Derek Wilkinson Email & Phone Number

Cheddington, Gb

Buckinghamshire

Perot Systems taken over by DellResponsible for client realtionship activities with a UK client, a major UK payments organisation. On site co-ordination of a range of projects and services, financial control, resourcing, liason with offshore delivery teams, commercial and legal negotiations and account planning.

Responsible for client realtionship activities with a UK client, a major UK payments organisation. On site co-ordination of a range of projects and services, financial control, resourcing, liason with offshore delivery teams, commercial and legal negotiations and account planning.Previously worked in pre-sales, overall solution design, service migration and bid management in Application Outsourcing.

IPSL: Head of IT Applications - An assignment to effect strong leadership of the distributed IT Application functions across 5 sites and with an annual budget of £9m. iPSL, a JV company, processes cheques and payments on behalf of 8 UK banks, approximately 74% of total UK cheques. Managed a portfolio of business change projects, including the implementation of new applications built on multiple platforms (W2K, .Net, SQL, C#, VB) and change to various legacy systems. Was a member of the IT… Show more IPSL: Head of IT Applications - An assignment to effect strong leadership of the distributed IT Application functions across 5 sites and with an annual budget of £9m. iPSL, a JV company, processes cheques and payments on behalf of 8 UK banks, approximately 74% of total UK cheques. Managed a portfolio of business change projects, including the implementation of new applications built on multiple platforms (W2K, .Net, SQL, C#, VB) and change to various legacy systems. Was a member of the IT Senior Management Team reporting to IT Director, having influence over IT strategy and operations. A two and a half year assignment to effect strong leadership of the distributed IT Application functions across 5 sites and with an annual budget of £9m. Implemented ITIL processes around Incident, Problem, Change, Release and Configuration management. Show less

Project Director - Alliance & Leicester – New Mortgage Administration System: Undertook due diligence for outsourcing and prepared successful proposal for £21m services to replace their mortgage system with UFSS and provide 7 year application managed service. Subsequently project managed the 40 man team for two years of development, systems integration, data migration and successful implementation, then established an application managed service. Under a risk and reward contract… Show more Project Director - Alliance & Leicester – New Mortgage Administration System: Undertook due diligence for outsourcing and prepared successful proposal for £21m services to replace their mortgage system with UFSS and provide 7 year application managed service. Subsequently project managed the 40 man team for two years of development, systems integration, data migration and successful implementation, then established an application managed service. Under a risk and reward contract created extensive before and after process models to measure proven bottom line savings and value add benefit from process improvement, which led to extra revenue. Now an excellent client reference site with much additional business. Show less

Project Director - Abbey National: Management of EMU IT impact assessment project, preparation and presentation of the Group Board report. Team size of 15, including a third party, with a budget of £2.5m.Project Director - Halifax Building Society: Prepared successful £12m proposal for services to re-engineer their mortgage solutions around UFSS, undertake Y2K work and streamline business processes. Subsequently project managed the development and systems integration teams (60 at… Show more Project Director - Abbey National: Management of EMU IT impact assessment project, preparation and presentation of the Group Board report. Team size of 15, including a third party, with a budget of £2.5m.Project Director - Halifax Building Society: Prepared successful £12m proposal for services to re-engineer their mortgage solutions around UFSS, undertake Y2K work and streamline business processes. Subsequently project managed the development and systems integration teams (60 at peak of development) for eighteen months through all lifecycle phases to successful implementation. Worked very closely with the client business & IS units on overall IS strategy for mortgages. Managed both Unisys and client staff. Show less

Programme Manager - Octagon: for two years programme manager responsible for a retail Banking solution: development, R&D budget, P&L, sales support and UK based centre of excellence that supported clients and projects in mainland Europe and in UKSnr Project Manager - Nationwide BS: Management of business requirements and design of Customer Information System, which was then implemented by the society.Other projects and responsibilities have included:• Several bid… Show more Programme Manager - Octagon: for two years programme manager responsible for a retail Banking solution: development, R&D budget, P&L, sales support and UK based centre of excellence that supported clients and projects in mainland Europe and in UKSnr Project Manager - Nationwide BS: Management of business requirements and design of Customer Information System, which was then implemented by the society.Other projects and responsibilities have included:• Several bid management roles including, successful end to end mortgage solution for BBG with a 3rd party partner, mortgage origination and application for A&L, and IT outsourced managed service for a logistics company. Experience in outsourcing due diligence. Worked closely with commercial and legal departments with particular focus on statement of work, SLAs, contact deliverables and Ts & Cs.• UK Finance Practice operational and programme management – retail banking delivery responsibilities including overall finance, quality, project audits, resource management and planning• Facilitation of executive level business workshops and business mapping exercises• Undertaken market research and developed a Mortgage Process Outsourcing proposition for Unisys which is currently being taken to market• Mentoring junior PMs and performance management• Graduate induction training. Show less

• Provision, in various roles, of user led solutions within the domestic retail banking sector of this major UK Clearing Bank, following grounding in various business functional areas and IT. • Experience in IT covered programming, systems analysis and design, data analysis, and testing before moving to project management using structured techniques (Method1)

• Provision, in various roles, of user led solutions within the domestic retail banking sector of this major UK Clearing Bank, following grounding in various business functional areas and IT. • Experience in IT covered programming, systems analysis and design, data analysis, and testing before moving to project management using structured techniques (Method1)

A small software house established as the UK subsidiary of a solutions development company in Australia. A senior manager within the organisation reporting to the Gen Manager, and influencing company strategy. Key skills used were banking business analysis, business systems design and project management.