Executive Profile

Key Skills & Business Capabilities

  • Programme Governance, Controls & Reporting
  • Financial Management & Control (Opex & Revenue)
  • Change and Risk Management
  • Business Cases and Benefits Realisation
  • Stakeholder Management and Engagement
  • Business Development and Bid Management
  • Cultural Dynamics & Embedding Cultural Change
  • Matrix organisations of 300+ personnel
  • Vendor & Supplier Management; On & Off Shoring
  • IT, Technology and Business Alignment
  • Technology Evaluation, Review & Selection
  • Contract Changes and Driving Add-On Sales
  • Infrastructure Transformation Design & Build
  • Data and Operational Control Centres
  • Software and Systems Development
  • Managing Development Teams of 150+ Staff

Technical Expertise

  • Business Architecture, Solutions and Platforms
  • Systems Infrastructure; Specification and Build
  • Networks; Data, Voice and Security Architecture
  • Systems Security; Specification and Compliance
  • Software & Systems Development 9Agile & DevOps)
  • Virtualisation; SDDC, Networks, Cloud Solutions
  • Systems Delivery, Integration & Migration
  • Satellite Communications & Management Systems

Career Summary

Aug 2016 to Current
Freelance - Current Contract: Programme Director - Ericsson

Jul-17 - Current: Programme Director - Ericsson Oct-17 - May-18: Consultant - NDA

Nov 2013 to July 2016
Programme Manager - Airbus

Programme Manager for the GCS (Galileo Control Segment) programme a €200M infrastructure, systems & software development contract to provide prime operation centres in Germany and Italy providing full sub-system and geographical redundancy, 6 remote sites deployed across the world in European territories all inter-connected over a fault tolerant high grade secure global network with portals in European manufacturing and test facilities.

July 2009 to Nov 2013
Technical Programme Manager - Airbus (Astrium)

Technical Programme Manager for the YahSat programme a $1.8 billion partnership between Astrium & Thales to deliver an end-end commercial & military secure satellite communication solution for the UAE, including; data centres, operational control centres and high grade secure data and VoIP networks with full integration into terrestrial networks and GSM.

Jan 2007 to Jul 2009
Technical Programme Manager - Airbus (Paradigm)

Technical Programme Manager for the Skynet 5 programme a £3.6 billion PFI to deliver managed military communication services to the UK MoD, including the delivery of hardened satellites, ground stations, communication networks and integrated network management systems to provide service provisioning, service assurance & billing.

Sep 1991 to Jan 2007
Systems Consultant

Systems Consultant with a portfolio FTS-250 corporates clients across diverse market sectors, providing programme and project management, ICT & Infrastructure transformation, systems design & development, implementation and technology transformation expertise. Some of the clients included;

Mar 1989 to Sept 1991
Director of IT - CPT (UK)Ltd

CPT (UK) specialised in Office Automation & Imaging Systems. Director of IT responsible for Support, Training & Engineering Divisions, comprising of 50+ personnel, with an annual budget of £4(m).

Mar 1988 to Mar 1989
Senior Systems Analyst - Towers Perrin

Jan 1987 to Mar 1988
Technical Support Manager - Bain Clarkson