PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced Technology Director, specialising in programme and project management, business and technology transformation, process improvement, and regulatory compliance. Adept at developing long-term professional relationships at all levels. A motivational leader experienced in building, directing, and training diversified teams, across broad technical and business disciplines.

WORK EXPERIENCE

I’ve extensive experience of IT leadership, which I’ve built through a 30 year career in technology having worked in most areas of the IT function. For the past 10 years I have been focussed on Programme/Project Management as well as providing consultancy services to help organisations build sustainable Project Management Offices, delivering better and clearer strategic oversight, control and management of their technology roadmaps.

RECENT ROLES

Business Operations Technology Director

M3 (EU) Ltd | Oct 2021 - Dec 2022

  • As a member of the Senior Leadership Team working to drive effective decision-making, accountability and oversight across the portfolio of projects/programmes

  • Worked across all business sectors (at all levels) to develop a robust standards-based project life cycle, suited to both Agile and Waterfall activities

  • Launch of global Project Management Office, providing accurate tracking and status of programmes/projects across the business in all locations

  • Provided a 10-fold improvement on project throughput

Programme Manager and Management Consultant

Blue International | May 2021 - Oct 2021

  • With the Global VP of HR and Culture developed a roadmap to transform organisational effectiveness, build capability & talent, build a productive, safe & inclusive respectful culture and build an engaged workforce

  • Negotiations with Ghanaian Government Ministers, Unions, Ghanaian Army and local community leaders to ensure legal compliance and just and fair support for those affected by the outcome

  • Ensured all risks were adequately considered with “people safety first” mitigation

  • Managed the gold mine project to transform the working practices of an underperforming mine

PROF. QUALS

  • Prince2 Practitioner

  • AgilePM Practitioner

  • ITIL Foundation (V2 & V3)

  • Former Microsoft MCP

  • Former Oracle DBA

SKILLS

TECHNICAL

  • Perl

  • PHP

  • VBA

  • SQL

  • Shell Scripting

TOOLS

  • Office365

  • Jira

  • Notion

  • Workfront

  • OmniFocus /Plan

HARDWARE

  • Dell

  • HP

  • Apple

PRIOR ROLES

2020 - To Date Ultra Project Management Services Ltd Managing Director
2021 - 2022 M3 (EU) Ltd Business Operations Technology Director
2005 - 2020 Debenhams plc Programme/Project Manager; Service Manager - Retail; Service Center Manager; 2nd Line Support Manager
2003 - 2005 3 5 Solutions Ltd Managing Director
2001 - 2003 BT Major Programme Manager
1999 - 2001 Winterthur Life Senior IT Consultant
1997 - 1999 Walsh International Product Consultant and Microsoft & Oracle Consultant
1996 - 1997 Securicor Alarms Contract Exchange Administrator & Developer
1996 Glaxo/Wellcome Contract Desktop Support
1995 - 1996 Friends Provident Financial Adviser
1989 - 1994 American Express Credit & Senior Credit Analyst
1987 - 1989 Sun Alliance Accounts Assistant

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