Experience

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  Shell

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Project Manager

    • Aug 2022 - Dec 2023
    • London, England, United Kingdom

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  Caravan and Motorhome Club

  • Project Manager

    • Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

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  Chrysaor

  • Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom (home working)

  • Project Manager

    • Nov 2020 - Jul 2021
    • Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom (home working)

    Project Manager leading a portfolio of IT infrastructure and software development projects conforming to Chrysaor Project Management standards and PMO requirements

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  Inmarsat

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Project Manager

    • Jun 2019 - May 2020
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    Project Manager, leading a Customer Master Data Project.

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  bp

  • Project Manager

    • Oct 2017 - May 2019

    Project manager on a large subsurface data asset and information asset digitisation programme. This role required me to work closely with external vendors who were awarded contracts to digitise assets including seismic surveys of several decades old and scanning of key documents including well logs, geological maps, subsurface technical reports. The role also required me to work with a team of Microsoft technology experts to develop a solution based on Microsoft Azure cloud services and XenData to implement a safe and secure storage and access solution to store and manage the digitised assets.

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  Shell

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Project Manager and Business Analyst, ProjectVantage (IEE)

    • Jun 2014 - Sep 2017
    • London, United Kingdom

    Project Manager and Business Analyst on Shell’s Data Centric Engineering Solution (ProjectVantage). Main responsibilities include: - Business Analyst responsible for eliciting and defining Capital Project IM & IT requirements - requirements are delivered in the ProjectVantage (SmartPlant Cloud) solution- responsible for delivering Hypercare Support and training to Capital Projects when ProjectVantage is deployed, ensuring Projects are set up to deliver data centric engineering deliverables- work closely with ProjectVantage Deployment Manager to plan and coordinate ProjectVantage deployments- Supported the Product Manager to manage the requirements database (Product Backlog) and plan ProjectVantage Change Control Board meetings- Responsible for reviewing ProjectVantage solution documentation delivered by Business Analysts and Developers/Configurators.- Liaise with Vendors (mainly Intergraph) to progress delivery of change requests and bug resolution- Responsible for maintaining and controlling ProjectVantage documentation register and library- Travelled to Engineering Contractor (EPC) offices in The Hague & Doha to oversee the delivery of PV training and to support PV deployment

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  Maersk Oil & Gas

  • Copenhagen

  • Project Manager / Business Analyst

    • Feb 2012 - Mar 2014
    • Copenhagen

    Provided IS consultancy services to Maersk Oil (MO) across multiple IS service areas and projects. Achievements included:1. As an Information Management Consultant, I worked with the Global Head of Data & IM to develop a business case to address information management needs using SharePoint 2010.2. As a Project Manager, I executed projects to address IM needs. 2. As an IS Consultant, I worked with the Office of the CIO to align the IS Function with MO's Major Capital Project (MCP) Phase Gate Process. IS Services to be aligned include Business Apps, Petro-technical Apps, Data & Information Management Governance, IT Infrastructure including Telecommunications, IT Security and Service Desks. The two main outputs of this work were 1. an IS Guideline for Project Managers of Major Capital Projects on how to engage with IS throughout the project what IS manpower, applications, standards etc will be required 2. An IS and MCP Alignment Process.3.As a Business Analysis, I was responsible for gathering & defining the IS requirements and to develop a 5 Year IS Strategy to set up the new Angola Business Unit and prepare for production of 1st Oil in 2017. This involved travel to global sites, including Houston, Aberdeen and Angola. 4. As a Programme Manager, I set up a Programme to execute the projects required to deliver the 5 Year IS Strategy for the Angola BU. Programme scope includes: Hiring & Developing Staff in Angola, Telecommunication Strategy, IT Architecture, Petro-Technical App Strategy, Business App Strategy, Data & Information Management, establishing global & local processes & standards.5. As a Project Manager, I delivered a variety of Drilling and Geoscience projects to either upgrade existing technical applications or to implement new applications. All Projects were executed in conformance with MO's Project Delivery Framework.

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  BG Group

  • Reading

  • Project Manager, Petrotechnical Workflow Project

    • Apr 2011 - Mar 2012
    • Reading

    I was responsible for project managing a suite of projects to capture BG's petro-technical workflows and to develop and deliver training courses to train staff on the applications available to support petro-technical workflows.This role involved working closely with specialised 3rd party suppliers to develop and deliver the highly specialised training courses world wide. All projects were ran in conformance with the BG IT Project Delivery Framework, which involved rigouous reporting using MS Project Server and regularly presenting at Stage Gate Assurance Review Meetings. This role provided an opportunity to gain insight into petro-technical subsurface workflows, applications and data management standards.

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  Afren

  • London

  • Interim Information & Business Systems Manager

    • Nov 2010 - Apr 2011
    • London

    Project managed a project to implement Sharepoint 2010 as the organisation's platform for intranets, extranets and content management. Acted as a Business Analyst to review and improve the Procurement to Pay Process.Responsible for managing application vendors.Responsible for managing a team of information management specialists.

