Finance, HR, Procurement and Payroll transformation and ERP.

The YHPSN programme delivered a contract for a Wide Area Network (WAN) to connect public services across the Yorkshire and Humber region whilst cutting connectivity costs by up to 40 percent. The expected total value of the contract was in the region of £100 million. The programme represented the largest implementation of NHS Digital’s Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) and the Public Services Network (PSN) in the country. I represented over 60 public sector organisations including… Show more The YHPSN programme delivered a contract for a Wide Area Network (WAN) to connect public services across the Yorkshire and Humber region whilst cutting connectivity costs by up to 40 percent. The expected total value of the contract was in the region of £100 million. The programme represented the largest implementation of NHS Digital’s Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) and the Public Services Network (PSN) in the country. I represented over 60 public sector organisations including 39 health organisations, 15 local authorities, 4 police forces, 3 universities and 2 combined authorities that made up the Yorkshire and Humber Public Services Network (YHPSN).Tasks included• Establishment of the programme and associated governance• Gaining buy-in from the 60 different public sector organisations through engagement with senior stakeholders and decision makers typically at Chief Information Officer level• Requirements capture in relation to technical, cyber security and service management requirements • Establishment of the procurement team including representatives from NHS Digital, the Cabinet Office and legal support from the law firm, DLA Piper• Development of the procurement approach alongside NHS Digital colleagues• Working alongside the legal team in order to ensure that YHPSN’s requirements were captured within the contract documents• Working alongside NHS Digital and legal colleagues to deliver the procurement which operated under European Procurement Regulations and followed the process for a Negotiated Procedure I also had the responsibility for establishing an Intelligent Client team that would support the contract on behalf of YHPSN once procurement was concluded. This team of permanent employees would replace the team of contract staff that I was a part of and also managed. I developed the new team structure and role profiles for the team and led the recruitment that culminated in the successful establishment of the permanent team. Show less

Project management of a joint programme between the Local Government Association, Leeds City Council, Calderdale Council and the Ripple programme (www.rippleosi.org) to define open data standards that can underpin an open platform for social care and health integration. This work built an initial data standard for adult social care integration which was implemented on a demonstration version of the Ripple integrated care record system. This initial data standard was then opened to review via… Show more Project management of a joint programme between the Local Government Association, Leeds City Council, Calderdale Council and the Ripple programme (www.rippleosi.org) to define open data standards that can underpin an open platform for social care and health integration. This work built an initial data standard for adult social care integration which was implemented on a demonstration version of the Ripple integrated care record system. This initial data standard was then opened to review via workshops and the OpenEHR (http://openehr.org/ckm/) platform, allowing the standard to be further enhanced by social care professionals. Show less

Working in collaboration with Leeds City Council, Calderdale Council and NHS Digital to implement a real-time NHS number matching solution using Spine Mini Service. Linking adult social care and patient health records via an integrated care record (Leeds Care Record). Full software development life-cycle including design, software development, testing and implementation of solution. Development of business process for NHS number matching and error correction. Development of Information… Show more Working in collaboration with Leeds City Council, Calderdale Council and NHS Digital to implement a real-time NHS number matching solution using Spine Mini Service. Linking adult social care and patient health records via an integrated care record (Leeds Care Record). Full software development life-cycle including design, software development, testing and implementation of solution. Development of business process for NHS number matching and error correction. Development of Information Governance standards leading to the implementation of a national standard by which all local authorities can request access to patient NHS numbers. Show less

Implementation of a shared service for process improvement and joint IT systems development in Adult Social Services across Leeds City Council and Calderdale Council. Also, delivery of common processes and IT systems to meet the requirements of the Care Act.Work includes:Design and implementation of partnership governance arrangements and the establishment of a joint development board. The creation of a joint development team, resourced by both Leeds and Calderdale… Show more Implementation of a shared service for process improvement and joint IT systems development in Adult Social Services across Leeds City Council and Calderdale Council. Also, delivery of common processes and IT systems to meet the requirements of the Care Act.Work includes:Design and implementation of partnership governance arrangements and the establishment of a joint development board. The creation of a joint development team, resourced by both Leeds and Calderdale Councils.The development of a product roadmap and the implementation of a software release strategy across both Councils.Implementation of shared ways of working and shared IT systems for Adult Social Care. Show less

