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Birmingham, England, GB

Birmingham, GB

• Innovated and delivered a COVID 19 technology plan which delivered over 600 laptops, the roll out of Microsoft Teams to 1400 staff, enabled remote telephony for 150 call centre staff and ensured the continued delivery.
• Designed and delivered a transformational program that included cyber security, cloud infrastructure, low code software development and data warehouse implementations, enabling the use of modern technologies, including.
• Implemented cyber security framework (ISO27001/NIST) ensuring data and system security, achieved cyber essentials plus certification - the first time the organisation has ever held this level or certification.
• Created an agile based software development team of ten including digital business analysts, project managers, software developers and testing function, whilst also managing four direct reports.
• Managed a wider team of 40 employees, all UK based, responsible for leading the team to deliver great results.

Hinckley, Leicestershire, GB

• Responsible for a budget of £4.5m, a team of 30 UK-based staff and 15 offshore, which included service desk, infrastructure, cyber security and governance, ensuring projects were managed within budget, time and quality.
• Presented an innovative, new and improved IT structure to the IT Director and COO to significantly reduce costs by £100k and improve customer service for our clients drastically.
• Responsible for the global infrastructure, support, security and compliance services delivered to over 2000 staff.
• Implemented best practice frameworks and governance of ITIL, TOGAF and ISO27001 throughout.
• Mentored and coached multiple teams on the major parts of IT strategy delivery, supporting continuous growth and development of colleagues and talent line planning for future IT related projects.

• Developed an innovative IT strategy to support the corporate strategic plan and objectives at Trent and Dove.
• Part of the Senior Management Team responsible for recommending, presenting and implementing continual improvements to the executive team and board. Reporting and presenting KPI’s, policies and strategic papers.
• Responsible for an IT budget of £1.5m and a team of 10 in house staff within the department.
• Implemented best practice frameworks and governance of ITIL, TOGAF and ISO27001.

Coventry, West Midlands, GB

• Responsible for a budget of £2.5 million, a team of 25 staff, consisting of infrastructure, Service desk and cyber security, ensuring costs were managed effectively and reduced where possible with no compromise on.
• Consolidation of the Infrastructure, Networking and Service Desk teams that had previously worked in silos, into an IT Operations team, taking the lead in structuring the team, motivating and leading the team towards.
• Lead role in retaining the ISO 27001 accreditation and created an IT Security Team of three with an outsourced contract on supporting technologies, ensuring compliance and the correct training was provided to all the.

Leicester, Leicestershire, GB

• Exponentially, reduced overtime costs by £20K per year through the successful introduction of a new shift pattern, which focused on ensuring team availability during core hours.
• Led the IT infrastructure and security team through a merger between Raglan and Jephson housing to become Stonewater managing the end-to-end process from contributing towards strategy development to end delivery.
• Successfully managed and accomplished the delivery of multiple technical projects to combine systems pre- and post-merger, including business critical technology changes with no interruption to the day-to-day service.

Whiteley, Hampshire, GB

Romsey, Hampshire, GB

Portsmouth, Hants, GB

Senior Leadership Programme, Business Administration, Management And Operations

Cmi Level 5 Diploma, Management And Leadership

Bachelor Of Technology (Btech) Computer Networking

High School