Gregory Simpson Email & Phone Number

Manassas, Va, Us

London, England, United Kingdom

Working as a Senior Manager at Accenture within their Digital Workplace consulting practice. The below summarises the major projects that have been delivered by myself. In addition to the below projects I am also responsible for sales and solutioning, responding to RFPs and developing sales assets and intellectual property to further develop the practice. I also lead the Digital Workplace practice sales operations. Tier One Bank• Delivering new virtual devices to 2000 traders then moving traders to a new office (£37m project)• Managing the delivery across 5 workstreams with a team of 7 PMs/BAs Global Beauty Client• Solutioning and selling the EUC transformation aspect of a wider programme of work for a global beauty client (£20m – part of £150m deal)• Developing a ‘big bang’ cutover approach for 7000 users moving Office 365 tenants over a weekend• Managing the design and configuration of Office 365 within a new tenant • Managing the tenant to tenant data migration for SharePoint, OneDrive and Exchange (500TB)• Managing a team of 40 resourcesGlobal Law FirmSales• Leading the workplace solutioning, pricing and sales• Created business case, presented to client and sold $4m• Transformation of Win 10, SCCM, Intune, Apps. Run/ support of devices

London, United Kingdom

Tier One BankSales• Lead the workplace solutioning and pricing and held client discovery workshops• Won a wider transformation to the value of £15m with workplace equating to £5mDelivery• Lead the workplace delivery of the following technologies: SCCM, Intune, Citrix, Windows Virtual Desktop, Applications, Windows 10• Worked across 4 geographical regions. Client has ~8k users, 40+ sites, 17 countries• Managing a team of 12 FTE. Engaging with in excess of 25 client stakeholders• Worked closely with client programme management. Presented weekly at programme boardGlobal Media CompanyLeading the preparation and migration of Active Directory, Exchange, SCCM and SCOM • £6m project• Working across 12 counties with over 60 stakeholders up to director level• Managing the infrastructure and technology readiness in order to consolidate 8 domains into 1• Managing the migration of 80,000 user objects and 40,000 mailboxes• Managing a team of 24 including junior PMs• Delivering a significant reduction in CapEx (£5m) & OpEx (£1.8m) through support and licencing, centralised identity management and consolidation of hardwareMajor Resources OrganisationLeading the upgrade of Exchange to 2010 and Active Directory to 2012 • Managed the migration of 30,000 mailboxes to Exchange 2010 over two networks, one being restricted• Managed the upgrade of Active Directory to 2012 on three networks, two being restricted. This included the migration of 20,000+ user accounts and 450+ applications• The above involved managing a team of 10 including two junior PMsLarge Utility CompanyLeading the migration of Incident and Problem Management to ServiceNow• Managing tool development, process development, testing, training and data migration • Management of the ‘to be’ run team (5 FTE)• Significantly improving the management of Incidents and Problems through automation and tool development• Working with senior client stakeholders

London, United Kingdom

Haringey CouncilCreating a proposal for improving Haringey’s management information reports. Their current reporting method was analysed and risks identified. Best practices were identified then recommendations provided to the client.Performing business analysis to help identify process and structure improvements as well as potential cost savings that will input into the ERP and business transformation proposal. This involved conducting interviews producing detailed documentation on how they are currently working and potential improvements and cost savings. Over a two week period 20 interviews of senior members of staff were conducted and a report for each created, along with a final recommendations report.Wolverhampton CouncilProcess mapping 11 School HR and Finance processes. Working with the delivery team to develop the To Be processes for after the new Agresso ERP solution has been implemented. Analysing the processes to identify where improvements can be made in efficiency.London Borough of Tower HamletsDelivering consultancy to gather the client’s requirements, produce the technical assessment and scope. Provide the client options and a recommendation on the method of migrating from windows XP.This project involved managing a solution architect and a business analystScope:2900 Desktops1500 Laptops

London, United Kingdom

City of London Police (CoLP)Windows 8.1Scoping, soultioning and delivery of a mobile tablet solution running Win 8.1 and IE11 to be deployed to uniform police officers. This involves managing a team of 10 resources.Challenges include device security, app compatibility and group policy configuration.Scope:£260k Deal375 Toughbook Tablets100 ApplicationsDeploy docking stations, portable Bluetooth printers and peripheralsWindows 7Successful delivery of an XP – Win7 project running in parallel to the delivery of the LBBD XP upgrade project. This project involved managing a team of 15 and being the single point of contact for the client project and programme manager.A mix of desktops, laptops and touch screen ‘yoga’ devices were deployed. Project communication and flexibility to change were some positive lessons Feedback from ICT Director: “Just met Rhys [programme manager] from City of London Police and he told me how impressed he and others in the organisation are with your project management of the XP programme. Well done and thanks! (They say that they definitely want you managing their 8.1 rollout)”Scope:£1m Deal1200 devices to migrate90 applicationsLondon Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD)Entered this XP migration to Windows 7 and Chrome OS at the deployment and application UAT phase to lead the 25 strong team with the assistance of two other project managers.Later when taking over full management of the CoLP project my exposure was reduced to managing the applications stream. The applications estate was rationalised to 260 apps with 150 requiring UAT. Where possible applications were virtualised into a citrix 6.5 environment.Scope:£3m Deal3000 devices to deploy800 applications to rationalise then test Further reading: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/london-borough-of-barking-and-dagenham.html

