I am a versatile Project Manager (Prince 2 Practitioner and ITIL Foundation) with experience in a wide range of projects including Infrastructure, Implementation and Development. I have worked in Financial Services, Central Government, Broadcasting, Web-Development, Engineering, Manufacturing and FMCG environments ranging from single UK sites to global businesses. With this range of experience and a very technical background, I can quickly adapt to new environments and technologies.
I have been an independent IT consultant for over ten years and I can offer this wealth of experience to your organisation.

Most Recent Freelance Assignments

September 2006-May 2008
Project Manager
[snip], Front Consulting.

Under the title of Project Manager, I fulfilled many roles during the implementation of a global Anti-Money Laundering system for the [snip] based in their offices in Brussels. This included all business lines (Retail, Wholesale and Insurance) in all areas (Western Europe, Central Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas). I acted, simultaneously, as
• Project Manager for several countrys’ implementations of the system, particularly in Western Europe and Asia Pacific.
• Intake Manager liaising with the Compliance and IT organizations in each country to get the projects started for all business units, ensuring all project initiation documentation was complete and funding in place.
• Technical Manager, liaising with the Infrastructure teams and Application Management in Brussels and the product vendor in Paris for all projects.
• Training Manager, both designing and delivering the training for all projects on the client sites throughout the world and at the centre in Brussels.

April 2006-August 2006
Governance Manager.
[snip], UK Department of Work and Pensions.

TREDSS was a large work program to transform the service provided by [snip] to the UK Department of Work and Pensions. This included a wide range of projects including a 160,000 PC hardware refresh, an update to the Intranet infrastructure, an update to the e-mail infrastructure as well as updates to the support and service processes. My role, through [snip], was to ensure each of these projects followed the agreed governance processes, passed the necessary stage reviews and were properly controlled. This role also involved me acting as the secretariat to the Desktop User Group, a committee of senior IT representatives from each of area of the Department.

September 2005-March 2006
Incident Manager
[snip], UK Department of Work and Pensions.

Providing consultancy services to [snip] as part of the successful, World Record breaking, unattended Windows XP desktop rollout to the UK Department of Work and Pensions, my role was the single point of contact for all incidents arising as a consequence of the remote upgrade to Windows XP of 160,000 workstations on 2,300 sites in just 6 months. Having identified the incidents, I then managed them through to resolution. This role also involved me reporting to the daily progress meeting involving senior IT figures within the Department.

September 2004-August 2005
Application Delivery Manager
[snip]

As part of the Platform Transformation Programme, based in Halifax, the conversion of all desktop systems to the Windows XP platform, my role was to project manage the delivery of all applications from initial discovery through assessment and packaging and testing to deployment in the live environment in the Retail, Insurance and Group Services areas in Halifax and Edinburgh. This involved over 500 individual applications from off-the-shelf packages to bespoke, internally developed, finance systems.

April 2004-September 2004
Change Analyst
[snip]

As part of the change assessment team working for the Department of Work and Pensions in Lytham, my role was to provide technical expertise on the wide range of changes requested by the business across all their systems. I was also responsible for producing technical solutions and documentation for approved changes.

January 2004-April 2004
Project Manager
[snip]

[snip] had decided to implement a standard infrastructure across the group based on Windows /Exchange Server 2003 and a Windows XP/Office 2003 desktop. My role was to manage the project from scratch. Using a 3rd party supplier, Ramesys, I managed the installation of the server infrastructure (Windows 2003 cluster servers providing Exchange 2003 and File & Print and a Windows 2003 Outlook Web Access server). I also provided a customised installation of Microsoft Office 2003 and Windows XP, including the facility to connect to Exchange via GPRS. I designed the processes whereby [snip] can continue to roll-out the standard desktop into the future.

Previous Freelance Assignments through [snip].

Project Manager. [snip]

Development of a web-based e-learning environment for Northern Ireland schools.

Application Manager. [snip]
Managing the migration of desktop and broadcasting applications to the new XP desktop for [snip].

Technical Consultant. [snip]
Providing technical expertise and liaison with 3rd party providers for the [snip] Internet Bus – a small network with satellite internet connectivity on board a single decker bus.

Implementation Manager. [snip]
Deployment of the previously developed music choosing and reporting system to 40 local radio stations.

Project Manager. [snip]

Development of a music choosing and reporting system for BBC Local Radio, Radio Wales and Radio Scotland.

Lead Implementer. [snip]

Deployment of a standard desktop/server and network architecture to [snip] offices in Western Europe, Israel, West Bank and Gaza.

Implementation Manager. [snip]
Project Manager for the European region of a global e-mail migration from cc:Mail to Lotus Notes.

Application Manager. [snip]
Migration of applications to standard Windows 95/NT environment.

Infrastructure Manager. [snip]
Development and deployment of standard Windows 95 desktop. Desktop, printer and application deployment for major ERP programme.

IT Account Manager. [snip]
Acting as the liaison between the SHE (Safety, Health and Environment) and Supply Chain departments working closely with the business to ensure their IT requirements were met.

Previous Employment

November 1989-September 1995, Senior Technologist, [snip]

I worked as a process flow and financial modeller for the [snip] Liquefaction Project, a pilot plant based in North Wales converting coal into oil, before becoming overall head of information services.

January 1988-November 1989, Senior Scientific Office, [snip]
Mathematical Modelling of the flow of particles in the environment, particularly in the human lung and estuarial waters.

September 1986 – December 1987, Research Assistant, [snip]
Continuing research into quantum many-body theory and teaching undergraduates.

Education

Vocational
Prince 2 Practitioner – 1999
ITIL Foundation – 2006

University
PhD:” Extensions of the Coupled Cluster Theory and its Application to Liquid Helium 4” – 1986
BsC: Mathematical Physics, First Class Honours, University of Manchester ([snip]) 1983

Other Qualifications
PADI Open Water Diver - 2008

IT Skills
Current
Prince 2
ITIL Foundation
Windows Desktop (including Vista)
Linux Desktop (Ubuntu)
Windows Server (including 2003)
MS Project
CA Clarity
MS Office (including 2007)
MS Access
Exchange
Fircosoft Files Filter (Anti-Money Laundering)

Used in the Past and still familiar with
Lotus Notes (to v4.6)
Informix
Novell NetWare (to v4.1)
Dreamweaver
MS Expression Web
JavaScript
Lotus SmartSuite
Informix
Delphi
Cisco
Java
Innumerable Desktop Applications