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  BP Shipping

  • Senior Business Analyst / Information Management Consultant

    • Nov 2009 - Dec 2010

    Senior Business Analyst / Information Management Consultant working on a variety of Information Management initiativies including Document Control Standards, Information Management Strategy. I worked within a Team to ensure that all documents, records and information that need to be controlled were identified and adequate controls applied, successfully passing an Internal Audit against BP OMS 4.3 standard for Information Management. This involved preparing for and conducting several 2 hour workshops with every BP Shipping Team to understand the documents, information and records that need to be controlled. It also involved working with a Sharepoint developer to build a solution to register the items to be controlled and to automate the controls where possible.

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  Petro-Canada

  • Project Manager & Business Analyst, Intranet Portal & Enterprise Search

    • Jun 2007 - Nov 2009

    Provide consultancy to define an Intranet Portal Strategy.Provide consultancy to define an Enterprise Search Strategy.Ongoing Business Analysis to identify opportunities utilising the Intranet Portal, Document Management and Search technologies.Project Manage the development of Web Services and Portlets.Ongoing research (eg Gartner, Forrester, CMS-Watch) to follow trends in Intranet Portals, Enterprise Search, Teamsites, MySites.

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  BG Group

  • Interim G&G Applications Portfolio Manager

    • Apr 2007 - Jun 2007

    Worked closely with application vendors and key users to discuss licence matters, application roadmap and support issues. The overall aim was to ensure G&G users gained optimal value from the licence investment.

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  MWKL

  • Release Manager, Nexus Portal, Shell Pearl Project

    • Apr 2006 - Mar 2007

    Responsible for managing an agressive Nexus Portal release schedule. Worked closely with Documentum, Java and .NET developers and Data Management specialists to release a suite of portal enabled workflow applications. At least 20 portal applications were released over a 12 month period. The 24 hour available Nexus Portal was used by all organisations (20+) contracted to work on the $12 billion Shell Pearl project. Applications included: Bid Clarification, Contract Change Management, Interface Management, Correspondence Management and many more. As a Release Manager, I had a 100% successful track record. This was particularly difficult as most releases were tied into costly penalty clauses and the release schedule was very agressive. No penalties were incurred during my 12 month assignment as release manager.

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  UK Finanial Servies Authority

  • Business Analyst, Records & Document Management

    • Jan 2006 - Apr 2006

    Within a team of 4 (business analysts and records management professionals), developed a comprehensive records and document management questionnaire and then interviewed 90 employees from across the organisation to identify issues to be addressed urgently and to understand the current state of records and document management procedures. The deliverables of this piece of work were then fed into a wider FSA information management programme of works.

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  Petro Canada

  • Business Analyst, Document and Records Management Programme

    • Jun 2005 - Jan 2006

    I worked closely with the North Africa and Near East (NANE) asset teams to analyse requirements for an implementation of a new document management solution (Documentum). Requirements were documented and presented to the Documentum development team.

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  BHP Billiton

  • Business Analyst, Document Management, Collaboration & Portal

    • Sep 2004 - Jun 2005

    I was the key support contact for the following technologies: eRooms (internal and external collaboration), Documentum (document and records management), Plumtree Portal (intranet, management reports, dashboards and portlets). I analysed business requirements and recommended appropriate technologies to meet their requirements. I worked with the business to introduce new ways of working using eRooms, Documentum and Plumtree Portal. This involved business analysis, coaching and providing support.

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  Anadarko Corporation

  • Project Manager

    • May 2001 - May 2003

    I project managed an implementation of Documentum throughout the Anadarko Algeria offices. I also acted as the Business Analyst and was responsible for developing the classification hierarchy (taxonomy and folder structure). Anadarko Algeria have successfully used this solution to track crucial correspondence between JV and NOC partners as well as manage asset licence information.

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  Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

  • Project Manager

    • 2001 - 2003

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  BP

  • Junior Project Manager, eShares, eVoting

    • Sep 2000 - May 2001

    I worked on two key projects: I acted as a Junior Project Manager assisting the eShares Project Manager. This involved carrying out an inventory of all employee share save and share option programmes within the organisation. This was particularly complex considering the mergers with Amoco and Burna Castrol.I acted as a Project Analyst on the high profile BP Shareholder eVoting project. My main achievement involved working closely with Lloyds TSB to ensure the eVoting process gained approval from Ernst & Young auditors. BP were the first UK orgnisation to provide eVoting for shareholders.

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  Reuters

  • Project Manager, Business Analyst

    • Sep 1999 - Sep 2000

    I worked on 3 projects:As a Business Analyst on a Software Licence Management Project. This involved implementing processes to collect software licence information from all Reuter's woldwide offices using a variety collection tools and providing consolidated management reports.As a Project Project Coordinator, I was responsible for coordinating a global implementation of Tivoli.As a Project Coordinator, I worked on a large Windows 2000 Infrastructure project. My duties involved establishing the Project Communication Plan and setting up the Project Team site on Lotus Notes.

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  Glaxo

  • Greenford

  • Business Analyst, Project Manager

    • Sep 1989 - Sep 1999
    • Greenford

    Business Analyst and Project Manager dedicated to the Legal, Patent & Trademarks Department. Responsible for supporting all Legal, Patent & Trademark applications, including vendor management. Worked closely with business users to understand and document new requirements. Project managed projects to merge systems following the merger with Wellcome.