OVERVIEW:

An innovative and highly effective Senior Business Manager with extensive experience as a senior Business Consultant with large-scale international business development and programme delivery experience within a variety of private and public industrial sectors. Presents a strong, positive approach to business development pursuing and leveraging opportunities through knowledge and strong client relationships. Defining and facilitating business strategy and development, by providing thought leadership and building capability in identifying and implementing innovative business solutions - delivering profit growth and operational excellence. Leading innovative solution and proposition development, as well as delivering and exceeding revenue and sales targets.

Demonstrated excellent operational efficiency, including full P&L management, cost reduction and relationship management skills within mission-critical environments.

Key capabilities include full bid management, pipeline development, benefits realisation management, risk management, project and programme lifecycle management, the integration of complex enterprise systems, operating within highly regulated environments implementing successful global IT infrastructures. Acting as a bridge between business and IS. Competent relationship building with staff, suppliers and customers, strategic planning, project and change management for efficiency and profitability initiatives.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

· Consulting sales and delivery

· Pharma

· Public Sector

· Banking and Finance

· Insurance

· Retail

· International

· Manufacturing

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

· Negotiated $multi million programme for introduction of [snip]R’s object code technology into US Federal Govnt Agencies at the highest levels, that now forms an integral element within the Homeland security and the Fight Against Terrorism within the US.

· Sucessfully negotiated presented the first commercial lecture at the Royal Society. (Endorsed by the Royal Society)

· Achieved significant organisational and individual capability and maturity improvements across multiple business units and geographical locations; realising ROI of $10m within City based Risk and re-insurance organisation

· Secured outsourcing of all Operational systems by [snip] Restaurants; including opening 110 stores in 12 months; became recognised as a subject matter expert for Restaurant Operations

· Defined and led a programme of innovative Information and Knowledge Management solutions that enables the early realisation of new opportunities via a significant increase in the leverage of Corporate IP portfolios. Enabling IP and Income protection to a multi $bn value. As well as ever greening corporate IP for a major Pharmaceutical company

· Delivered a Global Financial Consolidation programme that enabled [snip] to reduce its reporting and submission cycle to the city from 6 weeks to 12 days, and securing corporate continuance.

CAREER HISTORY:

1998 to Date: Managing Director: [snip], Bedfordshire, UK

· Responsible for the development of business opportunities and the execution of a range of consulting services to Global 1000 companies

· Consulting activities included: Bid management, business strategy, market development, project and programme management, business and IT change management, strategic planning, service improvement, risk management, systems development management

Mar 2005 to Date: Consultant Programme Manager: [snip], Essex, UK (Value: $12m Benefit Opp: $3bn)

· Defined and managed initiation and design of global product and process data warehouse program across 2 divisions

· Defined programme mandate, brief and business case; secured agreement on harmonisation model and Benefits realisation relaisation plan

· Delivered the realisation framework, programme governance, management plan and strategy

· Utilised 6 sigma process improvements; implemented a number of change initiatives

· Defined a unified governance model; set in place critical success factors and measures

Dec 2004 to Mar 2005: Interim Manager & Change Consultant: [snip], Netherlands

(Value: $250k Benefit Opp: $5m)

· Managed the IM and Infrastructure department; defined the outsourcing services strategy

· Developed and implemented an organisational capability programme for demand management

· Introduced service level management based on ITIL, provided key point consultancy

Jun 2004 to Nov 2004: Change Consultant: [snip], London, UK (Value: $500k Benefit Opp: $10m)

· Responsible for delivery of ETG project and programme management lifecycle methodologies

· Project managed the Sarbanes Oxley compliance programme; improved visibility and complience

· Ensured progress through the establishment of PMBOK-compliant methods and tools

· Reduced project risk and improved communications; positioned company for CMMi assessment

· Undertook remedial project actions: GAP analysis to achieve application control certification

2003 to Jun 2004: Senior Consultant Programme/Project Manager: [snip], Kent, UK

(Value: $1m Benefit Opp: $bn – Revenue protection)

· Responsible for management and deliver of the company’s innovation programme within drug discovery and research informatics

· Facilitated early realisation of new opportunities via a significant increase in corporate IP portfolio

· Developed innovative information and knowledge management solutions

· Investigated new paradigms for the integration and visualisation of broad based information

EARLY CAREER INCLUDES:

· Senior Consultant: [snip] Pharmaceuticals Plc, Leicestershire

· Prinicpal Consultant: [snip] Inc, Kent

· Programme Manager – Systems & Infrastructure: [snip] Pharmaceuticals Plc, Cheshire

· Head of Technical Division: [snip] Research Pty Ltd, Australia

· Infrastructure Consultant: [snip], Croydon

· Systems and Infrastructure Consultant: [snip], Buckinghamshire

· Freelance Management Consultant: various inc. [snip] Restaurants – Management of Retail IT Systems

· Business Analyst: [snip] (Contracts) Ltd, Huntingdon

· Senior Estimator: [snip], Rushden

· Partner: [snip], Cambridge

· Contract Lecturer: East Anglia University

· Director:[snip], Cambridge

· HM Armed Forces

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

· Excellent communication, relationship management and negotiation skills up to Board level

· More than 20 years global business and IT consulting experience

· Commercial Management including contract negotiation

· Entrepreneurial focus with continued success

· Multi-million dollar budget responsibility, full P&L control

· Process improvement within highly regulated environments

· Project and programme management: multiple project delivery throughout full lifecycle

