence activities across the USA, Mediterranean, and the Gulf. Instigated and oversaw significant organisational development following the unit's final Afghanistan deployment to prepare and equip it for contemporary 'information age' operations. Was responsible for safety and infrastructure in a historically significant site with a… Show more Led, trained and managed over 500 specialist commandos operating in multi-disciplinary teams in a range of international engagement, forward presence, and deterrence activities across the USA, Mediterranean, and the Gulf. Instigated and oversaw significant organisational development following the unit's final Afghanistan deployment to prepare and equip it for contemporary 'information age' operations. Was responsible for safety and infrastructure in a historically significant site with a working population of over 800 military, civilian and contracted personnel. Show less

Strategic financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and the provision of policy-aware balance-of-investment (BoI) advice to MOD senior decision-makers. Oversaw such aspects of major Defence programmes and in-service capabilities on behalf of Head Office covering Royal Naval Capital Ships (including the Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers), Royal Marines, Strategic Force Development activity, and Naval Service support to Special Forces. Managed a portfolio of c£30Bn in line with the Government… Show more Strategic financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and the provision of policy-aware balance-of-investment (BoI) advice to MOD senior decision-makers. Oversaw such aspects of major Defence programmes and in-service capabilities on behalf of Head Office covering Royal Naval Capital Ships (including the Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers), Royal Marines, Strategic Force Development activity, and Naval Service support to Special Forces. Managed a portfolio of c£30Bn in line with the Government Budgeting Framework. Show less

Global

A range of career developing operational management and planning assignments culminating in a leadership role responsible for 220 Royal Marines undertaking nuclear security duties; conception and development of a new UK counter-piracy capability for which I was made an MBE; and the role of principle Operations Manager (Operations Officer) for 3 Cdo Bde RM, an organisation of 5400 personnel whose primary purpose was to be ready for global deployment at extremely short notice in war fighting… Show more A range of career developing operational management and planning assignments culminating in a leadership role responsible for 220 Royal Marines undertaking nuclear security duties; conception and development of a new UK counter-piracy capability for which I was made an MBE; and the role of principle Operations Manager (Operations Officer) for 3 Cdo Bde RM, an organisation of 5400 personnel whose primary purpose was to be ready for global deployment at extremely short notice in war fighting, peacekeeping or humanitarian roles. Show less

Master Of Arts - Ma, Defence Studies

Bachelor Of Education (B.Ed.), Physical Education Teaching And Coaching

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