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Aberdeen, GB

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

As a Project Manager at Navtor, I lead two cornerstone projects: NavBox and SDK, working with multinational teams to deliver strategic initiatives in the maritime technology space. After the acquisition of Voyager Worldwide by Navtor at the end of 2023, I transitioned into this role, where I drive complex, cross-functional projects with a focus on.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

In my role as a Platform Engineering Manager, I am entrusted with guiding a proficient team of seasoned engineers and subject matter experts, spearheading the creation of next-generation solutions for the maritime industry, spanning both hardware and software cloud services. A key aspect of my responsibilities is to instil a culture of innovation within.

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Spearhead the technical product development initiatives at Voyager Worldwide, a leading global company in Maritime.
• Grow the team by 40% through strategic hiring, fostering a culture of excellence, and attracting top talent.
• Reduce office costs by relocating to NEO Space, a modern and vibrant office environment that enhances employee satisfaction and collaboration.
• Enhance team collaboration and efficiency by implementing agile methodologies and fostering a culture of transparency and continuous improvement.
• Successfully collaborate with multiple stakeholders globally, including cross-functional teams, clients, and executive leadership, to ensure alignment on product vision, requirements, and goals.
• Leverage a data-driven approach to drive process improvements, utilizing analytics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify bottlenecks, optimize workflows, and enhance product quality.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

My Role includes overseeing various meetings such as weekly operation meetings and daily stand-ups, prioritizing tasks, resolving any obstacles that arise, and assisting team members in addressing issues. To enhance efficiency, I introduced Agile working practices, utilizing Kanban methodologies and implementing work breakdown structures to facilitate.

Dyce

During my tenure at Metrol Technologies in Dyce, Aberdeen, I held a key role in ensuring the quality and testing of the company's surface and embedded software product lines. My contributions and accomplishments during this time include:Implementation of Continuous Integration and Delivery: I successfully introduced the use of Jenkins CI to establish a.

Dyce

I held the responsibility of overseeing the daily operations of Agile Scrum meetings. This involved facilitating efficient communication and collaboration within the team, prioritizing development tasks on the scrum board, and addressing any issues that arose during the development process. I ensured that my team had the necessary resources and information.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

I was responsible for the testing of Veripos Software and was brought in as part of a new internal team of developers and testers that would replace the traditional outsourced software development practice at Veripos. In this role I introduced a Defect tracking and reporting System(redmine), and a Continuous Integration platform (Jenkins), as well as a.

Dundee, United Kingdom

Ownership and direction for test of new devices in NCR’s software and hardware platform, creation, review and execution of Test-plans and specifications.Ensuring projects meet internal and external customer quality expectations, within time and budget constraints demonstrating results that where possible reflect final field performancePromoting quality.

NCR offer a summer placement program for students, I worked within the DTI department working on a Software test tool that was used to test the CEN/XFS interface to NCR components, ranging from pin pads, printers, cash dispenser and collection units, the role involved working within a small team, using c++, COM, C# and XML to further extend/enhance the.

I was a cornerstone in the facilitation of optimal NPI (New Product Introduction) processes, programs, prototypes and test rigs.Working within the NPI test team gave me the ability to work with an innovative team of engineers who contributed to customers design for test, and made component decisions that allowed greater leverage with regard to cost.

Whilst working for a contract electronic manufacturing firm I develop and enhance a number of skills, at the forefront of these was the ability to adopt a logical rigorous manner during problem analysis and fault finding. I had the opportunity to become multi-disciplined and skilled whilst working on a wide variety of cutting edge and legacy products from.

Applied Computing, Computing

Activities and Societies: Tayside Linux Users Group, Dundee University Rucksack Club C++, C#, Java, JavaScrip, XML, Database, Unix, GUI

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Nvq Level 4 Engineering Manufacture, Nvq Level 4 Engineering Manufacture

SVQ Level 2 Engineering Manufacture Obtained 1999