Member Profile - IT Consultants Direct Ltd

PROFILE

A capable and committed manager with over nine years experience as an officer in the armed forces, fully able to contribute and lead in team situations. A competent and reliable project manager with a proven record of delivering complex projects in demanding environments. An accomplished trainer experienced in providing demanding training packages adapted to best suit the end user.

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

· Leadership

· Project Management

· Training Co-ordination

· Operations

· Decision Making

· Problem Solving

Responsible for delivering high quality bespoke training projects for soldiers and assisting with readiness evaluation for troops deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan.

· Designed training for groups of up to 800 soldiers, liaising with commanders and constructing complex, bespoke training packages to prepare soldiers for operations overseas.

· Assisted with the readiness evaluation of Brigade organisations (up to 3500 personnel) for deployment overseas.

· Developed and implemented a biannual training course for 30 staff, coordinating lecturers from across the UK and providing a flexible, detailed course specific to urban operations. Feedback showed the course to be highly successful in delivering up to date training tailored for the current environment.

Key Achievement: Delivered a 2.5 million pound project to the British Army as the end-user specialist, providing advice and reconciling the needs of the technical providers and the soldiers who would use the system. The system is now operational in three sites across the UK and is demonstrably improving the low level skills of soldiers in the urban environment.

Worked within a small team to deliver timely and accurate activities in support of a commander, often under significant time pressure; Responsible for the training and career progression of 100 soldiers, ensuring they achieved their maximum potential.

· Successfully co-ordinated the training to convert 100 soldiers to a new radio system, prior to successfully validating the system during a major overseas exercise.

· Trained and operated with a small team to deliver timely and accurate operational activities in support of a commander, often under considerable time pressure and with significant complicating factors.

Key Achievement: Managed a multi-million pound conversion project in Basra, co-ordinating American, British and Iraqi requirements and liaising to resolve issues across language and culture to construct the Regional Police Centre and Joint Operations Control Centre (JOCC) in Basra. The centre became operational within six months and has recently been handed over to Iraqi control.

Responsible for the day-to-day management of 30 soldiers, writing annual reports and providing impartial, individually tailored career advice. Responsible for the training of 100 soldiers in both long and short term career requirements.

· Co-ordinated the fire cover for Tyne and Wear Region during the 2002 fire strikes, operating as a regional shift manager in the Joint Operations Centre to co-ordinate effective response to life threatening situations.

· Selected to run a leadership training course, testing and evaluating 30 young soldiers to establish their readiness to be promoted.

· Trained and led a twelve man team on operations in Northern Ireland, winning praise for leading the most effective of the eighteen teams under the command of the Regiment.

· Planned and organised entertainment for social events of up to 300 people, ensuring appropriate entertainment was arranged and delivered in a timely manner, with extremely favourable feedback.

Key Achievement: Successfully converted 100 staff onto a new career structure in a 5 month period, the first of four sub-units to successfully convert despite the additional friction caused by the need to cover the 2002 fire strike during the conversion process.

Key Achievement: Led a team of 30 peers to win the final major competition, winning both parts of the competition out of a total of nine teams competing.

Junior Officer Training and Education Scheme (tactical, leadership and international affairs education)