Independent IT Project Manager
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Programme Manager at Cambridge Assessment
- Independent IT Project Manager at Cathryn Symons Ltd
- Past
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- Project Manager at A small consultancy doing work for a government department
- Project Manager at Lloyd's of London
- Project Manager at First Choice
- Project Manager at TUI UK Ltd
- Project Manager at Thomson Travel
- IT Project Manager at Freelance
- Project Manager at Air New Zealand
- Consultant at Unisys
- Education
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- Birkbeck, U. of London
- Birkbeck, U. of London
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Massey University of Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Cathryn Symons’s Summary
As a Project Manager, I bring focus and structure to IT projects ranging in size from £300k to £3M, providing a framework in which team members can give of their best
I have considerable experience in project recovery, taking on projects which have come off the rails and putting them back on track to delivery. I have managed development, infrastructure and package implementation projects pragmatically applying structured methods.
Having worked successfully for blue-chips, consultancies and as a contractor, both in the United Kingdom and abroad, I now run my own independent practice.
Cathryn Symons’s Experience
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Programme Manager
Cambridge Assessment
(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)
January 2008 — Present (7 months)
Responsible for the information technology programme to refurbish technology used to deliver a major English Language Testing System
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Independent IT Project Manager
Cathryn Symons Ltd
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2005 — Present (3 years 6 months)
As an experienced IT Project Manager, I will:
Manage your project
Help you and your staff to set up a new project
Recover a project that has come off the rails
Facilitate workshops
Substitute for project managers on leave
Provide an independent document and plan review service
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Project Manager
A small consultancy doing work for a government department
(Education Management industry)
November 2007 — March 2008 (5 months)
I managed a project for the client on behalf of the consultancy firm, to deliver a website using agile techniques
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Project Manager
Lloyd's of London
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Insurance industry)
November 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Worked with the team responsible for the Corporation website at www.lloyds.com to manage the development of a new application and introduction of user registration and authentication facilities. The project was run using the Agile method, Scrum.
After the successful launch, I moved on to manage the pilot and early stages of the introduction of Adsensa's Wordsensa document checking software into the Lloyd's market, to support contract certainty and quality assurance initiatives. -
Project Manager
First Choice
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FCH; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
April 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 6 months)
Responsible for managing an international wide area network implementation and major server infrastructure upgrade
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Project Manager
TUI UK Ltd
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
2002 — 2005 (3 years)
Project Manager for a wide variety of infrastructure and package implementation IT projects.
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Project Manager
Thomson Travel
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TTG; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
1999 — 2002 (3 years)
Project Manager for a wide variety of infrastructure and package implementation IT projects.
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IT Project Manager
Freelance
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1999 (5 years)
Working for a number of different clients, including Air New Zealand and Fletcher Challenge Energy, I successfully managed software implementation and business change projects
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Project Manager
Air New Zealand
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
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Consultant
Unisys
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
1987 — 1994 (7 years)
Cathryn Symons’s Education
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Birkbeck, U. of London
Certificate in Media Practice, Journalism, 2007 — 2009 (expected)
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Birkbeck, U. of London
Undergraduate College Diploma, Earth Science, 2002 — 2006
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Victoria University of Wellington
BSc, Mathematics, Computer Science, 1987
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Massey University of Palmerston North, New Zealand
DipBusAdmin, Management, 1994
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Cathryn Symons’s Groups:
Chartered IT Professional Member of the British Computer Society
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LinkedIn UK 1st Million Members member -
Zopa member
