Resolving complex customer projects, consulting in Government, Defence, Project Control, Earned Value and ITIL projects
Gloucester, United Kingdom
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- Managing Consultant at Charteris plc
- Past
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- Owner at exsto
- General Manager at Solvenda
- Head of Product Strategy at royalblue (now Touchpaper)
- Consultancy Manager at Artemis
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John Barben’s Summary
http://exsto.typepad.com (blog)
http://www dot exsto dot co dot uk (web)
John Barben’s Specialties:
Delivering success in conflicted vendor / supplier programmes and projects.
Changing enterprises by implementing project management improvements and sophisticated project control techniques including Earned Value Management.
Providing coaching and training in project management and Earned Value.
John Barben’s Experience
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Managing Consultant
Charteris plc
(Public Company; CAE; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
I'm working in the Government & Defense team.
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Owner
exsto
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2002 — June 2008 (6 years 3 months)
I deliver complex Project Controls, Service Management and Earned Value implementation technology projects including recovery of projects where the relationship between project internal stakeholders or supply chain has deteriorated.
I have acted extensively as Business Consultant and Project Manager on client based ITIL projects on behalf of enterprises such as Serono, Siemens, Royal Bank of Scotland, ACE Insurance and Clydesdale Bank - and also on Project Control and Earned Value projects for large and complex government projects with supply chain difficulties. -
General Manager
Solvenda
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2001 — April 2002 (9 months)
Interim General Manager of small consultancy services business.
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Head of Product Strategy
royalblue (now Touchpaper)
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ryb.l; Computer Software industry)
August 1997 — August 2001 (4 years 1 month)
Initially Customer Services Manager and subsequently set direction, defined roadmap, introduced ITIL and brought new products to market (particularly proud of ChangeManager).
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Consultancy Manager
Artemis
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1989 — August 1997 (8 years 1 month)
Managed professional services team and also undertook product management roles - including bringing ResourceView to market.
