Programme/Project Manager

Senior Project Manager, managing a 1m USD project; Rollout; Transformation of > 50 Sites (2 up to 300 employees) from legacy telephony environments to an IPT solution using Cisco Communication Manager/VoIP. The project included MPLS WAN Upgrades, Switch replacement, Site Surveys and Phone Rollout. End-to End Project Execution and Transition; Business Change Management; TOM; Operational and Business Readiness; Stakeholder Management; 3rd Party Management; Risk and Issue Management; Budget control; Project Reporting; multiple concurrent projects; IT Infrastructure

Senior Project Portfolio Manager. PMO, End-to-End Project Planning and Execution; Preparation of ISO 27001 certification as part of the Global Programme; NIST; Rollout SIEM Logging and Monitoring and Reporting; Rollout DLP Data Loss Prevention; Vulnerability; Cyber Security in a Swiss Banking Law certified LAN/WAN IT environment; Swiss Data Protection Law and GDPR; complete Business Analysis for several projects; Budget estimations; Tax and Audit Business Projects; Provisioning Servers and Databases; Application implementations with 3rd party; Penetration testing with risk mitigations; Project Execution and Transition; Business Change Management; TOM; Operational and Business Readiness; Gate processes; Stakeholder Management; 3rd Party Management; Risk and Issue Management; Budget control; Project Reporting; multiple concurrent projects; IT Infrastructure; Server rollouts; Desktop End-User devices rollout as part of Windows 8 Migration for 100% DLP compliance achievement; Packaging and Release Management; End-User Transition and Communications; Firewall IDS; Proxy filters; Threat intelligence; Malware analysis; Varonis Data Protection

Global PMO Project Manager > 3m USD project. An international acquired Company needed to be IT integrated into Merck standardised corporate LAN/WAN IT Infrastructure.  PMO, Project Planning; Project Setup; Reporting Templates, Budget control, Control of international PMs and Global Workstreams: Rollout planning LAN/WAN Network and Firewalls/Load Balancers, Messaging, Desktop Rollout, Service Desk, Server and Applications. Data Rooms, Data Centres, Rollout of MS Lync based IPT; Video Conferencing Systems, Office moves; Rollout of new end-user Workplace for new employees regulated by  Standard Corporate Desktop; Business Analysis for Access Change; IAM; Active Directory.

Programme Manager > 500m USD Global project. RfP negotiations; Contract/legal negotiations; Global Outsourcing of >500 Data Centres/Data Rooms covering all continents in > 50 countries; Global Data Protection; Data Centre Consolidation, international Transition & Transformation; Cloud; Data Room/Plants analysis; Global Architecture, Infrastructure Solutions (Data Centre, LAN, WAN); Active Directory model (2500 DCs); SLA; Re-Organisation; Transition; Governance Model; Service Delivery, CMDB; Service Catalogue; Risk Management.

Senior Project Manager; Transformation Projects in an outsourced environment, Project and Portfolio Team; IBM IT managed Service

PRINCE2 Project Management; Business Analysis and PID; Stakeholder Management; 3rd party Management, internal and external suppliers; Quality Management; Risk and Issue Management, Dependencies and critical paths; Budget control/responsibility; Internal & external Stakeholder meetings; Planning/analysis with complex dependencies; IT Infrastructure Security; Migration Strategies; Transition Management; Rollout planning and execution; Transition and Change Management including End-User Communications;

Projects include: Architecture and High Level/Low Level Design; Processes and operational Standards; Managed Printing; Multifunctional Devices, 3rd party Management; Scanning in an automated environment with validation; Document stores; Rollout in Bank Branches; Digital assets; Paperless; Transition and End user training

Senior Project Manager; Transformation Projects in an outsourced environment, Project and Portfolio Team; IBM IT managed Service

PRINCE2 Project Management; extensive Stakeholder Management; 3rd party Management, internal and external suppliers; Quality Management; Risk and Issue Management, Dependencies and critical paths; Budget control/responsibility; Internal & external Stakeholder meetings; Planning/analysis with complex dependencies; Migration Strategies; Change Management and End-User communications;

