Torben Cook

Client Delivery Manager at Tech City Teams
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Waterlooville, England, United Kingdom, UK

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Rebecca Hancock

Torben is both conscientious and likeable. He is a pleasure to work with and routinely goes over and above in his efforts to deliver. Torben is always keen to learn and engage with the client and supports the team around him.

Morena Fiore-Kirby

Torben is an excellent project manager. Nothing is ever an issue with him, he's always there to support all team members and solve any blockers. His upbeat personality and humour are a great addition to any teams. I really enjoyed working with Torben and hope our paths will cross again soon!

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Client Delivery Manager
      • Jun 2023 - Present

      Responsibilities included; This was a short term role with the goal of establishing the Agency Agile way of working. The aim was to improve productivity to meet a challenging roadmap of work with the view of unlocking further budget. The role involved setting up the tools, coaching and mentoring the team in the way of working. I was also responsible for the delivery of work and the management of the client relationship while supporting the project sprint team and facilitating sprint… Show more Responsibilities included; This was a short term role with the goal of establishing the Agency Agile way of working. The aim was to improve productivity to meet a challenging roadmap of work with the view of unlocking further budget. The role involved setting up the tools, coaching and mentoring the team in the way of working. I was also responsible for the delivery of work and the management of the client relationship while supporting the project sprint team and facilitating sprint ceremonies. Achievements include: Delivered the roadmap successfully unlocking the next wave of budget. The Agency Agile way of working has been successfully adopted by the team at TCT and by the client which improved productivity and team morale. Mentoring and coaching team members to support them so they can work more efficiently. Encouraged and helped to build a collaborative environment where the team felt they had input into the way of working which improved ownership of the process. Delivered incremental improvements with the team to make sure we’re always improving. Building strong relationships with the clients and ensuring that the way of working seamlessly integrates with their business practices. Show less Responsibilities included; This was a short term role with the goal of establishing the Agency Agile way of working. The aim was to improve productivity to meet a challenging roadmap of work with the view of unlocking further budget. The role involved setting up the tools, coaching and mentoring the team in the way of working. I was also responsible for the delivery of work and the management of the client relationship while supporting the project sprint team and facilitating sprint… Show more Responsibilities included; This was a short term role with the goal of establishing the Agency Agile way of working. The aim was to improve productivity to meet a challenging roadmap of work with the view of unlocking further budget. The role involved setting up the tools, coaching and mentoring the team in the way of working. I was also responsible for the delivery of work and the management of the client relationship while supporting the project sprint team and facilitating sprint ceremonies. Achievements include: Delivered the roadmap successfully unlocking the next wave of budget. The Agency Agile way of working has been successfully adopted by the team at TCT and by the client which improved productivity and team morale. Mentoring and coaching team members to support them so they can work more efficiently. Encouraged and helped to build a collaborative environment where the team felt they had input into the way of working which improved ownership of the process. Delivered incremental improvements with the team to make sure we’re always improving. Building strong relationships with the clients and ensuring that the way of working seamlessly integrates with their business practices. Show less

    • Senior Project Manager
      • Mar 2021 - Jun 2023

      Responsibilities included; Facilitating and assisting with the implementation of a new way of working using Agile techniques and tools. Refining processes and approaches for working remotely. Supporting the project sprint teams and facilitating sprint ceremonies. Resource management. Ensuring sprint goals are met. Managing client relationships and delivering against their roadmaps. Achievements include: Supporting the Project Management team with the new ways of working involving… Show more Responsibilities included; Facilitating and assisting with the implementation of a new way of working using Agile techniques and tools. Refining processes and approaches for working remotely. Supporting the project sprint teams and facilitating sprint ceremonies. Resource management. Ensuring sprint goals are met. Managing client relationships and delivering against their roadmaps. Achievements include: Supporting the Project Management team with the new ways of working involving Agile techniques. Reviewing and refining the ways of working for continual improvement and to meet the varying needs of clients. Mentoring new members to the Project Management team enabling them to be onboarded quickly. Refining remote working processes to reduce the management overhead of all people using them. Managing multiple client’s ecommerce roadmaps. Regularly achieving ‘green’ sprints, where the sprint goals were met. Building strong relationships with the clients to ensure we worked as a partnership. Building strong, productive and happy sprint teams. Show less Responsibilities included; Facilitating and assisting with the implementation of a new way of working using Agile techniques and tools. Refining processes and approaches for working remotely. Supporting the project sprint teams and facilitating sprint ceremonies. Resource management. Ensuring sprint goals are met. Managing client relationships and delivering against their roadmaps. Achievements include: Supporting the Project Management team with the new ways of working involving… Show more Responsibilities included; Facilitating and assisting with the implementation of a new way of working using Agile techniques and tools. Refining processes and approaches for working remotely. Supporting the project sprint teams and facilitating sprint ceremonies. Resource management. Ensuring sprint goals are met. Managing client relationships and delivering against their roadmaps. Achievements include: Supporting the Project Management team with the new ways of working involving Agile techniques. Reviewing and refining the ways of working for continual improvement and to meet the varying needs of clients. Mentoring new members to the Project Management team enabling them to be onboarded quickly. Refining remote working processes to reduce the management overhead of all people using them. Managing multiple client’s ecommerce roadmaps. Regularly achieving ‘green’ sprints, where the sprint goals were met. Building strong relationships with the clients to ensure we worked as a partnership. Building strong, productive and happy sprint teams. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Farming
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior Project Manager
      • Nov 2019 - Mar 2021

