George Harris

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CEO of Data Privacy Services - Certified Security Professional (CISSP) - Certified Data Protection Officer (DPO) @ Data Privacy Services
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London, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About George Harris

I am the CEO for Data Privacy Services, a data protection and information security consultancy based in UK and EU. The company supports clients across all sectors with organisations ranging from small businesses to large global corporate entities. My work involves developing and implementing the business strategy along with day to day control of business operations. Previously, I have undertaken contract roles within the Information systems sector, including Interim CISO, Senior Consultant, Senior Project Manager, working in areas such as Cyber Security, Privacy and Digital Transformation. I have also performed in GDPR compliance roles which complement my exstensive training in data privacy, along with a certification as a Data Protection Officer (DPO). During my management experience, adopting a number of methods such as change management that have resulted in positive business outcomes. One of the highlights of my work is his consultancy partnership with pharmecutical giant Boots UK, reviewing their organisation with a digital transformation programme based upon cloud technologies in the collaboration and social areas. The work involved defining a delivery and technical approach for the programme and establishing the strategy, objectives, business and benefits cases for digital transformation within the work place.I am a fully accredited Programme and Project Manager in PRINCE2, APM and MSP, and a further certified Information Security Manager, CISSP and Data Protection Officer (DPO). I'm also the CEO for a number of other digital businesses on a part-time basis, e.g. Cyber21, AI Sports Prediction and Late Payment Service.Specialties: -Cyber Security-Data Protection (GDPR) -Artificial Intelligence in Sports-Digital Transformation-Social Enterprise-Salesforce, Digital Marketing

