Dec 2011 - Dec 2012 Babcock International Group

Project Manager

Employed on an initial 3 month contract to deploy the new corporate standard environment, Picasso, to the Education & Training division. Picasso consisted of Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010 and other core applications. The programme was behind schedule and required rapid deployment. Successfully deployed Picasso to nearly 40 sites across the UK, liaised directly with the programme, technical teams and the business to ensure successful deployment. Ensured that Education & Training specific applications that were not part of the core build were remediated and successfully tested.

Business Analyst

Mapped the business processes for 4 business areas. Developed the detailed requirements for a Resource Management System, Document Management System and Learner Management System.

2003 - 2011 Steria

Project Manager

I joined Serco, who were the IT provider for Dstl, in March 2003 as a Visual Basic developer supporting a custom application written in Microsoft VB utilising Microsoft Excel that provided budget control to the project management community. I cross-trained to project management in 2005 and have been pursuing this career since. Steria won the contract to support Dstl from April 2011 and I was TUPEd across.

1999 - 2003 Amey

SAP Senior Developer / Team Lead

After cross-training to SAP developer from Oracle I was promoted to senior developer / team lead responsible for a team of 6 developers. Worked on a project to implement SAP into the organisation developing custom modules and reports. Management responsibilities included providing estimates for development tasks, delegating tasks to the team members and annual staff appraisals.

1996 - 1999 Comax

Senior Application Developer / Team Lead

Developed bespoke applications using Microsoft Access and Visual Basic 6. Promoted to senior developer and team lead, responsible for the delivery of all application projects. Management duties included annual staff appraisals and mentoring new developers.

1976 - 1996 Foster Brothers

Retail Manager

After joining Fosters as a Young Sales Assistant I was quickly promoted to branch manager, achieving this level in only 2 years (the training program for branch management was 5 years). I managed a number of stores during my career with Fosters, with each being larger / higher turnover than the last. The stores that I managed included Alton, Epsom and Winchester.