Ian Horsfall Email & Phone Number

Newbury, Gb

Hungerford

Hungerford

United Kingdom

Helping organisations to implement change that sticks. Team building, both virtual and co-located, and process engineering in highly collaborative Agile environments. Coaching organisations to be agile. Delivering excellent training for ScrumMasters and Product Owners in how to implement Agile best practices.

Hungerford, Berkshire, Uk

Leading and managing a programme of changes to oversee organisational transition from a Waterfall-based methodology to a highly collaborative set of Agile teams Devising, developing and implementing changes impacting all areas of personnel, processes and systemsFacilitating and supporting a major mindset change both within R&D and externally to ensure as seamless and smooth a transition as possible Spearheading changes designed to further implement automated testing and reduce maintenance and other non-productive time.I was also responsible during this period for the R&D tax credits for the company.

Dubai, Uae

(CDK Global was created as a spin-off from ADP in October 2014)Responsible for overseeing the acquisition of ADP’s distributor for the region Establishing best working practices across all areas of product management, and developing and implementing the latest version of the Autoline DMS to the region, creating a large suite of features required for the Middle East market Overseeing and ensuring the success of a significant offshoring initiative in Hyderabad, India, for the development work required for the Middle East, whilst introducing Agile development methodologies Consistently meeting and exceeding highly specific needs from demanding customers Successfully led 11 major product installations at dealers representing 15 different franchises across six different countries Successfully implemented the product strategy Transferred all development from a local, Dubai-based, team to an offshore facility in Hyderabad, India

Hungerford, Uk

Responsible at various points for all R&D for the Nordic region, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico and Latin America and for the global requirements for the Daimler suite of franchises, including the leadership and management of over 80 personnel consisting of business analysts, programmers, testers and technical authors.Leading the R&D for the ADP Business Intelligence platform and E-Commerce solutions (B2B and B2C), and introducing a new suite of functionality to the ADP portfolio Instrumental, from an R&D perspective, in the successful acquisition and integration of companies in Switzerland, Finland, Kuwait and Mexico Successfully transformed and brought Mexico and Kuwait into alignment with global standard processes and tools used for the development of the ADP product suite following the acquisitions Successfully developed the localisations required for the markets in Mexico and the Middle East to ensure the Autoline product achieved compliance with all local business needs, including electronic interfaces between dealers and the respective local vehicle manufacturers and importers.Secured the first stage of a large-scale project to deploy the Autoline Dealer Management System in all wholly owned Mercedes company stores Led the global deployment of the ADP methodology for product management and development, following the ADP acquisition of Kerridge Computer Company, resulting in successful implementation in every market over a 2-year period Managed R&D for the creation of the Business Intelligence platform and dashboards, successfully taking the product to pilot in the UK market.

Hungerford, Uk

Responsible for overseeing the deployment of new global processes and ensuring their worldwide compliance Successfully introduced an effective new worldwide training programme for software development.Implemented innovative new programming standards and a review and monitoring process to ensure the maintenance of high levels of quality by all development centres Redesigned and significantly improved the global project management methodology for product development, using many best practices from the PRINCE-2 and other sources.Established a suite of KPIs across all areas of R&D to measure productivity, efficiency and quality resulting in increased throughout.

Newbury, Uk

Responsible for developing franchise requirements and technical aspects of relationships with multiple vehicle manufacturers, including Renault, DAF Trucks, Volkswagen Group, Volvo and Jaguar / Land Rover Instrumental in helping Autoline become the most endorsed DMS worldwide Redesigned the version control and release management methods of all franchise and market specific requirements used within the Autoline DMS in order to meet the demands of a highly diverse market Revolutionised the development and deployment of Autoline in all markets and enabled a global strategy using the same product in all countries.

Newbury, Uk

Developing effective new interfaces to the Autoline DMS required by manufacturers, including applications to allow dealers to submit warranty claims, process claim payments and order parts among various other interactions Established many generic solutions to standardise and simplify the development of such interfaces for all manufacturers