Scrum Master and Agile Coach at British Gas
Staines, London
United Kingdom

June 2011-Present

Scrum Master and Agile Coach working on an exciting new project with both onshore and offshore teams implementing new systems on new technology. Few have any experience of Agile

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Scrum Master and Agile Coach at Financial Times
London,
United Kingdom
www.ft.com
April 2010-May 2011

Scrum Master (Multi £M budget) (Financial Services - publishing) Financial Times FT.COM http://ft.com , http://investorschronicle.co.uk , http://ftadviser.com Using Agile Scrum managed projects using on shore and off shore teams in Manila to: Replace ICO and FTA sites with new Methode Portal CMS and publishing system, new billing and subscriber management partners and whole new infrastructure using UK and offshore teams. Re architect the billing systems to improve DR and BC and create high availability and flexibility Radically improve self care (Manage My Account) on http://ft.com for registered and subscribed users B2B & B2C Introduce registration, subscription, renewal and upgrade/downgrade using PayPal Introduce daily payments system for access to content Get agreements to publish prices and indices from worldwide stock exchanges on the web and newspaper Introduce a counting system to prevent free unlimited Google routing access to ft.com content

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Scrum Master, Product Owner, Portfolio Manager at Capita
Reading, Berkshire
United Kingdom
http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/
May 2007-March 2010

My role included helping implement Agile Scrum to the IT department and coaching. Site and content conversion from Drupal 5 to Drupal 6 of http://nationalstrategies.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/.(Web Marketing Association ‘outstanding’ for ‘Best Government’ and ‘Best Education’ Website. Improvements to speed and resilience and managed 3rd party hosting Operational support management for http://whatworkswell.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/ as Scrum Master Enterprise Service Bus for Simple Sign On across NS web sites as scrum Product Owner Scrum Master and Mentor to Remit Expansion and Increasing Registrations projects o A £M Agile Production & Publication process using Documentum, BizTalk and MS CRM for processing of all Print, Video, Web and eLearning publications, copyright and other authorisations. Sourcing and enhancement of Authoring tool and deployed to 450 remote Subject Matter Expert users A SharePoint product portal and intranet for all NS staff Implementation of Documentum video library with AVTS linked to a professional Avid and Anystream editing suite for video re use and future video production and migration of exiting taped library Support of over 70 Internet sites and closure of redundant ones with 10 hosting companies various technology Implementing secure wireless access in 2 buildings for 400 users Sourcing and implementation of COTS systems: Case Tool (Mega) for Analysts, Service Management Tool (ChangeGear) for IT teams, Quality Centre for Test Management and Test Tool (QA Pro) for automated testing Improvement of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery arrangements

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Project Manager at BOC Edwards Ltd
London, London
United Kingdom

February 2007-May 2007

Managed activities splitting IT services divesting BOC Edwards from the BOC/Linde using Indian off shore teams Ensured payroll, HR SAP, e-mail, intranet, internet and 120 other systems operated during the transition Ran tender process to move outsourced payroll (4,500 staff in UK, US & Ireland) from one to three providers. Project managed the separation of Corporate web sites worldwide

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Programme Manager “e-Marker®” at DRS plc
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
United Kingdom
http://www.drs.co.uk/examasess.html
November 2003-August 2006

Responsible for the design, Agile development (RAD), sales support, implementation, CBT and roll out of a web based marking system for GCSE and professional examinations. Over 10,000 examiners marking images delivered via secure Web sites. Managed UK 3rd party and off shore in India and Mauritius. 27 work streams. Responsible for the safe and secure handling and processing of 200 GCSE question papers and answers prior to being sat by candidates. Examination marking of AQA (Assessment and Qualification Alliance), WJEC (Welsh Joint Education Committee), IFS (Institute of Financial Services) and piloted with CA (Cambridge Assessments) and ACER (Australian Council for Educational Research). Over 8M scripts, 1.6M images and 400M marks collected. Visual Basic Access front end, SQL, HP, C#, .NET back end. Bid Manager (2004) AQA for NCT (National Curriculum Test) services for KS2&3 (Key Stages 2&3)

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Projects Manager at Financial Services Authority
London, London
United Kingdom
www.fsa.gov.uk
October 2000-May 2003

RUP (Rational), XML, Oracle, Java, data warehousing, Lotus Notes, Ilog Rules engine. Load Runner, (Agile RAD). Project Manager (UKLA) undertook a strategic review of the systems methods and standards used by 100 users, Responsible for full life cycle creation of ‘Electronic Listings Management System’ (ELMS) to monitor companies on LSE to replace outsourced Notes system. Managed 3rd party’s & internal teams. Implemented DR solution. Project Manager (Consumer Intelligence). Designed and built an e-regulation system for complaint statistics from the Financial Ombudsman Service and 10,000 regulated firms Project Manager (Banking Supervision) identified and developed business cases for each areas of improve automated supervision of Banks and Building Societies to incorporate the FSA’s new risk based approach. Consultant (Banking Supervision) reviewed the Oracle Bank of England Banking System to examine additional functionality, query tools, numerous Access databases, and information gathering from the regulated bodies. Included analysis of all systems used by the new UK Deposit Takers Division and suggest business improvements