George Harris's Current Company Details
Data Privacy Services

Data Privacy Services

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CEO of Data Privacy Services - Certified Security Professional (CISSP) - Certified Data Protection Officer (DPO)
George Harris Work Experience Details
  • Data Privacy Services
    Chief Executive Officer
    Data Privacy Services May 2018 - Present
    Pant, Shropshire, Gb
    Acting as the CEO for Data Privacy Services (a trading name of Data Privacy and Security Services Ltd), I help to provide data protection and information security services for a number of clients across the UK and EU. The work involves the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), UK Data Protection Act 2018 and additional work to improve organisations general information security based upon ISO 27001 security audits.I'm also in charge of and manage a team of Data Protection Officers, Cyber Security Professionals and ISO 27001 Information Auditors to deliver these activities on behalf of the consultancy.
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  • Late Payment Service Limited
    Ceo At Late Payment Service
    Late Payment Service Limited Jan 2023 - Present
    London, Gb
    Late Payment Service is a credit control and management company for businesses in the UK and USA.
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  • Ai Sports Prediction Ltd
    Chief Executive Officer
    Ai Sports Prediction Ltd Apr 2022 - Present
    AI Sports Prediction Limited is a tech start-up focussed on providing AI based sporting performance predictions for many spectator sports. Our current product range is restricted Football but in future we will be launching new products for other sports such as Golf, Basketball, American Football, Baseball and Horse Racing.The company recently acquired FPL Assistant, which is a website and app for users of Fantasy Premier League (FPL).
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  • Cyber21
    Chief Executive Officer
    Cyber21 Feb 2017 - Present
    I am the CEO with Cyber21. Cyber21 provide cyber security solutions and professional services.
  • Fpl Assistant Limited
    Chief Executive Officer
    Fpl Assistant Limited Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
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  • Adobe
    Information Security And Data Protection Lead (Emea)
    Adobe Aug 2019 - May 2022
    San Jose, Ca, Us
    Providing information security and data protection consultancy for Adobe within the Emea region. Role requires me to advise Adobe's customers on their information security and data protection queries relating to the adoption of Adobe software products and services.Focus is on cloud security models (through AWS), encryption, data residency, data protection, utilization of collaborative storage solutions along with SSO and general identity and access management.
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  • Dmpc Ltd
    Operations Director And Senior Consultant
    Dmpc Ltd Mar 2014 - Mar 2022
    I am the Director of a digital transformation, information security and data privacy consultancy (DMPC Ltd) that specialises in transformational change, cyber security and data privacy services. My role includes the leadership and management of all of the organisations day to day activities including those linked to our core business 'Data Privacy Services' and roles undertaken for our clients.
  • Centrica
    Global Information Security Programme Manager
    Centrica Nov 2018 - Aug 2019
    A senior consultant role to deliver an Information Security programme of work focused on a portfolio of projects related to change and enhancements to the organisations Identity and Access Management solution (Oracle Identity and Access Manager).The role was to recover a failing programme and deliver the core target outcomes within a fairly short period of time (i.e. within six months). During this period, I successfully delivered several transformational changes to the way that Centrica manage identity within its core applications (migration from Oracle IAM to Azure Active Directory). I also delivered a number of technical and process-based changes to the way that the organisation manages privileged accounts and enhanced access. Work included designing and delivering role-based access (RBAC) for privileged accounts and the changes to request processes (via Service Now) along with overall governance of the enhanced access provision.Current role is to define and establish a new global programme of work to transform the whole of the Identity and Access Management provision across the multiple organisations within Centrica globally.
  • Arup
    Digital Workspace - Senior Programme Manager
    Arup Oct 2016 - May 2018
    London, London, Gb
    Digital transformation programme based upon the a range of technical enabling capabilities combined with a strong emphasis on business change and adoption.The programme is focused on embedding new ways of working solutions aligned to the Arup business strategy. My role is to set the strategy for the programme delivery and manage the delivery and adoption streams. Multiple technologies are involved including SaaS based products for collaboration, Microsoft based platforms (Office 365) and bespoke solutions for search, large file collaboration and mobility.The programme is delivering to a global user community which is both highly skilled and diverse in its customer and partner base.
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  • Compass Group
    Head Of Digital Work Place Transformation And Collaboration
    Compass Group Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
    Chertsey, Surrey, Gb
    Similar to a Programme Director role I am engaged to review and design the digital workplace strategy for the adoption of new ways of working practices across the Compass Group, (circa 500,000 employee’s). To manage the multiple vendors and complex stakeholder communities associated with a large federated global organisation.
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  • Sainsbury'S
    Head Of Programme - Digital Work Place And Collaboration
    Sainsbury'S Jan 2016 - Jul 2016
    London, Gb
    I was heading up a major knowledge management and digital transformation programme based upon cloud solutions for Sainsbury's support services and in-store colleagues (up to 170,000 users).The programme was designed to deliver a number of key solutions, replacing legacy with the latest and best of breed of solutions to enable effective knowledge management / collaboration and new ways of working within the digital work place.
