Michael Rock Email & Phone Number

Speldhurst, Gb

Speldhurst, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

An information and data consultancy.We can help with your information solutions: from greenfield software development to content migration. Please contact me to discuss your requirements.

London, United Kingdom

Freelance contractor since 2008, managing Business Change, Systems Implementation and Data Migration projects.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Programme leadership and delivery, acting as a trusted advisor and advising on a structured replacement strategy for a Global Content Processing Platform. Overall HPCC programme budgetary control of $2m.Defined, articulated and executed a roadmap, along with interim ways of working for development teams. Reported directly into the Global SLT Steer Co, with the Chief Technical Officer and Chief Product Officer.Assembled and expanded the team from 2 to 12 engineers, split into operations and development teams.End-to-end project and programme leadership, encompassing scope, planning, budgeting, risk & issues.Key contributions and successes:Devised and implemented a new Target Operating Model for development and support teamsProject-led data centre migration for two complete environments, moving from Florida to GeorgiaImproved platform integration and performance through data centre and infrastructure overhaul Successfully reduced unplanned outages by almost 100%, improving the consistency of serviceImplemented a new technical environment ready for the FedRAMP assessment and compliance Delivered significant new product launch to enable £multi-million sales to US Federal agenciesTook on a failing programme, pivoting delivery, increasing budget to c$3m and engaging a 3rd party Scaled-up the programme team from 14 people and 2 teams to 120 people across 11 work streams

London Area, United Kingdom

Programme leadership, delivering a comprehensive $2m overhaul of CMS and Website, with infrastructure migration / re-hosting to AWS, accompanied by Content Model re-write. Reported to the Managing Director.Defined, articulated and implemented a new Target Operating Model (TOM), increasing coverage and significantly reducing costs.Developed and managed the ‘Operational Readiness’ transition plan to a new TOM, along with processes for both revenue generation and revenue protection.Dynamic leadership and motivation of a hybrid team of onshore & offshore staff, including team mentoring.Effectively managed, maintained and oversaw the PMO reporting of Risks, Issues and Inter-dependencies. Key contributions and successes:Project-led an infrastructure migration from Azure to AWS cloud, reducing hosting costs by 70%Delivered a Content Model re-write to support new data structure & improved customer experienceMonitor data and cutover progress, regularly communicating status & progress to leadership teams Successfully oversaw strategic planning and related implementation for internal middleware teamsAlignment of technical, integration and business teams to migrate through 4 technical environments

London, United Kingdom

Programme leadership and delivery, taking ownership for delivery of a global GDPR implementation programme, ensuring LexisNexis met the requirements of emerging legislation around consumer data.Engaged on a Global CMS implementation programme, leading multiple business and technical teams across 29 areas of practice, as well as planning data migration phase from multiple information sources. Defined, articulated and implemented Global GDPR policies, aligning data use with regulatory needs.Key contributions and successes:Structured the overall strategic approach and remediation plan for all consumer facing assetsEstablished and oversaw a new ‘fit for purpose’ team and department to support global policyLed multiple business and technical teams through content migration and remediation phasesSuccessfully developed & implemented a content improvement plan, supporting business change

City Of London, Uk

Project leadership and delivery, spearheading the Greenfield implementation of an innovative new cloud-based learning CMS (SaaS), the internal development of middleware, and full endpoint integration activity.Took the lead in planning the smooth migration of legacy data from multiple information sources & feeds.Reported directly into a Director-level Steering Group, acting as a ‘trusted advisor’ on project delivery.Leadership, management and motivation of cross-matrix teams, including team mentoring and coaching.Resource allocation and prioritisation across multiple teams, ensuring completion of work within budget.Successfully planned data migration from 4 sources into a new ‘master data’ service, encompassing test, quality verification, and content enhancement processes.Key contributions and successes:Leveraged Agile management, influenced by Lean Six Sigma project principles during delivery Developed an internal content model to create new AWS learning content management systemChampioned Waterfall development of SAP, including the creation of new automated processesSuccessfully created an extraction tool, with a Quality Assurance portal to manage data migration

London, United Kingdom

Managing the data migration for three agencies from SAP and Oracle, to Agresso.Project Management; Data migration; Systems implementation; Integration Test and Release, Conversion/Data Migration, Recovery Plans and Obtaining Sign Off

Luton, United Kingdom

Transformation of an international recruitment company’s operational and business processes, ERP and CRM systems, overseeing 12 projects and a team of circa 20. Budget approaching £1M.Project Management; Data migration; Systems implementation; Planning and Coordination of UAT, Scope of testing, Specification of Test Scripts, Execution of Test Scripts, Integration Test and Release, Conversion/Data Migration, Recovery Plans and Obtaining Sign Off.

