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Solution architect working across a wide breadth of projects as part of a major transformation programme.

Retained by an international digital publisher of industry specific news, insight and analysis to provide guidance and support to the development of the IT strategy and architecture including the transformation from a traditional server estate to Cloud platforms. TOGAF, strategic planning and change governance principles have been used pragmatically to provide a more structured approach to projects that is aligned to the capabilities and scale of the organisation.Three month engagement for a UK regulator to review the current technology estate and IT organisation and develop the IT strategy to support an organisation wide transformation programme. Delivered a three year IT strategy, aligned to the business goals and orientated around Microsoft Azure, Dynamics and Office 365 cloud services. This was supported by a Target Operating Model for IT and a realistic technology and organisational roadmap.Nine month engagement with a global retail client to develop and execute RFP’s for Cloud infrastructure and the global outsource of in-store IT infrastructure. For each RFP governance processes were established, the requirements developed, RFP documents authored, liaised with supplier bid teams and the response scoring and supplier selection were managed to completion.