Doug Forbes

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Chief Operating Officer @ ONQU Legacy & Automated Solutions
Sutton, GB
Doug Forbes's Location
Sutton, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About Doug Forbes

Thank you for taking the time to view my profile... I am an experienced Account Manager who has a track record of success collaborating with strategic stakeholders to deliver digital transformation programmes of work within their business  A highly successful and experienced Senior Business Leader with a results-focused outlook and a proven track record of managing accounts and leading programmes across several verticals, including Insurance, Financial Services, Retail, Banking, Telcos and Healthcare.  I'm a passionate believer that a strong team working together will always succeed. I love tech and digital strategies that drive innovation & transformation, especially the customer and patient experience, using disruptive technologies, Cloud, blockchain & open source as the way forward for faster better delivery to the end customerI am a lover of team sports, especially cricket and football, which I play, watch and coach.Founder of Men of the Hill, a charity that focuses on "Removing the Mental from Men's Health" through sports and communities coming together.  A true leader, with strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills, additionally supporting organisations to reach organisational objectives as a critical friend to the Board. Areas of delivery include: Senior Leadership ▪ Stakeholder Engagement ▪ Strategic Planning ▪ Operational Excellence ▪ Growth & Development  ▪  Problem Solving  ▪  Agile Approach  ▪  Senior Leadership & Management ▪ Governance, Risk & Compliance  ▪  Corporate Governance  ▪  Cloud & migrations  ▪  Global partnerships  ▪  Board Advisory  ▪  Solutions Architecture  ▪  IT & Technology  ▪ ESG/ ETI  ▪ Digital Transformations  ▪ Project Delivery  ▪ GDPR ▪ Cultural Awareness For further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Doug Forbes's Current Company Details
ONQU Legacy & Automated Solutions