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  • Microsoft
    Engagement / Programme Manager
    Microsoft Jun 2015 - Dec 2015
    Redmond, Washington, Us
    I was an Engagement / Programme Manager working with multiple Enterprise customers to onboard them to Office 365 and EMS. My role required the stakeholder management of the customer and the liaison between customer and Microsoft technical teams to ensure that the customer is successfully onboarded. This activity included a wide range of programme and project management skills and has built upon my previous experience in Office 365, working with MCS and enterprise customer delivery management.
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  • Centrica
    Programme Manager
    Centrica Aug 2014 - Jun 2015
    Windsor, Berkshire, Gb
    I am a senior PM / Programme Manager working on a large change programme within Information Systems Enterprise Services.My particular responsibilities are to deliver change within the mobility space, linked to mobile applications, SAP, end user computing and Office 365. I am currently delivering the following projects, Fiori SAP solutions, Air Watch mobile device management, End user computing desktop updates to IE, Office and standard build e.g. Windows. In addition, I am looking at project management solutions within Office 365.
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  • Petrofac
    Senior Consultant / Programme Manager
    Petrofac Feb 2014 - Jun 2014
    London, Gb
    I am working as a Global Senior Consultant for a large Oil and Gas company.The role is to define and manage a global IT transformation programme focussed on end user computing (SharePoint and Office 365) and enterprise applications.
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  • Microsoft Consulting Services
    Office 365 Senior Consultant / Programme Manager
    Microsoft Consulting Services Oct 2013 - Feb 2014
    Redmond, Washington, Us
    Working on a large scale Office 365 rollout and migration programme for MCS on a client's site in London.
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  • Boots Uk Ltd
    Collaboration Sme (Digital, Sharepoint & Office 365)
    Boots Uk Ltd Jul 2013 - Oct 2013
    Nottingham, Gb
    Role involves the definition and establishment of a digital work place transformation programme for Boots UK. The role has utilised my in-depth knowledge of digital transformation and revolved around the assessment of the adoption of cloud based technologies such as Office 365, Yammer, Jive and others. My specific deliverables have been to review the strategy for implementation and kick start the programme establishment.
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  • Hewlett-Packard
    Senior Consultant / Programme Manager
    Hewlett-Packard Nov 2012 - Jul 2013
    Houston, Texas, Us
    Engaged by HP to strategically and technically design / manage numerous workstreams of a major deployment of SharePoint 2010 into a government department for up to 140,000 users. The role involved working alongside suppliers to deliver a major SharePoint 2010 infrastructure, new portal, Staff Directory and Collaboration platform.In addition, I was acting as a SharePoint SME advising both HP and the end client on the approach to migrating from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013.
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  • Microsoft Consulting Services
    Senior Programme Manager And Sharepoint Sme
    Microsoft Consulting Services Mar 2012 - Oct 2012
    Redmond, Washington, Us
    Engaged by MCS to manage the initiation of a major deployment of SharePoint 2010 into a government department for up to 140,000 users. The role involved working alongside HP to shape the programme delivery and organise the work streas and resources.In addition, I was acting as a SharePoint SME advising both HP and the end client on the approach to deploying SharePoint on this scale into a government department. This included technical and business transformation consultancy.
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  • Daily Mail And General Trust Plc
    Collaboration Programme Lead
    Daily Mail And General Trust Plc Jul 2011 - Mar 2012
    London, England, Gb
    My most recent contract role is to head up a new collaboration programme of work for the Daily Mail group of companies based in Kensington, London.The programme will deliver a range of collaboration solutions, including Salesforce Chatter, Instant Messaging and a number of SharePoint 2010 based tools, which involves a new Intranet.
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  • Sabmiller Plc
    Group Is Sharepoint Consultant / Programme Manager
    Sabmiller Plc May 2010 - Jun 2011
    Sandton, Gauteng, Za
    I am currently providing professional services to SABMiller plc to head up their global SharePoint delivery programme for the Group IS function.The role includes managing the delivery of a range of SharePoint enabling projects such as a new infrastructure platform and Extranet environment both on and off premise (i.e. SharePoint online). We are currently investigating the roadmap for SharePoint 2010 migration along with establishing Microsoft best practice processes and tools for software development on SharePoint.I manage a SharePoint solutions delivery team who are focussed on delivering cost effective point solutions to maximise business benefit through faster deployment by maximising the out of the box capabilities. Another key programme within my remit is the deployment of our global Intranet across mutiplie regions and countries.At present I am managing a medium size team of Senior PM's, PM's BA's and Developers along with the establishment and management of strategic SharePoint vendors.
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  • National Institute Of Health Research
    Senior Consultant / Programme Manager
    National Institute Of Health Research Apr 2009 - May 2010
    Gb
