Steve Brind Email & Phone Number

Cardiff, Gb

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Managing the Product Development, Project Delivery, QA and Support teams within the technical division of the business. Driving the product roadmap for the suite of products developed by Advanced Secure Technologies. Providing consultancy and relationship management for a wide range of customers, predominantly in the Academic and Legal sectors.Responsibilities include:- Capacity management- Programme planning- Delivery Process management- Release planning- Product roadmap management- Support management- Testing strategies- Customer account management- Requirements analysis

Cardiff & Huddersfield, United Kingdon

Providing IT consultancy services to professional services organisations including:- IT strategy- Advice on software purchases and integration- BPM / workflow management- Case and practice management- Document management and production- BI & MI reporting- Presales and sales- Process mapping and re-engineering- Project management- Change management- Contact Relationship Management- ERP systems- Presentations and workshop facilitation- Stakeholder managementTechnologies:- Thomson Reuters Elite MatterSphere- Microsoft SharePoint- Microsoft SQL Server- Microsoft SSRS- C#Methodologies:- Prince2- Agile (including):- SCRUM- KANBAN- DSDM

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Managing a team of business analysts, trainers and developers in delivering business change to the firm. Practical experience of project management on a number of simultaneous projects, including a paperless billing solution and a workflow system for a significant public sector client. Responsible for firm-wide communication of project development. Shaping the programme of work with the Programme Manager to deliver a single platform suite of products to end-users; involved at all levels of decision-making including strategic direction. Main contact in supplier management for suppliers of key software. Providing consultancy to external clients, such as NHS, on software purchasing choices and implementation approaches. Contributing to tenders for major commercial work, liaising closely with the Head of Business Development. Proposing and drafting business cases to support business projects. Involved in presentation of business cases and strategic direction at board level. Managing the delivery of both internal and external reporting across the business. Working closely with the Operations Manager to ensure client satisfaction as a result of reporting. Liaising directly with key corporate and public sector clients to scope and deliver bespoke management information.

Cardiff

Managing a team of business analysts, trainers and developers in delivering business change to the firm.

Cardiff

Lead Business Analyst responsible for drafting high quality requirements documentation using a variety of techniques and formats, including user stories, use cases, wire-framing and process flow diagrams aimed at technical and non-technical audiences. Prioritizing and managing stakeholder expectations, liaising directly with board members and departmental directors.Directed the implementation programme of a multi-site, cross-department matter management and document management system, integrating best-of-breed systems together with bespoke C# development.Involved at all stages of the development process, from initial strategic decisions, to produce launch including communication and project evaluation / retrospectives.As lead analyst, interacted directly with major corporate clients to develop read-write B2B client extranets to present case information to clients, receive new orders and provide updates and cross-selling opportunities.Solutions analysis skills, developing and translating requirements using data modeling, detailed business process mapping and process improvement techniques for developers and DBAs. Producing and analysing data-driven reports using SQL Server Reporting Services, Excel 2010, MS SQL queries and Business Objects for both internal and external audiences. Skilled at using data analysis to drive business direction and decisions; comfortable with large and diverse data sources, with an ability to see order in complexity. Analysis of financial data including complex interest calculations.Conversant and experienced in use of Scrum, DSDM Atern and Kanban agile methodologies. Championed the introduction of Agile to the business, shaping, improving and advocating its take-up. Key contributor to sprint / timebox planning, utilizing high-level and detailed estimation techniques, MoSCoW prioritization and maintaining a tight focus on timescales.

Cardiff

Commercial solicitor advising on commercial contracts, IP, trademarks, copyright and some corporate law.