
Head of Project Management at Business Link
Isle of Man, United Kingdom

Head of Project Management at Business Link
Isle of Man, United Kingdom
A Director of Operations, Projects, Service Delivery, Information Technology and Commercials with a proven track record. A highly motivated, positive, conscientious, focused and hard working person, who leads by example, works well under pressure whilst maintaining a good sense of humour.
Leadership of company operations at board level (10+ years)
Management of complex multi-million ££ international projects (£50Million)
Commercial activities (M&A and a £13.5Million company sale)
Successful P&L responsibility at board level (10+ years)
Bid Managed (£25Million /5 years outsourced managed services contract)
Relationship Management (with business heads across EMEA & USA)
Strategic design & execution of company business plans
20+ years IT experience
(Management Consulting industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
* Establish and setup a Programme Management Office.
* Design and execute a Project Management Framework.
* Change & Risk Management.
* Assess and encompass existing projects into PM Framework.
* Turnaround troubled projects.
* Project Management MIS Reporting.
* PM Mentoring & Coaching to the Executive & Management Team.
* Apply Technical, Operational & Commercial Expertise.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2003 — October 2007 (4 years)
Full P&L accountability for all company service delivery, technical & commercial responsibilities (100+ staff). Due Diligence lead on a £4Million M&A activity. Lead a successful bid for a £25Million (over 5 years) managed services contract. Helped sell the merged company for £13.5Million to the 2e2 Group.
Departments under my management (Business Continuity, Technical Consultancy, Engineering, Helpdesk, ISP & Hosting, Paper Handling, Software Development, Pre-Sales, Cabling, Virtual Services, Training, Contracts)
(Computer Software industry)
November 2000 — November 2003 (3 years 1 month)
Full P&L Management of the Professional Services Division. Head of all Projects & Programmes. Design & Implementation of Best Business Practice & Service Delivery Framework. Re-engineered & Restructured the Professional Services Division.
Responsibilities included Pre-Sales, Projects, Business Consultancy, Solution Delivery, Training, Support & Maintenance, Contracts, Vendor & Partner Management.
(Financial Services industry)
July 1997 — November 2000 (3 years 5 months)
Programme Management of the Y2K programme across Europe, Middle East & Africa.
Remediation of all Intel based servers, desktops, laptops and software across EMEA. This region consited of 54 Countries, 900 sites, 41,000 Intel based machines, 400,000 items of software.
Strategic, technical & financial planning and execution. Hiring, firing & deployment of teams across EMEA. Relationship management & MIS reporting. Management of all international partners, vendors and suppliers involved the programme.
1979 — 1985
Astrophotography, Astronomy, Travelling (been to over 30 countries), Music (Blues fan), Fine Wine, Collectable Wrist Watches, Reading, Manchester Utd Supporter, Golf (when I have the time to play), My family.
British Astronomy Association, Isle of Man Observatory Association.
Outstanding Achievement Award, 2000 - Citibank