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Weston-Super-Mare, Gb

Weston-Super-Mare, England, United Kingdom

Bristol, United Kingdom

Provided Risk Management Consultancy and delivered a Risk Maturity Assessment for the major air platform through the conduct of an assessment workshop, analysing workshop evidence, producing a report of findings and recommendations for how the PMO could mature their Risk Management processes.Assisted internal team in maturing their Risk Management approach and development of an initial Risk Register to support application for £5M in grant funding for the operation of a spaceport in the UK.Providing Risk Consultancy Support and conducting Schedule Risk Analysis for a major air support project

Cheltenham

Senior Project Management ConsultantProvided Project Management, Consultancy Support and Delivery Management Services for a new business unit within the client’s organisation. Developed and implemented business processes for taking on work, workbook management, planning & scheduling, risk & issue management and delivery reporting. Established agile ways of working and act as an agile coach to a number of client development teams. Implemented tailored Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in to business unit. Delivered agile training to client and Atkins staff. Experienced throughout whole software development lifecycle. Provided project management and business change to a complex, high value Management Information solution. Delivered solution to agreed requirements, under budget and within agreed timeframes, delivering agreed business benefit through exploiting agile delivery techniques in development and testing phases. Quickly won the confidence of the Project Executive, technical subject matter experts and the Customer to establish secure foundations for delivery.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Project Manager for the ISTAR Information Integration and Management (I3M) project Demonstration & Manufacture (D&M) Phase to provide the ISTAR user community with a common, interoperable Direction process and toolset to enable the coherent, integrated and effective Collection, Processing and Dissemination of information and intelligenceKey AchievementsDelivered project’s Preliminary Design Review and interim Critical Design Review on scheduleRe-baselined project delivery Time and Cost envelope following unrealistic estimates provided at Main Gate approval

Project Manager for the £20M project to replace the Royal Navy’s IT system that delivers the capability to manage the Recognised Maritime PictureKey AchievementsCreated Initial Gate Business Case for submission to central approval authorities to proceed from Concept to Assessment Phase, re-profiling the project’s performance, cost and time envelope and agreed an acceptable baseline that can be delivered with low riskDeveloped project’s Management Plan, Project Schedule, Procurement Strategy, Risk & Opportunity Management Plan, Cost Model and other supporting project management documentation. Conducted thorough review and update of project’s Risk RegisterConsolidated and galvanised relationships with project stakeholders to obtain full buy-in to the strategy for the Assessment Phase

Deputy Project Manager, specifically responsible for planning & control, risk and opportunity management, project assurance and technology readiness, for the £3B project to rationalise the MOD Air Traffic Control equipment infrastructure through an innovative partnering deal with System IntegratorKey AchievementsCreated Product, Work and Cost Breakdown structures for project’s Assessment Phase and developed a detailed project schedule with integrated control mechanism for monthly financial reporting and controlPlaced several >£1M contracts for specialist technical support with suppliers ahead of schedule that were affordable and implemented rigorous project control mechanismsDelivered the project’s full assurance and scrutiny evidence requirements to the full satisfaction of the approval authorities 2 months ahead of schedule

Based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, USA, working alongside the USAF System Programme OfficeDeputy Project Manager, responsible to a US Government Civilian, for the 5 nation collaborative development $125M Block 7.0 avionics upgrade to the Hercules C-130J aircraftKey AchievementsDeveloped a unique role that offered UK MOD previously unknown insight into collaborative development through ‘eyes and ears on the ground’ in the US Air Force Program OfficeImplemented a robust process for the identification, analysis and management of risk acceptable to all participating customers by increasing the buy-in of the Prime Contractor

Performance and Safety Manager for the Hercules C-130 aircraftKey AchievementsDelivered Full Operating Capability of Hercules C-130J aircraft 6 months ahead of schedule and 10% under agreed budget through flexible project planning, thorough engagement with all project stakeholders and rigorous management of supplierDelivered Release to Service for C-130J and C-130K aircraft, with full audit trail, safety cases and documented evidence in our database 3 months ahead of schedule and on budget

Hnd, Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Gce A Level, Chemistry

Gce O Level, English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering Drawing, Geography, History, French