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An IT professional with twenty-five years experience who is able to understand business and IT and work in the intersection of these worlds. An accomplished business partner, portfolio manager, analyst and technical consultant possessing considerable communication and project leading abilities. I am passionate about understanding what a business needs and being able to bring together the systems, process and people to meet these needs. With a strong consultancy background, I have worked in a variety of different industries including FMCG, not-for-profit, media, energy, telecommunications and government, with experience in all phases of the system development lifecycle.Key skills include: • Exemplary communication skills, able to relate to stakeholders at all levels within an organisation to understand business drivers, strategy and requirements. • Strong stakeholder management skills, business acumen and technical experience enabling translation of business need into IT capabilities.• Excellent understanding of business architecture principles and ability to interpret business models to provide insight for stakeholders.• Extensive leadership experience across business analysis and projects.• Experience in end-to-end management of the implementation of systems.• Thorough understanding of systems development methodologies.

Listed skills include Business Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Business Process, and 16 others.