Michael Dodds Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London, Gated, GB

Strand, England, GB

London, England, GB

London, England, GB

Milton Keynes, GB

Argos Financial Services (AFS) launched a series of exciting new financial products that required a dedicated internal development capability. My role was to build a team and work side by side with stakeholders with differing interests to create a common product roadmap that would deliver business and operational valueThe new team of 12 consisted of.

Brought in to turn around a failing project aimed at integrating advertising, commercial, finance and reporting systems. Failing aspects of the previous project were identified and the initiative was restructured and restarted which eventually led to a successful implementation

Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, GB

This post was aimed at managing the build of a beta site to improve the user journey for new students. The project was suspended in order to revisit the digital strategy

Manchester, GB

− Successful launch of City's flagship digital site - July 16− Project portfolio management − Benefit definition and tracking− Stakeholder management and reporting− Risk, issue and financial management and reporting− New infrastructure review and implementation− Coordination of 3rd party development agencies− Coordination of 3rd BAU development agencies−.

London, London, GB

− Managing 12 month programme delivery of web application core services to desktop and iOS devices− Introduction and promotion of standard Agile practices− Leading local and offshore development teams for projects ranging in complexity and spend (up to 55 staff & £3m budget)− Frequent stakeholder communications and engagements ensuring expectations were.

London, GB

− Delivery of a large project with complex dependencies as part of a corporate programme− Managed two Agile development teams (28 staff & £2.5m budget over 9 months) − Established effective communication with 3rd party consultants who were responsible for the payment features − Established and maintained good working relationship with the newspaper’s.

London, GB

- Established standard PM processes based on PRINCE2 & Agile methodologies- Developed PMO with standardized documentation and workflow based on the size and complexity of projects- Developed PM training matrix to cater for PMs at differing stages of their career- Implementation of resource management processes, using Clarity, to facilitate capacity.

London, England, GB

Consolidation of European IT data centers and support services - Planned and oversaw the consolidation and relocation of the data center located in London, Aberdeen, Brussels, Vienna, Frankfurt, Paris & Belfast to Manchester (2nd line) and The Hague (3rd line)- Conducted impact assessment with businesses, capturing ongoing requirements and expectations.

Stockholm, SE