Dan James, B.Sc (Eng), Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Drove commercial agenda for ~£200M business to maximise e-commerce sales of mobile handsets across two major brands (Currys and Carphone Warehouse).
• Delivered on both subscription-based and stand-alone sales, driving margin-based and topline revenue-focused strategies.
• Realised substantial growth - Carphone Warehouse (~500K orders annually, +70% Yo2Y) and Currys (~320K orders annually, +112% Yo2Y).
• Ran daily trade analysis using PowerBI, Adobe Analytics and other reporting… Show more
• Ran daily trade analysis using PowerBI, Adobe Analytics and other reporting tools, measuring the success of online execution and digital marketing campaigns.
• Worked with the digital marketing team to leverage affiliate-specific deals to increase market penetration with targeted customer segments.

London, United Kingdom

• Designed and implemented an engagement process, leading to a reduction of wasted cost estimation exercises by over 50%.
• Defined and drove the implementation of a standardised project delivery framework through interpersonal networking, workshops, careful stakeholder management and selling the benefits of continual process improvement.
• Spearheaded project to replace or upgrade strategic PPM tool in use by 400 employees through facilitation, stakeholder management and… Show more
• Spearheaded project to replace or upgrade strategic PPM tool in use by 400 employees through facilitation, stakeholder management and multi-departmental requirements gathering, RFP definition and vendor engagement..

Newbury, United Kingdon

• Within Ericsson UK’s largest account and programme, implemented new tools and processes to drive greater efficiency and best practices. Designed and implemented a tactical system for vendor management; later won.
• Managed a team of six offshore resources to track and monitor financial health and site delivery status, reducing response… Show more
• Managed a team of six offshore resources to track and monitor financial health and site delivery status, reducing response times by 75%.
• Presented business case to programme stakeholders and was awarded resource allocation, despite the tight financial situation, for comprehensive end-to-end process improvement. Show less

Guildford, United Kingdom

• Using interpersonal communication, teaching, workshops and presentations, motivated 200 project managers to increase the adoption of internal portfolio and project management tools. Successfully moved adoption KPIs.
• Implemented ongoing training and awareness regimes and project health monitoring dashboards and league tables to enshrine best practices.

Guildford, United Kingdom

• Used in-person planning sessions, requirements gathering and focus groups for pilot projects to define, develop specifications for, test implement and maintain intranet applications used by thousands of local users
• Built and maintained SQL server database, including query writing and database admin

Guildford, United Kingdom

• Managed the technical delivery of projects in pre-sales and execution, managing internal and external stakeholders to keep costs and timescales within 10% of estimates and maintain high customer satisfaction
• Used requirements gathering, scoping, design and planning methods to design, develop, test and deploy a bespoke presages costing tool used by 200+ personnel to estimate project costs totalling £20M per year

• Pursued and was awarded a Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
• Part of the Microelectronics & Nanostructures group.
• Analysis and fabrication of quantum dot (QD) heterostructures.
• Analysis focus on electrical characterisation through V and IV analysis, conventional and Laplace-transform DLTS (Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy) and AFM (Atomic Force Microscope) topography.
• Fabrication focus on nanoscale Focused Ion Beam (FIB) milling and subsequent atomic… Show more
• Fabrication focus on nanoscale Focused Ion Beam (FIB) milling and subsequent atomic growth by MBE (Molecular Beam Epitaxy).

• Co-op internship in the Wood Gundy group of CIBC.Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Provided fast, effective fixes to numerous problems in established intranet applications used by investment advisors and bank staff nationwide.
• Took sole direction of bringing an existing, problematic application online.
• Co-ordinated efforts and actions of multiple departmental groups to achieve results for projects. Used issue tracking and reporting system to coordinate groups towards desired results.

• Co-op internship position with AgricorpGuelph, Ontario, Canada
• Working independently, assisting in the recommendation of solutions for internet and intranet problems.
• Assist in the coding, design and standards-adherence of HTML and ASP.NET pages for both internal and external viewing.
• Often learned and completed tasks in a self-directed manner. Noted for speed and quality of work produced.

• Co-op internship position at the University of Guelph Library and Learning CommonsGuelph, Ontario, Canada
• Working with a small team, implemented several dynamic, database-driven web pages, often being praised for high efficiency and rapid delivery of a finished product.
• Independently designed a custom application for the translation of library records using Visual Basic. Independently learned skills and delivered product well before expected timeframe.
• Participated and gave… Show more Co-op internship position at the University of Guelph Library and Learning CommonsGuelph, Ontario, Canada
• Participated and gave input on direction of larger internet-based project. Show less

• Co-op internship position with the Canadian Food Inspection AgencyGuelph, Ontario, Canada
• Setup computers in offices across Ontario for dozens of w workers.
• Delivered and installed networking equipment to assist in the rollout of a province-wide proprietary network.
• Designed and implemented a more-efficient system for mobile computer installations.
• Performed troubleshooting for a wide range of computer hardware setups, both in-person and remotely.

Ph.D., Electrical And Electronic Engineering

Activities and Societies: Debate Society, School Newspaper I was a member of the Microelectronics and Nanostructures group at the.

B.Sc (Eng), Engineering Systems And Computing

Activities and Societies: Debate Team, Jiu-Jitsu, School Newspaper, Lifesaving Training, Safewalk, Fencing