Project Management of the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of Oracle based systems as well as leading projects that have redesigned business processes or restructured services. All projects were managed to Prince2 standards and include:Adult Health & Social Care (Care Act & Health Integration) - Oracle full SDLCChild Social Care Case Management - Oracle full SDLCTransaction Website and Oracle OnDemand CRM Integration - Oracle full SDLC Web Content Management… Show more Project Management of the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of Oracle based systems as well as leading projects that have redesigned business processes or restructured services. All projects were managed to Prince2 standards and include:Adult Health & Social Care (Care Act & Health Integration) - Oracle full SDLCChild Social Care Case Management - Oracle full SDLCTransaction Website and Oracle OnDemand CRM Integration - Oracle full SDLC Web Content Management System ImplementationGeographic Information System Data Warehouse ImplementationLean & Demand Management Programme design & implementation - saving £9 millionReview of Adult Learning Disabilities provision - saving £500KRestructure of Corporate Support Services - saving £1 millionBusiness Intelligence & Performance Management Team Management Show less

Financial Services – BankingProject management of an ICT technical skills transition programme alongside an ongoing organisational restructure. Transitioning from traditional technologies to Java, OO design and n-tier through the development and delivery of a bespoke training and mentoring programme to over 50 members of staff.• Development of standards for OO design and Java development using DSDM (Agile) method to meet the bank's required operating environment.• Formal assessment… Show more Financial Services – BankingProject management of an ICT technical skills transition programme alongside an ongoing organisational restructure. Transitioning from traditional technologies to Java, OO design and n-tier through the development and delivery of a bespoke training and mentoring programme to over 50 members of staff.• Development of standards for OO design and Java development using DSDM (Agile) method to meet the bank's required operating environment.• Formal assessment of current level of staff skills.• Development and delivery of a bespoke Java and OO design training programme.• Formal mentoring programmes to embed trained skills as business as usual knowledge alongside the development of solutions for the bank.ICT Software SectorDevelopment and delivery of an ICT skills transition programme to transition OO designers and developers to a Java environment.• Development of standards for Java development using DSDM (Agile) method to meet the required operating environment.• Formal assessment of current level of staff skills.• Development and delivery of a bespoke Java training programme. Show less

Financial Services – Banking• Design and development of a knowledge transfer programme to transition from reliance on contract staff to a new permanent workforce for the development and maintenance of the bank's website.• Microsoft VB, web technologies, OO Design.• Project management to Prince2 standards of the programme implementation including PID production, project planning, monitoring, board reporting and management of risks, issues and dependencies.• Realising savings of… Show more Financial Services – Banking• Design and development of a knowledge transfer programme to transition from reliance on contract staff to a new permanent workforce for the development and maintenance of the bank's website.• Microsoft VB, web technologies, OO Design.• Project management to Prince2 standards of the programme implementation including PID production, project planning, monitoring, board reporting and management of risks, issues and dependencies.• Realising savings of £3 million.Financial Services – Banking• Design and development of a knowledge transfer programme to support the transition of traditional developers into web based technologies. • Microsoft VB, ASP, web technologies, OO Design.• Project management to Prince2 standards of the programme implementation including PID production, project planning, monitoring, board reporting and management of risks, issues and dependencies.IT Technical Consultancy (Retail, Logistics, Financial Services)• Reviews of existing technologies and IT systems development methodologies.• Development of road maps for conversation to web based technologies.• Development of web technology strategies.• Development of skills transition programmes. Standards & Governance• Development and implementation of the company’s standards for project management, based on Prince2.• Management of the implementation of ISO 9001 Quality Management System for software development. Show less

Retail •Project Management of full SDLC of retail management system for major supermarket chains.•Stock control, purchasing, invoicing, financial management and point of sale.•Project planning, monitoring, board reporting and management of risks, issues and dependencies.•Delivered using Ingres DBMS, SQL, OpenRoad and OO Design.Telecommunications•Project Management of full SDLC of telephone billing and CRM functionality to support one of the countries first… Show more Retail •Project Management of full SDLC of retail management system for major supermarket chains.•Stock control, purchasing, invoicing, financial management and point of sale.•Project planning, monitoring, board reporting and management of risks, issues and dependencies.•Delivered using Ingres DBMS, SQL, OpenRoad and OO Design.Telecommunications•Project Management of full SDLC of telephone billing and CRM functionality to support one of the countries first implementations of a Video On Demand service.•Project planning, monitoring, board reporting and management of risks, issues and dependencies.•Delivered using Ingres DBMS, SQL, OpenRoad and OO Design. Show less

Project Management of full SDLC for Finance, Education, Environmental and Technical Services.Delivery of IT systems using Oracle, PL/SQL and Oracle Forms.Business Analysis, Systems Analysis, Systems Design, Program Specification, Coding and Testing.

•Leading a team of analysts and systems developers who developed and maintained a Motor Insurance Broker Administration System that was used nationally.•Systems Analysis, Systems Design, Program Specification, Coding and Testing of a Cobol based system.

Systems Analysis, Systems Design, Program Specification, Coding and Testing of a Cobol based systems for Motor Insurance.