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Cold Ash, GB

Teaneck, New Jersey, US

Delivering value to clients across Communications, Media & Technology, UKI Telecoms Consulting Lead

London, Hammersmith, GB

Led the Virgin Media O2 IT QA & Test team with strategic vision and insight, as the organisation was undergoing changes. Built a test capability that was efficient and ready for future challenges. Responsible for the permanent Test Professionals and over 800 QA & Test specialist resources through 2 QA & Test Managed Service partnerships, all of which.

Reading, England, GB

• June 2019 - July 2021 - Accountable for 25 permanent Test Professionals, the Reference Data Team and over 400 QA & Test expert resources to ensure all changes to products and services were at the required quality.
• Ran a request for proposal (RFP) for a managed service of Application Development (AD) & Application Operations (AO) for O2’s Business Domain. The success of this delivery was a blueprint within O2 for future managed.
• Led our incumbent consumer online supplier to build a new operating model, resulting in circa 20% saving on overall cost, whilst offering greater flexibility to my stakeholders.
• Transformed O2’s B2B commerce platform with a 2& ½ year transformation programme to use less custom code and more standard functionality. This cut our technical debt & increased our speed to value of new products, &.
• Presented at Dreamforce 2018 - Harnessing Salesforce to Transform Commerce Experiences

London, GB

Responsible for creating the Openreach Project Services 5 year Strategy & Business Plan.Other Programmes:* Project Services Telecoms Sector Programme Lead* Openreach MEAS* Openreach NGA deployment London & Home Counties.* BT Group managing property reconciliation projects and strategy for the BT Retained Operational Estate.* BT Retail Consumer Programme.

London, GB

Project Management of New Business Acquisitions and internal IT/business projects

London, GB

Worked in a project management team within a matrix environment, responsible for the delivery of projects in a timely manner to enhance the Vodafone UK Core Network. Moved to Vodafone Corporate managing all aspects of credit and operational support business projects for Customer Services.All projects managed in a full structured lifecycle environment.

Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, NL

Successfully completed an electrical and electronic engineering apprenticeship, before moving into a maintenance engineering role.

2.I Bsc Hons, Information Engineering And Technology Management

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