Peter Birley

Current

• Director of Information Technology at Browne Jacobson LLP

Past

• Senior Project /Programme Manager at Eversheds LLP
• Managing Director at World Souvenirs Ltd
• IT Management at Storage Technology (StorageTek)

• IT Management at StorageTek
• Director and Senior Consultant at Russell Consulting
• Head of IT at London Market Claims Services
• IT Director at Alexander Howden
• Head of Computer Operations at Institute of London Underwriters
• Operations Manager at GKN

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Education

• Grimsby College of Further Education
• West Bridgford Grammar School

Recommended

5 people have recommended Peter

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Law Practice

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog

Peter Birley’s Summary

Senior IT Management specialist with strengths as visionary, team builder, problem resolver and deliverer.Excited by challenge, rewarded by success.
Professional experiences as:-
IT Director
IT Programme and Project Manager (PMP, Prince2, MSP)
Particularly interested in Business Change, programmes/ Projects and Project rescue.
International experience.
Board Director experience
Service Delivery Manager experience
IT Consultancy experience
Business Process Improvement experience
Application lifecycle experience
IT Strategy and business alignment
Working with offshore development
Experience of full cycle of building and running a web based retail business.
Experience of setting up and running an IT consultancy division
Prince's Trust business mentor
Expert in Legal Technology

Peter Birley’s Specialties:

Project and Programme management
IT Management
Business Process
Business Analysis
Account Management
Supplier relationships
IT Consultant
ecommerce
IT Strategy
IT Visonary
People Management
Application lifecycle
Project recovery
Complex Projects
Offshore

Peter Birley’s Experience

• Director of Information Technology

  Browne Jacobson LLP

  (Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  September 2005 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  IT Director for Top 100 UK Law Firm. Multiple offices, 60 partners.
  Reporting direct to the Managing Partner
  Member of executive board
  Created 3 year IT Strategy endorsed by partnership.
  Introduced Business Process Improvement methodology
  Implemented Interwoven Document Management System
  Introduced BPM technology (Workflow plus)
  Implemented Business Intelligence solution based on Microsoft technology
  Set up offshore application development facility
  Selected and implemented replacement Case Management System
  Implemented Disaster Recovery programme
  Managing business transformation programme

• Senior Project /Programme Manager

  Eversheds LLP

  (Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  January 2003 — August 2005 (2 years 8 months)

  Account and programme management of Real Estate Division. Business Process Reviews.
  Workflow BPM projects with Metastorm's E-work
  Project recovery of major desktop roll out for XP operating system to 4000 pople over 12 locations.
  Project Manangement of firm wide workflow based Compliance system.
  Project management of multiple projects.
  Business Analysis.
  Business and Infrastructure Projects.

• Managing Director

  World Souvenirs Ltd

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  February 2002 — July 2005 (3 years 6 months)

  Managing Director of Retail web based business.
  Specialising in National identity products covering UK and Ireland
  Built this business from concept to trading gaining extensive online trading experience.
  Established and managed supplier relationship,technology including web shop design, marketing, stock, administration and shipping.
  sold business as going concern.

• IT Management

  Storage Technology (StorageTek)

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; stk; Computer Hardware industry)

  1997 — 2002 (5 years)

  2000-2002 Senior Project Manager -International Strategic Initiatives
  Designed and managed build of Global web based product configurator, Project rescue on European wide financial systems project, Managed transition of application development to India, Reviewed with overseas colleagues Global sales methodology and processes.
  
  1998-2000 Service Delivery Manager Northern Europe
  Managed IT Service delivery to 7 European Countries. Managed the outsourcing of the service to external supplier and managed ongoing relationship.
  Programme managed major change programme involving process change.
  
  1997-1998 Business Systems Manager UK Subsidiary
  IT Manager for UK Subsidiary. Managed implementation of Sales Force automation system across Northern Europe.
  Workflow and BPM projects using Staffware

• IT Management

  StorageTek

  (Law Practice industry)

  1997 — 2002 (5 years)

• Director and Senior Consultant

  Russell Consulting

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1996 — 1997 (1 year)

  Director and senior consultant for London Office responsible for relationship with London Insurance Market.
  New role, set up office and established services
  Provided consultancy to Clients
  Managed Bid process
  Client Account Management

• Head of IT

  London Market Claims Services

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Insurance industry)

  1993 — 1996 (3 years)

  Head of IT, establsihed new department in UK and transferred operation from Consultants in New York to UK.
  Programmed managed Business process review of company and redeveloped core systems. Set up EDI with clients in Uk adn USA. Managed Company move to new premises.

• IT Director

  Alexander Howden

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

  1986 — 1992 (6 years)

• Head of Computer Operations

  Institute of London Underwriters

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Insurance industry)

  1981 — 1986 (5 years)

• Operations Manager

  GKN

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; gkn; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

  1969 — 1973 (4 years)

Peter Birley’s Education

• Grimsby College of Further Education

  Maths, English, Navigation, Seamanship

• West Bridgford Grammar School

  English, Maths, History, French

Additional Information

Peter Birley’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Peter Birley’s Interests:

Programme Management, Project Management, Change Management, Turning round Projects, Business Process Change BPR, IT Management, IT Consultancy, Strategy.

Peter Birley’s Groups:

Fellow - Institution of Analysts and Programmers FIAP,
Chartered IT Professional CITP,
Member - British Computer Society MBCS,
Member - Association of Project Management MAPM,
Member - Project Management Institute (PMI),
Member- LITIG (Legal IT Innovaters Group),
Member- Gartner EXP programme

•    eOffice member
• Forbes.com Entrepreneurs member
•    Project Management Institute - UK Chapter member
•    The Association for Project Management member
• LinkedIn UK 1st Million Members member
•    All Around the World - Project Managers Professionals member
•    Litigation Support Professionals member
•    Telepresence and HD Conferencing Users and Professionals member
•    OWASP Delhi Chapter- Active member
•    MyLink Law member
•    IT Management Group member

Peter Birley’s Honors:

PMP (Project Manager Professional)
Prince 2 Certified Practitioner,
Risk Management Certificate, George Washington University
MSP (Managing successful programmes) - Certified Practitioner
Rapid assessment and recovery of troubled projects certificate, George Washington University

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