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The Royal Town Of Sutton Coldfield, GB

West Bromwich, England, GB

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, GB

• Managed two interconnected business critical corporate data projects; comprising of a NetApp to Nasuni cloud-based SaaS re-platforming and a corporate data and services separation to an outsourced 3rd party.
• Initiatives which improved SOC2 compliance and increased supportability using a mixture of Azure, Google cloud and on-premise technologies

London, England, GB

• Planned, managed and delivered Bank, Regulatory and internal Capita projects on the Co-operative Bank Mortgage Services contract within FCA framework.
• Structuring a number of initiatives to continually improve DPA position.
• Driven an initiative to prevent cheque fraud from inception and SWOT options for Senior Leadership, to planning and delivery of chosen solution.

** December Update ** – I have completed my Agile PM Practitioner qualification between looking for new challenging opportunities.Completed my contract at SCC with the aim of building a garden home office. Lockdown arrived and I became Home School Teacher to my two children; where I discovered:- Keeping two children actively engaged for over 12 weeks.

Birmingham, GB

• Senior Project Manager 2017-2020
• Consistently delivered multiple public sector Secure Cloud Service initiatives for customers including Interserve and IBM.
• Private sector delivery of compliance-driven and infrastructure projects; including SRM, Data Protector and Trend solutions.
• Introduction of portfolio reporting for key customer enabling clear and valuable insight both internally and externally.

London, GB

• Oversaw design of passive cabling infrastructure following Redstone Connect’s appointment as official stadium cabling infrastructure installer for Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium.
• Key conduit between client and Design team; prioritised deliverables and introduced QA processes to enhance design quality.

London, GB

• White City Place is made up of a collection of re-imagined buildings by RIBA award-winning architects Allies & Morrison set around a central avenue with high quality retail, restaurants, gardens and.
• Consulted with client to analyse and assimilate requirements while overseeing solutions development, implementation, and timely delivery in alignment with service expectations.
• Completed critical migration of CCTV / Access Control from BBC to new Managing Agents.
• Handled submission and securing of approval for O&M manuals.

London, England, GB

• Partnership between Capita and Staffordshire County Council (SCC).Led £5M corporate transformation IT project to transition all back office services from SCC to CMW. Prioritised workload, provided complex stakeholder.
• Completed process reengineering functions as well as migration of 500+ devices to Windows 10.
• Oversaw Exchange 2010 and Enterprise Vault email migration to o365.
• Headed Application re-platforming, network design, and implementation.
• Coordinated corporate relocation project to custom-built HQ, including all infrastructure (WAN / LAN / Wireless, BT circuits, server infrastructure, and client relocation).

London, GB

• Drove aspects of organisations’ Information Security (IS) programme.
• Replaced legacy authentication (NIS) on UNIX servers with an Active Directory authentication capability (Centrify).

After leaving the Gala Coral Group I took time off with my wife while on maternity leave with our first child. This has been once in a lifetime experience that I will never forget.

London, Newham, GB

• Directed major undertaking to tackle challenges across BAU, divisional projects, and other Group initiatives (Rank acquisition of Gala Casinos), which constantly put pressure on budget, resources, and timescales..
• Optimised stakeholder engagement across five separate trading businesses and multiple work streams within programme to separate Group’s key shared networks, infrastructure, systems, and applications including.
• Established PMO and programme governance framework.
• Recruited and managed a highly motivated and effective programme function including PMO, PM, and BA resources.

London, Newham, GB

• Delivered programme management for group’s functions, including full project lifecycles, business analysis, and training. Provided IT budgeting (£1M+), forecasting, change implementations, escalations, and contract.
• Collaborated with management teams in identifying ways business plans can be supported through technology.
• Delivered customised PRINCE2 methodology to meet size, risk, and complexity of project and customer needs.
• Coordinated PMO support function, offering services to Change Director’s teams as required.
• Served as Deputy to Group IT Commercial Services Director.

London, Newham, GB

• Drove large, group-wide, and technically-complex programmes.
• Planned and controlled £1M+ IT budget for group-wide email system migration encompassing management of 20+ internal and third party resources. Administered IT budget of £0.5M+ for a PCI programme.
• Ensured quality management of competitive contracts, surpassing targets through strategic allocation and leadership of third parties.
• Mentored assistant project managers and business analysts in best-practice project management processes.

London, GB

• Strategically planned, managed, and implemented eight-month corporate relocation programme, including key departments (Finance, Directorate, and Trading).
• Formulated user requirements for translation into deliverables.
• Innovated new broadcasting function, delivering content to 1400 betting outlets in time for premier event in horse racing calendar.
• Expertly scheduled and implemented multiple IT projects within corporate relocation programme, including circuit installation / migration of services, cabling infrastructure VOIP installation / configuration, and.

Nottingham, GB

• Participated in merger of Gala Group and Coral Eurobet to build Europe’s largest integrated betting and gaming group and one of top 100 companies in Britain. Led delivery of multiple IT integration projects for newly.
• Relocated Finance Department, organising BT and external consultants in design and implementation of integrated network as well as migration of critical finance systems.
• Collaborated with Directorate, senior management, and technical resources in disparate locations to design and rollout a new corporate email address.
• Established Group IT Support, including procedures and process maps.

London, GB

- Concurrently managed multiple and varied IT projects to Prince II standards; including two high visibility office relocations, remote site WAN upgrades to IP Clear, a Finance Analysis System upgrade and restricted Internet access rollout to Telephone Betting client PCs- Responsibility for project budgeting and order management- Managed contract resource.

GB

- Managed multiple sites in a UK wide, 3000+ user desktop upgrade project- A technical point of contact for the engineers whilst deploying PCs- Developed an Access 2002 database to automate the deployment process and enable the project to be run by only two permanent members of staff- Investigated, implemented and tested solutions to issues raised during.

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, GB

- Produced Computacenter standard documentation- Maintained project document repository in accordance with PRIDE III project management methodology

London, GB

- Coordinated and led a team that implemented the expansion of the Telephone Betting department; including computer, office and telephone equipment- Formulated a strategy to optimise the Novell Directory Services (NDS) to ensure stability when migrating users. Led the team which undertook this programme- Scheduled and implemented the migration of user.

London, GB

- Y2K server and desktop upgrade project- Technical email migration of c. 2000 users from MSMail to GroupWise

GB

- Technical email migration and support as part of a wider desktop refresh project

GB

- Desktop floor support part of a UK wide server/desktop upgrade project