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| Overview: | 20+ years experience and success in project management and design/development of technology-enhanced learning/communication solutions for implementation in UK, Europe and globally. | |
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SkillsCV
| Skills ▪ Project management (multiple concurrent projects up to £310k each; PMI PMBOK) ▪ Cost centre management (total projects value approaching £1m p.a.) ▪ Pre-sales support (including customer-facing) ▪ Generating detailed statements of work, specifications of design, functionality ▪ Contracting and management of out-source and off-shore suppliers ▪ Needs analysis ▪ Instructional design IT applications ▪ Certified OnDemand and Knowledge Pathways developer ▪ Expert user of MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint ▪ Regular user of MS Project, MS Visio, MS FrontPage / Expression Web, Adobe PhotoShop and SoundForge ▪ Familiar with XML, HTML, CSS coding; design and implementation of web-sites; use of databases, Flash and Visual Studio. |
Employment History
(2007 & ongoing)
Project Manager / Project Consultant (contractor)
Currently 2 clients, 1 involving process management consultancy and 1 as Project Manager.
(2004 to 2007)
Director, Service Delivery; Project Manager / Project Consultant
Helped establish the company from scratch. Responsible for developing and maintaining the company’s service delivery capabilities, providing consultancy in support of business development, overseeing all project activity; project management of specific solutions.
(2000 to 2004)
Head of Project Management
Apex Interactive LtdResponsible for developing and maintaining Apex’s project management capabilities, providing consultancy in support of national and international business development, overseeing all project activity and for project management of specific solutions.
(1997 to 2000)
Project Manager & Project Consultant
Global Knowledge Network (UK)Responsible for providing consultancy in support of national and international business development, and project management of specific solutions. Webmaster / web development manager for UK and Ireland web-sites.
(1996 to 1997)
Project & Cost-Centre Manager
Global Knowledge Network (Corporate)Responsible for providing consultancy in support of national and international business development, and project management of specific solutions. Also responsible for the overall operational cost management of the Service Centre. In addition to bespoke customer projects, the Multimedia Service Centre developed award winning computer-based training (CBT) products and established design and development standards for the company.
(1995 to 1996)
Project Manager and Cost-Centre Mgr
Digital Equipment Co. LtdSpecialising in the design and development of multimedia solutions to support Digital’s internal and customer projects. Responsible for the overall operational cost management of the Multimedia Team.
(1994 to 1995)
Project Manager and Designer
Digital Equipment Co. Ltd.Specialising in the design and development of multimedia solutions to support Digital’s internal and customer projects.
(1991 to 1994)
Executive Producer - European Business TV Programme Office
Digital Equipment CompanyResponsible for the production of programmes for broadcast over Digital’s European business television network, used primarily for training and internal communications, but also to support customer projects, notably an international product launch for Applicon/Schlumberger, and an interactive training event for Rank Xerox. The role included responsibility for promoting the effective use of the medium, for providing production resources for programme development and transmission, and quality management. Responsible in 1993/4 for cost-centre control.
(1989 to 1991)
Unit Manager (Level 9)
Digital Equipment Co. Ltd.Responsible for the overall business and project management activities in support of training solution design and development for Digital’s training programmes. The unit comprised a team of 10 Project Managers / Course Developers.
(1986 to 1989)
Unit Manager, Snr Course Developer
Digital Equipment Co. LtdResponsible for a team of 5 Project Managers / Course Developers designing and developing training solutions for Digital’s European sales training programmes.
Professional Qualifications
| Diploma, TEFL, Royal Society of Arts Prep. Cert., TEFL, Royal Society of Arts B.A. Honours degree, Environmental Sciences, University of Lancaster Training received Formal company training (excerpts, past 20 years): OnDemand v.9.1 Content Developer Knowledge Pathways Developer/Manager Fast Track Work Analysis Workshop Consulting Approach ISO9000 Awareness Projects Business Overview Targeted Selection Learning Styles DEC Management Modules 1, 2, 3 Time Manager Persuasive Presentations SPIN (sales training overview) Effective Technical Writing Working in Teams (for Project Members) Project Management Workshop Instructional Design Self taught (excerpts, past 20 years): MS Project MS Word MS Excel MS PowerPoint MS Access MS Visio MS Front Page MS Expression Web Adobe PhotoShop SoundForge XML, HTML, CSS Director, Lingo Visual Studio Video Machine (on MAC) |
Education
Notable achievements
| ▪ Directed the service delivery side of the company’s business (operations, resourcing, outsourcing, off-shoring) including the successful delivery of all projects, to agreed timescales and budgets, and maintained full control of all external project costs within annual budgetary limits. Also responsible for company premises, and (in tandem with another Director) IT strategy and implementation. ▪ Provided consultancy for the review and improvement of process management practice in a very large organization, and the subsequent implementation of Control 2007 process management software. ▪ Established project management best practice for Apex Interactive (designer and developer of bespoke e-learning) and defined (as part of a self-managed team) the multimedia design and development process for Global Knowledge. ▪ Project managed numerous projects of various types, including: 14 hours of e-learning, with code development off-shored to India, for a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies; contributed significantly to the design design and development of situational judgement tests for on-line delivery on behalf of an international medical technology company software development of tools for automatic marking of situational judgement tests using the M-L model (paper-based and on-line) for the largest quoted residential property owner in the UK, multiple projects ranging from complex scenario-based e-learning programmes through consulting / analysis projects to ILT design and delivery the design and development of internet/intranet-delivered application training, sales training, awareness material and engineering information resources. ▪ Developed management and analysis tools including for costing, tracking and managing projects, for first-pass estimating of multimedia solution costs, and for survey analyses. ▪ Provided consultancy on the re-development of Global Knowledge’s UK and Ireland web-sites and to BA on the design and development processes in respect of multimedia training. ▪ Managed Digital Equipment Corporation’s multimedia design and development group cost-centre (1995 to 1997) and the European Business TV Programme Office (1993 to 1994). ▪ Presented as guest speaker at the World Open Learning for Business Conference (1997) on the subject of available technologies for open learning, and at the first UK Business Television User Group conference (1993). |
Categories & Skills
Education and Research
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- SC (Security Clearance)
HR/Training & Development
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Skills
- Course Material Development (Training & Development)
- E-Learning (Training & Development)
- SC (Security Clearance)
- Software Experience
IT & Internet
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- Mapping (Process)
- Process (Project Management)
- Project Management (Project Management)
Management Consultancy
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- Full Project Lifecycle (Project Consultancy)
- Internet (Project Consultancy)
- Intranet (Project Consultancy)
- Large Company - UK
- Managing Suppliers (Project Consultancy)
- Media (Project Consultancy)
- Multiple Projects (Project Consultancy)
- Offshore Development (Project Consultancy)
- Process Change (Project Consultancy)
- Project Initiation Document (Project Consultancy)
- Project Management (Project Consultancy)
- SC (Security Clearance)
- Training (Project Consultancy)
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