      Responsibilities included; managing and supporting a delivery team for the re-platforming of a new website with a complex data migration. Managing the time plan with a number of integrating third parties and being the lead for the programme of work. Reporting project status to both internal and external stakeholders. Resource management and ensuring strict company/regulatory policy was followed. Supporting the project team. Achievements include: Delivering a new bespoke website on a… Show more Responsibilities included; managing and supporting a delivery team for the re-platforming of a new website with a complex data migration. Managing the time plan with a number of integrating third parties and being the lead for the programme of work. Reporting project status to both internal and external stakeholders. Resource management and ensuring strict company/regulatory policy was followed. Supporting the project team. Achievements include: Delivering a new bespoke website on a new platform. Implementing Agile techniques/practices into a previously waterfall business. Mentoring the Project Management team and new team members. Introducing a new more rigorous QA process and raised the profile of QA in the business. Documenting processes where there had previously been none. Facilitating roadmapping sessions to understand the requirements and scope of a project. Facilitating Agile ceremonies Show less Responsibilities included; managing and supporting a delivery team for the re-platforming of a new website with a complex data migration. Managing the time plan with a number of integrating third parties and being the lead for the programme of work. Reporting project status to both internal and external stakeholders. Resource management and ensuring strict company/regulatory policy was followed. Supporting the project team. Achievements include: Delivering a new bespoke website on a… Show more Responsibilities included; managing and supporting a delivery team for the re-platforming of a new website with a complex data migration. Managing the time plan with a number of integrating third parties and being the lead for the programme of work. Reporting project status to both internal and external stakeholders. Resource management and ensuring strict company/regulatory policy was followed. Supporting the project team. Achievements include: Delivering a new bespoke website on a new platform. Implementing Agile techniques/practices into a previously waterfall business. Mentoring the Project Management team and new team members. Introducing a new more rigorous QA process and raised the profile of QA in the business. Documenting processes where there had previously been none. Facilitating roadmapping sessions to understand the requirements and scope of a project. Facilitating Agile ceremonies Show less

    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Manager
      • Jan 2018 - Nov 2019

      Responsibilities included; managing and supporting a scrum team for the delivery of new features for a leading international optical healthcare e-Commence site, client point of contact and working with a number of third party agencies (design and digital performance marketing). - The website covered 11 territories internationally and the feature developments that we implemented resulted with increased conversions and revenue. - Managed the successful roll out of a new version of the… Show more Responsibilities included; managing and supporting a scrum team for the delivery of new features for a leading international optical healthcare e-Commence site, client point of contact and working with a number of third party agencies (design and digital performance marketing). - The website covered 11 territories internationally and the feature developments that we implemented resulted with increased conversions and revenue. - Managed the successful roll out of a new version of the product to 4 territories. - Managed a scrum team, building a strong team with honest and open communication. - Developed strong relationships with the client and interacting third parties to create 'one team' this helped to break down barriers and create strong, effective lines of communication. - Reviewed working practices and processes in a collaborative way which helped to improve lines of communication and increase team velocity. Show less Responsibilities included; managing and supporting a scrum team for the delivery of new features for a leading international optical healthcare e-Commence site, client point of contact and working with a number of third party agencies (design and digital performance marketing). - The website covered 11 territories internationally and the feature developments that we implemented resulted with increased conversions and revenue. - Managed the successful roll out of a new version of the… Show more Responsibilities included; managing and supporting a scrum team for the delivery of new features for a leading international optical healthcare e-Commence site, client point of contact and working with a number of third party agencies (design and digital performance marketing). - The website covered 11 territories internationally and the feature developments that we implemented resulted with increased conversions and revenue. - Managed the successful roll out of a new version of the product to 4 territories. - Managed a scrum team, building a strong team with honest and open communication. - Developed strong relationships with the client and interacting third parties to create 'one team' this helped to break down barriers and create strong, effective lines of communication. - Reviewed working practices and processes in a collaborative way which helped to improve lines of communication and increase team velocity. Show less

