rofessional Profile
A highly competent I.T. professional offering 15+ years of key experience with proven leadership & project management skills.
Possesses strong hands-on technical skills across various platforms and in open-source technologies.
Comprehensive experience in project planning & budgeting cost control & stakeholder management change & process
management.
Personable, self-motivated & versatile enough to work with diverse groups.
I am above all a team player with an innate ability to lead and motivate individuals in order to form cohesive & highly productive
environments.
Fluent in French, English native both spoken & written & Russian advanced spoken & written .
Academic Record
Professional
Professional Member of the British Computer Society MBCS
PRINCE2 Jan 2005
Tertiary Level
- B.Sc. Hons. 2 1 Computer Science 2001 - University of Hertfordshire, UK
- Diploma in Software Engineering 1989 - 1991 Riga Civil Aviation Engineering Institute, Latvia
- Proficiency in Russian Language 1988 - 1989 Kalinin Polytechnic Institute, Russia
Secondary Level
A-levels 4 As & 1 B O-levels
Work Experience
Technical IT Project Manager - Velocity Worldwide February 2017 - current
Currently managing the delivery of IT projects within the retail industry on behalf of Velocity Worldwide ********
. Velocity WW is a digital marketing company which provides customer engagement & data analytics services to the retail
industry by integrating with POS systems, in-store WiFi, ANPR systems, ComQi media players, iBeacons and other
technologies.
I am responsible for the deployment of & integration with VWW systems across the UK.
IT Programme Manager - MTCnovo February 2016 - October 2016
Managed the delivery of a COTS Case Management System CMS for London & Thames Valley Probation Services as part of
the Government's nationwide programme, Transforming Rehabilitation. The programme involved the integration of MTCnovo's
CMS with the Ministry of Justice's Strategic Partner Gateway. Additionally, managed the Agile development, configuration &
application delivery of a number of associated applications. The role involved the management of 3rd party suppliers,
stakeholders application of appropriate governance & management of risks & issues.
IT Project Manager - MarketHub Technologies December 2014 - February 2016
Accountable for the deployment of MarketHub's solution electronic ticketing & pricing intelligence into M&S UK .
The project involves a managing data migration & mapping from M&S data backend into MarketHub's Azure based
application & storage b liaising with & managing 3rd party resources Tata Consultancy Services for data migration/mapping,
Nostra.ie for infrastructure & imagotag for electronic tickets & RF equipment c running the project based on PRINCE2 d
assisting M&S with building their business case for future roll outs.
Currently project managing the deployment of MarketHub's solution into SPAR stores across the UK.
Involves managing multiple projects on multiple sites liaising & managing 3rd party resources for infrastructure requirements,
data migration & mapping.
IT
Project Manager - Ede & Ravenscroft Feb 2014 - 7 th N
ov 2014
Managed the complete life-cycle deployment of a commercial off-the-shelf photography lab system from Halse Imaging Systems
supplier into my client's photo lab. Conducted requirements capture, options evaluation & final selection followed by PoC,
User Acceptance Testing UAT , delivery, training & handover to BAU.
Established an excellent rapport with the supplier & conducted commercial negotiations the end result was a contract which was
favourable to my client. The project was delivered on target & within budget.
Managed the development of a number of software applications C# Winforms/ASPX/MVC as per Agile Project Management
principles. Managed the full SDLC - from requirements capture, testing, delivery, training and handover to BAU.
Managed a complete overhaul of the schools photography system & processes. Contributed to a marked improvement in
business processes which translated into commercial advantage.
Some of the technologies used during this assignment are Windows servers NFS file servers , MS SQL Server, SharePoint,
Visio, MS-Project & MS Visual Studio.
Pr
oject Manager French-speaking & Level 3 Support Engineer - D
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Feb 2011 - Feb 2014
Provided project management of deployment of DisplayData formerly ZBD Solutions systems across Europe France,
Belgium, the UK, Germany & Russia
Managed & coordinated project resources end-client and/or 3rd party to secure successful deployments worldwide.
Provided advanced technical training/knowledge transfer of the DisplayData solution to technical staff from partner
organisations and/or DisplayData subsidiaries worldwide.
