Programme Director Data Centre Migration
Migration of 800+ servers and 73 services from on prem to new Colo's using a mix of V2V and physical relocation of SAP.
Oct 2022 - May 2023
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Retired
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Greater Glasgow Area, United Kingdom
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Graeme Buchanan previously worked as Programme Director Data Centre Migration at Sanctuary Housing Association and Migration Delivery Manager at The Scottish Government. Graeme Buchanan holds Ca, Chartered Accountancy from Icas.
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About Graeme Buchanan
Data Centre Migration Specialist with 16 years experience leading migrations of :– services, applications, data & infrastructure. Led project to build a tier 3+ data centre for a UK bank and subsequent “big bang” migration, winning two industry awards - Business Continuity and Financial Services Technology awards.Experienced in a range of different migration approaches. Migration strategies executed include both “big bang” and phased migrations using : physical to cloud, on-prem to colo; full build ahead; partial build ahead; V2V; P2V; and lift & shift. Experienced in migration across a range of industries - public sector (NHS, Scottish Government, Student Loans and HMRC) and private sector (banks, telecoms, stockbrokers, utilities, social housing). SC cleared with experience of migrating services classified as UK Critical National Infrastructure.Hands on approach - down to writing migration runbooks. Able to communicate effectively across technical teams, service users and senior management.
Listed skills include Outsourcing, Program Management, Project Portfolio Management, Financial Risk, and 20 others.
28 roles · 44 years
Graeme Buchanan work experience
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Migration Delivery Manager
Delivery of world's first cross government benefit migration including build of data extract, transform, ingest process, user research, operational guidance and client communications. Migration of first client case transfers commenced in October 2021.
Dec 2018 - May 2022
Migration Strategy Lead
Define strategy for cross government client and data transfer, from legacy platforms to new cloud hosted solution. Write and present papers to Scottish Ministerial level.
Jun 2018 - Dec 2018
Data Centre Migration Programme Manager (Sc Cleared)
Migration of an HMRC data centre to Crown Hosting. Strategy developed, suppliers selected, and project delivered within 6 months. Thereafter planning the strategy for migration of HMRC non-cloud target applications to Crown Hosting.
Jul 2017 - Jun 2018
Data Centre Migration Programme Manager
Programme Manager for migration of a primary data centre for Scottish Power.
Apr 2016 - Jun 2017
Data Centre Migration, Lead Pm
Lead Project Manager for migration of a primary data centre for Scottish Power, including assets classed as UK Critical National Infrastructure.
Sep 2015 - Mar 2016
Data Centre Migration Programme Manager
Data Centres Migration Programme Manager for blood donation/manufacturing England & Wales, and UK Transplant.
Jan 2014 - Sep 2015
Data Centre Migration Programme Manager
Develop business case for data centre migration.
May 2013 - Nov 2013
Programme Delivery Manager - Current Account Migration
Programme Delivery Manager for Current Account Migration Programme.
Nov 2012 - May 2013
Data Centre Migration - Programme Manager
Programme Manager to develop business case for two new data centres and migration from five existing data centres. Programme also includes infrastructure provisioning transformation to implement "Platform As A Service".
May 2012 - Nov 2012
Programme Manager
Infrastructure Programme Manager - lead range of infrastructure and application projects for Life Pensions & Insurance division.
Jan 2012 - May 2012
Data Centre Migration Programme Manager
Migration of primary and DR data centres for Barclays Stockbrokers.
Oct 2010 - Oct 2011
Senior Manager, Strategy & Planning
Feb 2010 - Oct 2010
Programme Director, Atm & Debit Card
Lead very large (9 figure) ATM & debit card outsource project.
Jul 2009 - Aug 2010
Basel Technology Programme Director
Manage Technology projects supporting Basel AIRB application. Acting Head of Data Management for Technology, responsible for implementing data management framework.
Jul 2008 - Jul 2009
Data Centre Programme Director
Agree business case and obtain Main Board approval to construct new Teir 3+ data centre on greenfield site. Establish and lead a team to design and build a new Data Centre, including migration of IT and comm’s equipment from existing data centre and 10 year FM deal.
Oct 2005 - Jul 2008
Head Of Finance, Technology & Projects
Manage financial reporting and governance for total group projects in UK and Technology p&l. Standardise project financial reporting and control. As a member of control boards for all major projects, ensure necessary commercial rigor is present.
Apr 2004 - Oct 2005
Marketing Manager
Responsible for liquified gas marketing activities in the Benelux. Manage marketing team and in/organic growth options, launch new product and develop new customer offers.
Dec 2002 - Oct 2003
Marketing Project Manager, Lpg, Denmark, Benelux & Germany
Define strategy and new market entry model for Germany, Single Point Accountability for major acquisition target in UK.
May 2002 - Nov 2002
Director Of Projects, Latin America
Single point accountability for appraising a major target acquisition in Latin America. Reporting to Project Board of 4 Business Unit Leaders, with project summaries to BP Group Vice President. Define market entry, marketing strategies, commission MR, prepare acquisition business case.
Nov 2001 - May 2002
Commercial Manager, Lpg Benelux & Germany
Recruited to manage the integration of two retail businesses. Strategy development, performance management, financial reporting; planning of 4 businesses in region. Interim operational and P&L accountability for dutch Supply & Trade business. Lead on all acquisitions. Create, develop and introduce new e-business model www.carcostsavings.com
Aug 1999 - Nov 2001
Country Manager, Bangladesh
Establish offices in country and manage case for construction of a lub oil blend plant. Create JV marketing company, research opportunities for LPG import facility and other downstream opportunities for the BP group. Recruit and manage team of eight
May 1998 - Aug 1999
Systems Project Manager
Select and implement new ERP system integrating three existing UK BP retail businesses
Oct 1996 - Apr 1998
Finance Director, Macgas
The only BP employee in a newly acquired liquified gas company run on an ‘arms length’ basis. Responsible for performance management and financial reporting, HR, acquisitions and marketing planning. Manage team of 22 over 4 sites. Select and implement new ERP system. Lead acquisitions.
1991 - 1996
~5 yrs
Systems Accountant, Bp International Card Centre
Create financial model for BP start-up, specify all financial requirements and test bespoke programming. Operate and control finance in 10 countries with $500m turnover.
1989 - 1991
~2 yrs
1987 - 1989
~2 yrs
Audit Senior
1986 - 1987
~1 yr
Chartered Accountancy Student
1983 - 1986
~3 yrs
6 education records
Graeme Buchanan education
Ca, Chartered Accountancy
Icas
Marketing Diploma, Marketing
Institute Of Marketing
Mba, Business
Strathclyde University
B.Acc, Finance
Glasgow University
Prince 2
Ogc
Msp, Managing Successful Programmes
Ogc
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Graeme Buchanan has worked for Sanctuary Housing Association, The Scottish Government, Hm Revenue & Customs, Ibm, and Nhs Blood And Transplant.
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Graeme Buchanan holds Ca, Chartered Accountancy from Icas.
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Graeme Buchanan is listed with skills including Outsourcing, Program Management, Project Portfolio Management, Financial Risk, Strategy, Business Transformation, Lpg, and Project Delivery.
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