Rob Shore

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VP, Commerce and Guest Solutions Engineering @ Merlin Entertainments
London, England, GB
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I am a transformational Technology Leader with 25+ years of experience leading enterprise-scale digital transformations across Aviation, Telecommunications, and Media sectors.At easyJet, I spearheaded comprehensive technology initiatives that helped double company revenue to £8 billion, while leading a global team of 200+ FTEs and managing a c£30M technology budget. Most recently, I've orchestrated the migration of 40+ mission-critical systems to AWS, implemented innovative customer solutions driving c£140M+ in ancillary revenue, and achieved £4M in strategic cost savings through technology optimization. My expertise spans building high-performing global teams that consistently achieve industry-leading engagement scores while delivering complex, multi-country digital initiatives that drive substantial business value.Core competenciesChief Technology Officer (CTO) | Group Technology Director | Chief Digital Officer (CDO) | Digital Transformation | Enterprise AI | Cloud Strategy & Migration | Customer Experience Platforms | Data Analytics & AI/ML | Digital Commerce | Enterprise Systems Integration | API Management | Cyber Security | Identity Management | Agile Transformation | Technology Innovation | Global Team LeadershipDomain expertiseAviation Technology | Technology, Media & Telecom | Digital Commerce | Customer Experience Platforms | Cloud Infrastructure | Enterprise Architecture | Commercial Technology | Digital Product Development | Contact Centre Technology | Mobile Solutions | Customer Data Platforms | Business Technology Strategy | Revenue Management SolutionsPassionate about nurturing top talent and leveraging cutting-edge technology to drive business transformation. Proven ability to deliver complex, multi-country, multi-cultural programs that foster innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.

