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Curriculum
Vitae
MAIN AREAS OF
EXPERIENCE
General Management
Management
Consultancy
Information
Technology in Business
Project Management
and Programme Office Management
Further Education
EMPLOYMENT
EXPERIENCE
[snip], London, Slough, Bristol, Norwich &
Bath, England From 1996 to 2006
Business: Information Systems
Supplier
From May 05 to Dec
06 Project Manager at [snip]:
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a
£500k project to move 5,000 Exchange Users at the [snip] to
Exchange 2003 in a joint environment of about 25,000 [snip]
users (courts and magistrates).
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a
£300k project to install a correspondence case management system
to deal with the cases from Ministers’ Private Offices (this
involved co-ordinating the efforts of a third party development
organisation, several other third parties and the organisation
of [snip] staff to produce the necessary infrastructure.
From Aug 04 to May
05 Programme Office Manager for [snip] Partnership:
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responsible for all aspects of financial management of programme
worth £14 million over 5 years (including preparing project
justifications and preparing and presenting monthly project
status reviews). This was particularly taxing as the work was
fixed price and the client was cost constrained and was always
wanting to increase the scope of the programme without extra
cost – this meant that I needed to exercise particularly
stringent cost control and use of change control/ impact
analysis.
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created and managed the Programme Office. This was greatly
assisted by my knowledge of SharePoint (as below) to assist in
storing key project documentation.
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responsible for ensuring that the programme was ISO 9002
certified. In this capacity I ensured that the programme was
ready for quality audits – during my time at Slough we had three
internal audits and an external audit by BSI. I was also
responsible for the day-to-day operation of the quality system
and ensuring that staff were following procedures
From Jan 04 to Aug
04 Leader and Advisor for use of SharePoint in a project
environment:
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led an
internal project in the UK Public Sector to support the roll out
SharePoint to [snip] projects on a world wide basis. This work
involved discovering the features of SharePoint and then selling
these benefits to projects. This included making presentations
to users and project managers, producing training material and
setting up templates which were helpful to projects. This work
was completed successfully as it has been absorbed as a tool for
the mainstream delivery of projects.
From Sep 02 to Dec
03 Project Manager for [snip]:
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led a
£2.5 mill project to set up a DII/C project setting up an IT
infrastructure for 300 staff moving from a number of locations
to a single location in Bath – these staff were involved in the
delivery of munitions (bullets, shells and missiles) to the
troops. All work was undertaken using PRINCE methodology. This
work was from producing a PID through to a final project review.
This work involved co-ordinating 6 or 7 internal and external
suppliers. The project was considered a success as all staff
were moved on time with minimum disruption during a period of
high activity (the invasion of Iraq).
From Jan 02 to Sep
02 Project Manager for [snip] Project:
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led
work on the [snip] project (see below) on completing all
documentation prior to final hand over to the [snip]. This
included organising all design documentation and assuring that
all the work conformed to the project’s ISO 9002 registration
From Mar 00 to Dec
01 Programme Office Manager for [snip]:
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led 4
staff supporting a project earning £2 mill per month. This
included all financial aspects of projects (including financial
health checks and risk assessment). This also involved producing
timesheets and progress information.
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responsible for all resourcing matters (150 consultants)
including obtaining permission (renewal) to employ contractors
(about 80) on a six monthly basis
From Aug 98 to Mar
00 Project Manager working in [snip] Project Management
Office:
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being
seconded to a variety of projects to assist in their project
management functions
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training to become an quality auditor for the [snip] ISO9002
registration. Since certification I have audited 3 to 4 [snip]
projects per year.
From May 96 to Aug
98 A number of roles for the [snip] (later became the
[snip] on the [snip] Project:
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design
authority for financial software release to [snip]
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working with [snip] staff to deliver business support,
implementation and change management preparing for the roll out
of 20 software packages
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producing courseware to support [snip] staff in the use of new
systems at [snip] in Bristol mainly around development of
project management tools (including requirements gathering
tools, project planning, risk assessment and simulation)
[snip], London,
England
From 1996 to 1996
Business:
Management Consultancy
Post:
Consultant
Working with teams
on a variety of projects including strategic economic
development in sectoral areas, urban regeneration consultancy,
business consultancy and human resource problems both in the
public, private and voluntary sectors. The work consisted of all
phases including marketing, proposal production, research and
investigation and report production and presentation to clients.
