Darren Thresh Email & Phone Number

Bradford, United Kingdom

Absorbing the Business Analysis Team management responsibilities into my existing role has provided me with the opportunity to build a relatively new team in a high performing one. Engaging the team in a new strategic direction, focussed on excellent service levels provides real career satisfaction. Our newly established dedication to our core suite of services, underpinned by targeted team development and a clear team brand establishes the team a critical friend and ally within the Kelda Group. I am looking to grow the team with both new permanent employees an external contract resource throughout the year to support the increasing change demand for change within the Yorkshire Water and the Kelda Group.

Bradford, West Yorkshire

Following the successful delivery into Non-Household Retail Competition, my role has increased to manage the support to all Group and Support functions within the Kelda Group. I manage the strategic IT requirements for all of our IT, Regulation, Financial, HR, Land and Property and Facilities functions. I am currently leading the technical response to GDPR as the Kelda Group prepares for the 25th May 2018.

Bradford

Leveraging my 23 years in tecnical delivery I am currently leading the solutions delivery for Yorkshire Water Services and Kelda Group as we respond to changes within the Water Industry initiated by the Water Act (2014). My immediate focus is the leadership of our Retail Competition programme that will enable the Kelda Group to succeed in a Competetive Non-Household Retail market from 2017.

Bradford, United Kingdom

I am accountable for the development and delivery of bespoke software solutions including all developments in the following technologies:• Microsoft .Net (C#, ASP.NET, WCF, etc.)• Microsoft SQL Server (Database, SSRS, SSAS, etc.)• Integration Technologies (Oracle Service Bus, Tuxedo based HUB)• Oracle SOA Suite (BPM, Business Rules, BAM, etc.)• Microsoft SharePoint• Lotus Notes• C++

My Solution Oriented Architecture responsibilities continue but I am now also responsible for the delivery of YW IT's Development Strategy and management of the phased delivery of our IT Reference Architecture. Futher responsibilities include the management of YW's strategic adoption of Business Process Management and Technical Leadership of key IT programmes of work.

Roadmap Management of Yorkshire Water's SOA development technologies, manager of Yorkshire Water's SOA Governance processes, Technical Leadership of SOA development projects across Yorkshire Water IT and People Leadership responsibilities of five Senior IT Professionals

Leadership of a team of senior IT professionals tasked with ensuring the design and delivery of World Class solutions that exploit Yorkshire Water's SOA Technologies across Yorkshire Water IT.

Technical Leadership of Yorkshire Water's largest SOA implementation, delivering a Customer Correspondence Management system capable of managing over >1 million customer cases generated from white paper, email and web contacts and >1 million back office and automatically generated cases annually.

Technical Leadership of projects involving Yorkshire Water's Integrated Customer and Operational Management suite of technologies. Technology Roapmap management of Yorkshire Water's CRM, Document Management and Telephony technologies.

Lead development and technical lead responsibilities for IT projects involving Customer Relationship Management technologies (Amdocs eFrontOffice and eGain Knowledge) at Yorkshire Water.

Bradford, United Kingdom

Development of Customer Facing and Operational management systems using a broad range of technologies. Principle technologies included VAX COBOL, CorVision, Visual Basic, Lotus Notes and MS Access.

Computer Studies

Business Studies