Experience

Reachal Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Software Development

• Owner

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  Cardiff, United Kingdom Developing software to improve the efficiency and understanding of business. Delivering cost benefit analysis to support decision making, business change, portfolio management and business cases. Ensuring that portfolio, benefit and business change activities are aligned and integrated to deliver value.



Athensys

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Co-Founder

  • Apr 2019 - Present

  Cardiff, United Kingdom As an experienced entrepreneur, computer scientist and major projects consultant, Kevin has an excellent understanding of why so many complex technology projects fail in both the public and private sectors, losing millions of investors' money (taxpayer and shareholder) day by day, month by month, year on year. Co-founding the software company Athensys with Ben Sissons, a top computer science engineer, and Sophie Newbould, a highly experienced projects lawyer, products that have a… Show more As an experienced entrepreneur, computer scientist and major projects consultant, Kevin has an excellent understanding of why so many complex technology projects fail in both the public and private sectors, losing millions of investors' money (taxpayer and shareholder) day by day, month by month, year on year. Co-founding the software company Athensys with Ben Sissons, a top computer science engineer, and Sophie Newbould, a highly experienced projects lawyer, products that have a powerful and welcome impact on complex programmes and transformation are now being built. Programme staff and/or their advisors are trained to use the tooling and realise the wider impact benefits. Our flagship product DeliveryBridge is already being used to improve the management of £2blln worth of public contract spend. Described by one senior MOD officer as the "step-change in the arms race between the customer and supplier", DeliveryBridge is the product you want on your side. Show less



BRM Fusion Ltd.

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Director, CTO and Engineering Lead

  • Sep 2010 - May 2016

  Cardiff, United Kingdom Producing benefits maps for numerous clients, and ensuring a benefits led focus to all business changes and decisions. Migrated the deployment, education and licensing systems to highly scalable cloud based systems. Managing the development and support teams, plus consolidating numerous separate systems to reduce waste and increase efficiency.



Velindre NHS Trust and Cardiff University

• Business analyst / Research scientist

  • Oct 2008 - Apr 2014

  Working as a member of the knowledge and information systems research group in Cardiff University to model current chronic illness patient education practice within tertiary and primary care, to move from an information provision model of patient education to a comprehensive individual focused learning model. Used interviews, document analysis and interviews of all stakeholders to develop models of current processes. Used SSM to explore the gap between the intention of patient education… Show more Working as a member of the knowledge and information systems research group in Cardiff University to model current chronic illness patient education practice within tertiary and primary care, to move from an information provision model of patient education to a comprehensive individual focused learning model. Used interviews, document analysis and interviews of all stakeholders to develop models of current processes. Used SSM to explore the gap between the intention of patient education, and current practice. Created a framework to develop education schemes and processes using UML (and concept cartoons) for visualisation. Conducted requirements analysis and prototyping of information systems to facilitate patient education, based on the evidence from research. Presented excellent quality research at international conferences throughout the world. Show less



Velindre NHS Trust

• Business Analyst / Researcher

  • Oct 2007 - Sep 2008

  Trust is responsible for the CaNISC system, holding cancer patient and management data for Wales. The trust is carrying out an ongoing program to improve Welsh cancer care, and comply with rapidly changing strategic targets through an ongoing program of process and systems enhancements. Responsible for designing a clinical outcomes dataset and collection system to achieve compliance with the requirements of the All Wales Core Cancer Data Set. Ensured that clinical requirements were met… Show more Trust is responsible for the CaNISC system, holding cancer patient and management data for Wales. The trust is carrying out an ongoing program to improve Welsh cancer care, and comply with rapidly changing strategic targets through an ongoing program of process and systems enhancements. Responsible for designing a clinical outcomes dataset and collection system to achieve compliance with the requirements of the All Wales Core Cancer Data Set. Ensured that clinical requirements were met, and strategic objectives realised, through negotiation and conflict resolution with senior staff. Developed a full stakeholder group of clinicians, managers and informaticians to ensure the collection of high quality data was embedded within the clinicians' workflow rather than an additional burden. Show less



Monmouthshire County Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Dida Implementation Committee Chair

  • Sep 2006 - Aug 2007

  Chaired the DiDA implementation committee for Monmouthshire, leading a team of senior ICT specialists through the year long process of researching and establishing the new qualification in all secondary schools and colleges in Monmouthshire. • Secured support and buy in from multiple disparate organisations to define and fulfil the requirements of the new qualification for implementation across many different age and ability levels. • Developed a comprehensive range of materials including… Show more Chaired the DiDA implementation committee for Monmouthshire, leading a team of senior ICT specialists through the year long process of researching and establishing the new qualification in all secondary schools and colleges in Monmouthshire. • Secured support and buy in from multiple disparate organisations to define and fulfil the requirements of the new qualification for implementation across many different age and ability levels. • Developed a comprehensive range of materials including learning resources, training, support documentation, assessment processes and quality control processes. • Managed the creation of E-learning modules within the Blackboard and Moodle Learning Management Systems, along with integrated assessment processes for inter-organisational establishment of quality control and benchmarking. Show less



Caldicot School

• United Kingdom
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher of ICT / Deputy Assessment Manager

  • Sep 2003 - Aug 2006

  Taught a 50% A Level ICT workload as one of two ICT specialists within the school. Implemented the new WJEC A-Level in ICT, from requirements analysis to implementation and maintenance. Created a Moodle Learning Management System for the ICT department, including A1 and A2 modules with integrated assessment. Trained staff and pupils on education and assessment within the E-learning environment. Worked as deputy assessment manager, consulting with all departments to explicitly map… Show more Taught a 50% A Level ICT workload as one of two ICT specialists within the school. Implemented the new WJEC A-Level in ICT, from requirements analysis to implementation and maintenance. Created a Moodle Learning Management System for the ICT department, including A1 and A2 modules with integrated assessment. Trained staff and pupils on education and assessment within the E-learning environment. Worked as deputy assessment manager, consulting with all departments to explicitly map individual departmental assessment processes to the new national standards. Show less