Simon B. Email & Phone Number

A senior Manager/Consultant specialising in IT Service Management (Service Design, Continual Service Improvement, Risk, Problem, Change and Incident), Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and IT Service Continuity. With over 15 years experience managing and delivering solutions in the Public and Private Sector including global Insurance companies, the Bank of England, a major Home Office directorate, a global Trading House and a global media organisation. Extensive experience of the full lifecycle from analysis of current capability, policy and process design, implementation, testing and integration into the day-to-day business processes. Member of the Business Continuity Institute, ITILv3 and Prince 2 certified. A strong IT background and a good business understanding ensure solutions align to ITIL, ISO22301 and 27301, ISO27001 and BCI Best Practice Guidelines, provide added business value while balancing Service Delivery, Value for Money and Risk Management.Security Cleared at Home Office and Bank of England and a Member of the Business Continuity Institute.Specialties: * ITSM (Incident, Service Design, Problem, Change), IT Risk Mgmt, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Service Delivery, Vendor Management, IT Operations management* Designing, writing, implementing and embedding Continuity solutuions; writing, implementing and testing plans for Crisis Management, Office and Workspace recovery, Data Centre recovery, Business process resilience. * Integrating BCDR policies into the day-to-day business thinking* Manage IT recovery tests for data centre and workspace* Project and Program Management* Vendor, Contract and Financial Management* Management of Risk (M_o_R) practitioner* ITIL Practitioner* Prince 2 Practitioner* Team building and Development* Compliance and reporting (Sarbanes Oxley, Solvency II)

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  Anglia Ruskin University

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