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SIGNIFICANT EXPERTISE & SKILLS• ICT and business consultancy, design, and development - working with clients and vendors to develop innovative solutions, ensuring a return on investment. • Provision of professional project services - programme management, project management, change management, client/account management, vendor management, systems integration and general management consultancy.• Industry expertise in health, energy, distribution, manufacturing, and local and central government..• Project management - planning and control, leading internal and external teams, risk management, systems integration, change management, quality assurance and control, post implementation reviews.• Change management consultancy and planning - working with client teams to understand the implications to business users and functions across an organisation of implementing new systems, to ensure implementation success.• Independent Project QA - providing independent reviews of significant capital investment projects or projects at risk, reviewing project processes and assessing product quality i.e. fit for purpose assessment.• Project Recovery - providing support and renewal expertise to projects which are in trouble, refocusing projects which show signs of failing to meet business case objectives or benefits.• Project management methodology implementation - mentoring, training, and support of new project managers or other seconded to a project environment, enhancing project management capability in an organisation.• General consultancy - filling management gaps (operational or project), development or assistance with business cases, support of procurement activities.