Upesh Patel

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Digital Release Management ✓ Digital Project Management ✓ Internet Banking ✓ Agile ✓ PRINCE2 ✓ MSP ✓ Risk & Issue Management ✓ @ LBL Skills
Upesh Patel's Location
Wellingborough, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
About Upesh Patel

With over 18 years of experience in project and release management, I have successfully delivered enhancements to digital services utilising Agile and PRINCE2 methodologies. My leadership skills and tenacity have facilitated collaboration with teams across the UK and globally, resulting in solutions that significantly improved online customer experiences and boosted revenue. A passion for delivering high-quality solutions and driving efficiency enabled me to reduce release frequency by 50% while maintaining the volume of changes delivered.In addition to my professional work, I engage in volunteer activities where I have quickly acquired skills in coaching, teaching, event planning, and confidently presenting to audiences of up to 200 people.Key areas of expertise:Project ManagementRelease ManagementInternet BankingAgilePRINCE2JiraJenkinsOpenShiftElastic

Upesh Patel's Current Company Details
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Upesh Patel Work Experience Details
  • Lbl Skills
    Learning And Development Officer
    Lbl Skills Nov 2024 - Present
  • Barclays Uk
    Release Manager
    Barclays Uk Jan 2017 - Apr 2024
    • Managed releases across various digital platforms in a DevOps environment, increasing the quality and efficiency of delivering changes. • Nominated for a CEO award for quickly ensuring a fix for a vital service was delivered, reducing the risk of customer complaints. • Streamlined the release process which added increased governance checks without impacting delivery targets.• Increased the use of automated processes and tools such as Jenkins, Elastic and Open Shift to improve speed of change delivery• Managed the budget of approximately £1m for releases across various digital platforms. Accomplished the delivery business change demand despite a decreased budget by 25%. • Negotiated priorities with stakeholders and compiled project plans. Managed work through Jira.• Collaborated with various technical and business divisions to remove issues/blockers and mitigated/reduced risks.• Compiled and improved technical implementation plans which reduced risk of errors. • Produced resource forecasts for delivery of changes.• Member of a steer committee of a diversity and inclusions network where I improved the awareness to colleagues and improved communications to advertise events.
  • Barclays Uk
    Project Manager
    Barclays Uk Aug 2012 - Jan 2017
    • Project Managed the delivery of features across various digital platforms simultaneously, utilising Agile and Waterfall methods to enhance online customer experience, which increased NPS scores.• Managed a project to enhance cyber security for a digital service which reduced risk to the service from high to low.• Managed RAIDs log and collaborated with stakeholders to ensure risks are understood and mitigated, which improved business stakeholder confidence in the digital delivery teams. • Managed on/off-shore teams and developed relationships with experts across business divisions and external partners.• Instigated improvements to processes to enhance the efficiency of delivering features, by making the technical delivery process more transparent to business stakeholder so that they could prioritise more easily. • Prepared reports and provided input into MTPs for Executive Directors. Managed budgets proficiently.
  • Barclays Uk
    Website Change Manager
    Barclays Uk Jun 2008 - Aug 2012
    • Managed the delivery of changes across the corporate websites in readiness for digital marketing campaigns. This enabled the online marketing teams to execute digital marketing campaigns quickly.• Worked closely with internal and external partners to deliver SEO and MI solutions as well as improving online customer experience and improve MI reporting for customer insight. • Built a strong relationship with software development and test team to deliver changes in realistic timelines and raised their value to business stakeholders.• Compiled delivery plans and negotiated work priority with stakeholders which improved relationships between the business and technology teams. • Made improvements to the delivery process and developed reports, supporting the measurement of KPIs.
  • Drs Data Services
    Assistant Project Manager
    Drs Data Services Mar 2006 - Jun 2008
    Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
    • Managed work streams for various external client projects simultaneously in a PRINCE 2 environment.• Collaborated with stakeholders to ensure the software functionality adhered to clients’ business requirements. • Managed a process re-engineering project which initiated change in work practice, introducing further controls and quality procedures. • Worked with the sales team to negotiate KPIs and SLAs for which a client measured the project team by.• Developed and monitored project plans and schedules, including resource planning, utilising MS Projects.• Management of project risks and issues, ensuring that they were resolved by relevant experts.• Provided project progress updates to external clients.
  • Northamptonshire Police
    Management Information Analyst
    Northamptonshire Police Aug 2005 - Nov 2005
    Northampton, England, United Kingdom
    • Conducted GAP analysis and investigations, utilising Business Objects to identify data anomalies in a government lead MIS database. • Executed ETL process using DataStage in order to migrate data between various Oracle systems.• Designed MI reports that complied with business requirements.• Worked with Business Analysts to specify business rules.
  • Santander Uk
    Management Information Analyst
    Santander Uk Nov 2004 - Jun 2005
    Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
    • Carried out GAP analysis between the Siebel and Oracle CRM systems, identifying data anomalies.• Presented evidence of issues and made recommendations to improve the efficiency of the systems to stakeholders. • Worked with a team to improve processes to ensure improve data quality with the CRM systems.• Documented improved processes and presented them to the impacted teams, resulting in changes to work practice. • Established relationships with various experts across the business.

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Upesh Patel works for Lbl Skills

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Upesh Patel's current role is Digital Release Management ✓ Digital Project Management ✓ Internet Banking ✓ Agile ✓ PRINCE2 ✓ MSP ✓ Risk & Issue Management ✓.

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Upesh Patel attended University Of Northampton.

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