Laurence Thomas (loztom@hotmail.com)

Current

• Senior Project Manager at Telecom New Zealand

Past

• Project Manager at Fujitsu Services
• e*Commerce Consultant at Swansea Bay IT Support
• e*Commerce Project Manager at Smartmission / Vamedis

• Software Technologies Corporation at Integration Project Manager
• Project Manager at PanCredit

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Education

• University of Bradford
• University of Hertfordshire

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Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• Web Site I Created

Laurence Thomas (loztom@hotmail.com)’s Summary

Senior Project Manager currently working at Telecom New Zealand in Wellington after emigrating in January 2008. Prince 2 practitioner with over 9 years experience in Project Management and a background in Software development.

Laurence Thomas (loztom@hotmail.com)’s Specialties:

Infrastructure Project Management, Software Development Project Management, e*Procurement Implementation Project Manager, Integration Project Management.
Skilled in MS Project, Excell, Access and Visual Basic.

Laurence Thomas (loztom@hotmail.com)’s Experience

• Senior Project Manager

  Telecom New Zealand

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NZT; Telecommunications industry)

  February 2008 — Present (10 months)

  Senior Project Manager @ Telecom New Zealand. Working within the Billing & Enterprise Programme. Currently engaged with Online commercial billing and Operational Separation projects.

• Project Manager

  Fujitsu Services

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

  2005 — January 2008 (3 years)

  - Implementation of DVLA Infrastructure (Servers, Networks, SAN etc)
  - Stringent Prince 2 & ITIL Environment with strong emphasis on change management
  - Working in partnership with IBM to Implement and service DVLA business systems including new Web Based infrastructure.
  - Lead in development for tools to support formal, structured and consistent project planning to support resource forecasting and milestone planning.
  - Delivered Government Secure Internet (GSI) infrastructure design and implementation changes (3+ Million)
  - Lead changes to ongoing service management bids
  - Managed introduction to service for Elise infrastructure gateway project (4 million) allowing third party connections through standard interface.
  - Successfully delivered multiple projects (10+ at a time), varying in size and duration within a silo based resource environment reporting to both IBM and the DVLA.

• e*Commerce Consultant

  Swansea Bay IT Support

  (Government Agency; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2002 — January 2005 (2 years 8 months)

  An eCommerce Advisor working for the Swansea Bay IT Support Centre delivering the pan Wales ‘Opportunity Wales Programme’. This role has involved working closely with SMEs in a bid to enhance their business through the medium of eCommerce and eBusiness. Coupled with one-to-one support for SMEs, I have also been tasked with raising the awareness of ICT and eCommerce within the business community, and providing implementation support to businesses wishing to undertake my recommendations. During the running of this programme, I have attended a number of eCommerce training courses to contribute towards my Advisor Accreditation and have also completed the @TEB Cymru TMB (Technology Means Business) Programme.

• e*Commerce Project Manager

  Smartmission / Vamedis

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 2000 — June 2002 (1 year 11 months)

  o Successful e*Procurement implementation & roll out to several NHS Trusts
  o Implementation of Prince2 methodologies throughout the company
  o Introduction of standardised methodology for designing & prototyping web screens
  o Management of the design of the UK portal to meet NHS requirements
  o Development & Implementation of VB XML order management system for suppliers
  o Management of several successful integrations to NHS accounting systems (McKeowns & Wessis) from requirements gathering and gap analysis to final testing and rollout.
  o Management of several integrations into suppliers' order management systems (punch-out, XML, EDI & email using VB, Unix & FTP)
  o Presentations too, training and ongoing support of NHS staff through the rollout process
  o Implementation and maintenance of the company project financial reporting system
  o Technical support for UK operations & troubleshooting at client sites
  o Management of German development team to meet UK requirements

• Software Technologies Corporation

  Integration Project Manager

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  August 1999 — August 2000 (1 year 1 month)

  STC was the leading global provider of e-Business application integration (EAI) packaged solutions
  
  o Successful implementations into several hospital trusts
  o Successful benchmarking project with EDS & Government Benefits Agency (£.5M)
  o Management of matrix teams of up to 10 people
  o Responsible from contract negotiations to final sign-off
  o Development of VB & web enabled timesheet system used for remote resources
  o Contribution to ISO9002 & QMS systems

• Project Manager

  PanCredit

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 1995 — July 1999 (4 years 6 months)

  The leading provider of banking & lending software in the UK.
  
  o Successful benchmark projects in Paris for SOVAC and UK for GMAC (80K)
  o Successful implementation into major bank in Wales (1.5M)
  o Contribution to other projects (Carlyle Bank, Lloyds TSB, GMAC, Dana Commercial Credit, PPP & Mercur)
  o Beta tested & directed development of Hydra Project Planning system
  o Managed and rolled out the Hydra System throughout PanCredit
  o Developed, designed & implemented Function Point Analysis VB system to feed into Hydra for CMM
  o Developed configuration management system (SQL*C, Unix, Oracle Forms, SCCS & RCS)
  o Developed and implemented the configuration management migration programs (C, Unix Shell)
  o Developed Requirements/Gap Analysis documents and developed many PanCredit modules as part of the development team.
  o Successful benchmarking exercise in Paris with SOVAC completed in very difficult circumstances with short notice and minimal timescales.

Laurence Thomas (loztom@hotmail.com)’s Education

• University of Bradford

  Diploma, Business Studies, 1996 — 1999

• University of Hertfordshire

  1988 — 1992

Additional Information

Laurence Thomas (loztom@hotmail.com)’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• Web Site I Created

Laurence Thomas (loztom@hotmail.com)’s Interests:

Jet SKi, Boating, Water Skiing, Walking, the kids (and thus the wombles, sponge bob, bob the builder & thomas the tank)

Laurence Thomas (loztom@hotmail.com)’s Groups:

Prince 2 Practitioner
Membership of Australian Computer Scociety (ACS)
Member of APM (Association of Project Mangers)

•    PM (Project Management) Link... 13,000+ members!!! [ex-LinkedPMP]
•    Bradford University School of Management Alumni and Students
•    Welsh Pats and Ex-Patriots
•    The Wellies
•    SC Cleared IT Specialists

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