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Seller 273835 - Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, UK

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£55.56

Available From:

19 December 2008

Overview:

A dynamic, adaptable and highly versatile Technical Project Manager with strong strategic, planning and top-level management skills gained via exemplary service, leading teams to radically improve existing IT projects, as well as proven success delivering new projects to exact client specification from conception through to successful delivery

: Offers a discounted hourly rate to registered charities

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A proactive leader with a passion to deliver and extensive technical and analytical skills, and the business acumen to define goals, plan action strategy and consistently deliver robust, innovative and creative business/IT solutions within budgetary constraints
An innovative and resourceful professional, with extensive interpersonal, communication and organisational expertise, and proven ability to lead and motivate teams to meet deadlines and surpass targets regardless of pressure.

*** Are you looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager with extensive experience in managing large and complex projects with budgets of up to £2m? Recent experience of a large project upgrading SharePoint 2003 to MOSS 2007 and Office 2007 roll out to 20,000 users? Are you about to implement SharePoint 2007 and would like to hire someone with 18 months commercial experience with this technology and you want to avoid 'the learning curve'? THEN look no further *** Extensive top-level project management experience and expertise
 Extensive technical skills in a wide range of programs/applications/platforms
 Extensive business and change management skills and knowledge
 Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
 Extensive management, training and motivational skills
 Excellent financial, budgeting and accounts skills
 Natural flair and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
 Natural ability to work on own initiative or as part of team
 Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
 Extensive planning, organisational and strategic skills
 Excellent teambuilding skills

Employment History

(Apr 2007 to Nov 2008)

Project Manager

Coventry

 Key advisor, consultant and leader for many successful SharePoint projects
 Delivered numerous projects to quality standards, specification, implementation plan and schedule
 Recognised expert on MS SharePoint, Office 2007, disaster recovery, SSL encryption, Documentum & Exchange
 Achieved major upgrade of over 80,000 employees to SharePoint 2007 across Europe 100% to specification
 Ensured seamless mission critical migration with minimum disruption and within budget and deadline
 Devised and implemented a SharePoint knowledgebase to help ensure top quality support
 Orchestrated liaison with other department teams to ensure impeccably planned/executed core system changes
 Ensured successful knowledge transfer via tailored workshops and carefully devised staff training initiatives
 Successfully implemented robust disaster recovery strategy following MS best practice recommendations
 Consistently translated high-level technical requirements into business benefits and tangible deliverables
 Consistently orchestrated communications with manager/stakeholders ensuring clear & focused strategic plans
 Regularly provided cohesive direction to implementation consultants, technical architects and business analysts
 Recognised company expert on managing interdependencies and MOSS hi/low level design activities
 Presented reports and recommendations to the board culminating in new efficiency & performance initiatives
 Key facilitator in top-level meetings between corporate IT and senior technical managers
 Personally helped train and mentor staff to reach or surpass all team performance targets
 Recognised as technical design authority & company trouble-shooter on high-level multiplatform technical issues
 Proved extremely versatile with expertise in analysis, design, web content management, .NET and databases
 Helped sales team with bids & led successful negotiations at top-level on major 3rd party outsourcing contracts
 Successfully led interfacing with senior management, business user communities and outsourcing partner
 Forged strong and lasting relations at all levels with colleagues, staff, key stakeholders, clients and users

(Jul 2006 to Dec 2006)

Project Manager

Manchester

 Successfully implemented a high-level solution to both consolidate IT structure and identify any exception gaps
 Provided key advice and recommendations to directors to improve project and support team performance
 Ensured improved quality of IS support by streamlining processes and upgrading aging legacy systems
 Key management/technical advisor during the acquisition and implementation of a major new infrastructure
 Ensured timely delivery to FSA data requirements standards by collaborating with compliance & IS security
 Introduced mentoring/training and successfully managed infrastructure, development and technical resources
 Ensured strict adherence of testing, development and change control procedures to best practices
 Helped save £600K over three years via a large/complex but highly successful data application migration project
 Improved efficiency by over 20% via successful use & implementation of project management methodologies
 Chief business case and system design advisor on large and complex mission critical project
 Broke down large and complex technical project into manageable project plans and successfully delegated

(Oct 2003 to Jun 2006)

Project Manager

Middlesborough

 Led and managed the full lifecycle of a £2m IT project as part of the £ 25m DfES academy programme
 Managed third-party suppliers & improved ITIL processes to resolve 80% of 1st and 2nd line IT calls in 30 mins
 Successfully led/implemented a new SharePoint web portal with forums, shared calendars & document libraries
 Assumed full responsibility on several major projects as manager, technical specialist consultant
 Commended for excellent technical advice, ability and the leadership of project managers and engineers
 Consistently established and maintained the correct structures to control and monitor business deliverables
 Ensured full resolution of business problems via sound application of technical knowledge
 Mentored several junior project managers offering expert guidance and advice
 Regularly displayed and applied a creative, schematic and disciplined analytic approach to all technical issues

(Apr 2003 to Oct 2003)

Project Manager

Carey Jones Architects, Leeds

 Successfully shaped project deliveries and options via innovative technical advice and guidance
 Resolved complex technical problems by analysis, planning & the creative application of technical principals
 Proved highly skilled in planning, cost estimating, risk management, and quality and delivery assurance
 Used vast experience to take informed decisions on a wide range of technical and business environments
 Planned and devised budgets and risk assessments to manage and deliver a major £300K upgrade project
 Personally saved the client in excess of £100k over three years via successful licensing negotiations

Professional Qualifications

• Managing Successful Programmes
• PRINCE2 Practitioner
• ISEB ITIL Foundation Certification in IT Service Management
• Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• BSc in Computer Science
• BTEC National Diploma in IT

Key Competencies

 Ability to engage at all levels, delegate and motivate teams to deliver
 Leading by example and calm leadership in sensitive or pressurised situations
 Highly efficient, pragmatic and results-orientated
 Calm and assured in pressurised situations
 Pride in the provision of high standards of service
 Natural ability to engage at all levels

SKILLS

• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, stakeholder management and communication skills
• Extensive top-level programme management experience and expertise in planning and scheduling
• Proven expertise in rescuing failing programmes/projects by applying pragmatic strict governance
• Extensive technical skills in a wide range of programs/applications/platforms
• Extensive business and change management skills and knowledge
• Resilient, confident and willing to lead by example
• Extensive management, training and motivational skills
• Excellent financial, budgeting and accounts skills
• Natural flair and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Natural ability to work on own initiative or as part of team
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Extensive planning, organisational and strategic skills
• Excellent teambuilding skills

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