I had a lovely couple of years doing my own thing. Ticking a few items off the ol' bucket list. Catching up on some of those chores that never seem to get done when working hard. Dedicating some time to exercise and getting back to fitness. Chilling out, taking stock and being a bit more present in life outside of work.

Delivered multiple Business Assurance controls across a suite of CRM/ERM systems • On time and budget • Agile and waterfall methodologies • Project Management • Cross functional Stakeholder management and reporting • Requirements discovery & Data analysis • Logical design • Proof-of-Concept and/or mock-up • Testing & sign-offProduct Ownership of in-house developed and maintained Coverage Tool… Show more Delivered multiple Business Assurance controls across a suite of CRM/ERM systems • On time and budget • Agile and waterfall methodologies • Project Management • Cross functional Stakeholder management and reporting • Requirements discovery & Data analysis • Logical design • Proof-of-Concept and/or mock-up • Testing & sign-offProduct Ownership of in-house developed and maintained Coverage Tool • Defining and prioritising large projects for significant updates • Agile methodology 2-week iterative sprints for BAU enhancements and corrections • Stakeholder management for cross pillar stakeholders and users • Wider technical platform & architecture workgroup, including integration to other toolsTransformation to new organisation design • Process development & improvement • Tool <-> process integration • Successful agile trials and supporting process development Show less

Driving digital transformation programmes with digital products involving CRM, ERM and BI/analytics• Full life-cycle Product Ownership: Strategy -> PoC/MVP -> Implementation -> aftercare• Digital Product Ownership: Translation of business requirements ( ‘the what’ ) to the technical product deliverables ( ‘the how’ )• Creating the product & solution strategy by looking at the available technologies in the market and fitting those to the customer journey• Defining the… Show more Driving digital transformation programmes with digital products involving CRM, ERM and BI/analytics• Full life-cycle Product Ownership: Strategy -> PoC/MVP -> Implementation -> aftercare• Digital Product Ownership: Translation of business requirements ( ‘the what’ ) to the technical product deliverables ( ‘the how’ )• Creating the product & solution strategy by looking at the available technologies in the market and fitting those to the customer journey• Defining the product & solution based on market data• Incorporating customer feedback into the product in near-real time through analytics• Internal stakeholder management including overcoming resistance to change• Selecting and managing external agile development agencies• Compliance and integration of the digital products to regulatory requirements & internal CRM and ERM systems• Several MVP delivered with potential business impact of billions of euros per year. Show less

Driving the global Smart Tendering initiative to implement lean scoping of tenders.• Large scale programme management (all global markets)• Strategy and programme definition• Product Ownership of the internal tools; creation, planning and roadmap• Hands-on direct support for live tenders worth >1Bn• > 1Bn EUR improvement in our competitive position due to programme

Acting as an Account Manager for 2 independent areas of focus: Services and Core Products.• Strategic planning: new product introductions to customer and associated sales• End-to-end product responsibility while championing customer needs • Account governance and product strategy, implementation & management• Full RFx / bid ownership covering sales, legal, R&D, technical, administration, etc• Forecasting and capacity management• Customer, vendor, internal and external… Show more Acting as an Account Manager for 2 independent areas of focus: Services and Core Products.• Strategic planning: new product introductions to customer and associated sales• End-to-end product responsibility while championing customer needs • Account governance and product strategy, implementation & management• Full RFx / bid ownership covering sales, legal, R&D, technical, administration, etc• Forecasting and capacity management• Customer, vendor, internal and external R&D relationship management to ensure business targets met• Sales and commercial responsibility for direct business worth >100m EUR per year• Consistently delivered above plan for both revenue and margin (~25% upsell) Show less

Several other roles with swift increase in seniority after I started my career at Nokia:• Solution Manager for Core Products• Operator Approval Manager• Customer Team Manager• Release Testing Engineer

Communications engineer with 2 main roles during my time in the military.Responsibility for the local fixed telephone switch on the military base. Responsibility included the main switching equipment and also the end-user devices and connections. This was part of the UK-wide rollout of the new military communications network.Repair of cryptographic equipment down to third line component repair as necessary. This was under security restrictions as the equipment handled all the… Show more Communications engineer with 2 main roles during my time in the military.Responsibility for the local fixed telephone switch on the military base. Responsibility included the main switching equipment and also the end-user devices and connections. This was part of the UK-wide rollout of the new military communications network.Repair of cryptographic equipment down to third line component repair as necessary. This was under security restrictions as the equipment handled all the military secure communications including algorithms. Show less