Gordon McCrae
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Frank Murtagh
Gordon has worked for me on three separate occasions in a number of roles over the last 29 years including Support manager, Development Manager, Systems Manager and project Manager. We have worked together in the UK, US and Europe for over 14 years. During this time we successfully implemented a number of large ERP systems which is very stressful with a greatly increased work level and tight time lines. Gordon is a very experienced IT and project manager. He is very thorough, conscientious, decisive and responsive, he takes ownership and delivers to timescales. Throughout his time working for me he has exhibited a high degree of professionalism, dedication to his work, honesty and a no-nonsense attitude to getting the job done. He has great technical knowledge, an excellent team builder and integrates well with all business users. Where he doesn’t know he works hard to research it and doesn’t rest until a solution is delivered. Given his knowledge, expertise and work ethic he was a highly valuable employee for our company and he would be a major asset for any IT team.
Karl McDermott
I worked with Gordon over a period of 4 years on various projects for CRH. Gordon was always very organised and professional in all aspects of his work. He was a very good team player but could work on his own if and when required. Gordon was willing to take ownership of any situation and deliver the end result that was required by the business. Gordon has showed great agility and experience to be able to adapt to all the challenges that come his way and ensure that each and every challenge is dealt with in an efficient manner to ensure the best outcome for CRH.
Frank Murtagh
Gordon has worked for me on three separate occasions in a number of roles over the last 29 years including Support manager, Development Manager, Systems Manager and project Manager. We have worked together in the UK, US and Europe for over 14 years. During this time we successfully implemented a number of large ERP systems which is very stressful with a greatly increased work level and tight time lines. Gordon is a very experienced IT and project manager. He is very thorough, conscientious, decisive and responsive, he takes ownership and delivers to timescales. Throughout his time working for me he has exhibited a high degree of professionalism, dedication to his work, honesty and a no-nonsense attitude to getting the job done. He has great technical knowledge, an excellent team builder and integrates well with all business users. Where he doesn’t know he works hard to research it and doesn’t rest until a solution is delivered. Given his knowledge, expertise and work ethic he was a highly valuable employee for our company and he would be a major asset for any IT team.
Karl McDermott
I worked with Gordon over a period of 4 years on various projects for CRH. Gordon was always very organised and professional in all aspects of his work. He was a very good team player but could work on his own if and when required. Gordon was willing to take ownership of any situation and deliver the end result that was required by the business. Gordon has showed great agility and experience to be able to adapt to all the challenges that come his way and ensure that each and every challenge is dealt with in an efficient manner to ensure the best outcome for CRH.
Frank Murtagh
Gordon has worked for me on three separate occasions in a number of roles over the last 29 years including Support manager, Development Manager, Systems Manager and project Manager. We have worked together in the UK, US and Europe for over 14 years. During this time we successfully implemented a number of large ERP systems which is very stressful with a greatly increased work level and tight time lines. Gordon is a very experienced IT and project manager. He is very thorough, conscientious, decisive and responsive, he takes ownership and delivers to timescales. Throughout his time working for me he has exhibited a high degree of professionalism, dedication to his work, honesty and a no-nonsense attitude to getting the job done. He has great technical knowledge, an excellent team builder and integrates well with all business users. Where he doesn’t know he works hard to research it and doesn’t rest until a solution is delivered. Given his knowledge, expertise and work ethic he was a highly valuable employee for our company and he would be a major asset for any IT team.
Karl McDermott
I worked with Gordon over a period of 4 years on various projects for CRH. Gordon was always very organised and professional in all aspects of his work. He was a very good team player but could work on his own if and when required. Gordon was willing to take ownership of any situation and deliver the end result that was required by the business. Gordon has showed great agility and experience to be able to adapt to all the challenges that come his way and ensure that each and every challenge is dealt with in an efficient manner to ensure the best outcome for CRH.
