Robert A. Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Available now for the next assignment. My main skill set is;• Customer relationship management and turnaround.• Project planning, budgeting and specification.. • Team Leadership and Resource management including remote team working.• Project finance and reporting.• Negotiation and Influencing. • Contract management.• Critical issue and conflict resolution. • Problem solving.• Change management.• Bid management.• Investor relationship.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Interim Chief Finance Officer for Moscow/Dubai based construction technology company responsible for financial strategy, company formations, compliance, banks and investor relations. Delivered private equity investment, local sponsorship and business setup in United Arab Emirates.

Guildford, United Kingdom

Raised funding through corporate donations, charitable trusts and government grants. Managed and recruited over 200 volunteer science and engineering ambassadors to encourage and inspire STEM subject careers in schools & colleges. Worked with teachers and industry leaders to deliver schools innovation projects. Promoted, project managed and presented the 2007 Festival of Science, Technology and Engineering, awards presented by HRH The Duke of Kent.

Uk, Moscow

Consulting projects included a strategic analysis and options paper for a Moscow based construction company, a pricing policy for a software company and commercial support for a technology bid.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Board Director of a start-up PLC, which builds and operates vertical wind tunnels, for the sports, leisure and entertainment sectors. I built the business plan, negotiated ground leases, managed design and development, secured planning consents, tendered construction and appointed contractors. Managed risks, reduced startup capital requirement by 22%. I managed all invested funds, compliance and working cash flows and achieved Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) advance approval which encouraged private investors, through significant tax benefits. The business continues to grow profitably.

West Drayton

Crafted the unique selling proposition; delivering online data storage in the first data storage service provider model. Built the team, made first sales, continued to sell, delivered start-up infrastructure. Developed European channel contracts with HP datacentres and IX Europe (Equinix). Built the brand, raised three rounds of private equity investment.

Opened Vodafone as a new global account for CSC. Delivered technology and commercial consulting solutions for blue-chip clientele in Europe and beyond.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Emerging operator group (EOG). Sales, bids, delivery and development of Alcatel products, services and finance for the global emerging telecommunications operator sector in fixed, mobile, data and convergent networks. Identification of suitable delivery companies as potential acquisition targets for the group.

Channel management and new product development of mobile telecom network software products. SMSC, HLR/AUC, EIR, Value Added Services management platform. Opened Nortel and Motorola as new global channels, then trained and supported them on bids to over-deliver on sales target. Developed a new Telecoms Anti-Fraud systems product/service set, crafted the internal investment business case and launched the new proposition.

Guildford, United Kingdom

Delivered on-time, under-budget, roll-out of GSM Mobile networks. Over-achieved on invoicing target, improved delivery precision from 16% to 92%. Contract management for Vodafone GSM and TACS contracts and design/support data centre. Delivered complex, proprietary and business-critical projects, responsible for up to 60 staff. Appointed strategic planning manager, mobile telecoms.

Delivered operational transformation for the Southern service region, from the worst performing region to the best. Innovated service technologies to drive reductions in response times, service costs and overhead. Delivered ISO 9001 certification. Merged GEC & Plessey product support in region. Provided pre/post sales support for sales of new products/ services.

Various

Various appointments with increasing responsibility for engineering, technology and personnel, in army aviation. This included military overseas service in many locations with flexible and specialist operational requirements.

Mba, Strategy, Finance, Innovation, Markets

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc, Technology And Business

Diploma In Management, Project Management, Finance And Accounting., Change Management, Leadership And People Management.

Diploma In Marketing, Electives On B2B And Technology.

Hnc, Aerospace

Apprentice - Aerospace Engineer