Kevin Brady Email & Phone Number

County Dublin, Ireland

Saros Consulting provides independent IT Strategy, Project Management and Governance services. We work with national and multinational businesses across all sectors, enabling customers to meet their business objectives. Our vision is simple: we believe that great IT is transformational, driving business development and connecting organisations to their.

Between Kerry ROI, And Meppel, The Netherlands

Travelling between Kerry and Meppel manufacturing facilities – supporting global Technology Business Information Team’s review and implementation of new global Project Management and Software Development Life Cycle methodologies, for both validated and non-validated systems.

County Dublin, Ireland

• Internal Project Manager for refurbishment of corporate head office, covering 35,300 sq. ft.
• Controlled 1.9MM budget, including monthly payments cycle, variations & cost reports
• . Established framework for monitoring progress, coordinate timely resolution of issues
• Chaired regular design meetings between client, architect, QS, M&E and main contractors
• Implemented progress blog, sharing key milestones, with before, during and after pictures
• Created personas for each stakeholder group; facilitated internal\external design workshops

Dublin, Ireland

• As Africa Euro-Asia Regional IT Manager I led a virtual team of 20 (with 4 direct reports). I had responsibility for 58 sites, 4 regional hubs, 5 manufacturing facilities, with over 1,900 users. Partnering with AEA.
• Stakeholder engagement with IT Leadership team, senior management & business leads
• Encouraged and enabled divisional team relationships, operating as single cohesive team
• Received outstanding audit results for AEA by effectively partnering with global & site teams
• Ownership of budget planning, objective setting, performance development & reviews

Dublin, Ireland

• Led a team of 8 technical analysts responsible for 3rd level support, operations and infrastructure projects across 30 countries, 60 sites, (including 5 hubs and 5 manufacturing facilities), with over 6,000 users. I.
• Introduced “Increasing Personal and Team Effectiveness” following root and branch review
• Improved project reporting, processes and documentation – reduced meetings by 30%
• Developed marketing strategies to “advertise” what we do, using “What’s in it For Me” model
• Significantly reduced the number of complex 2nd & 3rd level ticket escalations
• Ownership of Ireland budget, team objectives, performance reviews, and development plans.

Dublin, Ireland

• Following on from the success of the Desktop Renewal Programme, I joined the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure team, reporting to the VDI sponsor and Global Infrastructure Leadership Team, managing all stakeholder.
• VDI Design Architect & Technical Team Leader
• Marketing & Communication Project Manager
• Desktop Virtualization Project Manager
• Application Provisioning Project Manager
• Device & PC Management Project Manager

Dublin, Ireland

• I was appointed Programme Manager for Colgate's 26,000 Desktop Renewal Programme, reporting to the project sponsor & Global Steering Committee. I directed a virtual team 19 FTEs that included
• Technical Project Manager
• 8 Regional Project Managers
• 8 Business Liaison Managers
• Application Test coordinator
• Project AdministratorThe programmes primary objectives were to

Dublin, Ireland

• After the successful Active Directory implementations across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle-East and Africa, a global team was formed to continue to drive forward the development, support and best practices.
• Annual Risk & Health Assessment Program for Active Directory (ADRAP), which was typically a two week on-site engagement with Microsoft and Colgate’s Enterprise and Domain Admin teams in New Jersey.
• Implementation of Global Operating Procedures for Active Directory
• IBM Director - Centralised server hardware event management (later Tivoli)
• Centralised server patch management (WSUS) and DHCP services
• Quest – AD event monitoring and reporting

Dublin, Ireland

• Building on from my Bank of America role and experience in implementing centralised client server platforms, I was the EMEA regional lead on Colgate’s Active Directory global design team that was responsible for the.
• The ability to manage a geographically distributed network from a central site
• Single consistent operating platform across the region
• Central management and administration of server and client environment
• Improved data access and sharing
• Improved audit accountability

Dublin, Ireland

I moved to Dublin in January 2003. After enjoying a short break, I took a contract role at Readymix (ROI) Ltd (now CEMEX), who manufacture and supply concrete.I worked with the divisional IT manager, and helped in the planning and deployment of their new computerised and automated Shipping & Sales System to all of their sites and quarries’ across the.

Croydon, United Kingdom

I worked in the EMEA infrastructure project and 3rd level escalation team that was responsible for managing, developing and supporting the Bank’s core global business systems, based on Microsoft’s Windows client server platform throughout the EMEA region. My role entailed extensive business travel & responsibility for managing projects and coordinating.

London, United Kingdom

Designed & implemented Novell Netware Directory Services across multiple sites