Anthony Eckett Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Radius Networks' Flybuy products provide restaurant and retailers with solutions that make their operations more efficient and improve the guest experienceThe Flybuy platform includes: - Flybuy Pickup for curbside, in-store, and delivery driver pickup optimisation- Flybuy Drive-Thru for drive-thru pickup and loyalty automation- Flybuy Tableside for dine-in ordering and table service solutions and - Flybuy Notify for proximity-triggered marketing and engagement.Radius Networks was named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies for the third year in a row in 2022.I have worn many hats, gained extensive experience and numerous skills helping this incredible startup grow internationally. I'm grateful for the opportunity to have worked with such prestigious clients as McDonald's, KFC, and Burger King, Popeyes to name a few.• I have successfully delivered concurrent technology and SaaS projects for global customers, consistently exceeding client expectations.• Effectively led cross-functional teams to ensure project success, consistently delivering on time and within budget.• I build strong relationships, solve problems creatively, and make informed decisions to achieve common goals• I have established a culture of risk awareness within the organisation and partners.• I can effectively communicate project progress, risks, and mitigation strategies to senior management and project stakeholders, ensuring alignment with project goals and KPIs.• I have created comprehensive training materials and conducted engaging workshops, empowering partners, support teams, and end-users to independently utilise our technology solutions

London, United Kingdom

• Defined the technical scope of the RFP for Kiosk Table Service solutions• Carefully evaluated partner product offerings and collaboratively refined them to ensure products were fit for global market adoption and partners were able to scale.• Vendor Identification, onboarding and evaluation• Vendor Relationship Management, performance monitoring and evaluation • Engaging global stakeholders to form a cross functional team consisting of representatives from procurement, global branding, global operations, Technology and supply chain • Project reporting to senior leadership and project stakeholders• Defining standards and best practices • Creating project documentation and training materials• Incident management and decision tracking

London, United Kingdom

As a project manager within the McDonald's Global HR team, I played a key role in the successful onboarding of new markets and the ongoing development of the Ourlounge employee engagement platform. My primary responsibilities included:• Onboarding new markets: I managed the onboarding process for new markets, ensuring a smooth transition to the Ourlounge platform. This involved collaborating with local teams to understand their specific needs and provide comprehensive training.• Conducting feature workshops: I organised and conducted workshops for onboarded markets, showcasing new features and benefits of the platform as they were released through sprint cycles. These workshops were essential for driving user adoption and ensuring that employees were fully aware of the platform's capabilities.• Contributing to product development: I actively participated in product development discussions, providing insights into user demographics, differentiating needs, and preferred engagement methods. • Prioritising product backlog: Working closely as an agile team, I helped to identify and prioritise user stories, ensuring that the product backlog aligned with the overall product vision and addressed the most critical user needs.• Our agile team was committed to adapting our approach to meet the evolving needs of our users, by understanding the user demographic and tracking user adoption as a metric for success

As a Senior Test Analyst, I played a pivotal role in leading test efforts and managing tasks within Agile projects through to implementation, contributing to the successful delivery of multiple business-critical software and hardware solutions for McDonald's across the globe. My expertise in test methodologies, stakeholder engagement, and process improvement ensured the highest quality and adherence to project requirements.Key Responsibilities• Contributed to test planning, execution, and reporting for Agile projects, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines. • Facilitated daily stand-ups, customer workshops, and retrospective reviews to foster open communication and continuous improvement. • Reviewed and streamlined test procedures and processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. • Engaged with stakeholders across various levels to capture requirements, clarify roles and responsibilities, and address concerns promptly. • Prepared and presented comprehensive status reports to project stakeholders and the test management team, providing transparent updates on progress and potential risks. • Led and mentored onsite and offshore test teams, fostering collaboration and ensuring the successful completion of project tasks. • Established global standards for test management tools, ensuring traceability across projects and providing training to teams on standardised processes.Skills and Experience• Proven expertise in Agile test methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban. • Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and quality assurance (QA) principles. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels. • Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining a high level of organisation and attention to detail.

London

Part of a project team delivering a major Oracle eBusiness 12.0 HRMS and Reflexis Workforce Management Time & Attendance project to 1200 UK restaurants. This was a successful award winning project approved for deployment in Northern Europe.Key Responsibilities:• Conducted rigorous system, functional, and integration testing of applications and interfaces to ensure seamless operation.• Effectively managed multiple testing streams within an Agile environment, ensuring timely project completion.• Performed meticulous integration and regression testing to guarantee the integrity of existing functionality post-changes.• Maintained high-quality standards, ensuring flawless change releases into the live estate.• Collaborated closely with stakeholders and vendors to maintain project alignment and address concerns promptly.• Served as a Product SME, providing comprehensive training to new test team members, both onshore and offshore.• Successfully transitioned testing responsibilities to an offshore team, facilitating knowledge transfer and ensuring continuity.

East Finchley

Senior Test Analyst working in the Restaurant Solutions Team. Involved with QA and Regression testing every new introduction of IT into the live estate. Example Projects:Mobile application testing (McDonald's Summer Campaign with Parallax theme)WEB Testing('What makes McDonald's' customer information and feedback site)http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds.htmlPOS and POS interactive projects (Cashless Chip and PIN, New Technologies)New TechnologiesAssessing validity of Proof of concept new technologies for restaurants (New Tills, Tablets, Handheld POS with Payment,Kiosks)

Central File Maintenance (CFM) is the process by which till functionality for stores is updated, this includes (but is not limited to), Front end functionality, delivering marketing campaigns such as customer vouchers & coupons, maintenance of product groups etc. CFM is used across the entire Tesco estate and is a weekly repeatable process.Responsibilities included:- Training and then leading the CFM team, assigning tasks and tracking defects ensuring process is followed.- Leading multiple streams of testing- Redefining and streamline the process - demonstrating an increase in change through effective forecasting- Ensuring effective use of resource for planned effort- Running planning and preparation meetings to assess workload 6 weeks ahead- Create and define test cases- Providing coaching and mentoring to others as an expert in role- Logging and escalating defects to offshore team- Performing regression testing against weekly release

Maintaining / writing scriptsCreating test plansDefect tracking- Training contract & permanent resource in Tesco Back Office systems.- Acting as a go to expert in role and mentoring members of the team - Reporting into project leads and test manager

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