    Programme Budget - Est £3M April 2009 to CurrentI am working on a fixed term interim contract as the Lead Implementation Consultant for a major business change programme within the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The Programme is designed to deliver major business change with new ways of working technical enablers based around SharePoint 2010. The role has required me to initially define the Programme and develop a SharePoint strategy based upon improvements to the existing Portal and developing a new information focussed Portal. Recent changes to the scope of the Programme has now resulted in the strategic planning for the consolidation of over one hundred Internet sites into a new SharePoint based Internet site aligned to the organisations Transformational Government objectives.I have successfully defined the Programme and I have continued the establishment of the Programme in line with MSP (Managing Successful Programmes) methodology. In addition to my overall Lead Implementation Consultant role, I have focussed on keeping the 'burn rate' of our resources to a minimum and carrying out additional Project Management roles, which has resulted in the successful design and delivery of a new MOSS 2007 infrastructure (virtualised platform, Windows 2008, VMWare and SQL 2008) for the support of pilot implementations of the new Research Management Information System. Another example of a successful delivery includes the delivery of a SharePoint based EPM tool for the Programme.
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  • Information Centre
    Programme Manager
    Information Centre Jul 2008 - Apr 2009
    Programme Budget - Est £5 July 2008 to April 2009I was working on a fixed term contract as the Lead Implementation Consultant / Programme Manager for a major business change programme within the NHS Information Centre. The Programme is designed to deliver major business change with new ways of working technical enablers based around MOSS 2007, Enterprise Search and Taxonomy Management tools.The role has required me to initially review the status of the Programme and produce a set of recommendations for improvement. Following on from that, I acted upon the agreed set of recommendations in order to define the Programme (portfolio and governance) and establish the Programme in line with MSP methodology. I successfully built a Programme Team and developed a detailed and extensive business case that demonstrated a Programme return on investment model in excess of 200%.In addition to my overall Lead Implementation Consultant role, I ran a tight ship by keeping resources to a minimum and carrying out additional Project Management roles myself which has resulted in the successful design of a new MOSS 2007 infrastructure and the initiation of the new Portal project. My team were well on the way to delivering a Taxonomy for the organisation that would support the internal and external MOSS 2007 Portals. This Taxonomy was going to be linked in with Electronic and Document Records Management (EDRM) that will be deployed across the platform along with Enterprise Search.
  • Kone Elevators
    Lead Implementation Consultant / Senior Project Manager
    Kone Elevators Feb 2008 - Jul 2008
    WMC SharePoint (for Kone Elevators)Project Budget - Est. £1M Feb 2008 to July 2008Operating on a fixed short term contract as a WMC SharePoint Lead Implementation Consultant I reported to a Senior Manager and Steering Group for the design, development and rollout of a new MOSS 2007 CMS focussed Intranet application development platform for up to 10,000 users, along with the management of the SharePoint Internet development team for www.kone.comA specific objective of this role was to review the project and to make recommendations for successful delivery. Other objectives included the delivery management of the project, specifically the management of third party delivery partners (Accenture and Microsoft). Key aspects of this included general project management activities, technical and application design review and a rigorous focus on cost management.Deployment and Change Management activities were also within my planning remit with a requirement to develop deployment plans for the Intranet and the closure (and where possible) migration of the existing SAP Portal.Key AchievementsDelivery of the application design phase for the Intranet on budgetManagement of complex third party relationshipsDetailed review of the project approach and the approval of my recommendation for change by the project steering group that would save the project significant costs and improve the quality of deliverySuccessful cost and quality managementDetailed review of the technical infrastructure issues and implementation of recommended changesDelivery management of the Accenture development team
  • Unilver
    Senior Programme Manager / Sharepoint Sme
    Unilver Sep 2007 - Feb 2008
    Microsoft (for Unilever plc)Project Budget - Est. £5M September 2007 to Feb 2008Operating on a fixed short term contract as a Microsoft Lead Implementation Consultant (working through a Gold Partner), I reported to a Senior VP for the development and rollout of a new ways of working MOSS 2007 Programme for up to 100,000 users.The specific objective of the role was to design and implement a Programme and project structure for the deployment of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007) to a global user base of 100,000 plus users. Key initial objective was to lead the delivery of the infrastructure element of MOSS with a global architecture model together with a vanilla implementation of MOSS.As part of the wider Programme Planning activities, I was heavily involved in the design and development of deployment based deliverables including the change management strategy. This included the planning for the closure of legacy systems such as Plumtree along with the development of a suitable Migration Strategy.Key AchievementsDelivery of the infrastructure on time and in budget within a very tight timescaleManagement of complex third party relationshipsDevelopment of a controlled and structured process for ongoing deliveryCollation and documentation of MOSS business requirementsCollation and documentation of application functional specificationsEstablishment of the global infrastructure modelDesign of a global MOSS support structureDesign of a MOSS delivery processMotivation and team management and development
  • Home Office
    Edrm Pmo Manager
    Home Office 2006 - 2008
    London, Gb
    During my time at the Home Office I worked with Civil Servants to establish and manage the EDRM implementation also working with delivery partners such as Capgemini.
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George Harris Education Details

  • The Open University
    The Open University
    Bsc

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George Harris attended The Open University.

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