Experience

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  Green Templeton College, Oxford

  • Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Head Of Information Technology Department

    • Oct 2017 - Apr 2023
    • Oxford, United Kingdom

    Part-time role (2 days per week) as Head of IT for Green Templeton College, an Oxford College in the early stages of implementing a change programme that will include ambitious estates refurbishment. Reporting directly to the Bursar, objectives include running the IT team, producing a strategic plan for future IT requirements while implementing a programme of immediate improvement activity to meet short term challenges and mid-term demands.

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  None

  • Home

  • Career break

    • May 2017 - Sep 2017
    • Home

    Decided to take time off to reconnect with family life, do lots of DIY and become a Grandfather!

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  Major Defence Engineering Company

  • United Kingdom
  • Defense and Space Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Deputy CIO

    • Jul 2016 - Apr 2017

    Working directly to the CIO I am responsibility for the delivery of Live Information Services within the organisation as well running the IS Optimisation Programme - part of the Corporate Change Programme. As part of the CIO's senior leadership team I play a key role in the formation of ICT strategy and management of change within the organisational unit.

  • Program Director

    • Sep 2014 - Jun 2016

    Working directly to the CIO I am responsibility for the delivery of a significant Information Services Optimisation programme. This includes a comprehensive ICT infrastructure refresh with associated Cyber Security and Information / Knowledge Management programmes. This forms part of the Corporate Change Programme and plays a key role in enabling delivery of beneficial outcomes across the entire organisation.As part of the CIO's senior leadership team I play a key role in the formation of ICT strategy and management of change within the organisational unit.

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  Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Head of Information Engineering

    • 2002 - Sep 2014
    • London, United Kingdom

    • Deputy director and Head of Information Engineering (2008-present): Responsibly for ICT engineering including networks, infrastructure, security and audit, and applications with global remit. Executive officer (SRO) responsible for programme delivering new highly secure remote data centre • Worked on cross Government technical collaboration programme delivering £100M+ savings between 2010 – 2014• Developed workforce and sourcing strategy for Information Services• Head of profession for engineering• US technical Liaison Officer (2006-2008): Posted to Washington DC as senior technical liaison officer representing FCO and UK Agencies• Head of Operational Technology Programme (2002-2006): Lead for £20M+ technical programme focussing on delivery of mission supporting technology

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  Nortel Networks

  • Harlow Essex UK

  • Software Release Manager

    • 2000 - 2002
    • Harlow Essex UK

    • Lead team of 30+ UK based engineers delivering new features and fixes into scheduled telecoms switch software releases• Successfully managed 3 main releases of Nortel Packet Voice Gateway (PVG) product• Transformed Nortel PVG release management process and organisation increasing effectiveness and providing better visibility to senior managers• Gained experience of working in highly competitive telecoms industry delivering IP based products

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  HMGCC

  • Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

  • Research and Development Engineer

    • 1983 - 2000
    • Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    • Worked as electronic engineer on R&D projects specialising in development of embedded software and digital signal processing• Gained experience of running projects and managing staff and teams• Headed up mainline communications development laboratory (20+ staff)