ITIL Service Delivery: SLA, Availability; Capacity; Continuity; Financials

ITIL Service Support: Change, Incident, Problem, Release Management, Configuration management

Projects include: Planning of :Infrastructure and Network; Server Virtualisation; Data Center Technologies, -implementation; Architecture and High Level/Low Level Design; IaaS; Processes and operational Standards; Complex VDI Windows7 and PST Migration with End-User devices Rollout (approx 2000 Laptops,  Mobile Devices); Desktop Images; End-User Transformation and Communications; Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Citrix Farm, Provisioning, XenApp, VDI, Data Centre Consolidation with new connectivity to electronic stock exchange/Trading (Reuters, LIFFE, TheIce, Bloomberg, APX Eurolight etc); Integration into Websense; CMDB (Maximo,  Asset); Active Directory/FIM; Managing Service Transition Processes; managing concurrent multiple projects

Project Manager; Data Centre Transformation Project >£100m in an outsourced environment, Project and Portfolio Team; IBM IT managed Service

PRINCE2 Project Management; planning of multiple projects simultaneously in different workstreams and projects with complex dependencies; Requirements gathering; Stakeholder Management; Design HLD/LLD, Functional Specifications; Technical Architecture; Scope; 3rd party Management; Quality Management; Risk and Issue Management, Dependencies and critical paths; Milestones planning; Stakeholder progress meetings; Planning/analysis with complex dependencies; Migration Strategies;

ITIL Service Delivery: Capacity; Continuity;

ITIL Service Support: Change, Release Management

Projects include: Planning of :Infrastructure and Network; LAN, WAN, MPLS,  Migration of Windows/AIX/SQL/Citrix/Linux/Web Servers; Lift & Shift; Server Categories; Server Virtualisation; IaaS; IBM Lpar P-Series and X-Series, Build Factory; Data Center Technologies, -implementation; distributed locations; Architecture and High Level/Low Level Design; Processes and operational Standards; DR; CISCO, Firewalls; TIBCO

SSO Programme/Project Manager; International Data Centre Transition & Transformation Project >£30m in an outsourced environment, Project and Portfolio Team; IBM IT managed Service.

PRINCE2 Project Management; full cycle Project Management; multiple projects simultaneously in different workstreams; Requirements gathering and Business Analysis; Stakeholder Management; Design HLD/LLD, Functional Specifications; Technical Architecture; Scope; PID negotiations and solutioning/ Consultancy; Resource (local, off-shore) and Budget planning/control; IT Procurement; Forecasting; 3rd party Management; Integration; Quality Management; Documentation; Risk and Issue Management, Dependencies and critical paths; Milestone planning/controlling; Stakeholder progress meetings; Reporting; Tracking; Project Delivery on time and within budget; multiple concurrent projects at one time; Implementation Management and detailed task planning/analysis with complex dependencies; Master Plans; Matrix Management, Milestones; Strategies; BAU; Transition & Transformation; Operational/ITIL Processes and Readiness.

ITIL Service Delivery: SLA, Availability; Capacity; Continuity; Financials; Service Catalogue

ITIL Service Support: Change, Incident, Problem, Release Management, Configuration management

Managed Projects include: full cycle Transition & Transformation of Enterprise wide/Global Applications; IT Infrastructure and Network; LAN, WAN, MPLS, Firewall, Load Balancer;  IaaS; Cloud, VPN Server related projects (AT&T, BT) , Windows/SQL/Citrix Servers; VMWare Farms Design/Build/Test; Server Virtualisation; ESX; SAN; Lpar P-Series and X-Series, Data Center Technologies, -implementation; distributed locations; Architecture and High Level/Low Level Design; ITIL Processes and operational Standards; Implementation of IBM Maximo (Change/Asset/Reporting/Service Requests/Catalogue/Incident/User Groups); Load Balancer; DR; Firewalls; Global Mirror; Service Continuity Plans; Extensive Design/Build/Test/Handover into BAU projects; Global Active Directory, all Tiers; MS ADRAP Audit; IIS, Apache; full cycle Exchange 2010 Migration, Microsoft LYNC, Blackberry BES; Design/Build/Test of several Citrix Farms; Citrix publishing and performance optimisations; QA and Test environments; Decommissioning, De-invest processes; extensive Performance-, Capacity Management Reporting.

