Pre-Sales Consultant at DST Global Solutions
London, United Kingdom
Pre-Sales Consultant at DST Global Solutions
London, United Kingdom
A seasoned, multi-lingual pre-sales and business consultant and a certified project manager with an experience in software development and system implementation. Strong analytical skills in identifying the most appropriate solution that will deliver the best benefits to the client or prospect. Possess a compelling understanding of the sales and delivery process along with the issues surrounding it - both for the company and the client. Very organised and creative in documentation, presentations and other client-facing opportunities. Has keen leadership skills and is able to work independently with little supervision but also as an effective team player.
Always eager to learn new technologies and how these could add value and benefit the different industries across geographies.
Business analysis, software implementation, project management (PRINCE2 certified)
(Online Media industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Write and contribute articles/posts on interesting places, activities and events for the London cityblog of Spotted by Locals. Check out http://www.spottedbylocals.com/london
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2003 — Present (5 years 11 months)
Providing support and consultancy on the sales cycle by managing the response to RFPs and RFIs, assessing the initial requirements to determine the proposed solution and managing the related presentations and demonstrations of the different components involved.
(Utilities industry)
July 2003 — August 2003 (2 months)
Provided post-implementation support for the Customer Management and Billing systems. Perhaps the most significant work for this position was the on-time migration of the entire customer portfolio (worth millions of £) of Cambridge Gas & Electricity (now defunct) to Scottish and Southern Energy.
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1996 — July 2003 (7 years 7 months)
Started as a programmer using languages such as COBOL and Powerbuilder. Gradually progressed as technical and business analyst, implementation specialist and later on, project management.
BS , Physics-Mathematics , 1990 — 1994
Worked as a Student Assistant for the Faculty Evaluation Committee as data encoder of students' evaluations of faculty members.