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Chalfont Saint Giles, GB

Helping businesses solve the right problems, faster. I provide expert product consultancy, where you need a mix of expert business analysis and product management, from someone who has the rare combination of being both deeply technical with data and good at attracting, training and retaining talent (see my endorsements). Ideal for organisations navigating.

Uxbridge, GB

Expanded and modernised a suite of SaaS services driving large revenue increase by growing the product team, empowering the best and coaching the rest.Reported to: COOMy team: 10 PM/PO/BA working with approx 50 devs, in multiple countries.My responsibilities: strategy, roadmap, innovation leadership, product management best practices, launch, GTM.Close.

Uxbridge, GB

Built a new product from zero to great profitability in reaction to a disruptive EU regulatory change in the automotive market.Reported to: CPOMy team: 3 PM/PO working with approx 15 devs, in UK, USA and South America.My responsibilities: strategy, roadmap, supplier/partner relationships, regulatory issues, sales support, adapting methodologies to suit.

London, GB

Built a suite of innovative AI/ML-based healthcare products to serve GPs and CCGs in England as part of a Consortium, securing multi-million business within a year.Reported to: Chief Product Officer / Chief Medical OfficerMy team: PO, BA, Programme Manager, 10 engineers/QAMy responsibilities: backlog management, full product lifecycle, customer discovery.

London, GB

Built service allowing schools and local goverment to collaborate to change how people travel for school, successfully replacing 13 million miles' worth of car journeys with alternatives, with strong positive feedback from schools. Reported to: Senior Programme ManagerMy team: Scrum Master, 6 engineers/QAMy responsibilities: equivalent to product owner on.

Business advisor to Yohondo (a start up) while taking a postgraduate qualification in Actuarial Science at the University of Leicester.Objective: Improve my skills in corporate governance, economics, finance, data science and statistics.Result: Exams passed with distinction. Friend’s startup launched.

• Objective: Be the product specialist on critical or difficult international projects, particularly those involving analytics and globally distributed teams.Highlights include:
• Off-shore Agile Development: Worked in successful Agiles team with members in the UK, India and Romania. Early adopter customers in South Africa and Dubai.
• Strategic Planning: Participated in the International Strategic Planning team for the 3-year Annual Operating Plan (AOP) budget process.
• Global Online Claiming: Product Owner for the introduction of global online claiming, massively reducing processing costs and turnaround time.
• Partnership: Improved solutions for a partner insurer in the UAE, resolving high-profile business issues.
• CRM and CPQ: Developed sales tools and backend systems for the introduction of a major new product, including billing engines, CRM systems, and customer-facing websites.

Mysore, Karnataka, IN

• Most roles would now be considered a product owner or product manager.Key projects:
• Sungard – EU farm subsidy payments systems
• General Social Care Council – Introduction of membership registry
• Rural Payments Agency – Finance systems digital transformation
• Thales – Ordering systems for safety related communications on the railways
• National Grid – Optimisation of maintenance of the high energy power network

US

Senior analyst for EDS at the General Medical Council and the UK Central Council for Nursing and Midwifery. Worked on many projects. Received excellent training in analysis, project management, account management and contract management.

London, GB

Was well trained and mentored by senior analysts and consultants. Reported to Head of IT. Met regularly with Chief Executive.

London, Greater London, GB

Part-time work during university term and some holiday work. Was part of the research team (most junior!) for Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia at the AI International Secretariat in London. This was an interesting role, particularly because it was shortly after the uprising in Burma, the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi and in the midst of oppression by the junta.

University holiday job as an administrator. Made efficiency improvements and helped with specification and testing of new IT systems.

Post Graduate Diploma, Artificial Intelligence: Implications For Business Strategy

Pg Dip, Actuarial Science

Certificate Of Financial Mathematics, Actuarial Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics And Computer Science

Aeronautical Engineering