Took the offer of a generous package from HPE in 2016. Now splitting my time between Colombia and Scotland. Enjoying what is heading towards a happy full time retirement. Always willing to listen to any amazing offers for full or part-time employment opportunities.

In May 2014 HP signed a 3 year contract with BP Upstream to deliver services and projects. In August 2014 transferred over to take on the Account Delivery Manager role for the BP Upstream Global Project Office. However, I initially joined HP in April 2011 when they won the global BP Hosting contract. On the Hosting account my main role was a the BP Enterprise Services ADM co-located with the client BP SAP Operations Centre Leadership team. I managed the delivery of global SAP services… Show more In May 2014 HP signed a 3 year contract with BP Upstream to deliver services and projects. In August 2014 transferred over to take on the Account Delivery Manager role for the BP Upstream Global Project Office. However, I initially joined HP in April 2011 when they won the global BP Hosting contract. On the Hosting account my main role was a the BP Enterprise Services ADM co-located with the client BP SAP Operations Centre Leadership team. I managed the delivery of global SAP services encompassing about 20% of BP’s global infrastructure. In addition I was a member of the very successful and award winning SAP Stabilisation project team. Show less

Accountable for daily infrastructure operations (Servers (+10,000), Storage (+2pb), Backups (1,000's / day) / Restores, data centre network and operational DBA team) for BP's largest global Mega Data Centre.

Held the operational accountability for the UK & Norway Satellite Data Centres. + 30 sites (major E&P locations in Sunbury, Aberdeen and Stavanger to offshore platforms and refineries) with a portfolio of +850 servers. Since taking the post in 2005 operational spend has been reduced from $14.5 million to a projected <$9.0 in 2008 with no impact to the business. This has been done by proactively managing the SDO’s scope of work and renegotiating the SDO contracts. I reskilled to meet the new… Show more Held the operational accountability for the UK & Norway Satellite Data Centres. + 30 sites (major E&P locations in Sunbury, Aberdeen and Stavanger to offshore platforms and refineries) with a portfolio of +850 servers. Since taking the post in 2005 operational spend has been reduced from $14.5 million to a projected <$9.0 in 2008 with no impact to the business. This has been done by proactively managing the SDO’s scope of work and renegotiating the SDO contracts. I reskilled to meet the new demands on staff following a restructuring of the IT department with focus on ITIL qualifications passing practitioner exams in 2007. In 2008 I added a BTEC in Data Centre Design and Data Centre Management Show less

Jan 02 I became the DCT Operations Manager for Sunbury, the largest site in the UK which was transformed from a 1930’s brick office to a state of the art office campus housing 4,000 staff from all Segments and Functions in the BP group. Through various reorganizations I expanded my operational geography to cover Hemel, MK, Swindon, St James, the Inner London Moorgate complex all the UK retail distribution sites. The main focus during this phase of my career has been on maintaining Operational… Show more Jan 02 I became the DCT Operations Manager for Sunbury, the largest site in the UK which was transformed from a 1930’s brick office to a state of the art office campus housing 4,000 staff from all Segments and Functions in the BP group. Through various reorganizations I expanded my operational geography to cover Hemel, MK, Swindon, St James, the Inner London Moorgate complex all the UK retail distribution sites. The main focus during this phase of my career has been on maintaining Operational Excellence in daily service delivery, the implementation of WCO and GPM&S projects in the region while delivering huge cost reductions. Show less

In Q4 99 I became the ITS Area Infrastructure Manager for Latin America, The main focus during the initial period on the job has been on maintaining Operational Excellence in daily service delivery. This involved working with the BULS and IT managers in the region to ensure their local country specific issues are taken into account while developing regional solutions. In addition to being an active member of the UDB operations network I had the global Leadership of the Operations Value… Show more In Q4 99 I became the ITS Area Infrastructure Manager for Latin America, The main focus during the initial period on the job has been on maintaining Operational Excellence in daily service delivery. This involved working with the BULS and IT managers in the region to ensure their local country specific issues are taken into account while developing regional solutions. In addition to being an active member of the UDB operations network I had the global Leadership of the Operations Value Process.The Initial posting in Venezuela was leading a project implementing the Field Operational Systems and the creation the IT environment to support the O&M contract for the Pedernales field. Later I lead the IT Cost Reduction Initiative to support the financial restructuring of BPXV and handled the integration of BP & Amoco IT following the merger Show less

IT Coordination / IT Consultant based in Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope, AlaskaPosting to the Prudhoe asset, Alaska to help both IT and business operations during a period of substantial change associated with reorganization associated with a declining production curve. The main activities included :• Establish the PBU N/S business requirements and associated I.T. budget• Management of IT operations during a period of change to service provision via an Outsource Partner•… Show more IT Coordination / IT Consultant based in Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope, AlaskaPosting to the Prudhoe asset, Alaska to help both IT and business operations during a period of substantial change associated with reorganization associated with a declining production curve. The main activities included :• Establish the PBU N/S business requirements and associated I.T. budget• Management of IT operations during a period of change to service provision via an Outsource Partner• Provision of IT consultancy support for business initiatives• Maintain the relationship between asset operations and the I.T. department Show less

