I’m thrilled to announce I have recently joined Grant Thornton UK as an Associate Director in the Technology Consulting Team. The opportunity to join Grant Thornton was too great. In a very short time, I have already experienced their passion to drive maximum value for their clients, in an open, honest and collaborative partnership. I am excited to be working with leaders like Alan Dale and Richard Joyce and colleagues RichardSwann, Sourav Sarangi and Aislinn Mae. My role has a focus to deliver IT & Technology Due Diligence and M&A support to corporate and Private Equity clients and IT transformation strategies in the SME and enterprise space. If you would like to know more, drop me an email Dave.Rogers@uk.gt.com For more information about Technology Consulting and the value we create for client please visit https://www.grantthornton.co.uk/services/consulting/business-consulting/technology/ #Techadvisory #grantthornton #privateequity #ITduediligence #M&A

We are currently providing fractional CTO service for several clients, including pharmaceutical and Private Equity sectors. We have also successfully undertaken several operational and strategic engagement for 10+ clients across several sectors and 5+ IT Due Diligence Deals for lower mid-market, delivering the following services: Digital transformationInterim Head of IT rolesIT infrastructure and managed service provider selectionProject & programme management software specialisation including CRM, project mgmt tools, ERP/ MRP, contract mgmt solution, Pharma regulatory solutions Targeted Operating Model & Operational Roadmap System and Team Health CheckIT budget analysis, comparing market rates and driving down operational costs, on average by 15% IT Due Diligence from 5 million to 25 million across eLearning, support services, Financial and technology servicesIT Due Diligence, preparing for external investment

Define the IT strategy and road map across 4 offices, major project successes have included, transition from in-house IT service to outsource, providing significant tangible improvement on availability and reliability. Project managed the successful roll-out of four offices across the UK. Successfully designed and implemented VoIP phone solution, create single ‘virtual’ office across four sites, whilst driving savings and creating the platform for greater flexible working environment for business approach. Manage yearly budgets against projections and depreciation schedules. Define and manage all service level agreements, ensuring they met defined service levels and complete re-negotiating/tendering process internally. Project managed Autonomy Filesite 8.5 document managed solution for increase user productivity, increase collaboration and consistency across offices. Identified requirements for business contingency planning, aligning IT recovery process, completing auditing and testing yearly.Providing monthly management reports to help training requirements, root causes analysis, identify single points of failure, known errors, knowledge bank etc. Identifying risks to the business and redefining the strategy in collaboration with board members Organised and successfully manage IT Directors forum across Gresham’s portfolio of investments. Creating ‘economies of scale’ by driving down IT budgets and management on an average of 10%-15% for each investment.Apply ITIL processes across portfolio investments, creating best practice; specific areas addressed include Incident management and SLA management and matching the business continuity business requirement to IT solutions. Top and tail external IT due diligence on investments, integral part of 100-day plan to address risks from IT due diligence, providing clear IT strategy for alignment to business drivers and growth.