After the successful decommissioning of Runcorn Data Centre I was asked to move directly onto the Data Centre Migration Programme, tasked with the onsite coordination of the migration/decommission of Barclays 2nd largest data centre in Greenford, London (IBM Owned building) and the decommissioning of infrastructures in Poole & Basingstoke.• Creation and ownership of detailed asset list of 5000+ Servers/Assets/Workloads, This list was the primary control method used by all members of the Migration Programme• Control of the movement of assets to two strategic Data Centres in Slough and Gloucester• Creation and ownership of an equipment recycling process which ran at zero cost to the bank• Planning and coordination of the removal of 474 racks and equipment • Took control of the onsite team and moved them into the decommissioning/migration team• Took control of the technical relationship with IBM• Planning and control of the secure disposal of storage media including several thousand hard disks

While continuing to run the Data Centre I moved onto the Data Centre Migration Programme, The purpose of the DC Migration Programme was to transfer all Barclays technology infrastructure out of non-strategic and third party sites into two strategic Data Centres in Slough and Gloucester. I changed the roles of my onsite team to work on the migration/decommissioning of Runcorn and brought in additional contractors to assist with the decommissioning activities and co-ordination of third party companies.• Creation and ownership of detailed asset list of 4000+ Servers/Assets/Workloads used by all members of the Migration Programme• Planning and coordination of the removal of 300 racks and equipment • Interface with moving companies • Interface with approved recycling companies• Planning and removal cabling/racks from site • Planning and control of the secure disposal of storage media including several thousand disks

Initially contracted to control systems implementation during the site build of two halls totalling 900 M2, after completing the build I took on the role of Data Centre Manager with overall responsibility and management of the Financial Data Centre providing critical service to support major divisions of the Barclays Group.Responsibility included building effective relationships with external Facilities management companies and the group’s Global Data Centre support team to achieve the successful operation of a core site. Effective leadership skills to achieve business results that meet time, cost and quality measures by both internal and external team members. Creation and monitoring of adherence to all applicable processes and standards to ensure compliance and the maintenance of all contracted service agreements. Actively participated with IT projects to influence the effective solution for all infrastructure and system impacts on the Data Centre environment. Ensure all live incidents are owned and managed through to successful resolution for both the user and the business whilst ensuring no adverse impact on the live service.• Applying technical knowledge and experience of Data Centre infrastructure, networks and Hosting Operations• Effectively manage teams to ensure successfully delivery of service• Liaising and influencing teams with effective communication skills that lie outside immediate area of responsibility• Manage all resources to maintain and all contracted agreements including all SLA’s and OLA’s• Ensure accurate and documented processes and procedures to mitigate any unnecessary risks to the business• Compliant to all legal, mandatory and regulatory requirements

Responsible for the Management of Barclays Banks LAN infrastructure• Management of the customer interface and service integrity of the Barclays LAN Service. Including technical, implementation, service, operational and commercial aspects.• Risk Management for the LAN service.• Major incident reporting and management of the LAN incident register.• Direct involvement in the provision of infrastructure in major locations including the Computer Centres. • Development and deployment of over $10 million worth of Cisco hardware for Barclays Banks LAN infrastructure.

• Design ‘Sign off’ of all ‘Group LAN’ designs across a 30,000+ port network.• Design of large (Campus) LAN infrastructures for the Group.• Service Level Agreement creation and maintenance.• Supplier relationship owner for the Barclays/IBM relationship (Technical level).• General supplier management for the LAN infrastructure.• Project Management of large LAN implementations.• Consultancy to other areas of the Group.• Identification, development and delivery of products, processes and procedures to serve the group.