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Salisbury, England, United Kingdom

Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

I am immediately available and looking for my next opportunity. I am open to discuss any roles in Product or Project Management and beyond.

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Product Owner of fintech solution -'Rebate Manager' which enables leading animal health manufacturers to calculate accurate rebates for their customers.Responsible for :• Value and viability of the product• Developing and communicating the product goals• Results of the product squad• Managing product key risks (Value, Usability , Feasibility etc)• Client/Prospect liaison• Creating, prioritising Product Roadmap and Product Backlog• Being a domain… Show more Product Owner of fintech solution -'Rebate Manager' which enables leading animal health manufacturers to calculate accurate rebates for their customers.Responsible for :• Value and viability of the product• Developing and communicating the product goals• Results of the product squad• Managing product key risks (Value, Usability , Feasibility etc)• Client/Prospect liaison• Creating, prioritising Product Roadmap and Product Backlog• Being a domain expertSoft skills• A natural team player and influencer• Naturally curious • Ability to manage stakeholders and conflicting opinions Show less

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Management of IT infrastructure projects e.g. system implementations, system upgrades (SQL Server, Windows O/S), office moves and similar

Havant

Managing Infrastructure and software Projects including server moves and system upgrades (e.g. Android device software upgrades) Projects typically involve managing internal resource, local councils staff / IT support and 3rd party vendors.

Andover

Management of several IT transformations projects at MOD sites supported by the Babcock defense Support group (DSG) e.g.- The successful migration of a legacy HR System to the corporate SAP SuccessFactors Employee central system on time and under budget- Development of QlikView BI Solution for Finance and operations, providing new insight into DSG’s performance and efficiency across all workshops, empowering senior management decisions - The roll-out of a Time Recording system to… Show more Management of several IT transformations projects at MOD sites supported by the Babcock defense Support group (DSG) e.g.- The successful migration of a legacy HR System to the corporate SAP SuccessFactors Employee central system on time and under budget- Development of QlikView BI Solution for Finance and operations, providing new insight into DSG’s performance and efficiency across all workshops, empowering senior management decisions - The roll-out of a Time Recording system to replace a manual system (inc. iPad and WiFi deployment to 500+ users at 7 sites). Saving 15 X admin head count across the business and increasing data quality to aid business decision making Show less

Hursley Park

Planning and executing software analysis for newly acquired business assets. Identifying and analysing media, open source, and commercial software code to ensure the integrity of IBM's intellectual property and protect them legally. Developing strong working relationships with technical architects, teams in newly acquired companies, legal attorneys to smooth the onboarding process

Portsmouth

Business analysis and project management for a variety of software and infrastructure projects e.g. - Heading the tendering exercise for the procurement an Electronic Prescriptions and Medicines Administrations system. Demonstrating the business case to the hospital board for significant improvements to patient safety and reduced costs - Managing the Implementation of reporting solutions for Finance and HR (Qlikview BI and Oracle BI) to provide quality data and metrics for management… Show more Business analysis and project management for a variety of software and infrastructure projects e.g. - Heading the tendering exercise for the procurement an Electronic Prescriptions and Medicines Administrations system. Demonstrating the business case to the hospital board for significant improvements to patient safety and reduced costs - Managing the Implementation of reporting solutions for Finance and HR (Qlikview BI and Oracle BI) to provide quality data and metrics for management decision support Show less

Southampton, United Kingdom

Technical Project Manager and Scrum master for a data centric condition monitoring systems (HUMS).Current projects include a train hardware health usage and monitoring system for a major train manufacturer with multiple partner organizations. Responsibility for managing offshore and local resources, financials and schedules alongside client and partner relations.

Ensuring delivery of software and hardware solutions in a timely manner. Managing IT projects , providing reports on their status and providing ongoing post rollout management. Ensuring Software development process followed from requirements to implementation. Currently managing the delivery of an asset management system and the back end environment for a PDA/MDT project for the Metropolitan police. The work requires a wide knowledge of IT and the ability to interact with technical and… Show more Ensuring delivery of software and hardware solutions in a timely manner. Managing IT projects , providing reports on their status and providing ongoing post rollout management. Ensuring Software development process followed from requirements to implementation. Currently managing the delivery of an asset management system and the back end environment for a PDA/MDT project for the Metropolitan police. The work requires a wide knowledge of IT and the ability to interact with technical and non-technical third party suppliers and internal departments. Show less

Providing IT consultancy and solutions primarily to the medical and scientific sectors. For example NHS – Clinical Data RepositoryProvision of data analysis for the Clinical Data Repository, a data warehouse holding millions of patient records from hospital and GP data sources. Technologies included .Net C#, MS SQL 2000/2005, Business Intelligence Dev Studio. This proof of concept later led to the creation of the Hampshire Health Record, a combined patient health record… Show more Providing IT consultancy and solutions primarily to the medical and scientific sectors. For example NHS – Clinical Data RepositoryProvision of data analysis for the Clinical Data Repository, a data warehouse holding millions of patient records from hospital and GP data sources. Technologies included .Net C#, MS SQL 2000/2005, Business Intelligence Dev Studio. This proof of concept later led to the creation of the Hampshire Health Record, a combined patient health record shared between social services primary and secondary care providers across Hampshire.MercedezBenz Provision of a CRM solution, coded in .NET C#, with a SQL 2000 database. The application allowed customer advisors to manage their calls, raise business opportunities and record results. It allowed managers to distribute calls, analyse data and run reports opened in Excel I ran the entire development life cycle from requirements gathering to design, testing, implementation, training and support. Show less

Analysis, design, development, training and account management: Providing enterprise/manufacturing software solutions (ERP & MRP) around a core product. Technologies include SQL2005 and C# .net and a bespoke SQL/C-like language

Oxford, United Kingdom

Pre/Post Sales Technical Support for Human Genetics and Mathematical software. Contributed to the requirements and design of new human genetics software (GRAIDS - MS SQL & ASP.net)

M.Sc. Modern Approaches To Plant Health, Crop Protection And Production

MSc. Modern Approaches to Plant Health

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Genetics, 2:2

BSc. Genetics