Portfolio Manager - End User Services (EMEA) at CSC
Preston, United Kingdom
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- Portfolio Manager - End User Services (EMEA) at CSC
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- University of Northumbria
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Stu Downes’s Summary
I'm a chartered IT professional with over 10 years in the IT industry. I focus on delivering a world class end user portfolio to a tier 1 outsourcing organisation. Acheiving this aim through a combination of market opportunity assessment, business planning, service definition creation and portfolio development prioritisation and planning.
I've progressed through a technical path with exposure to staff and project management before focussing on technical product management across a portfolio up to today where I manage a portfolio of solutions regionally.
I work collaboratively and utilise many of the tools within my portfolio to improve productivity for me and the people I work with across CSC.
Stu Downes’s Specialties:
portfolio management, product management, opportunity assessments, business plans, service definitions, technical service definitions, presentation skills, end user and collaboration technologies, staff management and leadership
Stu Downes’s Experience
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Portfolio Manager - End User Services (EMEA)
CSC
(Public Company; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
I'm the regional portfolio manager for CSC's End User Services within the global outsourcing division. Responsibilities:
- Portfolio management and roadmaps
- Opportunity assessments for solutions and services
- Developing business plans for solutions and services
- Defining solutions and solution governance
In terms of solution areas:
- Desktop and application delivery solutions
- Desktop and application virtualisation
- Collaboration solutions
- Mobile worker solutions
- Print solutions
The role itself is a very enjoyable, highly collaborative in nature, as with any work in this arena it is run at a fast pace balancing many priorities. If I was asked what the key skills for the role are I would say:
- Stakeholder management and interpersonal skills
- Clear communication, good collaboration
- An ability to understand new concepts quickly
- A requirement to see the business benefit not just the technology
- Focus on business with a constant eye on the technology -
Manager, Product Management and Engineering (Collaborative Solutions)
CSC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 5 months)
Managing the technical elements of solution development and product management of collaborative solutions across the collaboration spectrum. see http://www.csc.com/collaboration
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Collaborative Product Manager
CSC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Managed the development of solution offerings for SharePoint 2007 and Websphere Portal 6. Process ongoing when transitioned to my next role.
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Lotus Collaborative Technical Lead (EMEA)
CSC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2003 — June 2006 (2 years 10 months)
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Lotus Notes Admin Team Lead
CSC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2000 — September 2003 (3 years 2 months)
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Lotus Notes Administrator
CSC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1999 — August 2000 (1 year 1 month)
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Lotus Notes Admin
Strand Technology
(Computer Software industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years )
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Synchrotron Experiment Station Manager
Daresbury Laboratory
(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Research industry)
1994 — 1997 (3 years )
Stu Downes’s Education
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University of Northumbria
BSc (Hons) , Optoelectronic Engineering , 1990 — 1994
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Stu Downes’s Interests:
IT, Collaboration, St John Ambulance
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