Tim O'Donnell

Current

• Head of Projects at Sentaca Communications

Past

• Test Manager - Infrastructure Delivery at O2
• Delivery Manager - Vodafone Broadband at Vodafone UK
• Mobile Internet Programme Environment Manager at Vodafone UK

• Integration Manager - Next Generation Voicemail at Vodafone UK
• Head of Business Development at Sentaca Communications
• Support Manager - Messaging Systems at O2 UK
• Project Manager at Vivadi plc
• Engineering Officer at Royal Air Force

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Education

• Cranfield University

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Industry

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Tim O'Donnell’s Summary

Background in Project/Program and operational management across the mobile telecoms and datacoms field, with particular experience in leading technical change within organisations.

Currently leading the development of Sentaca's Project and Program Management managed services division. Always keen to talk with capable, experienced PMs and those looking for project resources on either individual contracts basis or as part of an outsourced solution or project management managed service.

Tim O'Donnell’s Specialties:

Project Management, Program Management, Programme Management, PRINCE2, Systems Integration, Consultancy, Consultancy Audit, Business Development, SMS, MMS, Voicemail, Messaging,

Tim O'Donnell’s Experience

• Head of Projects

  Sentaca Communications

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  December 2005 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  Responsible for the introduction of a Project Management Managed Service to Sentaca, aimed at providing long-term PM services as well as contract and contingency resource to clients in the Telecoms and Information Systems sector.
  
  I held this role within Sentaca concurrently with my technical and consultancy roles on their behalf at major Telecoms clients. This practice ensured that Sentaca could develop the Project Management Managed Service capability and demonstrate success in its delivery and application for major clients.

• Test Manager - Infrastructure Delivery

  O2

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  September 2007 — December 2007 (4 months)

• Delivery Manager - Vodafone Broadband

  Vodafone UK

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2007 — September 2007 (4 months)

  Managed the delivery of enhancements to Vodafone's 'Vodafone At Home' broadband service. Worked directly with Vodafone's supplier (BT Wholesale) to manage the development, testing and delivery in to the Vodafone network of additional features and fixes for this crucial product. Customer experience was foremost throughout, with prioritisation of deployments and technical resource very carefully coordinated with Vodafone and BT senior management.
  
  This required the establishment of new network connectivity to allow for remotely hosted services to be tested against Vodafone backend systems, which in turn required close liason with EDS.
  
  I carried out this role as a Consultant during my period as Head of Projects at Sentaca Communications: Vodafone UK were clients of Senatca

• Mobile Internet Programme Environment Manager

  Vodafone UK

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  March 2007 — June 2007 (4 months)

  Delivered a complex environment to support the delivery of Vodafone's "Mobile Internet" (MI). The MI program gathered together a number of in-progress technology project across Vodafone and accelerated their delivery. Key to this was the rapid establishment of respresentative test environments and coordination of delivery activity in to the live network. A specialist team was set up to ensure success.
  
  Provided cross-functional operational management to allow different areas of the business to work together in support of the accelerated delivery timescales while maintaining standards in the engineering and technical areas. Worked closely with Vodafone's suppliers (eg EDS, LogicaCMG, Novarra) to ensure support for unusually rapid development and test cycles.
  
  I carried out this role as a Consultant during my period as Head of Projects at Sentaca Communications: Vodafone UK were clients of Senatca

• Integration Manager - Next Generation Voicemail

  Vodafone UK

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  December 2005 — November 2006 (1 year)

  Managed the integration of Vodafone's 'Next Generation Voicemail' (NGVM) architecture in to the Vodafone Network. This included working directly with the equipment vendor (LogicaCMG) on behalf of Vodafone, assessing the scope of the technical work required to migrate to an entirely new architecture, and coordination with supporting projects (eg delivery of Sigtran-capable network elements and the introduction of new HLRs critical to the operation of NGVM)
  
  Ensured that changes to the network were managed and tested through multiple phases of supplier and customer testing before signoff to the live network.
  
  I carried out this role as a Consultant during my period as Head of Projects at Sentaca Communications: Vodafone UK were clients of Senatca

• Head of Business Development

  Sentaca Communications

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  February 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 11 months)

  Developed the Sentaca brand, including presenting at the Cannes 3GSM World Congress on the benefts of Senatca-branded support and integration services to an audience of O2's clients. Established relationships with industry bodies and was invited to speak ont heir behalf at CTIA Wireless in New Orleans and an industry body summit in New York.
  
  I held this role within Sentaca concurrently with my technical and managerial roles on their behalf at major Telecoms clients. This practice ensured that Sentaca continued to evolve and resulted in additional sales to existing and new clients within the sector.

• Support Manager - Messaging Systems

  O2 UK

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  February 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 11 months)

• Project Manager

  Vivadi plc

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

  October 2001 — February 2003 (1 year 5 months)

  Company-wide responsibility for the introduction and implementation of Project Management methodology. Delivered a structured system of research prioritisation and product delivery which resulted in significant cost-savings and a reduction in time taken to move marketing concepts through to manufacture.
  
  Worked closely with senior management to evolve and integrate the Project Management process in to long-term company best practice.

• Engineering Officer

  Royal Air Force

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

  September 1990 — October 2001 (11 years 2 months)

  As an Aerosystems Engineering Officer in the Royal Air Force I was exposed to significant responsibilty early in my career. I was selected for a coveted ‘1st Line Aircraft’ post with airworthiness responsibility for 28 C-130 aircraft and line management responsibility for 50 servicemen and women of all ages. During this first post I was appointed Detachment Engineering Officer for a number of Operational activities including deployments to the former Yugoslavia and Africa.
  
  My next post was in charge of the Engine Overhaul facilities for the Germany-based Harrier force, a ole which also encompassed a specialist technical advisor role for all technical aspects of Aero Engine- and Composite Structure-related safety decisions.
  
  Later posts were as 1st and 2nd Line maintenance manager for the RAF C-130 fleet with additional responsibility for planning of operational allocation of aircraft.

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