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Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Project Management of multiple concurrently running software development projects. Managed national implementations of financial services enterprise solutions to the UK’s largest top tier financial institutions. Managing projects from initial proposal to requirements gathering, business case preparation to project completion, delivery and closure. Management of project scheduling, risks, issues, dependencies, and budgets to ensure on time delivery whilst hitting accepted quality benchmarks.Responsible for producing detailed project plans identifying financial budgets, resources, milestones, dependencies, costs – planned and actual. Also responsible for project, proposal, and scope documentationMy role includes measurement and control of projects, determination of critical path, monitoring progress against plans, managing change control, identifying, and reducing exposure to risks / Issues including the development of contingency plans. Projects include bespoke implementations for new customers, upgrades / enhancements of existing systems and migration of legacy applications to web based applications.Account Manager responsibilities with one of Worksmart's largest clients, and a key part of the business improvement team.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Overall responsibility for the Project Management of multiple concurrently running software development projects. I managed the full project life-cycle, utilizing both waterfall and agile methodologies. I managed projects from initial proposal to requirements gathering, business case preparation to project completion, delivery and closure and lessons learned reports. I was also responsible for project scheduling, risk assessment and avoidance, issue resolution and budget management to ensure on time delivery whilst hitting accepted quality benchmarks.In my first year at the university I was presented with an ‘Outstanding Contribution to IT Effectiveness’ award by the University CIO. The award was presented for my work in successfully delivering multiple concurrently running projects. I was responsible for producing detailed project plans identifying financial budgets, resources, milestones, dependencies, costs – planned and actual. Also responsible for all project, proposal, technical and scope documentation. I also produced concise and detailed weekly reports to the board/stakeholders and present results/analysis at monthly board meetings.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Senior project manager for the European rollout of a global business change project. I held PM responsibilities for the replacement of a locally developed and maintained e-commerce legacy web portal with a global solution. I had sole responsibility for managing the European gap development and deployment of the new web portal. I was also responsible for the project management of the development and global rollout of a mobile e-commerce application on iOS and Android devices. I also had sole responsibility for positive relationship building with European business stakeholders. I chaired users groups with the business & product management team to ensure functionality of the new web portal meets diverse business requirements. Managed large offshore teams to ensure gaps identified are developed to the required timescales and quality acceptance criteria. Day to day liaison with teams based in multiple global locations.Management of project scheduling, identification and management of cross team dependencies to ensure on time delivery whilst hitting accepted quality benchmarks. Ensuring PMO & development procedures are being followed throughout project lifecycle. Responsible for producing detailed project plans identifying financial budgets, resources, milestones, dependencies, costs – planned and actual. Also responsible for all project, proposal, technical and scope documentation. My role included; Measurement and control of projects, determination of critical path, monitoring progress against plans, managing change control, identifying and reducing exposure to risks / Issues including the development of contingency plans. Escalation of major issues to the Executive Steering Committee where appropriate.I also produced concise and detailed weekly reports to the board/stakeholders and presented results/analysis at monthly board meetings.

Central Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

A diverse role with sole responsibility for the Project Management of all Amtech Group Software Development Projects together with the Management of the groups Quality Management System. Project managed 12 concurrently running software annual product updates and 4 new developments,with a development budget of circa £4 million. Software developments across several coding environments, Microsoft .net, SQL server, Oracle (data warehouse), Silverlight, SharePoint etc.

Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom

Management of large budget high profile online and offline software development projects from initial specification to final invoice. Management of project scheduling, risks, issues, dependencies and budgets to ensure on time delivery whilst hitting accepted quality benchmarks. Measurement of work progress and production of detailed and high level reports on project progress, risks, issues, P&L. Presentation of reports to the board of the company and major stakeholdersI was main point of contact for large clients and internal & external stakeholders.I had responsibility for performance management and team leadership of internal development teams. Responsibilities included performance reviews, objective setting, regular 1:1s and team meetings.Management of several external subcontract teams in the UK and abroad.

Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom

Project manager for an information systems software development team.Tasked to project manage several concurrently running software HTML/web based development projects from inception to delivery.Implemented risk management, issue tracking/resolution and change control procedures.Extensive use of project management techniques and methodologies.Further understanding of HTML / XML, Cascading Style Sheets, Databases, SQL. Practical application of analysis and design theory.

Bletchley, England, United Kingdom

Project manager of mainframe installations at production and development computer centres.I had overall responsibility for several concurrently running multi million hardware installation projects. Following on to data /systems migration across installed mainframe systems to ensure continued service. Performance analysis, production of annual forecast, budget evaluation and business case formulation. Extraction of on-line data and trend analysis.Evaluation of new hardware and selection of hardware solutions.Provision of statistical analysis for monthly utilisation reports.

Bsc, Information Systems & Management

Prince 2 Practitioner

Btec Hnc In Electronic Engineering

Btec Onc In Electronic Engineering