Business Consultant in support of Cusiana / Cupiagua Assets• IT Liaison project / operations data handover with the +$1 billion phase II Cusiana / Cupiagua oil field development team located in the Brown and Root engineering offices in Houston, USA.• Establish the 94/95 BPX Colombia IT business requirements and associated budget.• Implemented the Engineering Data Management & Materials / Maintenance systems

• This was one of the key roles within the restructured Aberdeen IT organisation. I was the first IT consultant to co-locate with the business in Aberdeen and this was successfully achieved during a period of considerable change both in IT and business areas. My main function was working with team leaders and the asset manager to interpret cross functional requirements and supervision of the implementation of the I.T. aspects of business supported initiatives. I also set up and maintaining the… Show more • This was one of the key roles within the restructured Aberdeen IT organisation. I was the first IT consultant to co-locate with the business in Aberdeen and this was successfully achieved during a period of considerable change both in IT and business areas. My main function was working with team leaders and the asset manager to interpret cross functional requirements and supervision of the implementation of the I.T. aspects of business supported initiatives. I also set up and maintaining the IT strategy and the associated work programme and the IT budget. • Laterally I was asked to join a major project tasked with making the transition from a mainframe (All-in-1) based to a client/server (MS-Mail) electronic mail system. I took on business liaison, enrolling the business and their key third parties to ensure the commitment required to make the project successful, acting as the central point of communication between the project, the business, 3rd parties and the IT OS partners. Show less

•As part of a major reorganisation of the BPX Information Technology function I was asked to take up a new post working as an IT business consultant within the Ula & Gyda Oilfield Operations Dept a post within the new organisation set-up to act as a bridge between the business functions and the IT division, with dual line reporting both to the Operations and IT Managers and co-location with the operations business.• The IT Co-ordinator role involved maintaining an understanding of the… Show more •As part of a major reorganisation of the BPX Information Technology function I was asked to take up a new post working as an IT business consultant within the Ula & Gyda Oilfield Operations Dept a post within the new organisation set-up to act as a bridge between the business functions and the IT division, with dual line reporting both to the Operations and IT Managers and co-location with the operations business.• The IT Co-ordinator role involved maintaining an understanding of the business area, setting up and maintaining IT strategy and work programme, assisting the business to establish and control an IT budget in excess of £2million. I ensured that the business was provided with the agreed IT services, liaised with other BPX IT sites, provided IT support and training, whilst maintaining close links with the IT operations. Show less

•Responsibility for the prototyping and development of a new BPX UK wide Ingres application to record and analyze accidents. •Turned around the users and management’s perceptions of a problem application in the highly visible Safety business area, SAREMS , the Safety Report Monitoring system. •Lead programmer involved in carrying out analysis, design, programming and implementation tasks. •I was nominated by the IT manager as BP Aberdeen representative at the UK Ingres User Group.•… Show more •Responsibility for the prototyping and development of a new BPX UK wide Ingres application to record and analyze accidents. •Turned around the users and management’s perceptions of a problem application in the highly visible Safety business area, SAREMS , the Safety Report Monitoring system. •Lead programmer involved in carrying out analysis, design, programming and implementation tasks. •I was nominated by the IT manager as BP Aberdeen representative at the UK Ingres User Group.• On joining BP I worked as a programmer involved in the design and coding of one of the first Ingres databases on BP Aberdeen Vax cluster using V2.0 Ingres. As an analyst/programmer I was part of a critical support team which maintained 24 hour/day Offshore Personnel Movements system. Show less

• I joined B.A. as a trainee programmer and was trained in PL/1 , JCL and computer system fundamentals by the company. I then joined the Fares group as a trainee programmer working a variety of system maintenance tasks in an IBM HW environment with a VM operating system.• I was quickly promoted to programmer and assumed responsibility for the data input side of the Off-line Airline Fares database. In addition, I was also given responsibility for developing software to accept and reformat… Show more • I joined B.A. as a trainee programmer and was trained in PL/1 , JCL and computer system fundamentals by the company. I then joined the Fares group as a trainee programmer working a variety of system maintenance tasks in an IBM HW environment with a VM operating system.• I was quickly promoted to programmer and assumed responsibility for the data input side of the Off-line Airline Fares database. In addition, I was also given responsibility for developing software to accept and reformat fares data from Official Airline Guides in Chicago, which greatly expanded BA's coverage of world wide fares. I also acted as a mentor for graduate recruits in the Fares Group. Show less