An adaptable and successful Project Manager and Business Analyst.  Having had responsibility for delivery of many full lifecycle projects through concurrent streams and teams across a variety of projects in the IT industry.  Responsibility for a £2.1m budget and management of development teams (38 heads) located at several UK sites.  Extensive experience of business process engineering, requirements documentation and system architecture.  Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to work with all levels of both internal and external stakeholders to ensure that projects delivered meet or exceed expectations.  Enjoys working in a varied role with an element of business analysis, project management and end-user coordination.

-       Identified and highlighted a major shortfall risk in Oracle 11i E-Business solution.  Led Business Analysis and Requirements definition to pull solution back on track.

-       Line management of 6 technically skilled teams (£2.1M budget), and multiple simultaneous projects, providing Software Development for a UK plc.

-       Identified market opportunity for integrated product for US market.  Presented business case to plc board.  Led cross Atlantic development teams to successfully deliver combined system/solution to meet market requirements.

-       Track record of delivering successful technology streams to time and budget, with a strong delivery focus.

-       Highlighted risks in Data Migration Strategy on Oracle 11i E-Business.  Defined issues within legacy data.  Defined legacy data cleansing requirements, data transform issues and acceptance tests required.

-       Identifying new technology for an RFID solution saving £750K per annum for [snip] International (£12M turnover) and allowing greater penetration and growth of their product ranges.

-       Defined Project Organisation and pulled together cross functional teams quickly within Rentokil Initial to get projects off the ground rapidly.

-       Project Management, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum, DSDM Atern, MSF, CMM

-       Full Project Lifecycle Management

-       Business Analysis and Requirements management

-       Building teams, processes and practices

-       Re-engineering of existing organisations, change management

-       Interfacing between engineering and commercial functions / stakeholders

-       Assessment and definition of product strategy, design and architecture

-       Promoting technologies and products, at all levels: customers, partners, investors and analysts

-       Application design: Business Analysis, Process Mapping, User Scenarios, UML

-       E-Commerce, Oracle E-Business Suite 11i

-       High Level Languages: C, C++, C#, VB.Net, .NET Framework, OO, Java, MCSD

-       Databases: Microsoft SQL, MS Access, Paradox, Btrieve

-       Desktop operating systems: Windows, Linux, Unix

-       Web technologies: HTML, XML, ASP, .NET, WebServices, SOAP, browsers, etc.

-       Expert in Microsoft Project, Visio, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

[snip]  (Independent Business & IT Consultancy)                                                       since 2005

w      context: [snip] is my limited company used for all contract engagements.

PROJECT MANAGER, ([snip])       Feb 2006-Aug 2007                    contract

w      context: [snip] provide serviced washroom and textile solutions in a B2B environment from 20 services centres based around the UK.  Obtained a number of contracts, managing a series of business re-structure and business change projects using PRINCE2 and Agile methods as appropriate: -

w      requirements capture and business analysis – Defined requirements for National Accounts department for Oracle 11i E-Commerce solution.  Led workshops, liaised with software teams to ensure understanding and delivery.  Project Managed project through requirements capture, development support, and user acceptance testing.

w      business process re-engineering – Central Contract Admin dept relocation to Central Service Centre.  Project Managed, process mapping of existing and new solution, requirements analysis, system testing, and transition of business from local to central contract processing facility.

w      business restructure and re-location it data centre – Consolidation and relocation of IT department and data centre from London to Birmingham.  Project Managed, process definition, consolidation of legacy servers (VMware), relocation of hardware and infrastructure, transition of department from local to central services facility.

w      business restructure and re-location national accounts dept. – Mapped and moved department with improved service levels to end customers.  Process mapping existing department, defined and recruited new department, project managed transition and deployment of new department. 

[snip] (subsidiary of [snip] US)                  2004 - 2005

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR                                              Mar 2004-Dec 2005                    CEO report

w      context: [snip]  has a turnover of £65M and develops and supports and number of product ranges covering, Time & Attendance, Car Parking, Onsite Communications and Electronic Access Control.

w      core role: Led New Product Development department with 38 heads, split into six teams covering Software, Documentation and Test, located across four locations in the UK with annual £2.1m budget.

-       Implemented regular project review meetings to ensure project deliverables, risks and issues were regularly reviewed and action taken.

w      change: Implemented and led Agile processes for product development.  Created MoSCoW feature lists for key product ranges and facilitated workshops to review and define feature priorities.

-       Championed adoption of Microsoft toolset and n-tier architecture to deliver scalable solutions across the group which allowed for cross product integration.

w      background: Key clients including, Airports (New Bangkok International Airport), Utilities (National Grid), Retail (Boots plc), Healthcare (Rampton Secure Hospital)

-       Key Technologies used, Components, n-tier, .NET Framework, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, SQL Server

-       Provided regular business case, status/risk updates on key projects to the stakeholders within the business. 

[snip]                                                                                                  1991 - 2004

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR                                                          1999-2004                     Director level

w      context: [snip] International manufacturers Electronic Access Control Systems.  The Management Systems were based on a Microsoft Windows toolset.  Systems deployed supported up to 2M transactions per day and have more than 50k users.

w      achievements: Created development processes, allowing ISO 9000:2000 accreditation for the business.

-       Built department from team of 6 engineers to multi-teamed, multi disciplined teams of 24 professionally qualified engineers.

-       range: Created and managed Product Family Strategies/Roadmaps, working closely with Sales Managers/Teams and all relevant stakeholders.

-       Defined, architected and delivered scaleable n-tier solutions using .NET, Microsoft SQL Server, VB and C# toolsets.

-       Directed the development teams and Project Leads in order to ensure projects met both Technical, Cost and User requirements.

w      background: Key clients including, Banking / Finance (Chase Manhattan, Nat West), Utilities (British Gas, North West Water, Powergen), Healthcare (Kent & Canterbury NHS Trust), Government (Vandenberg Air force base, Essex Police, Kent Fire brigade), Local Government (Manchester City Council, London Borough of Wandsworth)

-       Key Technologies used, OO, Components, n-tier, C++, MFC, .NET Framework, C#, VB, SQL Server

-       Represented the company at the British Security Industry Association (BSIA).  

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER                                                      1991-1999                     MD report

SENIOR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER                                           1989-1991                    

w      achievements: Championed, led and delivered the Company’s first Microsoft Windows administration system and next generation 32-bit Windows administration software. 

-       Defined, architected and delivered many Microsoft tooled solutions covering 2-tier, 3-tier.

w      background: Managed teams developing Software, Electronics, Documentation, Test and Training.

-       Key Technologies used, OO, C++, MFC, Access, Paradox 

[snip] (Computer Systems Manufacture)                                                      1987 - 1989

Senior Development Engineer                                                             1987-1989

w      Speaker at trade shows on key product and technical issues affecting the Security Industry.

w      Member of the committee to define the European standards for Access Control, BS EN 50133.

w      Chartered Engineering Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET)

w      Professionally qualified as Marketeer with postgraduate diploma in Marketing

w      2007                PRINCE2, Foundation and Practitioner – ILX Group

w      2001                Microsoft Certified Solution Developer – Self Study

w      1999-2000       Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing – Manchester Business School

w      1983–1987      BEng Hons. Electronic Engineering – Liverpool University

24^th May 1965

Contact details available on request.

w      My two sons (5&7), Cycle touring, both in the UK and abroad, house renovating.

w      Enjoy keeping abreast of technology and read widely on a range of technical subjects.