· Risk Management and Conflict Management

· Business Development (including new market penetration)

· Management and integration of 3^rd party suppliers including off-shore development teams

· Global, cross-project co-ordination to maximise solution effectiveness and efficiency

· Expert knowledge of methodologies including: Prince2, 6-Sigma, PMBok, MSP, ITIL, OPM3

· Change and change impact management including customer demands and expectations

· Effective utilisation of best practice methods without compromising core principles

· Team leadership, motivation and management of multi-disciplined teams

· Additional languages: French, Spanish and Russian

· A self-disciplined, highly motivated individual with strong delivery focus

PROFESSIONAL:

· Member of the Project Management Institute (PMP Certified)

· Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS)

· Prince 2

IT SKILLS:

PERSONAL:

2002 to 2003: Senior Consultant/Project Manager: [snip] Pharmaceuticals Plc (Value: $2.5m Benefit Opp: $7m)

· Led complex projects locally & globally across multiple business areas bot validated & nonvalidated under 21 CFR part 11

· Projects delivered: Global Document Management, Global Library Integrated Delivery System, Hazard Material Management, Laboratory Equipment Maintenance Management, & Instrument Maintenance Management

· Responsible for provision of strategic guidance & direction within the Therapeutic Data Warehousing Infrastructure – delivered the Therapeutic Area Global Data Access for Discovery Informatics

· Developed a new Global Access Paradigm; defined strategy, road mapping & prototyping of concepts

· Defined the Global Data warehouse roadmap and strategy to Global Research Informatics

2000 to 2001: Programme Manager, Systems and Infrastructure: [snip] Pharmaceuticals Plc (Value: $40m Benefit Opp $Bn)

· Management of tactical and strategic global projects across multiple business areas within highly validated areas subject to 21 CFR part 11

· Delivered key B2B/B2C e-commerce projects including ebooking and reservation system

· Provided consultancy for an IS and Infrastructure services outsourcing strategy with IBM Global Services

· Validated systems under 21CFR part 11 including web enabled GIS, Document Management System (Documentum) including procurement and integration of 3^rd party products, Web Enablement and Global Deployment of Customer Complaints System

· Project management the deployment of Global Supply Chain and Logistics Forecasting System, Interactive DSE Assessment System, Vendor Assurance and Audit Tracking (GMP), Electronic Information (Knowledge) Management System and a Critical Call Out System

1999 to 2000: Head of Technical Division: [snip] Research Pty Ltd (Value $100m Benefit Opp $Bn)

(A dotcom company bases in Australia; specialising in innovative technology for Global Infrastructure Security Intelligence Communities)

· Provided a senior point of contact for global business development in conjunction with the management and development of the European and North American Technical Operations

· Delivered technological briefings at Governmental levels and International Organisations

· Created innovated deployment technology utilising e-commerce and e-distribution methodology

1998 to 1999: Project Manager (Infrastructure): Legal and General Assurance Society

· Introduced Y2K management tool sets and [snip] technology and managed technical Y2k issues concerning the PC environment

· Instigated maximum exposure communication for Y2K information sharing between business units incorporating the development of an HTML knowledge base

· Responsible for management and development of multidisciplined teams delivering key projects

· Reviewed and assessed commercial contracts including SLA’s with 3^rd party providers

· Completed detailed budget forecasts and cost centre performance with board level presentation

· Designed and implemented a new divisional Financial Management system in 11 months

· Introduced Prince2 based standard methodology and a functioning project office

· Successfully delivered a number of key projects including: NT infrastructure, SMS and Exchange and numerous Y2K compliance software re-engineering projects

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

· Successfully delivered complex global projects/programmes across multiple business areas

· Provided strategic guidance for the Therapeutic Data Warehousing strategy at [snip]

· Implemented ontology’s for all scientific entities: compounds, protocols, genes, etc at [snip]

· Successfully developed European and North American technical operations for [snip] Pty

· Negotiated $multi million programme for introduction of [snip] object code technology into US Federal Govnt Agencies at the highest levels, that now forms an integral element within the Homeland security and the Fight Against Terrorism within the US.

· Sucessfully negotiated presented the first commercial lecture at the Royal Society. (Endorsed by the Royal Society)

· Successful in managing major projects and turning around underachieving programmes

· Negotiated the resolution of a politically sensitive, complex technical commercial dispute

· Successfully negotiated the introduction of new technology into US and UK government

· Led a high profile global change and Integration programme for major pharmaceutical company

· Defined tactical interim approach and prototype for Unified Access across disparate data sources for major Pharmaceutical company

· Secured outsourcing of all Operational systems by [snip] Restaurants; including opening 110 stores in 12 months; became recognised as a subject matter expert for Restaurant Operations

· Defined global strategy for the development of a harmonised Data Warehouse programme across 2 diverse divisions for [snip]

· Defined a Target Architecture road map and unified governance model for Global Architecture within major Pharmaceutical company

· Business entrepreneur with successful history of business creation, development and management

· Competent team management and developments incorporating direct line management and virtual team management of both select specialist teams and large teams

· Delivered a Global Financial Consolidation programme that enabled [snip] to reduce its reporting and submission cycle to the city from 6 weeks to 12 days, and securing corporate continuance.

· Provided specialist consultancy and project management to [snip] as part of their merger and acquisitions due diligence process

· Provided strategic Infrastructure Security consultancy and project management for the World Bank and Bank of England

· Provide thought leadership on technology trends and build capability in identifying and implementing customer facing innovative solutions.