IT Security: Infrastructure and Network Security; Active Directory, Identity and Access Management’ Processes and Policies IAM, Authentication, Privileged accounts; GPO, AD Reporting, Access Log Reporting, Ports/Firewall, Security for Server/email scanning and processes; Symantec, SCCM, Forefront; Server Security Scanning; Vulnerability, Server Patching Policies; CIRATS, SESDR, CMDB,  Assets, Backup: Tivoli TSM and BackupExec

Programme Manager; Senior Project Manager; Portfolio of projects between £10k and £1m in an outsourced environment including Infrastructure, first and single customer contact for the workstreams. Key stakeholder Management; Liaisons between technology and business groups; RfS; Requirements gathering, Business Analysis and Solutioning; managing project managers;

ITIL Service Delivery: SLA, OLA, Availability

ITIL Service Support: Change, Incident, Problem, Release Management

PRINCE2 Project Management; PMO, PID, Project Planning; Requirements; Stakeholder Management; HLD, LLD, Functional Specification; Technical Architecture; Scope; Resource and Budget planning; IT Procurement; Forecasting; cash flow; Tolerances; Change Management; multiple concurrent workstreams and projects; Dependencies; 3rd party Management; Integration; Quality Management; Documentation; Risk and Issue Management; Dependencies and critical path; Weekly/daily progress meetings (Internal and with client representatives); Internal steering committee; Reporting; proactive Monitoring and Tracking; Content Management System; Project Delivery; Implementation Management and detailed task planning/analysis with dependencies; Master Plans; Matrix Management, Milestones; Strategies; setup and agree  Service Support Models; BAU transition

ITIL Service Delivery: SLA, OLA, Availability

ITIL Service Support: Change, Incident, Problem, Release Management

Managed Projects include: Infrastructure and Network; LAN, WAN; VPN Server related projects (Cable & Wireless, AT&T) , Windows/SQL Servers; VMWare/Configurations; Server Virtualisation; IaaS; ESX; SAN; Data Center Technologies, -implementation; Architecture and Design; Processes and operational Standards; Many Design/Build/Test/Handover into BAU projects; Server Security Scanning; Citrix publishing; IT Security: User Access Management, Global Authentication SSO, User IDs, Policies, Audits, Ports/Firewall,  Sanctuary Device encryption and test strategy; Server Security Scanning.

Foundstone Scanning; PixAlert; VitalQiP; Enterprise wide Applications’ Transition & Transformations, Migration, Upgrades and Packaging and their implementation & deployment; Decommissioning; Remedy; Tivoli;

Data Warehouse: Centralised MI Shared Infrastructure; Grid; Information Server 8; Cognos; MI; ETL and database migration; SQL-, DB2-Server; IIS; Implementation Planning; Service Provisioning & Management; System Test; UAT; Operating Models

Senior Project Manager > 20m USD project. Key Stakeholder Management; Customer Requirements, Bidding, Proposal, Contract; Software Development; Telecoms 3G, 2G;  Transformation and Rollout to deliver a managed voice and data service for the fast ICE fleet of Deutsche Bahn Railway company together with T-Mobile.

Senior Project Manager, managing a 700m £ project with a huge UK Bank in an outsourced environment; Financial Services; Rollout; Transformation of > 2000 branches and offices (5 up to 2000 employees) from legacy telephony environments to an IPT solution using Cisco Communication Manager/VoIP. More than 60,000 handsets were installed during this 2 years project. The project was the Winner of ‘The Banker’ Technology Award 2008 in the 'Infrastructure Strategy category

Programme/ Senior Project Manager. > 150m USD Software development project; project portfolio, extensive business analysis, technical design, build, test, Business Implementation of a new national railway seat reservation system (NRS) as an outsourced application. The project went live on Dec/27/2004 on time and within the budget limits. The NRS project is the 2005 winner of the British Computer Society selected projects