Luton, United Kingdom

Management of a portfolio of circa 40 projects, with a budget of circa £2M and oversight of a team of approaching 85 developers, technical leads and infrastructure specialists for an international recruitment group.Project Management; Data migration; Systems implementation; Planning and Coordination of UAT, Scope of testing, Specification of Test Scripts, Execution of Test Scripts, Integration Test and Release, Conversion/Data Migration, Recovery Plans and Obtaining Sign Off.

Luton, United Kingdom

Planned, mapped and delivered a migration of systems and data for three recruitment consultancies aggregating into one organisation. Managed multi-disciplinary team of circa 20, budget circa £1M.Project Management; Data migration; Systems implementation; Planning and Coordination of UAT, Scope of testing, Specification of Test Scripts, Execution of Test Scripts, Integration Test and Release, Conversion/Data Migration, Recovery Plans and Obtaining Sign Off.

Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom

Hardware installation and EPOS software rollout across the Morrisons Supermarket chain, managing a team of 30-40 onsite engineers from multiple agencies and suppliers.Project Management; Reporting, Stakeholder Management, Performance Tracking, Cost Control, Data Analysis

London, United Kingdom

Consultancy firm, systems architecture and integration advice: implementation of information systems, with expertise in information management and systems infrastructure.Co-Founder of a realtime monitoring start-up, capturing events based on triggers and presenting the data as useful information in charts and graphs. We developed systems across sectors including automotives, politics and sport.Raised funds, managed business operations (including managing employees, finance, HR and legal) to develop realtime information transformation and management system. Project Management; Data migration; Systems implementation; Planning and Coordination of UAT, Scope of testing, Specification of Test Scripts, Execution of Test Scripts, Integration Test and Release, Conversion/Data Migration, Recovery Plans and Obtaining Sign Off.

Portugal, Greece, Turkey

Delivered training on SAP financial systems (SAP Business Objects Financial Consolidation)· Freelance training roles for SAP· Have trained in Portugal, Greece and Turkey· On site, week long courses, usually with groups of less than 10· Supplementary virtual training offered

National Chairman of the UK's largest political youth wing, Conservative Future.Organisation overhaul resulted in membership growth of nearly 100% (to circa 16,000), Planned and executed General Election strategy, Worked with Steering Committee to improve communications and organisational structure, Restructured senior management team and national network.

London

Led data migration team of technical and business employees and contractors for an information and events company on project implementing new financial system.Project Management; Data migration; Systems implementation; Planning and Coordination of UAT, Scope of testing, Specification of Test Scripts, Execution of Test Scripts, Integration Test and Release, Conversion/Data Migration, Recovery Plans and Obtaining Sign Off.

London, United Kingdom

Led data migration and testing, and creation of MI reports during a significant upgrade to financial systems for a major UK insurance company, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team on a £500k project.Data migration; Systems implementation; Planning and Coordination of UAT, Scope of testing, Specification of Test Scripts, Execution of Test Scripts, Integration Test and Release , Conversion/Data Migration, Recovery Plans and Obtaining Sign Off.

London

Worked as part of a consultancy team of five, plus senior employees to re-map and improve business processes for a major FMCG manufacturer.Data Analysis, Business Process mapping with reference to As - Is Analysis vs To Be State Definition, Six Sigma, Lean, Continuous Improvement, Functional Requirements Specification and Business Requirement Documentation.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Joined a new branch of a UK based freight company; activities included project planning, sales and account management, managing third party supplier and stakeholder managementProject management of logistics for BMW’s re-launch of the new model Mini, International deployment of military equipment for national Air Force

Durham, United Kingdom

Account manager dealing with international parcels and freight; included managing third party supplier and stakeholder management