Contributed to the improvement of DisplayData internal processes & procedures formalised software testing
processes improved the delivery of technical training to partners improved the current measurement/charge
consumption procedure deployed a Solr search engine on the internal intranet coded in C#/ASP.NET two of the
released DisplayData software modules .
Coded in C# ASP. NET a client application interfaces with the Bounce API which is available on handheld devices.
Possesses advanced knowledge of data integration work between the DisplayData system and customers' back-office
systems/data sources e.g. MS-SQL Server, Oracle RDMS, XML, MS-Access, MS-Excel, CSV, flat files & SQL
engines with OLEDB interface .
Possesses advanced knowledge of the DisplayData software components and RF application.
Provides technical assistance with level 3 issues on helpdesk.
DisplayData formerly ZBD Solutions is a world leader in the design and supply of next-generation e-paper shelf-
edge labels to the retail industry.
Also ranked Number One Fastest Growing Technology Company in the UK in the 2012 Deloitte Technology Fast 50,
Number 5 in The Sunday Times 2012 Tech Track 100 league table.
Senior Project Manager Infrastructure - Nuffield Health January 2010 - December 2010
Held multi-faceted responsibility within senior IT management tasked with providing IT leadership to promote expansion
through new contracts & commercial business within the health & fitness division at Nuffield Health.
Managed the IT workstream of a nationwide development programme desktop refresh, LAN & WAN upgrade.
Spearheaded the deployment of EPOS systems Club Assistant/DAS SDA ClubCentric - web-based applications Gladstone
MRM and infrastructure LAN/WAN into corporate client sites Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, KPMG, BAML as well as local
authority sites Westminster City Council, Reigate and Banstead Borough Council .
Managed the technical migration from legacy platforms to a web-based thin-client architecture with
Bank of America - technical migration of membership system from Omnis 3 to MS-SQL/web front-end.
BNP Paribas - technical migration of membership system from SportSoft to MS-SQL/web front-end.
The role involved organisational change management process management engagement of stakeholders liaising with and
managing 3rd party suppliers BT, Azzurri, 2e2 & DTX Solutions managing of project staff production of project
documentation as per PRINCE2.
Managed the deployment of PGP whole-disk encryption across multiple domains within the Group produced training
documentation for & trained first-line support.
ICT Workstream Lead - Nuffield Health September 2009 - October 2009
Recommended by Nuffield Health on the basis of a previous contract for a confidential assignment led the ICT Workstream
during the 'due diligence' phase of an acquisition approx 8m . The remit was to ascertain that all ICT elements of the business
infrastructure, hardware/software, SLAs, licences etc. were valid & fit-for-purpose in order for the sale to go ahead.
I.T. Project Manager - Nuffield Health April 2008 - July 2009
Managed the deployment of Scantrack IMS4 & Aumecon Sentinels data-loggers across six decontamination super-centres
HSSU & 35 hospitals nationwide on behalf of Nuffield Health total budget approx. 30 million .
The project involved a the roll-out of voice & data network infrastructure & associated IT equipment into 6 brown-field sites
and b the upgrade of infrastructure & roll-out of new IT equipment on 35 sites along with integration into the 6 super-centres.
The system was delivered on schedule and within budget IT budget approx. 3m i.e. 0.5m per HSSU and associated hospitals .
The project team won the Management Excellence Award at the Buisson & Laing Independent Healthcare Awards 2010.
The project involved organisational change management process management engagement of stakeholders liaising with and
managing 3rd party suppliers BT for WAN & voice, DTX Solutions for LAN/voice cabling, 2e2 for IT equipment management
of project staff production of project documentation as per PRINCE2 drawing up high level design documentation in UML
using MS-Visio .
Assisting Nuffield Health to obtain certification in ISO9001, ISO13485 2003 & EEC Directive 93/42/EEC.
Project Manager - DeconSciences November 2007 - March 2008
At King's College Hospital managed an audit of surgical instruments at King's College Hospital & planned the upgrade of
Scantrack IMS4 decontamination/operating theatre IT system . The project involved organisational change & process
management engagement of stakeholders liaising with and managing 3rd party suppliers managing of project staff production
of project documentation as per PRINCE2.
On the basis of the work done at King's College Hospital, I was recommended to carry out a similar assignment at St. George's
Hospital on behalf of DeconSciences. The project involved organisational change & process management engagement of
stakeholders liaising with and managing 3rd party suppliers...