Dave Sparrow

Current

Director at Virtual Keystone

Past

UK Operations Manager at Poker Icons
Projects Director at IQ Development
Project Manager at EDS

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Education

University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Recommended

9 people have recommended Dave

Connections

107 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

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Dave Sparrow’s Summary

SC cleared, certified PRINCE 2 Practioner, Project Manager offering a solid background of experience highlighted by significant accomplishments. Innovative and organized with a history of developing strategies and translating them into practical tactics producing results. Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with a reputation for forming productive business relationships. Natural leader who builds cohesive teams and fosters collaborative efforts. Strong critical thinking, problem solving, organisational and time management skills with proven success at handling multiple responsibilities in high-pressure environments within the software development, infrastructure and process improvement arenas.

Dave Sparrow’s Specialties:

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to deal successfully with all levels of staff, customer, supplier and vendor.
- Proven delivery of subsystems and complete projects in various lines of business covering all aspects of the software development lifecycle, infrastructure rollouts/upgrades and process improvement initiatives.

Dave Sparrow’s Experience

Director

Virtual Keystone

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

May 2009 — Present (10 months)

Virtual Keystone provides Project Management support & consultancy to small- and medium-sized businesses, assisting them at any or all stages of their projects from initial requirements through to final acceptance. Virtual Keystone can manage a project on behalf of a customer, or simply provide the necessary assistance as required.
UK Operations Manager

Poker Icons

(Privately Held; Public Relations and Communications industry)

June 2009 — December 2009 (7 months)

Poker Icons deals with many aspects of the poker industry: poker events, player agency, poker production, PR & Media, marketing and more...
Poker Icons is a one-stop-shop for all companies wishing to succeed and be a main player within the industry.
Creating maximum media coverage, finding new customers (as well as retaining the old ones!) and marketing a brand with a tailored PR strategy are just some of the tasks Poker Icons carry out for our clients.
Whether they choose to have their own sponsored Pro Team, create their own major live tournament or take care of new and existing customers with a series of VIP-events, Poker Icons is the premium partner to use within the industry
Projects Director

IQ Development

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

May 2009 — September 2009 (5 months)

IQ Development is a web development company based in Berkshire which specialises in enterprise level online applications. IQ development also provide an outsource facility to their in-house development team, project management consultancy and onsite developers.
Project Manager

EDS

(Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 1989 — October 2008 (19 years 4 months)

• Successfully managed project team on significant enhancement to Met Police crime reporting system, meeting customer’s requirement for completion within strict budgetary timescale.
• Managed requirements capture, design, and implementation of new configuration mgmt, release mgmt and defect tracking processes leading to increased efficiency, quality and auditing facilities.
• Successfully planned and managed tech refresh of 500+ laptops across 200+ sites with minimal user inconvenience.
• Created and managed a project at short notice for critical military requirement for laptop encryption and secure data storage.
• Analysed and renegotiated licensing agreements for several system production tools, saving more than £100K per year.
• Planned and managed team to deliver multiple concurrent changes to several apps to meet requirements for a single delivered system upgrade.
• Extracted requirements from, and arbitrated between, major stakeholders to agree and then implement process improvement changes for 2000+ users.
• Investigated and developed 4D aircraft proximity prototype leading to acceptance of proposed solution.
• Managed concurrent server/desktop upgrades to several tools, thus remaining within vendor support and increasing functionality with no disruption for over 2000 users.
• Analysed and refined requirements for major new ATC system resulting in agreed system definition with CAA/NATS.
• Managed production of and then demonstrated prototype NBC sensor mgmt system to MoD leading to increased business.
• Negotiated/arbitrated requirements changes ensuring subcontractor's system was compatible with customer's aims, resulting in successful opening of new Hong Kong airport.
• Designed and managed improvements to formal S/W dev processes resulting in improved productivity with no loss of quality.
• Managed S/W Dev team to deliver air traffic control information system on time, to all safety and quality standards.