Grant Ward Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Test Manager Ntegra [July 2013 to Present]:I have recently joined a Data Centre Consolidation Project at Vodafone. The Project encompasses two UK Data Centres. Potential relocation approaches under consideration being Lift and Shift [L&S], Physical to Virtual (P2V), full Migration, Virtual to Virtual (V2V) and Physical to Physical (P2P). Testing scope.

United Kingdom

Team Manager Ntegra [Nov 2012 - June 2013]:Comms Team; I am currently managing a team of network specialists working on network service delivery for NewCo and none-NewCo project within VF. The scope of which includes request fulfilment for firewall, routing, proxy changes, plus diverse project connectivity design. The role consists of mainly stakeholder.

Test Manager Ntegra [19 months April 2011 – Oct 2012]:[~8 months Mar 2012 – Oct 2012] Retail logistic Transitioning Programme RLTP Managed both on and offshore Wipro resources to delivery AWS [Amazon Web Services] test environments, the scope of which included management of the build + support subsequent [different] support teams. In the latterly half of.

Test Manager HP [2009- 2010]: VBC Infrastructure Uplift Project: Infrastructure uplift for new production and PAT platforms for VBC [Vodafone Billing Centre Web Portal] - Vodafone’s online self-service portal for corporate, SME and consumers [& CSRs] to allow online billing view / management. Project scope included functional regression, operational.

Test Manager HP [2009- 2010]: Interconnect Billing SMS Fixes: Changes to Vodafone’s Interconnect platform [Intec’s ImE mediation & IcT rating/report applications] to support CITIC hub enhancements and SMS fixes. Engagement involved considerable functional regression testing, with some interface and OAT testing.Test Manager HP [2009- 2010]: Security OS.

Test Manager EDS [2007- 2008]: Gemini 4.85 / GiN Project: Gemini VF UK’s [Amdocs] Retail Rating and Billing platform upgrade [from June 07], commitment to integrate 600+ production fixes and small changes into a new Gemini consolidated code base and changes to support the SCM Phase-B project.Additional Key Test Deliverables: Review of 3rdparty functional.

Test Lead Vodafone [2006 – 2007]: Strategic Mediation: ASMM [Amdocs Service Mediation Manager] replacement Mediation platform to support 2G, 3G switches and the TVR [Inbound TAP].Test Deliverables: Leading a team of test analysts focusing on Phase-2 Voice and TVR acceptance test workstreams. Created template CDRs for functional regression and comparison.

Senior Test Engineer Vodafone [2003 – 2006]: PRM / MD2: Upgraded and added functionality for VF-UK [Amdocs Partnership Management]; Revenue sharing for partner billing and revenue settlement [Mediation / Rating / Billing / Reporting platform].Test Deliverables: Acceptance test planning, test case design, test data manufacture, test execution, progress.

I joined Vodafone Ltd’s Commercial Applications Independent Test Team [CAITT] as a Senior Test Engineer. In the latter part of this period I was seconded to work with the BAT (Business Acceptance Test) team working on Billing-2 integration testing.Both team’s focus was to independently test Vodafone’s Wholesale Billing [Unibill], Mediation [BMD].

I joined BT’s Integrated Customer Information Programme (ICIP) in September 1996 as a member of the VV&T (Verification, Validation and Test) team as a Senior System Tester (Senior Test Analyst). The project’s overall goal was to support both BT Marketing and BT Sales initiatives by enabling better segmentation and targeting of customer groups, permitting.

I was invited to join BT’s Billing 90/OMS project in June 1995 as a MVS/DB2 Database Administrator - a newly established DBA team in Cardiff. This move required that I worked 2-3 days per week in Cardiff, spending the remainder of the week working remotely in Swindon.The main task of the DBA team at that time was to help repatriate all development.

I moved to BT’s the Swindon Development group to gain a greater experience of software development and joined an applications development team working on procurement and logistics projects.The main project I contributed to in this period was the Automation of the Authority to Pay (AATP). The hardware / software platforms used were; IBM 3090 600E (MVS/ESA).

I initiated a career change by applying for a Technical Support vacancy in BT’s Central Database Support Group in May 1988. My duties within this group (a group with distributed teams across 4 sites in the UK) included providing technical support to applications developers and Database Administrators (DBAs). I also looked at performance issues associated.

The period 1980 to 1984 I was employed as a Telecom Technician working for British Telecom International [BTI] at their International exchange complex 'Mondial House' in the City of London.However, post May 1988:I progressed to a Technical Tutor [& Manager] for British Telecom International. I worked initially at BTI’s main central London training school.

Ba Planning [Town & Country Planning]

Self-financed; I studied for my degree as a part-time mature student, taking annual leave and unpaid leave to attend lectures, workshops.

City & Guilds Further & Adult Education Teachers Certificate

I studied this course to enhance my tutoring skills while working as a Technical Tutor [Manager] for BTI in London and at their.

Hnc [Tec] Computer Studies

Onc [Tec] In Telecommunications

Self financed evening class studies while working for British Telecom International [BTI] as a Telecom Technician.