    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • Digital Project Manager
      • Jan 2013 - Jan 2018

      Over the past three years my role as a Project Manager has blended into a Project Manager/Account Manager role. The experienced gained through this has provided me with a greater breadth of skills in developing client relationships that are more long term than by a project by project basis. The increased exposure with clients is something that I have both enjoyed and found useful in gaining a better understanding of what they do. Experience: Project management; -… Show more Over the past three years my role as a Project Manager has blended into a Project Manager/Account Manager role. The experienced gained through this has provided me with a greater breadth of skills in developing client relationships that are more long term than by a project by project basis. The increased exposure with clients is something that I have both enjoyed and found useful in gaining a better understanding of what they do. Experience: Project management; - Successfully delivered a number of web development projects on a variety of CMS platforms - A good problem solver - Manages the agency resource and scheduling - Project estimate development Maintenance and support management; - Manages the flow of support and maintenance tasks through the agency - Ensures SLAs are consistently met - Possess strong prioritisation skills by understanding the client's business - Develops maintenance and support agreements inline with client's requirements Account management; - Client focussed and have developed/managed strong client relationships - Generates further work/projects through strong client relationships - Develops good understanding of the client's business to better meet their needs - Manages the expectations of clients through honest, open and clear communication - Communicates technical topics in a way that non-technical clients can understand - Manages budgets and invoicing Tools - Basecamp, project collaboration tool - Trello, project collaboration tool - CMAP, project managment, resourcing, time sheets, invoicing, estimating - Freshdesk, ticketing system Show less Over the past three years my role as a Project Manager has blended into a Project Manager/Account Manager role. The experienced gained through this has provided me with a greater breadth of skills in developing client relationships that are more long term than by a project by project basis. The increased exposure with clients is something that I have both enjoyed and found useful in gaining a better understanding of what they do. Experience: Project management; -… Show more Over the past three years my role as a Project Manager has blended into a Project Manager/Account Manager role. The experienced gained through this has provided me with a greater breadth of skills in developing client relationships that are more long term than by a project by project basis. The increased exposure with clients is something that I have both enjoyed and found useful in gaining a better understanding of what they do. Experience: Project management; - Successfully delivered a number of web development projects on a variety of CMS platforms - A good problem solver - Manages the agency resource and scheduling - Project estimate development Maintenance and support management; - Manages the flow of support and maintenance tasks through the agency - Ensures SLAs are consistently met - Possess strong prioritisation skills by understanding the client's business - Develops maintenance and support agreements inline with client's requirements Account management; - Client focussed and have developed/managed strong client relationships - Generates further work/projects through strong client relationships - Develops good understanding of the client's business to better meet their needs - Manages the expectations of clients through honest, open and clear communication - Communicates technical topics in a way that non-technical clients can understand - Manages budgets and invoicing Tools - Basecamp, project collaboration tool - Trello, project collaboration tool - CMAP, project managment, resourcing, time sheets, invoicing, estimating - Freshdesk, ticketing system Show less

    • India
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • Production Manager
      • Feb 2008 - Nov 2012

