Dave Pollock Email & Phone Number

Salisbury, Gb

Chilmark, England, United Kingdom

Ringwood

• Hold end-to-end technical product management responsibility within this major oil and gascompany. This involves the leadership of multi-disciplinary teams on projects of up to $15min value.• Lead requirements management activity to ensure a rigorous understanding of business andcustomer needs, creating user stories, defining acceptance criteria and collaborating closelywith the development team to ensure robust delivery.• Responsible for the management of the product backlog, conducting competitor analysis andserving as the primary point of contact for a wide range of commercial and technicalstakeholders.• Accountable for rapidly identifying, assessing and communicating technical risks during thedevelopment process.• Define success criteria for testing and compliance and coordinate rigorous product testingand field trial activities.• Oversee the production, maintenance and distribution of accurate and comprehensiveproduct documentation.• Support robust implementation via the creation and delivery of product training for internalusers.• Drive significant efficiency gains and costs savings through continuously identifying andrealising opportunities for process improvement.• Spearheaded the development of a number of major data management projects. Thisincluded responsibility for analysis of the relevant issues, requirements gathering, datastructure definition and presenting to senior management to obtain buy-in and securefunding.• Led the turnaround of a significantly challenged project via the development and delivery ofan impactful recovery plan.• Serve as Product Support Lead for all current and deprecated product lines.• Obtained ISO9001 accreditation through the leadership of relevant process improvementactivity.• Additional responsibilities include the management of the simulation and testing team,utilising Atlassian software and managing major investigations to ensure rapid the resolutionof customer issues.

Ringwood

• Provided robust technical management for a broad range of development projects.• Held responsibility for providing rigorous and insightful monthly financial and technicalreports, providing cost estimates and maintaining thorough documentation.• Served as Product Owner within an Agile environment, including accountability for sprintplanning, backlog management and requirements management.• Drove an exceptional standard of team performance via robust operational oversight,performance management and setting personal development goals.• Ensured optimal delivery via the provision of a 24/7 technical support service for the long-term monitoring and DST SRO product lines during critical installation periods.• Project managed field installations for trials, high-profile campaigns and new products.

Wws, Ringwood

• Manage, train and mentor a team of Field Engineers and prioritise their tasks based on operational requirements with Ops Management.• Provide an on-call 24/7 technical support service for both Long Term Monitoring and DST SRO product lines during critical periods of an installation.• Support Project Managers or Operations Managers for each product line with technical input into job design, system level testing, system integration testing or configuration parameters.• Conduct statistical analysis of system performance across both product lines. Report the data in a monthly dashboard for review by Ops Managers and for presenting at the monthly management meeting. • Review the technical content of commercial proposals when requested by Business Development Manager or Product Line Managers• Deliver training modules when required and validate the performance of other training modules / trainers.• Assist with the development and qualification of new product design by presenting user cases, contributing to requirement specifications, attending design review meetings, assisting with type testing and handover of the product to operations.