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Gerry Mccafferty

Learning Consultant at QA Ltd
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Seasoned project management professional with 30+ years of experience.
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Location
Bathgate, Scotland, United Kingdom, GB
Skills
  • Project Management
  • Program Management
  • Prince2
  • Management
  • Project Portfolio Management
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Gerry Mccafferty is a seasoned project management professional with 30+ years of experience in managing projects, programs, and portfolios across various industries, including electronics, defense, and consumer goods. He holds multiple certifications, including Prince2, PMP, and AgileSHIFT, and has worked with leading companies such as QA Ltd, Cadence Design Systems, and Motorola.

Experience

  • QA Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Learning Consultant
      • May 2018 - Present

      Design, development and delivery of world class learning programmes for QA's corporate clients. The role also involves strategic and technical sales support for opportunities within QA's Leadership and Project Management curricula.

    • Head of Product Development - Project and Programme Management
      • Jul 2005 - May 2018

      Accountabilities include:1. Ownership of QA's PPM portfolio (including development process and quality metrics)2. Project management consultancy and training3. Bespoke training development and delivery (classroom and virtual)4. Public training certification (APM, PRINCE2, PMI etc.)5. Technical support for Sales and marketing

  • Cadence Design Systems
    • Livingston
    • Senior Programme Manager
      • Dec 1999 - Jun 2005
      • Livingston

      Project and Programme management for world's leading independent electronic design services consultancy. Contract and delivery management of semiconductor design (clients included Sony, IBM, Philips, Honeywell, Nokia etc.)Also design and project management methodology support and consulting.

  • Motorola
    • New Products Introduction Mgr
      • Jan 1990 - Dec 1999

      - Project management of new product introductions within Motorola SPS Division- PMO management- Mentoring of junior project managers- Global NPI Manager for Motorola Smartcard Division

  • Multiple Companies
    • UK and USA
    • Product Designer
      • Jul 1982 - Dec 1989
      • UK and USA

      Product design roles within various global defence and consumer goods organizations.

Education

  • The Open University
    Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA), Post-Grad Cert Project Management, Dip Mgmt Studies
  • Napier University
    Industrial Design / Electro-Mechanical Engineering
  • Project Management Institute (PMI)
    PMP
  • 2017 - 2018
    THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL AND DEVELOPMENT
    Diploma, Learning and Development
  • Association for Project Management
    APM PMQ and APM Risk
  • Agile
    AgileSHIFT, BCS, SAFe, APMG Agile Project Management Practitioner certificates
  • APMG / AXELOS
    Practitioner: PRINCE2, Change Management, Managing Successful Programmes, Earned Value Management
  • BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
    Business Analysis Practitioner, Modelling Business Processes Practitioner
  • SQA
    PDA - Teaching in Further Education
  • Training Foundation
    TAP Certificate in Learning Design and Development
  • 2016 - 2017
    THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL AND DEVELOPMENT
    Level 5 Certificate in Learning and Development

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