Alex Wolff
Head of Digital Labs at Softwire- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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French Professional working proficiency
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Italian Elementary proficiency
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Katherine Brown
I had the great pleasure of working with Alex while interning in Unilever's New Business Unit. We worked together on a health & wellness website that he had built months before my arrival, with numerous handovers having taken place in the interim. While many would have become frustrated by my lack of fluency in the tech space at the time, and the number of handovers, Alex was always remarkably patient and supportive. His organizational skills and calmness lessened the challenges of working offsite, and his rational approach provided much guidance throughout the project. Alex would be a valuable asset to any team due to his technical expertise and friendly personality, and I would gladly work with him again.
Dan Rolfe Johnson
Alex is probably the best project manager I have worked for— fair, understanding, organised, great with clients and very easy to work with. Highly recommended.
Katherine Brown
I had the great pleasure of working with Alex while interning in Unilever's New Business Unit. We worked together on a health & wellness website that he had built months before my arrival, with numerous handovers having taken place in the interim. While many would have become frustrated by my lack of fluency in the tech space at the time, and the number of handovers, Alex was always remarkably patient and supportive. His organizational skills and calmness lessened the challenges of working offsite, and his rational approach provided much guidance throughout the project. Alex would be a valuable asset to any team due to his technical expertise and friendly personality, and I would gladly work with him again.
Dan Rolfe Johnson
Alex is probably the best project manager I have worked for— fair, understanding, organised, great with clients and very easy to work with. Highly recommended.
Katherine Brown
I had the great pleasure of working with Alex while interning in Unilever's New Business Unit. We worked together on a health & wellness website that he had built months before my arrival, with numerous handovers having taken place in the interim. While many would have become frustrated by my lack of fluency in the tech space at the time, and the number of handovers, Alex was always remarkably patient and supportive. His organizational skills and calmness lessened the challenges of working offsite, and his rational approach provided much guidance throughout the project. Alex would be a valuable asset to any team due to his technical expertise and friendly personality, and I would gladly work with him again.
Dan Rolfe Johnson
Alex is probably the best project manager I have worked for— fair, understanding, organised, great with clients and very easy to work with. Highly recommended.
Katherine Brown
I had the great pleasure of working with Alex while interning in Unilever's New Business Unit. We worked together on a health & wellness website that he had built months before my arrival, with numerous handovers having taken place in the interim. While many would have become frustrated by my lack of fluency in the tech space at the time, and the number of handovers, Alex was always remarkably patient and supportive. His organizational skills and calmness lessened the challenges of working offsite, and his rational approach provided much guidance throughout the project. Alex would be a valuable asset to any team due to his technical expertise and friendly personality, and I would gladly work with him again.
Dan Rolfe Johnson
Alex is probably the best project manager I have worked for— fair, understanding, organised, great with clients and very easy to work with. Highly recommended.
Experience
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Softwire
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Head of Digital Labs
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Jul 2016 - Present
I love that I work at a company where I've been able to take my passion for delivering to real customers and create a department and new service around it. As Head of Digital , I get to work on projects with Softwire's brilliant people and use our design approach and engineering skills to produce rapid validated learning. I work with a great team to run discovery workshops (refining ideas and priorities), build Alpha's and MVPs and ultimately accelerate the growth of successful propositions as customers come on board.I love finding solutions to problems - I'd love to chat to you about yours regardless of where it goes. It's always great to hear about new things
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Head of Project Delivery
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Jan 2014 - Present
I manage a team of 40 developers and project managers across multiple projects, clients and locations. I mentor and stretch project managers to ensure that we correctly identify and then exceed client's expectations. I look for new opportunities to use engineering strengths ans business acumen to solve client problems. I am currently actively looking at how lessons from start-up culture and prototyping approaches can help reduce the cost of building high dependency mission critical software.
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Owner
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Jul 2006 - Nov 2014
Worked with SMEs and large blue chips to bridge the gap between business requirements and technological implementation. Took full responsibility for delivery on multiple six-figure projects, including sourcing, supplying and managing delivery resources and ensuring commitment to timescales and budgets. Delivered rapid 'fail-fast' prototyping for Unilever that enabled earlier smart business decisions and captured information about an opportunity, saving the need for a much larger investment. Took a biofuels proposition from idea to market with Reed-Elsevier, in collaboration with Carbon War-room and Richard Branson.
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Trustee
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Jul 2009 - Nov 2012
I was a trustee for the charity Home-Start UK. They provide support and co-ordination for the 360 Home-Start schemes through-out the UK. Home-Start provides a matching service between trained volunteers in the community and parents with children under 5. I was a trustee for the charity Home-Start UK. They provide support and co-ordination for the 360 Home-Start schemes through-out the UK. Home-Start provides a matching service between trained volunteers in the community and parents with children under 5.
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Consultant
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2008 - 2009
Managed a process standardisation and digitalisation plan across ten departments with highly individual requirements. Used formal project managed methodologies to manage 30+ internal stakeholders and external stakeholders / suppliers over 18 months Managed a process standardisation and digitalisation plan across ten departments with highly individual requirements. Used formal project managed methodologies to manage 30+ internal stakeholders and external stakeholders / suppliers over 18 months
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Action on Hearing Loss
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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200 - 300 Employee
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Consultant
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2007 - 2008
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Product Manager
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2004 - 2007
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Education
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2000 - 2004
University of Oxford
BA, Physics & Philospohy -
University College School
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