Simon Farrow Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Continuing to work (unpaid!) for the family business after leaving the office and returning to my career.

UK Railtours originated in 1978 when my father John Farrow started running days out by train for his friends. By the time of his passing in 2019 this had grown into a business with a multi-million pound annual turnover, widely regarded as one of the leaders in the field. Originally I only came in to help out for a few weeks over the summer of 2021 but this.

Dunstable, England, United Kingdom

When returning to work following covid-19 furlough, I was offered the opportunity to move across to the Solution Architecture domain as Senior Solutions Architect. As the Senior SA my primary role was split. Approximately 60% of my workload was dedicated to delivering solution architecture deliverables for technology projects, from project initiation.

Dunstable, Beds, UK

After a head office restructure, my transfer was requested by the Germany domain. Whitbread's German expansion is a key driver for the continued growth of the Premier Inn brand and complements the revised corporate strategy of becoming 'The best budget hotel brand in the world'. As such the role brings increased exposure and responsibility as "all eyes are.

Dunstable, Beds, UK

Acted as IT Business Partner in the Customer space, working with business stakeholders at all levels from Director down to identify future opportunities for technology to provide business benefit in the Customer domain. Became primary point of contact for the Whitbread restaurant Marketing teams on all aspects of data including GDPR compliance and impact.

Dunstable, Bedfordshire, UK

Lead business analyst for the implementation of a product Master Data Management (MDM) and menu lifecycle workflow solution, from initial stages of defining and scoping the project through requirement engineering, as-is and to-be process definition and business impact assessment. Played a leading role in the planning, coordination and assessment phases of.

Paddington, London, UK

In replacing the incumbent Amazon-based platform I have been responsible for the implementation of six contact centre applications including contact handling, web-based knowledge management, workforce management and order management. As lead BA for the £11 million Customer Services project I had a lead role in scope definition and requirement gathering for.

Paddington, London, UK

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, UK

Moved to Business Change in the Clothing commercial development team