Leading the consulting division of Leading Talent.

Engagement lead for Leading Talent. Ensuring the Leading Talent consulting team are delivering value and on time for our client.

Helping HS2 and EKFB to deliver data driven results to adopt a new "Health and safety Passport" system. Providing delivery assurance consulting services and strategic direction on data cleansing. Always beneficial to let the data tell the story.

Running the systems transformation programme for Paperchase moving from a legacy on prem environment to cloud and SaaS first environments. Primary focus on ERP, WMS, CRM and POS systems while ensuring a successful WAN rollout to circa 90 retail units.Responsible for balancing a £2.5mil operational budget, contracting with suppliers to provide cloud services and overall plan and success of the migration to the cloud.Working with the C-suite to set the IT business strategy for the… Show more Running the systems transformation programme for Paperchase moving from a legacy on prem environment to cloud and SaaS first environments. Primary focus on ERP, WMS, CRM and POS systems while ensuring a successful WAN rollout to circa 90 retail units.Responsible for balancing a £2.5mil operational budget, contracting with suppliers to provide cloud services and overall plan and success of the migration to the cloud.Working with the C-suite to set the IT business strategy for the company. Show less

Working with the business to understand the requirement and set the strategy and approach for deploying a cloud-based Windows 10 client (Intune managed). Recruited the deployment team to deploy ~1000 to remote users during progressive periods of Covid lockdown.Reporting directly into the CTO

The Programme of work was addressing the Desktop Experience as part of a larger service transformation. There were approximately 270000 users across 150 countriesI was responsible the transformation programme of work, engaging directly with the business to understand business goals and drive value• Roadmap's and technology stories - Creating pictorial representation to articulate the programmes strategic thinking and direction• User experience - Improving provisioning of users… Show more The Programme of work was addressing the Desktop Experience as part of a larger service transformation. There were approximately 270000 users across 150 countriesI was responsible the transformation programme of work, engaging directly with the business to understand business goals and drive value• Roadmap's and technology stories - Creating pictorial representation to articulate the programmes strategic thinking and direction• User experience - Improving provisioning of users and devices as well as increasing choice and self heal capabilities• Asset management - Looking at RFID asset tracking and locker technologies to provide hot swap facilities• Modern Application Models - Driving the understanding and move towards a more self service model of application delivery• Client - Delivery new capabilities such as Microsoft Virtual Desktop and Modern Clients using AutoPilot and Intune management• Data Portability - Plan for OneDrive for business to be the ubiquitous user data storage platform• Working with SAP service line to realise integrations points and align plans around global SAP migrations Show less

The Programme was responsible for refreshing the clients estate as part of a larger service transformation. The client has ~12000 users across 78 countriesI was responsible for the design, build and deployment activities for the following components• New Windows 10 platform• New standard Mac OS using DEP and managed by JAMF• New standard Linux Ubuntu client deployed via MDT• And the migration to a new Intune platform from AirWatchIn addition to the core… Show more The Programme was responsible for refreshing the clients estate as part of a larger service transformation. The client has ~12000 users across 78 countriesI was responsible for the design, build and deployment activities for the following components• New Windows 10 platform• New standard Mac OS using DEP and managed by JAMF• New standard Linux Ubuntu client deployed via MDT• And the migration to a new Intune platform from AirWatchIn addition to the core components, the client had also requested my team to look at implementing• Restructure and consolidate the current Active Directory structure around User and Computer Objects• Windows Hello for business based on a Hybrid Environment• How to move from the current SCCM/PXE boot build process to Microsoft Autopilot• Perform “Service Introduction” steps to ensure successful handover of new technologies to operational supportIn addition to technical responsibilities, I was also requested to travel to Australia to work with the local business and migrate the business to Windows 10.This was the first Market to complete the migration to Windows 10 Show less

I represented the End User Productivity (EUP) portfolio for Shell.I took steer from the architectural teams and created artefacts for the business to understandPlanning and roadmaps – Creation of five-year service and delivery plan encompassing new and existing services.Creating and understanding vendor Technology roadmaps to underpin new and existing servicesUpdating of service catalogues as part of road mapsDelivery work – Act as “Sponsor” or “Product Owner” for… Show more I represented the End User Productivity (EUP) portfolio for Shell.I took steer from the architectural teams and created artefacts for the business to understandPlanning and roadmaps – Creation of five-year service and delivery plan encompassing new and existing services.Creating and understanding vendor Technology roadmaps to underpin new and existing servicesUpdating of service catalogues as part of road mapsDelivery work – Act as “Sponsor” or “Product Owner” for inflight projects.Initiation of projects via charters and business value statementsNew supplier portfolio representation – The client has selected a new desktop services supplier. I am representing the EUP portfolio as part of the overall transformation and transition Show less

