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The 2nd largest global supplier of garment hangers, packaging and design services to the retail sector (US$250m t/o), a privately-owned business since MBO in FY2013 employing over 500 staff across 15 countries. Appointed as Senior Project Manager and soon given added responsibility for all application development and appointed as Vice President for Global IT in 2013, with global remit for the IT function and operation, reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).Key achievements:• Leadership, management & motivation of 15+ global IT staff, 4 direct reports, full budgetary control• Orchestrated 30% IT OPEX cost reduction (in 3 fiscal years)• Instrumental in successful transition of Braiform IT through organisational change from PLC subsidiary through VC ownership to an MBO• Project lead in major ERP global rollout (US, EMEA & APAC)• Delivered standardised IT, including global WAN, platforms, policies & processes, reducing risk, complexity & overhead across key business platforms – including implementing High Availability B2B applications• Oversee architecture, development and deployment of proprietary B2B platform worldwide to Licensee regions• Project-led migration from on premise Microsoft infrastructure & applications to hosted MS Office 365• Managed project for corporate website redesign, re-launching the brand into the market• Focused on delivery of business-critical IT services, underpinning business transformation & growth• Definition and execution of IT strategies, vision and technology roadmaps, aligned to business need• Full accountability for day-to-day IT operations and systems availability, providing mission-critical IT; overseeing primary IT support and software development teams, distributed across the UK, Hong Kong & USA• Championed adoption of enhanced project management and project governance methods for group • Spearhead all significant IT and business change projects for the group, delivering transformation

Barclays Global Retail and Commercial Banking (GRCB) Technology employed over 2500 people and were responsible for all IT in Barclays Core Businesses. Appointed to this project leadership role mentoring a team of 6 Project Managers within the Windows Platform Group, managing delivery of several infrastructure and software projects.Key achievements:• Manage delivery from development through functional and operational acceptance testing to live production and DR deployment for a single project with 50+ server Citrix farm hosting 20+ applications• Project-led delivery of highly-secure Banking eChannels (DMZ) infrastructure and new technology• Successfully managed the delivery of a portfolio of Windows Server infrastructure and software upgrades on elements of several GRCB projects, with budgets of over £1m+• Full project lifecycle management, from initial development through to testing and live production • Team Leadership and mentoring a team of 6 Project Managers

A major global supplier of garment hangers, packaging and design services to the retail industry, I joined Braitrim as IT Support Manager to create and manage a service desk with 5 direct reports supporting over 200 staff across the UK; becoming IT Services Manager with full responsibility for IT Project and Service Delivery with significant involvement in global projects and reporting to the CFO. Key Achievements:• Created a service desk operation with 5 direct reports• Successfully transitioned service desk activity from over 90% reactionary to 80%+ project-driven• Engaged with the business to identify areas for development, delivering projects using PRINCE2• Focused on driving standardised infrastructure and continual improvement across the IT function, transforming overall IT service• Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) platinum compliance