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Online and Offline media publishing services. Including web based content services and applications, photographic services and publishing

• Held full accountability for systems covering diverse business areas, including Investment Banking, Donor fund management, Corporate and project procurement, Client management, and Client, Donor and Public outreach channels• Oversaw an average £4M annual operational, maintenance and project-based capital budgets, and influenced executive level business demand and governance committees, up to VP level, and ensured annual expenditure was successfully prioritised• Managed Information Systems team, where accountable for resourcing of up to 35 internal staff and external consultants• Championed the fulfilment of business demand for enhancement and operational maintenance of the Bank’s bespoke applications and systems• Liaised with user community, including senior executives and stakeholders in the Bank, to promote a greater understanding of the value-add capabilities of applications and tools• Enhanced quality standards by building an independent test function including test automation, which reduced development effort, operational risk and service delivery overheads• Initiated and executed team strategy, resulting in longer-term clarity of roadmap for applications and tools, in addition to budgetary stability• Progressed operational needs to match evolving complexity of systems, interfaces and business processes, including regular trend analysis, patching and on-going upgrades• Defined, enhanced and ensured ongoing compliance to the application development life cycle processes including coding standards, version control and release and change management, in an Agile environment

Coached and managed personnel in a matrix structured department of 31 cross functional individuals to senior manager level including enterprise and solution architects, business analysts and other technical staff.Initiated business process enhancement initiatives in multiple business areas, including contractor recruitment and outsource managed service programme resulting in improved service flexibility.Defined and established architecture and strategy for Vodafone IT prepay subscriber administration model throughout ‘growth’ years (1998-2003), involving customer interaction, financial transactions and account admin.Achieved multiple large-scale complex and critical project deliveries through resource, task and project management abilities resulting in growing business capabilities in a high-volume consumer environment.

Optronics Surveillance and Tracking Systems design, development, implementation and project management.Cross-functional team leadership of global projects.

Global installation, trials and commisioning of optronics surveillance and fire control systems. Predominantly naval systems in south-east Asia and for RN in UK.

Development of automated production and testing facilities (software development) for gyroscope components.