Onqu Legacy & Automated Solutions

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Chief Operating Officer
Sutton, GB
Website:
onqu.solutions
Employees:
5
Doug Forbes Work Experience Details
  • Onqu Legacy & Automated Solutions
    Chief Operating Officer
    Onqu Legacy & Automated Solutions
    Sutton, Gb
  • Onqu Automated Solutions
    Chief Operating Officer
    Onqu Automated Solutions Dec 2022 - Present
    Birmingham, England, Gb
    ONQU deliver cloud migrations and data management by leveraging Oracle’s GoldenGate to recognise project reduction costs of up to 50%. Contract role project managing offshore and onshore teams, advising around the data migration delivery, ETL data management, real-time data control across hybrid cloud solutions (mainly AWS), DR/ BCP, content & document management and business change lead. The latest project was ingesting data from a recent acquisition by an insurance company, taking the bulk upload continuing SFTP delta feed and deciphering the metadata depending on document classification using OCR technology. Adding additional values in the ETL process and removing the GDPR and LIBOR risk of documents. Upload to Life Insurance core system and IBM document management system. Then planning the transition of the IBM document management for Life and Group Insurance, by merging the business data and EDM metadata, then migrating up to M-Files with the content being held within Azure Cloud.
  • Altien
    Chief Operations Officer
    Altien Mar 2015 - Present
    London, Surrey, Gb
    Appointed to transform a loss-making business into profit by reducing costs, improving the delivery process and increasing the revenue.Delivered programmes/projects applying an agile scrum approach with quality governance.
  • Adaptivity
    Account Relationship Manager
    Adaptivity Mar 2023 - Oct 2023
    Watford, Hertfordshire, Gb
    Adaptivity provides a range of services from strategic, multi-year partnerships delivering managed Integration Team outsourcing, through to a few days high impact business consultancy advising on best practices.
  • Neutrinos
    Uk & Eu General Manager
    Neutrinos Jun 2020 - Feb 2023
    Singapore , Singapore , Sg
    • Managed the entire life cycle for low-code solutions in Europe, overseeing Marketing, Sales, Partnerships, and P&L for Neutrinos.• Delivered innovative solutions via Neutrinos’ platform, including omnichannel contact centers, NLP chatbots, and CRM solutions.• Expanded presence across Europe through strategic networking and partnerships, utilizing LinkedIn, webinars, and social media.
  • Privacy Specialists
    Product, Delivery & Program Director (Co-Founder)
    Privacy Specialists May 2017 - May 2020
    Set up a GDPR compliance consultancy and successfully grew the business to 25+ customers across multiple verticals ranging from Blue Chip to SME in both the Private and Public sectors, whilst designing and managing the implementation of a structured agile delivery for GDPR.Identified commercial opportunities and secured contracts with The Pension Protection Fund (PPF – Public Sector), Anglian Water utilities, Ipsos MORI marker research, ASLEF Union, AIIMI consulting, Parkinson’s UK charity, GD Cooper manufacturing, MWC (HMCTS), New England Seafood, Restore records management and Waverton’s Wealth Management. Designed and delivered a Business Change programme for MWC to provide a transcription service for the HMCTS, House of Commons & Lords, as well as commercial services, resulting in increased profitability across their offerings.
  • Aon Risk Solutions
    Emea Ecm Business Change Director
    Aon Risk Solutions Mar 2014 - Mar 2015
    London, Gb
    Aon Risk EMEA Operations Program Director for Business Convergence Programme across 8 streams, including Content/ Document Management; Sales & Marketing; Document Generation; Motor Fleet; Health & Benefits; Management Information; Payroll; Time Recording.
  • William Russell Ltd
    Business Change Program Manager
    William Russell Ltd Mar 2013 - Mar 2014
    Lightwater, Surrey, Gb
    Leading International Expat Insurance company needed a complete infrastructure refresh from their communications infrastructure, anaysis of new routes to market and change of their core line of business system. Doug Programme Managed the project from solution architecture through to the selection, procurement and delivery.
  • Awpl - Automated Workflow Private Limited
    Program & Project Deliver - Uk & Eu Regional Lead
    Awpl - Automated Workflow Private Limited Mar 2009 - Mar 2013
    Bangalore, Karnataka, In
    Doug was responsible for starting up the UK presence of AWPL marketing, selling and delivering to such companies as Canada Life, Barclays and Aviva.He also program managed the US/ Canada rollout with a team of over 100 under his guidance based across 4 geographic locations.AWPL, now Candela Labs, is an IBM Global Gold Partner working with cutting edge technologies to effect the collaboration using Case Management, Social Media and Cloud technologies"Transforming the way people work"
  • Canada Life
    Program Manager And Solution Architect (Europe)
    Canada Life Mar 2009 - Mar 2010
    Toronto, Ontario, Ca
    Life Insurance Company delivering across Europe. Solution Architect for European re-design and rollout of their Life Insurance, IBM FileNet Content Management solution to allow them to move away from expensive incumbent suppliers. Content migrate and advisory position in the renegotiation of IBM FileNet global contract working with the central procurement in Canada. The solution also required a review of their communication infrastructure and a desktop refresh with the goal to future proof the Business and allow flexibility when selecting their next line of Business Insurance solutions.
  • Oceanus Operating Company
    Director Business Consulting
    Oceanus Operating Company May 1997 - Mar 2009
    Knowle, Solihull, Gb
    Founder of Oceanus who provided IBM software solutions to Blue Chip organisations, such as Barclays, BNYM, Vodafone, Unipart and O2. Responsible for running the technical services, including branding, sales, delivery, account management and the User GroupDoug was a key member of the team for designing and implementing case management, CRM solutions and supporting consultancy offerings
  • Unipart Group
    Uniqueair, It Manager (Interim)
    Unipart Group May 1998 - Dec 2000
    Oxford, Oxfordshire, Gb
    Strategic contract position for Oceanus, where Doug restructured the IT department for the company including a refresh of management and the recruitment of a new management and development team.Implemented a Document Management CRM solution, PABX using CTI integration with the Document Management/ CRM System
  • Ibm
    Filenet - Technical Services Manager
    Ibm Nov 1991 - May 1997
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    Part of the start-up team for FileNet UK delivering all major implement\toins to the likes of Prudential, Scottish Amicable, TSB, PPP and Credit Suisse.Doug headed up the delivery of implementation, support and technical consultancy for FileNet and sat on the FileNet User Group board for 6 years.

Doug Forbes Skills

Enterprise Content Management Business Process Cloud Computing Solution Architecture Business Process Design Crm Integration Management Document Management Consulting Business Process Management Pre Sales Business Analysis Enterprise Software It Strategy Saas Business Intelligence Filenet Agile Methodologies Business Transformation Enterprise Architecture Professional Services Outsourcing Soa Business Process Improvement Requirements Analysis Change Management Information Management Software Project Management Solution Selling Scrum Eai Itil Project Delivery It Service Management Sdlc Architecture Leadership Customer Relationship Management Sales Enablement Managed Services Websphere Business Alliances Content Management Partner Management

Doug Forbes Education Details

  • Wilson'S School
    Wilson'S School
    10 O Levels & 3 A Levels

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