2017 – 2018 – Programme Manager for Next Generation Client Programme• Delivery responsibility for an onshore team of 15 individuals, 5 vendors and 20 supplier offshore resources• Increased responsibility and budget to $9.4 million to cover the following areas and supporting servicesWindows 10 –Successfully launched Windows 10 LTSC (1509) and introduce Windows 10 SAC into the environment and change the update mechanism and business testing processes to account for an “Always… Show more 2017 – 2018 – Programme Manager for Next Generation Client Programme• Delivery responsibility for an onshore team of 15 individuals, 5 vendors and 20 supplier offshore resources• Increased responsibility and budget to $9.4 million to cover the following areas and supporting servicesWindows 10 –Successfully launched Windows 10 LTSC (1509) and introduce Windows 10 SAC into the environment and change the update mechanism and business testing processes to account for an “Always updating client”.Next Generation Client – Develop and launch an internet only facing client that is OS agnostic and managed via MDM/EMM with supporting services. Azure Information Protection to protect data at all times, Workspace One to provide a single view of all services for the end user, a cloud based pull print solution and 2 factor Authentication utilising biometricsAuthentication - Tasked with reducing the $9million a year spend on physical smart cards by the introduction of virtual smart cards and biometrics using Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM) as a smart card management platformApplication Platform Hosting – Maturity and TCO analysis on the relevant cloud application hosting platforms available to the client and subsequent introduction of the service for the Business to consume and migrate application to (Citrix XenApp Express, Microsoft RDP V2.0, Amazon Web Services) Show less

Day to day delivery responsibility for an onshore team of 10 company individuals and 5 supplier offshore resourcesResponsibility for a budget of $4.7 million to cover the following areas and supporting servicesStandard Programme management activities such as alignment of projects towards a common goal of business readiness, running the governance, risk management, budget management, planning integration and ongoing improvement by continual monitoring of projects and reporting to… Show more Day to day delivery responsibility for an onshore team of 10 company individuals and 5 supplier offshore resourcesResponsibility for a budget of $4.7 million to cover the following areas and supporting servicesStandard Programme management activities such as alignment of projects towards a common goal of business readiness, running the governance, risk management, budget management, planning integration and ongoing improvement by continual monitoring of projects and reporting to senior stakeholdersResponsible for the overall outcome of the Windows 10 (LTSC) journeyWorkspace Evolution comprised a 140000 client Windows 10 refresh, a new application packaging process and associated tooling, guiding the business through rationalisation and remediation of their application portfolio and implementation of supporting infrastructure services such as MDOP and Citrix based testing environments and success of the business in preparing them for the migration through application readiness (3500 MSI applications to be analysed and repackaged) Show less

Programme Manager and Core Infrastructure Lead for the Desktop Optimisation Programme.Responsible for the Implementation of the VMWare environment that the programme will be built upon.This will enable the transformation of 24000 devices/individuals across 3 separate environments over circa 20 national locations, to a new standard operating environment (SoE) consisting of Windows 7/Office 2010/Internet ExplorerResponsibilities included high level and detailed designs, high… Show more Programme Manager and Core Infrastructure Lead for the Desktop Optimisation Programme.Responsible for the Implementation of the VMWare environment that the programme will be built upon.This will enable the transformation of 24000 devices/individuals across 3 separate environments over circa 20 national locations, to a new standard operating environment (SoE) consisting of Windows 7/Office 2010/Internet ExplorerResponsibilities included high level and detailed designs, high level and detailed delivery plans, dependency planning, scheduling, budget management, risk and issue management, reporting, service introduction, training, resource planning and performing an SMA role for the delivery partner tenderDay to day management of onshore team of 8 individual Show less

Senior Project Manager for business change within the Desktop Technology Platform programme.Responsible for the successful migration and separation of 12000 individuals from the existing RBS environment to a new green field platform comprising Windows 7/Office 365/Internet Explorer 9 and a new Citrix XenApp platform.Plan and manage the execution of a comprehensive transformation plan for the successful migration of 12 Regional offices and 16 Accident and repair centres across… Show more Senior Project Manager for business change within the Desktop Technology Platform programme.Responsible for the successful migration and separation of 12000 individuals from the existing RBS environment to a new green field platform comprising Windows 7/Office 365/Internet Explorer 9 and a new Citrix XenApp platform.Plan and manage the execution of a comprehensive transformation plan for the successful migration of 12 Regional offices and 16 Accident and repair centres across the country, Planning principles include a target of 80% thin client usage and a reduction of 6000 to 2000 laptops across the estateResponsibilities included dependency planning and forecasting, scheduling, budget management, risk and issue management, reporting metrics, service introduction, training and resource planningPerforming a cross tower solution architect role to ensure alignment between technology streams for successful deployment and the day to day management of onshore team of 8 individuals Show less

http://www.Accenture.comDuring my time at Accenture, I was a career councillor to 4 individuals and was nominated for an Oscar for “Best People Developer” as well as winning 2 "Gold High Achiever" awards I actively participated in the Infrastructure practise, writing “Points of View” for the community, as well as being a key contact for sales support work around large infrastructure transformations across the entire project lifecycleI was also a key resource for external… Show more http://www.Accenture.comDuring my time at Accenture, I was a career councillor to 4 individuals and was nominated for an Oscar for “Best People Developer” as well as winning 2 "Gold High Achiever" awards I actively participated in the Infrastructure practise, writing “Points of View” for the community, as well as being a key contact for sales support work around large infrastructure transformations across the entire project lifecycleI was also a key resource for external CV review and 2nd round candidate interviews Show less

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