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London Luton Airport, GB

Edinburgh, Scotland, GB

Glasgow, Scotland, GB

Cut short due to Covid19 impact and the programme being put on hold

Edinburgh, Scotland, GB

• Responsible for Planning and managing work activities of two Java software development/test teams (Web journey for applications of loans and current accounts) working closely in conjunction with business teams. The new.
• Conducted Scrum Daily standup, Product backlog, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective meetings.
• Determined the team capacity (velocity) from historical data. Created Work Break down structure (user stories) and corresponding activities (tasks).
• Monitored the project progress and radiated the information to stake holders. Identified and mitigated team risks and impediments (Blocking Issues, Critical Defects) on daily basis.
• Worked with Senior Management, Business & Release Management to understand the vision of the product, prioritize and develop software release planning.
• Communicated the progress to senior management thru 'Burndown Charts'. Monitored the Quality thru metrics and mentored team thru the project management processes.

• Introduced Scrum Framework within the company after being asked to review Project Delivery methodology that was consistently failing to meet customer deliverables and expectations. Established new self-organizing Scrum.
• Responsible for the roadmap to deliver virtualised and cloud offering of IT and playout systems that operate on a 24 x 7 basis. Current facility was approaching building power supply limit and so the requirement was to.

London, GB

• Provided overall management and support for concurrent projects across multiple products within the UK Core Voice and Data division, focusing on the new Long-Term Evolution (LTE) platform. Served as a conduit between.
• Establish appropriate portfolio and project visibility in line with corporate standards
• Interpret and manage the business risk exposure generated by the portfolio
• Manage a team of senior Project Managers (including multiple complex third parties) to ensure project delivery through a consistent project management gated methodology.
• Responsible for project governance across portfolio - making sure all gate artefacts are of correct standard before attending project board.
• Hands on project management of complex and/or strategic projects for Vodafone that have critical dependencies or deliverablesKey Achievements:

Reading, Berkshire, GB

• Accountable for an average annual budget of £10m.
• Leadership of a team of 20 including Project/Programme Managers.
• Management of multiple complex third parties.
• Worked with key senior business stakeholders to identify and analyse business requirements.
• Monitored the portfolio/programme through the delivery framework life cycle
• Secured business sponsorship and managed multiple senior stakeholders.

Reading, Berkshire, GB

• Responsible for a team of Project Managers delivering projects that impacted upon the TV Network.
• Developed new project processes and installation standards for TV Networks.
• Managed TV Networks project budget and reports to finance.
• Lead Project Manager for strategically important projects such as TVOIP and VOD.
• Ensured team delivered projects on time, to budget and with minimal customer impact.
• Delivered project reporting to directors and senior management.

Reading, Berkshire, GB

• Principal Development Engineer for the Digital TV Engineering division of NTL.
• Responsible for the upgrade, expansion and specification of equipment.
• Delivered new products on the digital television platform.
• Managed the two year roll out of Video on Demand (VOD) across 38 regional head-ends/hub-sites.Key Achievements: Video on Demand (VOD)
• This project was delivered 6 months ahead of schedule.
• Delivered an innovative product that was not provided by any other UK broadcaster at the time.

GB

• Member of the Broadcast & Infrastructure team following completion of the 2-year graduate scheme.
• Main responsibility was for BBC Sport and Outside Broadcasting.
• Designed and installed temporary broadcasting facilities for international events.Key Achievements: Manchester Commonwealth Games
• Project Manager for BBC Interactive (BBCi) and a key member of the BBC Sport team.
• Managed funds of £400K and had a team of nine personnel.

Master Of Science (Msc), Radio Communications And High Frequency Engineering

Beng (Hons) 2:1, Electronic Engineering