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Warwick, England, United Kingdom

Warwick

Currently focusing on directing the delivery of our global external web platform strategy and the UK Land and Property IT procurement strategyDirected the National Grid's Intranet programme - to replace and establish a modern, mobile digital platform, refreshed processes and established new ways of working - to a successful global delivery for all employees. Chaired the Group Executive Steering Team. Established Agile cross-department enduring capabilities to enable it to grow and… Show more Currently focusing on directing the delivery of our global external web platform strategy and the UK Land and Property IT procurement strategyDirected the National Grid's Intranet programme - to replace and establish a modern, mobile digital platform, refreshed processes and established new ways of working - to a successful global delivery for all employees. Chaired the Group Executive Steering Team. Established Agile cross-department enduring capabilities to enable it to grow and evolve with business change. Won the Chairman’s Award for Enabling our People.Delivered National Grid’s regulatory submissions for Digital Web Platforms resulting in securing funding for future strategic projects and programmes for 5 years. Show less

Warwick

Created the National Grid UK Treasury’s IT Strategy, engaged the global team and wider stakeholders, prioritised the benefits of different demands to create an enduring plan and team values. The works established a clear line of sight for investmentsStandardised IT cost recharging as part of our General Services Agreements to different internal departments. Created clear and concise information to allow transparency to non-financial audiences. Worked with all teams, from service to… Show more Created the National Grid UK Treasury’s IT Strategy, engaged the global team and wider stakeholders, prioritised the benefits of different demands to create an enduring plan and team values. The works established a clear line of sight for investmentsStandardised IT cost recharging as part of our General Services Agreements to different internal departments. Created clear and concise information to allow transparency to non-financial audiences. Worked with all teams, from service to customer to design, establishing agreed processes. This generates operational efficiency, cost savings and transparency for IT goods and services Show less

Banbury

Produced a strategic proposal for all G4S staff in the UK and Ireland around Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Directed the project to bring together all of the UK&I businesses. Formed a working group of lead business influencers to pilot technology options and created financial forecast models for the next six years. The report highlighted the opportunity to gain advantage by embracing new technology, leveraging the group's scale to save costs and drive… Show more Produced a strategic proposal for all G4S staff in the UK and Ireland around Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Directed the project to bring together all of the UK&I businesses. Formed a working group of lead business influencers to pilot technology options and created financial forecast models for the next six years. The report highlighted the opportunity to gain advantage by embracing new technology, leveraging the group's scale to save costs and drive significant benefits for employees and customers.Assisted various multi million pound bids across sectors, working with assumptions, producing multiyear budgets and aligning opportunities with overall strategy and capabilities.Led the team in establishing new process models for the identification, selection and verification of new technologies to grow and enhance the business. Introduced governance to capture current levels of operational capability and maturity for technology. Facilitated a clear dialogue with senior leaders and Directors across the organisation in establishing a working pipeline for the future. Show less

London & Birmingham

Significantly contributed to the goals of the company by forming an effective knowledge management governance team to review strategic opportunities to maximise the value of 3i’s SharePoint investment. Developing transformation/change blueprints, stakeholder maps and commissioning of projects. Managed budgets and resources. Engaged the business and generated benefits across the organisation from the CEO and Leadership Team to operations and support staff. Monitored benefits realisation and… Show more Significantly contributed to the goals of the company by forming an effective knowledge management governance team to review strategic opportunities to maximise the value of 3i’s SharePoint investment. Developing transformation/change blueprints, stakeholder maps and commissioning of projects. Managed budgets and resources. Engaged the business and generated benefits across the organisation from the CEO and Leadership Team to operations and support staff. Monitored benefits realisation and drove programme momentum through success.Replaced 3i’s Exchange 2003 email system with Exchange 2010 at 3i’s data centres (US and UK). Transitioned the service seamlessly to the global business. Managed 3rd Party suppliers (EMC, Microsoft, Sunguard, Computacentre, Symantec, O2 etc). Creation of risk mitigation strategies and impact avoidance through the use of parallel approaches.Sourced, developed, implemented and managed the adoption of Enterprise search tools at 3i, benefiting the global business by dramatically improving working effectiveness and efficiency. Spearheaded communications and adoption of new tools to all users. This was a huge innovation for 3i, a truly transformational change to a now essential core system.Led 3i’s Finance Department through the outsourcing of accounts production forced by government regulatory changes. Avoided significant reputational and financial risk for 3i. Worked with external procurement teams to develop the RFI / RFP documentation, scorecards and final selection criteria. Transformed a failing finance project by bridging gaps and restoring relationships between the customer, offshore team and external suppliers using negotiation and soft skills, saving time, effort and cost for all parties.Guided 3i’s Marketing team through the change issues and business case development for a social software project. Ran multiple workshops to generate a clear “output – outcome – benefit” path to delivering the vision. Show less

London & Birmingham

Established and managed the first Service Management Team to support 3i’s global core business systems used by investors on a daily basis. Team comprised of 7 direct reports (developers / consultants / analysts / project managers and support staff) plus contract staff. Aligned resources with business priorities. Managed vendors and suppliers, contract reviews and SLAs.Led 3i’s service management team, produced monthly (MI) reports, monitoring the service levels / costs and continuous… Show more Established and managed the first Service Management Team to support 3i’s global core business systems used by investors on a daily basis. Team comprised of 7 direct reports (developers / consultants / analysts / project managers and support staff) plus contract staff. Aligned resources with business priorities. Managed vendors and suppliers, contract reviews and SLAs.Led 3i’s service management team, produced monthly (MI) reports, monitoring the service levels / costs and continuous improvement plans. Produced budgets and forecasts contributing to the overall IT spend.Built and maintained relationships with key business stakeholders (Operations Directors and Divisional Heads) through effective communication and strong delivery of results.Ensured adequate testing was provisioned and conducted to agreed schedules. Test plans and strategies included; regression, functionality, disaster recovery, penetration and usability.Successfully created and managed a cross-geography core team to support CRM in the business (Relationship management). Enabling value generation and cultural change from an unloved system. Show less

Birmingham / London

Led various projects to deliver WAN connectivity to remote offices. Improved systems performance and working practices.Developed the new early stage investment system, embracing new web technologies and simplifying business processes globally. This led to increased awareness of business activity amongst staff and reduced reporting effort (SQL Server and Reporting Services).Analysed and documented business requirements, sourced solutions and delivered to the group across… Show more Led various projects to deliver WAN connectivity to remote offices. Improved systems performance and working practices.Developed the new early stage investment system, embracing new web technologies and simplifying business processes globally. This led to increased awareness of business activity amongst staff and reduced reporting effort (SQL Server and Reporting Services).Analysed and documented business requirements, sourced solutions and delivered to the group across multiple functions and geographies. Show less

Poole / Nottingham

Previously GPT, now part of EricssonBuild engineer for EMOS, developed a web based release management system and automated the build process.Development of global telecommunications management software, working as part of the troubleshooting team. (HP-UX)

Slough, United Kingdom

Solely responsible for the running, maintenance and upgrades of the ICL Bankwide department’s Microsoft IT estate.Short sub-contract to BZW (Barclays) in Canary Wharf for software testing and scripting.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Computer Science, 1St Class Honours

Executive Management Centre