David is part of the leadership team for 'DWP Place', a strategic set of platforms within the UK Department for Work and Pensions which underpin the processes and capabilities for Employee Digital Service Delivery, IT Service Management, Field Service Management, Technology Business Management, Risk & Compliance Management and Security Operations. David runs the Architecture and Operations functions of the team and is responsible for defining and progressing technical strategy and direction of the platforms.David's 25+ year career has seen him undertake key roles across many industry sectors including government, health, defence, fixed and mobile telco, FMCG, finance, media, retail and pharma. Prior to his role at DWP, key achievements in David's career include:> Technical and Process oversight for the transition of Service Management capabilities to a new retained organisation for a major energy infrastructure organisation across the UK and US > Advising one of the largest UK central government departments on sourcing strategy and technical future mode of operation for ITSM functions and infrastructure hosting.> Leading architecture and technical delivery roles in the successful separation of Birds Eye’s IT infrastructure from Unilever> Taking the architecture communities of both a major building society and a household retail healthcare brand forward in defining their 5-10 year strategic initiatives and road-maps to justify investment in excess of £40 million> Helping to troubleshoot the portfolio of a major infrastructure transformation programme for a high street bank involving more than 20,000 seats and 3 data centresSpecialties:> Architecture and Design Methodologies> Solution and Technical Design Authority and Assurance> SaaS application platform architecture, integration and security> ITSM processes and capability design, technical tooling implementation and functional transition> Cloud Strategy and Technology Direction> Architecture Practice Development / Management> Infrastructure and Cloud Sourcing Strategy and Selection