Remote/Client Based

Working within Transitions and Transformation at CSC after completing the graduate scheme in the same area. Transitions is a relatively small, high performing set of teams that work towards a fixed deadline dealing with ambiguity throughout the project.Achievements• Managed multiple complex projects simultaneously• Managed the solutioning, development and pitching of a Citrix XenApp solution• Process Mapping and requirements gathering• Worked with high profile customers where transition budgets have been $5m and $35m • Managing Teams• Consistent positive feedback• Extensive training as part of the graduate schemeTransformation Project Manager (MoD - Service and Personnel and Veterans Agency) SC ClearedBudget $1.7mThe below 3 projects are being managed in parallel.DesktopManaging the desktop hardware refresh of 1600 PCs and the supporting infrastructure. Upgrading the software (win 7, Office 2010, IE8, ect). Utilising a Citrix environment to host some of the applications. Changing AV provider to Mcafee.Test and develop the build in house.Deploy 800 PCs, condensed from 1600 at 3 sites including IL5 level of disposal of the HDDs and the disposal of 580 CRT monitors.Active DirectoryManaging the creation of a new greenfield AD that is designed from scratch. Lifting some of the permissions from the old AD. AD testingData centre infrastructure upgradeIncident Management Tool Upgrade & Request Tool UpgradeGather requirement from users and the staff that will support the new systemCreate process flow chartsHave the new software customised to meet our requirementsRoll out the new software in a development environmentPerform testingRelease into production running both systems in parallelDecom old systemSaved £150,000 by identifying why a network switch refresh project was unnecessary

Remote/Client Based

Graduate SchemeProject Manager for LTM, DR, Citrix and Tools Install (RSA Account)December 2012 – June 2013 Copenhagen, DenmarkRSA - A Danish insurance company. $5m Transition budget. $70m Deal with CSC to move 1565 servers and 34 employees to CSC.The below projects are being managed simultaneously:LTM - Managing the delivery of 43 LTM documents. Managing 4 architects to complete this.DR - Managing the creation of 29 DR document and test plans. Managing the delivery of technical procedures for the applications with DR. Managing 4 architects and utilising engineers to complete this.DR Testing - Allocate DR applications to test windows. Manage the DR tests.Tools - Manage the install of 6 applications including anti virus on 567 servers. Involves managing architects and off shore resources.Citrix - Manage the solutioning and proposal of a citrix xen app solution in order to reduce latency. The environment is designed to support a max of 1200 users. This involved identifying requirements and presenting the solution to the client.Project Manager for ADM (RSA Account)April 2012 – December 2012 Copenhagen and StockholmManage and complete ADM (Application Dependency Mapping) for all systems in DK and SE. ADM is on the critical path for the overall project. Managed a team of 4 internal staff as well as the client.This involved managing and completing many knowledge transfers workshops with the client, mainly their architects and solution managersAccount Management Lead (ArcelorMittal)September 2011 – April 2012 UK and Luxembourg$35m Transition BudgetManaged the production of the process and procedures manual. Track progress and manage quality.Developed the governance model and governance counterpart matrixSet up the internal PMO

Winnersh Triangle

Duties and responsibilities:• Project managed the installation and decommission of hosting servers• Solely managed the server builds and decommissions for one of the top 5 customers, Allen and Overy, who have a £300,000 recurring monthly contract• Coordinated multiple projects simultaneously using Prince 2 methodology• Communicating cross departmentally to push projects through and achieve target dates• Managed risks, issues and actions• Created project plans and status reports• Liaised with customers• Lined up resources and managed bottle necks• Improved processes and created process guides• Provided administrative support and kept documentation up-to-dateAchievements• I updated and re-wrote all the process guides for my job to benefit a new starter• With the account team, I re-designed the Allen and Overy process for server decommissioning so that it ran more smoothly, reducing errors• I changed the way that Allen and Overy server build were validated to speed up the process• I tested and reviewed a new application (Cordys), and created a report on the benefits and drawbacks• In four months I halved the amount of decommission projects running simultaneously, meaning that they were being completed more efficiently and quickly.• I successfully completed 135 server build projects and 86 decommission projects

Slough, United Kingdom

Procuring translators (freelance and agency) to complete jobs that range in size from very small to $100,000's all with very short turnaround times.Project management was needed for the larger projects coordinating a number of agency's and freelancers to deliver on time, to budget and meet quality targets.Negotiation was also a part of the job, ensuring that the best rate was obtained for the translation. Savings were tracked in $1,000's and i was top of my team.I was also involved in training new staffDuties and responsibilities:• Assign appropriate human resources to each job • Meet turn around, cost and quality targets• Plan project of various sizes• Manage a high volume of translation jobs per day• Frequently working under pressure to meet tight deadlines• Present status reports and risk analysis to senior management• Build relationships with supplier’s and manager their performance• Negotiate rates with suppliersAchievements• Saving over £15,000 in costs through negotiations• Developed suppliers and increased six to an expert ranking• Successfully completed over 40 projects in the year• Took on a leading role, training other team members and covering my manager’s duties in her absence• Implemented a number of process improvements