David Sands Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Specialist in programme management, business change and transformation delivery• Engages B2B, B2C, financial services banking, retail, consulting, public & corporates• Particular emphasis and expertise in heavily-regulated financial services environments• Applies and utilises Best Practice Techniques, incl. MSP, PRINCE2 APM & PMP methods• Client-facing skills, developed from running consulting projects with Capgemini and EDS • Adept at the rescue and recovery of failing projects and getting projects back on track• Coaches subject matter experts & PMs, embedding project and programme disciplines• Problem-solving and troubleshooting, able to gain a quick understanding of complex issues• Champions and delivers change, successfully impacting across people, process and systems• Delivery of business change to challenging timescales, using Waterfall and Agile tools• Knowledge of formal risk / cost management methods, including Earned Value Management

Leeds, Gb

Hamilton, Bm

Responsible for delivery of a regulatory project to implement FCA stipulated fair pricing guidelines

Gb

Managing full project life cycle of a front-end portal which links to a newly developed CRM application

London, London, Gb

• Assigned multiple digital cloud security projects to deliver across AWS & Azure, using a combination of JIRA and MS Project. • Reported progress via on-line tools, PowerPoint & less formal methods to senior stakeholders• Manged risk, issues, dependencies to keep the projects on track.• Managing resources from internal and external teams to achieve a common goal.Released due to blanket IR35 assessment

Bristol, Gb

Responsible for project management, business case development and engaging senior stakeholders• Led a specialist testing programme to implement solutions for the Clean Air Strategy• Full project lifecycle management & delivery, including planning, scope, budgeting & risk• Coached SMEs, implementing the best-practice methodologies & key project disciplines• Utilised data from multiple sources, creating a strategic outline and full business case• Took business case through approval process, securing funding and senior-level buy-in• Programme delivery, including production of PID, RAID, MSP plan and other governance documents

London, Gb

Responsible for project management, developing & delivering a business services migration strategy• Championed a major £100m cost saving & IT infrastructure transformational programme• Migrated business services to a tower-based model, migrating suppliers in the process• Delivered Windows 10, Office 365, WAN/LAN, Voice, Video, Gateways & Mailbox migration• Programme delivery impacting a 25000+ user base, incl. lawyers, civil servants & judiciary• Drove a large £100m cost saving initiative across the MoJ, realising business benefit• Built & maintained strong relationships with PMs, change stakeholders, senior executives• Engaged with Tier 1 3rd party supplies (Vodafone, Atos, DXC/HP) and technical specialists• Integrated 3rd party work with existing commercial contracts, resolving priority conflictsKey

Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

Responsible for all aspects of project leadership and delivery, engaging with senior stakeholders• Parachuted-in to rescue a failing project, managing a dispersed team & client expectations• Full remit for project management including planning, scope and budgets, driving delivery• Spearheaded project plan amendments, identified project control failures & delivered change• Evolved client communications into a more collaborative nature, capturing requirements• Realised over £1m+ cost savings through modernising and revitalising existing IT projectsKey

London, Uk, Gb

Responsible for project leadership and management within a key banking transformation programme• Drove Certification element (pillar) of £26M group-wide regulatory banking transformation• Programme delivery, engaging collaboratively with multiple stakeholders and regulators• End-to-end programme control, including evaluation & post-project business ownership• Achieved project delivery within fixed deadlines, evolving established business processesKey

Gb

Managed start-up of two projects, an IT focused service desk tool replacement project (ITIL), and a business transformation project. The projects completed with agreed governance and a sound business case in place.Key

Gb

Saved client £250k a year by transitioning their existing ITIL managed services satisfied by Computacenter and Fujitsu to either NCR (a new service provider) or to a new internal Boots function. Key

Walsall, West Midlands, Gb

Responsible for programme leadership, delivering an enhanced online purchasing environment• Implemented a series of IT and business change projects within a £3m programme• Programme delivery impacting people, process, assets and systems, delivering change• Drove business change, embedding the best-practice Agile and Waterfall methodologies• Conducted a review, mapping existing ‘As-Is’ processes and defining ‘To-Be’ processes• Transitioned from paper-based to digital solution, simplifying products & improving flexibility• Improved purchasing process, realising increased sales & 20% performance increase• Mentored Project Managers with both theoretical and ‘on-the-job’ training, receiving positive feedbackKey

Birmingham, Gb

Delivered the integration and merging of business processes, human resources and company assets (including the supporting IT Infrastructure) between the GTCE and the Department for Education.Key

Middlesbrough, Gb

Delivered a full end to end change to the clients Infrastructure improving operational efficiency by 50% and cutting down on staff turnover by 25%.Key

Birmingham, West Midlands, Us

Implemented a COTS Asset Management System in an initial environment where no plan existed, scope creep was abundant & the resources were unclear of their objectivesKey

Gb

Two year contract role with this large public sector client. A (£16M) portfolio of projects as part of a large (£450M) business transformation programme of change. Using a very formal gated governance process and utilising multiple 3rd parties to roll out new e-learning products to learning institutions and the general public. Key

Gb

Short-term contract as Project Manager for this financial client Running several small IT Operations projects in order to improve operational standardsKey

Mclean, Va, Us

Delivering multiple concurrent projects which included DMA/FCA regulation changes, Oracle Data Warehouse Implementation, De-Commissioning of IT Infrastructure in Italy, Upgrade of Fraud Software and Software Asset Management Regulation.Key

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Managed several projects within an overall efficiency programme which included migrating £650M stock from one french supplier to an American supplier, selection and implementation of a COTS package and several Agile Web development initiatives. Key

London, Gb

Running a large data migration project in the Actuarial department and replacing a manual document management system with an automated electronic alternative, saving the client over 50% of their document management running costs. Key

Key

West Hartford, Us

West Hartford, Us

Over 1 year as a Project Manager for this large US based IT consultancy organisation. Predominantly working for the DWP in the public sector.

West Hartford, Us

6 months managing tactical application development projects up to £250k in value

Paris, France, Fr

As one of Cap Gemini's senior management consultants I project managed a number of high profile strategic projects for several of CAP Gemini’s major clients. Main projects includedCRM ImplementationIntroduction of handheld devicesCOTS Package ImplementationBudgets from £250k to £4MTeam Sizes from 4 to 20Key

London, Gb

I reported directly to the head of information services. Project led multiple small to medium sized projects. Platform was AS/400 & PC client server. Project teams varied in size from 2 to 16. Main activities included project planning & control and responsible for production of early project deliverables (project brief, terms of reference, project initiation document, etc), chaired project progress/control meetings with key business users/sponsors. Head of IS standards steering committee. Managed recruitment of permanent and contract staff

London, Gb

Analysis and coding for in-house finance systems

Leeds, Gb

London, Gb