Rob Shore's Current Company Details
Merlin Entertainments

Merlin Entertainments

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VP, Commerce and Guest Solutions Engineering
London, England, GB
Employees:
4878
Rob Shore Work Experience Details
  • Merlin Entertainments
    Vp, Commerce And Guest Solutions Engineering
    Merlin Entertainments
    London, England, Gb
  • Easyjet
    Technology Director
    Easyjet Apr 2020 - Present
    London Luton Airport, Gb
    Accountable for Group Delivery, Support and Digital Transformation across our Digital & Customer Experience, Integration, Airline Technology, Data hub and Business Systems. Leading comprehensive digital transformation, driving innovation and business growth. Overseeing a diverse technology portfolio spanning Digital, eCommerce, Integration, Data Engineering, Airline Operations, and ERP. Managing a high-performing team of 190 FTEs and 300+ on/offshore resources with a £33 million annual operating budget.Reporting to the CDIO.
  • Virgin Media
    Senior Director, It Digital Experience & Integration Solutions
    Virgin Media Jan 2019 - Jan 2020
    Reading, Berkshire , Gb
    Senior Leadership role accountable for strategy, development and delivery and operational excellence of Digital Software solutions across multiple channels, including web, mobile, IVR, contact centre, messaging, bots & AI. Reporting into the CIO, leading a top line of Directors and Senior Managers across 5 delivery pillars that comprise 90+ employees and 200+ contingent and partner workforce with accountable budget of £10mLeading Digital Software solutions across all channels including Online, Mobile App, IVR, Contact Centre, Messaging, Bots & AI. From Customer & Agent facing solutions including all integration with key technology & IT enablers, including Adobe Suite, Micro-Services, OpenShift, Oracle Fusion, PEGA and Salesforce CRM.
  • Liberty Global
    Director Digital Integration, Digital Intelligence & Agent Desktop
    Liberty Global Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
    London, Gb
    Liberty Global is $90bn company, turning over $18bn annually with 40,000 employees. It is the largest global cable company operating in 11 countries in Europe and others in the Americas. Leading a team of 90+ FTE and ~200 partners in the strategy, development, delivery and support for all Middleware, Decisioning and Contact Centre platforms to deliver the global consumer roadmap.Increasing the scope of my previous PE leadership role in Liberty Global, I took on a new Director leadership tole of Digital Intelligence (AI), Digital Integration and Agent Desktop solutions at Liberty Global. A pan European leadership role in delivering software solutions to enable Enterprise integration of all digital systems, Intelligent agent desktop and other Digital and Agent technology solutions, across Liberty Global.Major deliveries included successful implementation of a consolidated Agent Desktop & Fault Diagnostic solution to UPC Austria. Consolidation of 10+ swivel chair existing agent applications into one intelligent Agent Desktop solution powered by PEGA. Net result drastically decreasing AHT and faster route to diagnosis with integration to IVR, voice and Enterprise Middleware stack. Also lead the strategy and implementation of consolidating our legacy PE middleware estate to Oracle Fusion (Weblogic) PE solution. In parallel also lead the move from Monolithic to to Micro-services architecture with Open Source technologies and Redhat Openshift, which continued in my new role, following organisation alignment back to UK (Virgin Media).
  • Liberty Global
    Director Middleware & Identity
    Liberty Global Jun 2016 - Sep 2017
    London, Gb
    Technology Director responsible for the Pan European delivery of Identity Management and Middleware & Integration platforms across Liberty Global’s footprint. Including creating and leading the Pan-European strategy to transform and consolidate multiple middleware platforms and the integration, delivery and migration to a new Identity Management Solution.Accountable and responsible for a €19m Pan European strategic programme to develop, deliver, integrate and migrate to a new central Identity Management Platform, which under my leadership, was successfully launched in Netherlands, Poland and Republic of Ireland. Pan European Development & Delivery of all backend services supporting IDM, Omnichannel, Horizon TV, Horizon Go, Contact Centres, fulfilment, OSS/BSS and corporate services. 190+ projects and programmes.Integration and delivery of Secure API management platform (Akana) enabling secure integration in 6 countries.Lead the successful development and migration of 250+ Oracle Fusion services from Oracle Exalogic to VMware infrastructure.
  • Virgin Media
    Head Of Online, Middleware & Multi-Screen
    Virgin Media Sep 2013 - Jun 2016
    Reading, Berkshire , Gb
    Lead the development, delivery and operations for Virgin Media’s Middleware, TV, Mobile and Online applications and platforms. Fundamental in the successful IT deliveries of key strategic programmes – TiVo, TV Anywhere (OTT), MVNO migration, Network expansion, Wifi Calling, TV Apps, Oracle Fusion migration, £20m Digtal commerce & care upgrade. Leading software development and operation teams with 7 direct reports, 65 FTE and 80+ Partner and contractor workforce, reporting to the Director of IT Transformation.Lead the development, delivery & support for Virgin Media's Middleware, Multi-screen and Online application & platforms. Primary areas are eSales, eCare, Mobile & Online Entertainment, IVR, TV, Multi-screen Apps and Middleware SOA.Leading 7 large Development & 2nd-3rd line Support teams comprising 65 FTE and 80+ partner and contractor workforce, delivering mid to large scale online, TV/Entertainment, Mobile Apps and Middleware integration projects. Partner resources based online, off-shore and most recently rolling out near-shore capability.Technology stack include Java, JEE, EJB, Oracle Fusion, Web services, Portal technologies, Apache, Tomcat, Mobile Apps JCAPS, SpringMVC, Maven, SVN, LDAP, TV & Tivo Apps.
  • Virgin Media
    Head Of Online And Middleware Dev & Support
    Virgin Media Sep 2011 - Sep 2013
    Reading, Berkshire , Gb
    Head of Development and Support for Virgin Media's Online and Middleware platforms.
  • Virgin Media
    Customer Online & Middleware Platform Lead
    Virgin Media Jul 2011 - Sep 2011
    Reading, Berkshire , Gb
    Platform Lead for all development and support (2nd and 3rd line) of Virgin Media's customer facing portals and Middleware. Managing internal and third party teams. Working closely with Stakeholders from around the business.
  • Virgin Media
    Customer Provisioning & Middleware Development Manager
    Virgin Media Feb 2009 - Jul 2011
    Reading, Berkshire , Gb
    Currently Managing a development team of 23 onshore and 15+ offshore developers. Development, Maintenance, and 3rd line support for a large portfolio of front office and back office provisioning and middleware applications/services across the following technology stacks :-JEESOAJCAPSESBJBI
  • Virgin Media
    Internet & Provisioning Development Manager
    Virgin Media Jun 2006 - Jan 2010
    Reading, Berkshire , Gb
    Manging the development team responsible for the developement for all internet, fulfillment & provisioning systems at ntl:Telewest. The team is primarily a Java/J2EE development team but also includes some .NET development for specific systems.
  • Telewest Broadband
    Internet Development Manager
    Telewest Broadband Feb 2004 - Jun 2006
    Leading a team of 12 permanent Java/J2EE developers and 10+ contracters. Develop and support 28+ applications with the business. Design, Architect and develop new and existing internet based applications.
  • Telewest Broadband
    Development Team Leader
    Telewest Broadband Mar 2003 - Feb 2004
    Internet development and integration. 75% development, 25% Technical Team leading. Developing core internet provisioning system and other applications. Technical lead to team of 4
  • Telewest Broadband
    Internet Systems Engineer
    Telewest Broadband May 2000 - Mar 2003
    Internet Systems engineer designing and developing web applications and primarily developing the core internet provisioning system. Soley developed the initial bandwidth teired service products (then 1Mb and 2Mb). Also developed the provisioning capability for all other internet product offerings e.g Gaming on Demand, Mulitplayer gaming, Advanced Personal Web Page. Introduced the first online provisioning/upgrade of new products for existing customers.Other projects included developing CNR extention points for abuse logging, SMS texting for DTV platform, business critical reporting applications.
  • Eds
    Systems Engineer
    Eds Aug 1996 - May 2000
    Joined on graduate program writing defense applications for RAF using C, Unix, X-Motif for GUI development. Worked on Mission planning and Inventory systems for Harrier and Tornado.Developed the system administration toolset which automatically configured DNS and propogated files using rdist on HPUX operating systems.Also provided training to theRAF on the above developed systems.Also developed VB and VBA applications on Excel and Access for adiministration tools for MOD.

Rob Shore Skills

Integration Telecommunications Project Delivery Unix Stakeholder Management Service Delivery Web Services Solution Architecture Broadband Mysql Soa Oracle Tomcat Spring Java Enterprise Edition Team Leadership Itil Agile Methodologies Web Applications Java Ldap Provisioning Mobile Devices Apache Service Oriented Architecture Business Transformation Prince2 Customer Experience Vod Cloud Computing

Rob Shore Education Details

  • University Of Sussex
    University Of Sussex
    Artificial Intelligence
  • Brooklands Technical College, Weybridge
    Brooklands Technical College, Weybridge
    Programming

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Rob Shore works for Merlin Entertainments

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Rob Shore attended University Of Sussex, Brooklands Technical College, Weybridge.

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