Employed as Project Manager responsible for multiple telematics implementations across Europe and Africa• Management of multiple engineering teams for vehicle hardware fitments.• Ensuring IT implementations for expanding customer networks completed successfully.• Lead project manager for £1m transit monitoring solution for Senegalese Government working closely with local customer teams.• Lead project manager for Shell In-Vehicle Monitoring System (IVMS) implementations in… Show more Employed as Project Manager responsible for multiple telematics implementations across Europe and Africa• Management of multiple engineering teams for vehicle hardware fitments.• Ensuring IT implementations for expanding customer networks completed successfully.• Lead project manager for £1m transit monitoring solution for Senegalese Government working closely with local customer teams.• Lead project manager for Shell In-Vehicle Monitoring System (IVMS) implementations in Nigeria, Gabon, Argentina and Europe working closely with local in-country distributors.• Focused sessions with customer and R&D scoping each project and carefully balancing user requirements against cost and time to deliver.• Extensive knowledge of tracking solution and options to enable sophisticated customization of final solution to the customer.• Sound knowledge of relational database (SQL) to enable delegation of DB management tasks to IT staff in supporting client deployments.• Developed and implemented online warranty management web solution to aid device management process and accurate billing to customer for devices out of warranty.• Commercial & financial management of all projects and distributors. Show less

Employed as Project Manager within the mobile division of this supplier of innovative supply chain solutions to major UK companies• Senior member of the professional services team with responsibility for the overall delivery of projects involving vehicle telematics, managing the whole project lifecycle from client requirement discovery, through solution design, delivery and eventual support handover for several large fleet (600+ vehicles) clients. Budgets >£200K for BOC, Stiller, Wickes,… Show more Employed as Project Manager within the mobile division of this supplier of innovative supply chain solutions to major UK companies• Senior member of the professional services team with responsibility for the overall delivery of projects involving vehicle telematics, managing the whole project lifecycle from client requirement discovery, through solution design, delivery and eventual support handover for several large fleet (600+ vehicles) clients. Budgets >£200K for BOC, Stiller, Wickes, Unichem.• Managed 30+ rollouts of varying types of vehicle telematics solutions for 3000+ vehicles for several major blue chip clients liaising with client personnel and 3rd party suppliers ensuring plans kept on track and issues resolved quickly.• Account Management for existing clients constantly advising on use, new methods and upgrades.• Telematics applications consultancy, setting up and running workshops and training sessions.• Provided detailed consultancy to engineers, clients and colleagues regarding vehicle telematics technologies (comms – GSM/GPS/IP, on-board computers, PDAs, client PC, servers).• Project managed development and implementation of “e-room” web application for collaborative use by colleagues and client project teams (eg. project/calendar/document sharing).• Project managed the development of a prototype and subsequent delivery of a db-driven reporting suite to provide timesheet information for Working Time Directive requirements to Bulmers Logistics & Stiller Group.• Designed prototype web application for “Proof of Delivery” concept eventually sold into Wickes and Unichem.• Managed pre-sales activities (eg. pilot, demos) to successful winning of orders. Show less

Employed as IT Project Manager within retail division of this supplier of retail and hospitality services to airports and airlines throughout the UK• Senior member of IT team of 9 people, with responsibility for work allocation and line-management duties.• Overall responsibility for the IT elements of a nine-month project to supply telecomms, network and EPOS solution to catering operation at Dublin Airport, with hands-on involvement throughout the project, delivering on time and to… Show more Employed as IT Project Manager within retail division of this supplier of retail and hospitality services to airports and airlines throughout the UK• Senior member of IT team of 9 people, with responsibility for work allocation and line-management duties.• Overall responsibility for the IT elements of a nine-month project to supply telecomms, network and EPOS solution to catering operation at Dublin Airport, with hands-on involvement throughout the project, delivering on time and to budget.• Designed, developed and implemented database solution to satisfy HM Customs reporting requirements related to the movement of all duty-free goods supplied to the UK’s airports.• Representative of the retail division for development of corporate intranet, working closely with business colleagues to understand requirements to aid design of the eventual solution.• Achieved significant cost savings and efficiency improvements through delivery of £140K project to centralise and standardize EPOS solution for catering facilities at all UK airports, enabling significant improvements to group-level reporting and more accurate stock control. Show less

• Created own company to exploit Retalix product knowledge, retained by Retalix to project manage ongoing rollout of EPOS solution to 33 Welcome Break service stations nationwide.• Developed website design skills supplying consultancy, developing websites and managing dedicated .NET hosting server for a selection of north-east businesses.

• Project managed EPOS deliveries in retail and hospitality for a wide range of clients, developing and consulting on my expert knowledge of the widely used Retalix product range.• Successfully implemented EPOS solution for flagship Arcadia Topcafe Oxford Circus, utilising PRINCE2 project management techniques and liaising with third party suppliers and client senior management team.• Played key “hands-on” project consultant role for new EPOS system rollout for Welcome Break… Show more • Project managed EPOS deliveries in retail and hospitality for a wide range of clients, developing and consulting on my expert knowledge of the widely used Retalix product range.• Successfully implemented EPOS solution for flagship Arcadia Topcafe Oxford Circus, utilising PRINCE2 project management techniques and liaising with third party suppliers and client senior management team.• Played key “hands-on” project consultant role for new EPOS system rollout for Welcome Break, successfully project managing single-site pilot implementation at Newport Pagnell followed by rollout to all 33 Welcome Break sites nationwide. Show less

Developed specialist EPOS knowledge and promoted to EPOS manager at Shell Head Office successfully managing s/w & h/w rollouts for UK forecourt network liaising closely with 3rd party technology suppliers.

• Project Manager (North East & Scotland) responsible for site preparation, handover and re-opening of 100+ store & forecourts as part of nationwide refurbishment programme.• Developed database solution containing shop layouts for all Shell locations, enabling automatic generation of initial stock orders based on preset store planograms.

Graduate analyst/programmer working as part of 20-person team providing marketing information system to Chemicals & Polymers businesses, bug fixing, software release management and liaising with personnel at ICI national computer centres.