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London, England, United Kingdom

Project managing the Refresh and Transformation of the Police National Core IT Infrastructure, this was a major IT Transformation Project implementing a UCS Cisco ACI Fabric Network into one of the UKs most critical Networks, the PNC Network is responsible for hosting applications which are critical to 24 UK Police forces, the projects aim was to refresh and transform ageing EOL / EOS network devices to a new ACI platform, Refresh Primary and DR DC’s and add a new tertiary DC, migrate applications, following an evaluation process onto either the new in house HVE (Virtual Estate) or AWS Cloud where necessary, as Lead PM my responsibility ranged from Senior Stakeholder Management, Project Governance and Planning, managing 3rd Party suppliers and professional services providers, Project budget control, Managing over 20 SME’s, daily Stand Up meetings utilising Kanban Boards and MSPP.

London, England, United Kingdom

Project managing Network Transformations for WPP, a major Advertising and Digital Marketing client with an international presence in over 350 countries and 2500 sites, responsible for managing Core network infrastructure migrations into an AWS Public Cloud environment Having previously worked for NSC, I returned to work for the Refresh Team for the same Client, the Refresh Team are responsible for upgrading End Of Life (EOL) Core and Edge Network Devices on a Like for Like (L4L) basis utilising AWS infrastructure Services, main duties were Global Firewall, EMEA Core Infrastructure Refresh (IaaS) and Application migration into AWS AppFlow (SaaS) ENV, all deliverables were produced and implemented within permitted timescales.

London, United Kingdom

Managing two work-streams -Wi FI Remediation Project and Network In A Box (NIAB), The Wi Fi Remediation project aims to address WPP OpCo’s Wireless issues Globally, replacing EOL devices and Transformation of the existing estate, whilst the NIAB project offering targets Smaller OpCo’s, Refresh of the existing Network devices by way of Cisco ENCS and Cisco 9300 switches, both projects were rolled out across the WPP Global Estate. Responsibilities included OpCo SPOC, Requirements definition, managing 3rd Party suppliers providing professional services, weekly progress reporting with OpCo’s and Coretech management teams.

London, United Kingdom

Project managing Network Transformations for WPP, a major Advertising and Digital Marketing client with an international presence in over 350 countries and 2500 sites, responsible for managing Core network infrastructure migrations, transformations and upgrades from initiation to handover to BAU teams, ranging from Office moves, Core Switch Upgrades, Firewall, Wireless AP installations, reviewing network security policies, managing up to 10 work-streams with tight budget control, Technical project planning and implementation, building strong cross/global team relationships and manage project resources across Matrix organisation structure, delivering and managing change through structure change management processes, reporting weekly progress to senior management and stakeholders

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Data Centre relocation and Application Migration Project, Managing the separation and migration of Homebase IT Estate from ARG (Argos Retail Group) hosted in Fujitsu DC to IBM DC in North Harbour, migrating infrastructure, applications, support services, creating detailed migration Wave Plans for the migration of Homebase’s SAP, Oracle, and BPoS (Point of Sale) applications to IBM’s Data Centre. Responsibilities included Migration Pre, event and post migration planning, technical tasks timings, resource planning, and Project Progress reporting to senior stakeholders & leadership teams

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Managing P2V and V2V migrations, consolidation and upgrade of servers, applications and hardware infrastructure into Santander’s new Data Centres, working within strict PCI security governance procedures, ensuring migrations are performed within given tolerances and conforming to Santander’s acceptance into service criteria (AIS), engaging with service owners and internal stakeholders, acting SPOC, managing up to 3 SME’s producing WBS, and project schedules, managing and reporting progress to plan, deviation and restoration activities to Infrastructure Manager

Leicester, United Kingdom

Property Renovation Personal venture, the renovation has taken 7 months to date, and was completed by end September 2016I’m currently seeking a new Project Management opportunity, Contract or Permanent

London, United Kingdom

Managing the transition of servers and network equipment for QBE Insurance Group, migrating servers and application bundles and affinities either by way of P2V and V2V from source to new target Data centres, for virtual machines both PROD and NON PROD environments utilising Plate Spin or VConverta, utilising EMC SRM (Site Recovery Manager), also migrating P570 P8’s and physical L&S, Responsibilities include managing internal and off shore resourcing, client engagement, migration progress meeting, driving pre migration tasks, reporting on progress / deviation from Plan and restore, managing Change Control, resource scheduling, migration resource planning., over 800 servers and application bundles migrated within given timescales.

London, United Kingdom

Hosting Migration Project Manager - Managed the migration of BBI’s Hosting platform, transitioning BBI’s estate from an in-house solution to a dedicated Data Centre environment within Fujitsu, migrating the entire BBI infrastructure platform including Business Critical Servers / Applications and file Shares by way of P2V, V2V, new VM builds, SQL Database migrations via Platespin, managing the relationship between Application Business Owners, Stakeholders, testers and external 3rd Party Service Providers, managing UAT and acceptance sign off. Cisco Call Manager Migration - also managed the migration of 150 users across 3 business divisions onto a shared Balfour Beatty Cisco CUCM platform.All projects were completing within timescales and budget.