      - Project managed a number of web and mobile technology solutions. Successfully translating clients needs into system requirements to provide accurate solutions. - Managed multiple film and journalist teams to provide conference highlights from the major international medical conferences. - Produced, directed and edited a series of consumer health videos for the UK's leading independent health website. - Project managed a number of video productions ensuring delivery to agreed time… Show more - Project managed a number of web and mobile technology solutions. Successfully translating clients needs into system requirements to provide accurate solutions. - Managed multiple film and journalist teams to provide conference highlights from the major international medical conferences. - Produced, directed and edited a series of consumer health videos for the UK's leading independent health website. - Project managed a number of video productions ensuring delivery to agreed time lines mainly in the medical and pharmaceutical industry. These consist of live webcasting, panel discussions, KOL interviews and producing educational content (lectures). - Managed video production teams, developers and designers consisting of both permanent and freelance staff. - Developed good knowledge in a number of creative software packages, Final cut pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks, - Adobe After Effects, video encoding software, Storyboarding software. - Developed good working relationships with customers, listening to their needs and translating them into requirements for the technical development teams. - Good problem solving skills. - ABPI trained Show less - Project managed a number of web and mobile technology solutions. Successfully translating clients needs into system requirements to provide accurate solutions. - Managed multiple film and journalist teams to provide conference highlights from the major international medical conferences. - Produced, directed and edited a series of consumer health videos for the UK's leading independent health website. - Project managed a number of video productions ensuring delivery to agreed time… Show more - Project managed a number of web and mobile technology solutions. Successfully translating clients needs into system requirements to provide accurate solutions. - Managed multiple film and journalist teams to provide conference highlights from the major international medical conferences. - Produced, directed and edited a series of consumer health videos for the UK's leading independent health website. - Project managed a number of video productions ensuring delivery to agreed time lines mainly in the medical and pharmaceutical industry. These consist of live webcasting, panel discussions, KOL interviews and producing educational content (lectures). - Managed video production teams, developers and designers consisting of both permanent and freelance staff. - Developed good knowledge in a number of creative software packages, Final cut pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks, - Adobe After Effects, video encoding software, Storyboarding software. - Developed good working relationships with customers, listening to their needs and translating them into requirements for the technical development teams. - Good problem solving skills. - ABPI trained Show less

    • Systems Analyst
      • Jul 2002 - Jan 2008

      - Supported/maintained Finance, HR, Legal and Corporate Affairs systems in the UK (62 systems). - Supported 40 affiliate Internet/Intranet sites across Europe. - Expert for Europe for content management system (Nitro). - Expert for the UK on all Financial and HR system interfaces with SAP. - Planned and implemented software upgrades and new software installations. - Developed and implemented website enhancements and modifications. - Planned and implemented patches for bug… Show more - Supported/maintained Finance, HR, Legal and Corporate Affairs systems in the UK (62 systems). - Supported 40 affiliate Internet/Intranet sites across Europe. - Expert for Europe for content management system (Nitro). - Expert for the UK on all Financial and HR system interfaces with SAP. - Planned and implemented software upgrades and new software installations. - Developed and implemented website enhancements and modifications. - Planned and implemented patches for bug fixing. - Planned and implemented controls on financial systems to successfully exceed requirements of a Sarbanes Oxley audit. - Managed and project planned the development of a salary planning solution for the UK affiliate. - Developed and trained a Change Management Process across Europe. - Created and maintained validation documentation in a highly regulated environment. - Planned and executed Periodic Reviews of Validation Documentation. - Developed and trained SOPs. - Developed and executed test cases/scripts. Show less - Supported/maintained Finance, HR, Legal and Corporate Affairs systems in the UK (62 systems). - Supported 40 affiliate Internet/Intranet sites across Europe. - Expert for Europe for content management system (Nitro). - Expert for the UK on all Financial and HR system interfaces with SAP. - Planned and implemented software upgrades and new software installations. - Developed and implemented website enhancements and modifications. - Planned and implemented patches for bug… Show more - Supported/maintained Finance, HR, Legal and Corporate Affairs systems in the UK (62 systems). - Supported 40 affiliate Internet/Intranet sites across Europe. - Expert for Europe for content management system (Nitro). - Expert for the UK on all Financial and HR system interfaces with SAP. - Planned and implemented software upgrades and new software installations. - Developed and implemented website enhancements and modifications. - Planned and implemented patches for bug fixing. - Planned and implemented controls on financial systems to successfully exceed requirements of a Sarbanes Oxley audit. - Managed and project planned the development of a salary planning solution for the UK affiliate. - Developed and trained a Change Management Process across Europe. - Created and maintained validation documentation in a highly regulated environment. - Planned and executed Periodic Reviews of Validation Documentation. - Developed and trained SOPs. - Developed and executed test cases/scripts. Show less

Education

  • Kingston University
    BSc (Hons), Computer Information Systems Design
    1998 - 2002

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