Stuart Brown

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Head of English Language Teaching Product Technology Services @ Oxford University Press
Waddesdon, GB
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About Stuart Brown

A highly experienced IT professional with nearly 20 years of experience working with a range of delivery methodologies and diverse teams to deliver new products, ensure existing products are properly supported.Most recently this has involved technical responsibility for the numerous education platforms of three of Oxford University Press’ four divisions - Oxford Education, Asia Education and English Language Teaching. More specifically my responsibilities have included:Management of delivery and support teams (in house and agency) in a multinational context with multi-million pound budgets to ensure that projects in a global portfolio are delivered according to requirements and budget.Working at a senior level to improve software delivery through agile (Scrum, Kanban etc) and scaled agile (SAFe) processes and influencing wider business understanding of these practices.Delivering projects using some of the most modern technologies (JavaScript ES6, React, Redux, NodeJS, AWS Lambda, non-relational databases, Docker etc) and development methodologies (Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Service Oriented Architecture, Behaviour Driven Development - BDD etc).Helping to define global IT strategy and ensure that technology projects on a global scale are delivered to this with awareness of local budgets.Contract negotiation and management with external vendors. Monitoring, analysing and reviewing vendor performance against contract & agreed SLAs. Developing, implementing and maintaining a culture and framework for innovation and continuous improvement in order to improve capabilities to meet changing global business requirements.

Stuart Brown's Current Company Details
Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

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Head of English Language Teaching Product Technology Services
Waddesdon, GB
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23
Stuart Brown Work Experience Details
  • Oxford University Press
    Head Of English Language Teaching Product Technology Services
    Oxford University Press
    Waddesdon, Gb
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  • Oxford University Press
    Head Of English Language Teaching Product Technology Services
    Oxford University Press Oct 2024 - Present
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  • Oxford University Press
    Delivery Team Manager
    Oxford University Press Jan 2020 - Nov 2024
    Oxford, England, United Kingdom
    My responsibilities include:- The management of a team of Application Architects, Delivery Team Leads and between five and ten development teams (depending on project portfolio), both near shore and offshore.- Management of a multi-million pound budget.- Oversight of the Value Stream quarterly planning process. Engaging with business stakeholders to agree the Engineering teams’ commitments based on business priorities. - Leading planning and estimation workshops to understand new project requirements in order to build teams to deliver according to project requirements. Guide business stakeholders regarding the complexity and cost of specific features and technical approaches.- Working closely with Enterprise Architecture to understand the architectural roadmap and ensure that Engineering deliveries are faithful to it.- Working in a range of agile methodologies and evangelising best practice within the organisation. - Encouraging and championing software delivery best practice (infrastructure as code, robust testing, CI/CD, performance testing, version control, Jira best practice) and enabling teams to keep investigating and learning through regular hack days.- Defining and tracking team, project and individual KPIs and report on these quarterly to CTO
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  • Oxford University Press
    Service & Development Centre Manager – Educational Platforms
    Oxford University Press Jul 2017 - Dec 2019
    Oxford, United Kingdom
    My responsibilities include:Management of delivery and support teams (in house and agency) in a multinational context with multi-million pound budgets to ensure that projects in a global portfolio are delivered according to requirements and budget.Working at a senior level to improve software delivery through agile (Scrum, Kanban etc) and scaled agile (SAFe) processes and influencing wider business understanding of these practices.Delivering projects using some of the most modern technologies (JavaScript ES6, React, Redux, NodeJS, AWS Lambda, non-relational databases, Docker etc) and development methodologies (Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Service Oriented Architecture, Behaviour Driven Development - BDD etc).Helping to define global IT strategy and ensure that technology projects on a global scale are delivered to this with awareness of local budgets.Contract negotiation and management with external vendors. Monitoring, analysing and reviewing vendor performance against contract & agreed SLAs. Developing, implementing and maintaining a culture and framework for innovation and continuous improvement in order to improve capabilities to meet changing global business requirements.
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  • 3
    Digital Development Manager
    3 Nov 2014 - Jun 2017
    Maidenhead
    Working in a variety of agile methodologies to deliver digital solutions in answer a wide range of business needs. Expertise in:• Business buy-in and demonstrating ROI – working across departments to demonstrate the business value and deliver the solution design of projects.• Cloud migration – using Microsoft Azure PaaS, IaaS, Chatbot and Cognitive Services offerings to deliver innovative and cost effective digital products.• Pattern Library – developing a new front end look and feel and user experience for *.three.co.uk.• Channel Optimisation – taking a view across *.three.co.uk to troubleshoot and resolve global site issues in order to improve customer experience and Online conversion.Demonstrable experience of:• Multichannel journeys and routing customer journeys towards more efficient online experiences.• Working with third-party suppliers both on day-to-day delivery and on implementing third party tools such as Decibel Session replay, ForeSee customer insight, Akamai for DDOS protection.• API design and delivery.• Continuous Integration methodologies including Version Control, Behaviour Driven Development (Cucumber), Jenkins, Docker and Microsoft Azure.• Native application development for iOS and Android.
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  • The Open University
    Ebusiness Manager: Communities And Web Development
    The Open University Jul 2005 - Oct 2014
    Working in online communications, Linked Data, investigating and using social networking, social recommendation and `people like me' marketing. Wide experience in the web2 sphere and worked to create OU Facebook applications, Netvibes Universe and YouTube channel (and much more!).Core team member for Collaborative Learning using Social Tools for Enquiry Reflection and Sharing project which provided OU staff with hands on experience / understanding of web2 tools and technologies. Part of the JISC-funded LUCERO team that delivered data.open.ac.uk making the OU the first university in the world to publish university-wide data in a Linked Data format. Previously organised the Vice-Chancellor's Strategic and Open Forums, administered/authored material for staff communication via print, online, email and was closely involved in staff communication and engagement during our rebranding process. Advised major projects on internal communications strategy including the e-communications strategy and the Learning Experience Advancement Programme.
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  • The Open University
    Speech Writer
    The Open University Sep 2003 - Jul 2005
    I joined The Open University to research and draft speeches and newspaper articles for the Vice-Chancellor of The Open University Professor Brenda Gourley.
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  • Pearson
    Market Manager
    Pearson Sep 2000 - Jul 2002
    After involvement in the Pearson Graduate Trainee Scheme I became representative for Dorling Kindersley markets in Portugal, France, Germany and Canada.This involved overseeing stock levels, print runs, shipping, translation and finance of these markets.

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Internal Communications Event Management Project Management Speech Writing Magazine Articles Social Media Social Networking E Learning Marketing Communications Copywriting Corporate Communications Digital Marketing Media Relations Higher Education Content Management Public Relations Research Blogging Digital Media Social Media Marketing Cms Strategy Editing Php Seo Web Development Marketing Facebook Drupal

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Stuart Brown works for Oxford University Press

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Stuart Brown's current role is Head of English Language Teaching Product Technology Services.

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Stuart Brown attended The University Of Edinburgh, The University Of Manchester.

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