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Aberarth, United Kingdom

Providing Project Management Office (PMO) support to public and private sectors, focusing on program management, business case creation, and financial viability studies. Key activities include:- Developing project plans for Azure adoption.- Assisting with legacy infrastructure migrations to the cloud and decommissioning on-premises infrastructure.- Creating operational adoption processes and communication for M365 readiness.- Managing legacy office data migrations to M365.- Overseeing desktop and mobile device management migrations using Intune and SCCM.- Upgrading VMWare clusters to Microsoft Hyper-V and migrating on-premises Hyper-V clusters to Azure.- Replatforming legacy applications and web services to Azure.- Replacing legacy Cisco VPNs with Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA).- Implementing Azure VPN for secure supplier access to various endpoints.- Preparing and delivering projects with Microsoft Project.- Conducting M365 tenant migrations, including data and application transfers.- Extending on-premises data centers for hybrid services with Azure.- Integrating Barracuda Web Application Firewall with ADFS for M365 and Azure security.- Preparing business cases for management approval, including financial assessments and risk profiling.- Managing key infrastructure renewals and replacements.- Presenting project progress and budget tracking to stakeholders.- Reporting on managed services estate performance and risks.- Participating in a 2-year decommissioning program for legacy services across 75 technical workstreams.

Welwyn Garden City

Led UK and India-based QS teams to provide cost management support to internal construction teams. External consultant performance management. Worked with internal stakeholders including project management, design and group procurement teams to deliver best value.

Welwyn Garden City

Developed cost reduction opportunities through innovation and analysis of procurement and out-turn cost trends. Reviewed Tesco’s Environmental Store programme to ensure carbon reduction technologies were sustainable and best value.

Welwyn Garden City

Responsible for the cost management of new build, extension and refurbishment works. Preparation of construction papers for main board approval and management of variations and risks. Agreement of final accounts and claims. Closure of year end accounts and accruals; supporting an accounts teams to balance a total year budget.

Welwyn Garden City

- Value Engineering of over 150 feasibility projects to meet strategy and future growth targets.- Prepared and submitted risk assessments for exchange of contract on all new sites. - Agreed scope and value engineered over 40 refits of retail units ranging from £300k to £2.9m - Negotiated construction tenders, variations, claims and final accounts.- Submitted end of year accounts in consultation with the finance team, managing budget, accruals and forward spend allowances to meet targets.

Northwich, Cheshire

- Feasibility budget preparation for new store, school relocations and mixed use development works.- Preparation of bills of quantities and contract documentation.- Tender negotiation.- Contract administration.- Financial management and audit.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Quantity Surveying

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