ICT transformation strategy and execution expert. Leading on determining needs, providing savings, and securing commercial flexibility and robust services for the future telecom and information services needs for large enterprise clients globally. Key competencies include telecoms and managed services strategy & business case development, sourcing, benchmarking and expert negotiation. Full range of consulting activities across enterprise voice & UC, cloud services, video and data technologies and their many technology inter-relationships and the necessary financial analyst to validate and select solutions. Key areas include SD-WAN & SASE, Unified Communications and cloud services, Internet first transport & MPLS, wireless/mobile services (both corporate and BYOD), and complex managed services deals and data infrastructures.

Specialising in work in technical environments including: interim management; programme and project leadership; business and project recovery and turnround; and sourcing, negotiation and commercial management. Mark's main differentiator is being able to bring commercial, technical, operational and programme perspectives together and work successfully in any or all of these areas according to priorities and likely benefits.

Working with a great bunch of people on Telecoms and Managed Service acquistion for MNCs. Specialist expertise in wireless, data network and managed services. Strategic sourcing, financial modelling, benchmarking and negotiation in single or multi-country procurements. Guidance to help keep client projects on track and deliver savings and new capabilities.

Board Director responsible for multiple project delivery of services in the Telecoms sector (clients included Nokia, O2, Siemens, Alcatel, Carphone Warehouse, Tiscali, Huawei) and all for a support operations, as well the development of the company's services portfolio - including diversification from mobile into fixed line services, aerial and rigging services, logistics and 24x7 maintenance.

Led the Deloitte Consulting Inter-networking team that provided telecoms strategy and strategic sourcing as well as SI implementation to blue-chip clients. Clients included Abbey National, Deutsche Bank, Norwich Union, Vodafone, Transport for London.

Strategy, operations and project/programme management across a diverse range of information systems and telecommunications including UHF/VHF/HF radio systems, command and control, real-time operations, satellites and satellite control, in-house and outsourced network services, secure systems and messaging systems. Extensive people and team management.