[snip], Worcester,
England From
1994 to 1995
Business:
Management Consultancy
Post:
Managing
Director
Working in my own
business to develop work in the areas of management consultancy,
marketing investigations and proposals and training for senior
managers in communications and computer skills. Also some work
was undertaken investigating the writing of open learning
training material on cost estimation and control in large
capital projects.
[snip] for Human
Resources,
Bahrain
From 1993 to 1994
Business:
Management Consultancy
Post:
Executive Director
With a Bahraini
Partner, I established a Management Consultancy specialising in
IT and Human Resource Development. We concentrated on: General
Management Consultancy; One-to-one Training for Senior
Executives; IT Follow-up and Support and Project Management.
This work was for a variety of clients including a government
department and a major Middle Eastern Airline.
[snip], Bahrain
From 1987 to 1993
Business:
Management Consultancy
Post:
Senior
Consultant
My work has covered
a wide range of assignments including: Development from concept
to delivery and then management of a 5 year IT Education
Programme to make about 1,500 employees of the [snip] (Bahraini,
Western ex-patriates and Eastern ex-patriates) computer
literate; Organisation of a variety of conferences and seminars
on Information Technology; Training and helping supervisors in a
heavy industrial company to use computer based project
management packages to improve their cost effectiveness and
studying and interviewing the sales staff of a major Asian
airline to identify their needs in a period of increased
competition.
[snip], Worcs,
England From 1985 to 1987
Business:
Delivery of Open Learning
Post:
Project
Director
I led a £1 million
project to set up an infrastructure to deliver open learning to
a large rural area of the UK. I was responsible for the
management of the entire project from start up to integration
into the normal vocational training provision. The work
included: Identification and evaluation of suitable open
learning material; Staff Development (about 2,500 lecturers in
13 Further Education Colleges) and management and control of the
project.
[snip], Hereford,
England From
1979 to 1984
Business: Further Education
Post:
Senior Lecturer in Management and Computer
Studies
Fully responsible
for the introducing and developing IT in a College of Further
Education (16 plus) both for curriculum and administrative
purposes including: curriculum development; technical support
and selection of equipment; marketing of services and staff
training and development.
[snip], Worcester,
England
From 1973 to 1979
Business:
Sawmilling and Horticultural Packaging
Post:
Company
Director
Running a family
business employing about 200 people and with an annual turnover
of £1 million Sterling. I was responsible for the production,
industrial relations, product development and marketing.
[snip],
London From 1972 to 1973
Business:
Delivery of [snip] to U.K.
Post:
Financial Analyst
Critically
appraising of a number of national and regional engineering
projects over £1 million in value including the use of computer
simulations and cash flows. Also critically appraising any
acquisition of computing equipment which had a capital value of
over £200,000.
Development
Department, [snip], London,
England From 1970 to
1972
Business:
Delivery of [snip] to U.K.
Post:
Project
Analyst
Investigation of
major engineering projects using IT to assist in analysis using
management services techniques.
Chief Engineer's
Department, [snip],
London From 1964 to
1970
Business:
Delivery of [snip] to Region
Posts:
Assistant Engineer, 1968 Falconer Birks
Scholar, Graduate Engineer, Student Apprentice
PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION
2000
Association of Project Managers Level D exam by self
study and attendance on Unisys Project Management Courses
2001
TickIT Auditors Course – PERA
1981 - 1984 Birmingham University,
Birmingham, England
- M.Ed. (by
part-time study)
Specializations included:
Computers in Education; Curriculum Planning
and Evaluation; Educational Administration; Dissertation on
"Meeting the Training Needs of the Small Business in the era of
the Microcomputer".
1980 - 1981 Herefordshire Technical
College, Hereford, England
- City &
Guilds 730 : Technical Teacher's Certificate.
1968 - 1969 City University, London,
England.
- M.B.A.
Specializations included
Computer Science and Management Science, Operational Research,
Industrial Statistics including long range planning for energy
industries.
1964 - 1967 Enfield College of
Technology, Enfield, England.
- 1st. Class
Honours College Diploma in Civil (Gas) Engineering.
MEMBERSHIP OF
PROFESSIONAL BODIES (All U.K. based)
Member of the Chartered Management Institute
(M.C.M.I.)
Member of the Association of MBAs
Member of the Operational Research Society
PERSONAL DETAILS
NATIONALITY :British
MARITAL STATUS : Married - 2 daughters (Aged
30 & 25)
LANGUAGES : English (mother tongue), French
(fair), German (very basic), Arabic (very very basic). |