Frank Murtagh
Gordon has worked for me on three separate occasions in a number of roles over the last 29 years including Support manager, Development Manager, Systems Manager and project Manager. We have worked together in the UK, US and Europe for over 14 years. During this time we successfully implemented a number of large ERP systems which is very stressful with a greatly increased work level and tight time lines. Gordon is a very experienced IT and project manager. He is very thorough, conscientious, decisive and responsive, he takes ownership and delivers to timescales. Throughout his time working for me he has exhibited a high degree of professionalism, dedication to his work, honesty and a no-nonsense attitude to getting the job done. He has great technical knowledge, an excellent team builder and integrates well with all business users. Where he doesn’t know he works hard to research it and doesn’t rest until a solution is delivered. Given his knowledge, expertise and work ethic he was a highly valuable employee for our company and he would be a major asset for any IT team.
Karl McDermott
I worked with Gordon over a period of 4 years on various projects for CRH. Gordon was always very organised and professional in all aspects of his work. He was a very good team player but could work on his own if and when required. Gordon was willing to take ownership of any situation and deliver the end result that was required by the business. Gordon has showed great agility and experience to be able to adapt to all the challenges that come his way and ensure that each and every challenge is dealt with in an efficient manner to ensure the best outcome for CRH.
Experience
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Mammoet Europe B.V.
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Netherlands
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Truck Transportation
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1 - 100 Employee
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IT Operations Project Manager
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Mar 2021 - Present
Global WAN Migration from Lumen to Palo Alto PRISMA and of a number of DCs in USA, EMEA and APAC. Remediation of Actifio Backup solutions and migration of data to Azure storage. Global WAN Migration from Lumen to Palo Alto PRISMA and of a number of DCs in USA, EMEA and APAC. Remediation of Actifio Backup solutions and migration of data to Azure storage.
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CRH Nederlands
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Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
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IT Migration
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Mar 2016 - Jan 2020
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Sears Communications Ltd
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Manager
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Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
Infrastructure Project Manager working on a variety of projects including site build and fit-out in central London and phone system implementation in Singapore. Infrastructure Project Manager working on a variety of projects including site build and fit-out in central London and phone system implementation in Singapore.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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IT Manager / Project Manager
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Oct 2008 - Mar 2015
Managing technology provision at three BAML sites in Edinburgh, Isle of Man and Jersey and seconded around EMEA region to work on numerous projects including datacenter upgrades in Isle of Man; IT audits in Isle of Man, Jersey, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Riyadh, technology migrations from Merrill Lynch systems to Bank of America systems in Isle of Man, Jersey, Madrid and Geneva; BCP site setup in Riyadh; Windows 7 upgrades in London; AV and technology for sales conferences around EMEA and post problem management for EMEA region. Show less
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Merrill Lynch
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Manager
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Oct 2007 - Sep 2008
Seconded around the EMEA region to work on numerous projects including office migrations in Dubai, site audits in Isle of Man, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Jersey.
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IT Manager
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Oct 2004 - Sep 2007
Global Technology Infrastructure (GTI) Manager for Mortgages plc, a subsiduary of Merrill Lynch.Management, including training, performance monitoring, succession planning, and HR responsibilities, of IT responsible for the development, operational support, and cost analysis of all IT systems over 28 regional sites, Head Office in London, and two operational centres in Glasgow .Responsible for all IT Audits, internally (to Merrill Lynch), externally (Deloitte & Touche) and Sarbanes-Oxley.Design and testing of IT disaster recovery procedures with Sungard DR (Livingston), including design and build of disaster recovery physical and network infrastructure backup facilities in line with business’ contingency plans, and conversion of said to Merrill Lynch standard practices.Responsible for liaising with other business functions within Mortgages plc. to ensure that internal IT delivery fulfils agreed delivery standards set out by committee in an efficient and cost effective manner. Also responsible for liaising with Merrill Lynch Global Technology and Infrastructure (GTI) to ensure smooth migration to ML standards and practices.Responsible for formal project planning of all GTI projects implemented within Mortgages plc. Show less
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Mortgages plc
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of IT
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Aug 2002 - Sep 2004
Responsible for the management of all IT functions and Facilities management issues including: Management, including training, performance monitoring, succession planning, and HR responsibilities, of IT with a staff of 6 responsible for the development, operational support, and cost analysis of all IT systems over 25 regional sites, Head Office in London, and two operational centres in Glasgow. Building security and facilities management for three Glasgow sites (Operational Centre, Training Centre and Storage facility). Implementation of tight controls to manage MPLS WAN and PSTN voice network, ensuring system availability and coherence. Design and testing of IT disaster recovery procedures with Sungard DR (Livingston), including design and build of disaster recovery physical and network infrastructure backup facilities in line with business’ contingency plans. Responsible for liaising with other business functions to ensure that internal IT delivery fulfils agreed delivery standards set out by committee in an efficient and cost effective manner. Management of new Mortgage application systems implementation to replace existing 3rd party serviced systems. Responsible for Formal project planning of all IT and facilities related projects. Management of IT relationships with 3rd party Mortgage application systems. Show less
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Allied Building Products Corp.
