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Boulder, Co, Us

Seattle, Washington, Us

London, United Kingdom, Gb

- Conceived and launched MVP of Commodity Tracker following an extensive enterprise customer design and collaboration engagement- Expanded the product coverage into adjacent industry verticals based upon customer commitment- Created new lines of revenue opportunities within existing customer organizations- First cloud-native product launch at IHS Markit, which utilized supervised machine learning- Translated complex customer requirements into a multi-year product road-map with iterative deliverables, enabled by an Agile development operating model

London, Gb

- Lead on physical commodities STP solution, from conception to launch, with $15m product roadmap- Founding member of the New Ventures intrapreneurship team- Developed idea seeding, incubation and execution processes- Methodically accelerate early stage opportunities through to "fill" or "kill"- Extensive client engagement to seed new product initiatives- Member of Markit's "Chain Gang" blockchain development team- Assessed recommendations to drive the transformation of this $200m trade processing business, evaluating, recommending and executing enhancements to the people, processes and technology

London, Gb

- Responsible for delivery of all infrastructure technology operations to this leading financial services SaaS provider - Galvanized and transformed an operational team of 33 staff - Instilled robust change control and incident management procedures - Influenced company strategy as a member of the business management team - Spearheaded the client communication strategy across the NOC and CRT teams - Ensured high availability across three datacenters in a triple hot architecture, servicing 2.3bn unique webpage views per week

London, Gb

- Created the Technology Business Administration function, reporting to CIO - Highlights include leading negotiations on a software compliance dispute and improving the settlement value by in excess of $10m - Due diligence on potential acquisitions, analyzing and challenging contracts and financial statements - Championed global standards and process, focused on achieving best practice and improving profitability - Advised on the tactical and strategic development of the organization as a member of the global technology management team - Responsible for the forecasting, budgeting and control of the $40m annual technology expenditure - Lead for all procurement and vendor management - Designed and executed datacenter consolidation program yielding annual operating savings in excess of 20% - Presented management reporting to the Managing Director, Executive and Board forums - Hired as Vice-President, promoted to Director in 2010

London, London, Gb

Responsible for the LAN/WAN network and server infrastructure for this 8 time law firm of the year.Planning, researching and developing the strategy for technology systems, ensuring the firm was prepared for future growth and expansion.Assisted with the key business applications to ensure they were aligned with the company's requirements.

Worked on a broad range of technical contract roles for blue chip companies ranging from pharmaceuticals to industrial chemical firms. Primarily network and infrastructure upgrade design and implementations.

London, Gb

Supporting the IT systems and user base of this globally renowned architecture practice, within the UK and abroad on sites when required.

Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management

Bsc, Physics