Rory Stephen Email & Phone Number

Kirklevington, GB

• 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
• Lead project manager for Shell In-Vehicle Monitoring System (IVMS) implementations in Nigeria, Gabon, Argentina and Europe working closely with local in-country distributors.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Account Management for existing clients constantly advising on use, new methods and upgrades.
• Telematics applications consultancy, setting up and running workshops and training sessions.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 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
• 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.

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.

Ba (Hons) Business Studies, Business

BA (Hons) Business Studies

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), A Levels - Maths, Physics, German