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United States
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Building Materials
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700 & Above Employee
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IT Systems Manager
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Sep 1999 - Oct 2001
Responsible for management of the IT support and development function including liaison with 3rd party suppliers and partners to supplement in-house expertise, overseeing capacity planning and conformance to agreed SLA’s. Implementation of tight controls to manage ERP systems, WAN and voice network, ensuring system availability and coherence. Responsible for the design, implementation, and management of various back office functions within the computer configuration including a 2500 user email system, a document imaging system, Citrix thin client implementation, a COGNOS/MS-SQL data mining system, corporate Intranet and Internet sites. Development of IT solutions to meet strategic and tactical business needs encompassing SLA's, VPN, Firewalls, system and network security, UNIX, NT/2000, and PROGRESS RDBMS system administration. Design and testing of IT disaster recovery procedures with Sungard DR (Denver), including design and build of disaster recovery physical and network infrastructure backup facilities in line with business’ contingency plans. Responsible for liaising with other business function to ensure that internal IT delivery was fulfilling agreed delivery standards set out by committee in an efficient and cost effective manner. Show less
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Keyline Civils Specialist
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United Kingdom
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Construction
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400 - 500 Employee
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IT Projects Manager
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Sep 1997 - Sep 1999
Responsible for the Report Writing and System Administration sections of the IT department, charged with managing various projects requiring a blend of technical and management skills. The role involved:Management, including training and HR responsibilities, of the data processing / presentation and system administration teams, support team responsible for company’s network infrastructure over 120 locations, all new projects within the IT department, roll-out of new branch locations including relocation of existing sites.Assessment and development of new systems offering solutions to specific department requirements.Design and testing of IT disaster recovery procedures with Guardian DR, including design and build of disaster recovery physical and network infrastructure backup facilities in line with business’ contingency plans. Show less
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IT Development Manager
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Jul 1996 - Sep 1997
Responsible for the assessment, invention, design and implementation of new technology and systems with Keyline. The role involved:Identification of technologies that offered technological advantage to Keyline.Administration of new systems following implementation.Management of CISCO WAN infrastructure.Design and testing of IT disaster recovery procedures with Guardian DR, including design and build of disaster recovery physical and network infrastructure backup facilities in line with business’ contingency plans.Training of internal staff to administer new systems. Show less
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IT Support Manager
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Aug 1994 - Jul 1996
Responsible for the day to day management of the IT department within Keyline. Management of the help desk and mail room staff.Design and testing of modules for the bespoke POS system, IT disaster recovery procedures with Guardian DR, including design and build of disaster recovery physical and network infrastructure backup facilities in line with business’ contingency plans.Implementation a company wide EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) module for Keyline's POS system.Implementation of 120 site WAN. Show less
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Technical Support Manager
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Sep 1991 - Aug 1994
Responsible for the daily management of the help desk, supporting 75 branch locations and the head office in Kirkintilloch and also taking a lead role in the system design.
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Fairhurst
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United Kingdom
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Civil Engineering
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300 - 400 Employee
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IT Support Manager
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Apr 1987 - Sep 1991
Responsible for all day to day systems management functions across twelve regional sites and head office. Responsible for all day to day systems management functions across twelve regional sites and head office.
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Education
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1984 - 1987
The University of Glasgow
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St. Thomas Aquinas Glasgow
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