London, United Kingdom

Building Schools for Future (BSF) programmeDelivering a number of infrastructure migration and refresh projects within the education sector for London borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH) Schools localisation project, this project de-coupled a shared Central Server Farm (CSF) for 14 schools and delivered new network and virtual server infrastructure, I was responsible for mapping technical requirements, resource planning, managing design/test implementation phase to handover to BAU support.VMWare – Hyper-V 2012 R2 UpgradeManaged the upgrade and data migration from VMWare – Hyper-V 2012 R2 platform, acting SPOC, responsible for full project life-cycle, initial requirement gathering, creation and agreement of the PID, project governance, cost control and reporting, resource planning, managing procurement activities. The project was successfully completed and signed-off within project tolerance.

Nottingham

Managed Capital One’s application migration transformation and Network SVI (Switched Virtual Interface) migration. The project aims to reduce hosting costs by increasing their virtualisation footprint whilst migrating to new more efficient infrastructure, this is a customer facing environment, liaising with off shore third party support to meet challenging dead lines. Responsibilities and duties ranged from planning and executing application and network migrations. NetApps to EMC Isilon upgrade, SAN zoning, vCentre and Plate Spin prerequisites, Storage Cutovers, P2P, P2V and Lift and shifts, managing business continuity, supporting business change and progress / issue reporting on the ITP transformation project status.

London, United Kingdom

Serco Local Government and Commercial TFL (Transport for London) LCHS - Data Centre Expansion (July 2011–Mar 2013)Provided leadership, strategic thinking and business acumen in delivering Tfl’s data centre expansion for the London Cycle Hire network. The project aims to address additional infrastructure requirements prior and post Olympic Games.Acting SPOC liaising directly with sponsors to define business requirements, working in alliance with senior users to plan and execute delivery of infrastructure, VM ware and servers, storage and applications requirements, reporting progress to senior board members on project status and commercials, Supporting business / network change requirements, managing risk, client expectations and impact analysis, tracking escalation of technical & business issues, developed client UAT and internal BAU acceptance requirements.Serco - London Borough of Richmond upon Thames SAP Network Upgrade / Relocation Project The solution required the existing SAP environment to be upgraded from SAP R/3 to SAP ECC6. Led analysis outlining cost savings and relocating the landscape to an in house environment. Project lead for application migrations, liaising with professional partners ensuring that all migrations were accepted by change control. Ensuring that vendor and 3rd party support structures’ were capable of delivering their services defined under SLA’s. Also ensuring that the entire infrastructure was audit compliant or that a roadmap for compliance was documented and understood. Led procurement of new hardware, servers and applications.Serco Local Government and CommercialTransport for London - LCHS DR Solution Managed the implementation of the DR (Disaster Recovery) solution for LCHS, the project aimed to deliver a robust and resilient network solution for Transport for London’s Cycle Hire Scheme. Evaluating new ways of leveraging the current solution to alleviate the strain on the network,

Ealling

Thames Valley University (May 10 – (Nov 10)Responsible for the delivery of three major infrastructure programmes outlined below, leading a team of 5 Engineers in a matrix managed environment, responsibilities included Project scope definition, Project Initiation and planning, reporting commercial and financials to senior board, all projects were delivered within defined timeframes and agreed Budget.• Data Centre build and Expansion Project.Data Centre build, ESX Virtualisation platform, increased Power and UPS capacity, increased raised floor space for additional Comms, along with the installation of structured copper and fibre cabling and enhanced Air Conditioning / cooling requirement. • Juniper Firewall Upgrade to HA (High Availability)Solution Upgraded existing Juniper IGS2000 firewall to 2 x SRX3400 HA pair for resilienceManaged third party Professional services liaison ensuring project deliverables were met.• LAN / WAN Upgrade Programme Upgraded 65 switches across 27campus sites to Extreme x450e PoE switches in preparation for phase 2 IPT solution. Desktop refresh programme, upgrading aging operating systems to latest versions to enhance security and improve end-user reliability. Ensuring minimal downtime to critical services and users, this project was completed within 3 months and within budget.

London Bridge

Group NBT: London Bridge (Jan 08 – May 09)Project Manager: Web Hosting Solutions Delivery of various projects:• Implementation of Clients High Availability Dual Web Site Hosting Platforms• Data Centre Builds and Server migration project Managing the delivery of up to 8 simultaneous High Availability Hosting solutions Client tailored hosting platform including, CLOUD centralised storage utilising NetApps, Virtualisation, ESX server. Shared or dedicated network infrastructure offerings for firewalls/ load balancing and switch port, with Comprehensive Disaster Recovery solution.• Requirements Definition • Managed the implementation of client servers, Storage solutions and security requirements as defined• Upgraded existing IT network infrastructure to meet agreed operational requirements• Defined and implemented UAT and BAU support proceduresData Centre Build and Transition Project Data centre build and migration of 650 client servers and critical network devices. The aim of the project was to reduce data warehousing hosting costs and streamline the business model.Overall management responsibility for relocating and delivering the technology infrastructure (data centre)• Developed WBS to define project tasks and activities to deliver a seamless build and migration within operational constraints • Business continuity and disaster recovery BC/DR • Risk Management • Reporting and issue tracking