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Programme Manager at EULER Trade Indemnity PLC
London, London
United Kingdom

March 1999-April 2000

Developed strategy to move UK systems (ICL VME) to new (IBM AIX) corporate platform and assisted the French and Belgian operations with the same. £7Million budget Established procedures, methods, sequences, resource, and liaison with other ongoing projects for the migrations. Responsible for the feasibility study and bid process including prospective suppliers from the UK and India.

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Consultant at J.P.MORGAN Guarantee Trust Company
London, London
United Kingdom

February 1989-March 1999

Contract to review and report on a multi $ million business critical project. Reduced costs by 50%. Investigated, produced a new costed plan, identified & removed blocks & instigated contingency activities. Created Business Case, Programme Plan and Methodology & recruited and focused the team.

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Programme Manager at EULER Trade Indemnity Plc
London, London
United Kingdom

August 1997-February 1999

Responsible for all software, hardware and systems in the UK for Y2K compliance. Managed 18 internal staff plus several 3rd party software houses – teams of over 40 Responsible for Software Inventory, change control and release mechanisms. Project completed within budget. ICL VME, Unix, AS/400, Client server.

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General Manager at Olympic Government Systems Ltd


December 1994-August 1997

Responsible for production and delivery of software, hardware, networks, training and support. Full life cycle. Implemented first phase with Polish local authority. Key tasks - consultancy, design, development, (Polish Government, IBM Poland, translators, local software houses etc.), legislative approvals and groundwork for creation of a Polish support centre. Responsible for sales activities throughout Poland. IBM AS/400, GIS, RS/6000

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Project Director at Space Computer Systems Ltd
London, London
United Kingdom

May 1993-December 1994

Responsible for product specification, development, and implementation in the division. Won a multi £M contract to computerise a Polish local authority Managed 16 staff to support 80 customers. Rescued a major development project in difficulty. Controlled project managers in 17 sites at a time. Implementation Manager for IBM Council Tax converting clients to IBS or Bull Financials, DLO, CTax, NNDR, HB, EH. Unix, AS/400

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Managing Director at Sovereign Business Systems Ltd
London, London
United Kingdom

August 1991-June 1993

I created Sovereign to support IBM, employed 12 staff, 18 local authority & commercial customers. Running the company to support CC, NN, HB after which becoming an IBM Sales Associate & Software Developer. Sold Document Image Processing, Workflow, Unix Accounts package, IBM AS/400, RS/6000

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Public Sector Manager at Bluebird Software Plc
l, London
United Kingdom

June 1988-August 1991

Brought in to build a local government division. Responsible for sales, products, support operations. Controlled 40 staff and £4M annual development budget. Always exceeded profit target (£2½ M). Packages included Community Charge, National Non Domestic Rates, Housing Benefits, Housing, HR April 1990 managed 54 major systems going live in 19 different Authorities. Accounted for 50% of IBM Mid Range sales in the public sector; 30+ Local Authorities. Managed a sale to the Fiji Housing Association., IBM AS/400

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Customer Service Manager at Lychgate Associates (IBS)
London, London

January 1987-December 1988

Responsible for implementation and support of software packages and the development of bespoke systems. Staff, budget and profit responsibilities. HB, Business & Domestic Rates, Rents, IBM S/38, S/36,

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Applications Consultant at McDonnell Douglas Information Systems
London, London
United Kingdom

January 1985-December 1987

Managed the design, development, and installation of a weekend break system for Thistle Hotels. Undertook major Road Transport consultancy (BET). Consultant to Supranational Hotels. Pick. IBM Series1

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Senior Programmer at Computer Communications Ltd
London, London
United Kingdom

January 1984-December 1985

Developing reservation systems for travel agents and airlines within time scales and budgets. Majored in ticketing modules for Travicom. Developed and enhanced accounting modules. Dec Cobol

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Programming Team Leader at Micro Scope Ltd
London, London
United Kingdom

January 1981-December 1984

Designed and coded options, booking and pricing modules within reservation systems for tour operators and airlines, leading 4 teams of programmers: Holiday Villas, Club Cantatrica, Freshfields, Butlins, Bowhill, Sunsites, Cyprair, Pilgrim Air, Uranus Travel. Designed and coded accounts package. Business Basic

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Trainee Programmer at ICL
London, London
United Kingdom

January 1981-December 1981

Trainee Programmer learning structured techniques. COBOL on ICL Mainframes.

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