Dan Smith, Senior Delivery Manager

Dan Smith

Senior Delivery Manager

Office for National Statistics

Lieu
Royaume Uni - London
Éducation
Diplôme, Telecommunication and Information Technology
Expérience
17 years, 5 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :17 years, 5 Mois

Senior Delivery Manager à Office for National Statistics
  • Royaume Uni - London
  • Je travaille ici depuis décembre 2018

The ONS Secure Reasarch Service (SRS) programme aimed to provide a modern digital shop front for researchers to access and apply for access to statistical information. It achieves this by ensuring the back-end and secure data storage platform is fit for purpose. Compliance with DEAE, GDPR, ONS Security and regulatory obligations were met. 300+ projects, users accounts and security details were migrated from legacy platform and archive of 12Tb of data to the AWS platform and accessed at the front end through a state of the art Shop Front tool, bespoke for ONS requirements.
• Build and manage the plan to gather requirements, build user prototypes, lead the development of Outreach as a service, migrate all data and complete transformation into BAU.
• Manage supplier Nomensa through the prototyping of each sprint.
• Manage supplier Equiniti Top Level through development and build of Outreach as a service through each sprint.
• Manage all requirements gathering, with internal and external Business Analysts
• Deliver Management Information Metrics and deliver live reporting metrics via; Google Analytics, PowerBI and other UK Government tools.
• Execute legacy Data Migration to both SRS and platform; 300+ projects
• Proactively manage dependencies, overcome obstacles and get the best value against any constraints
• Manage risks and associated budget
• Control and organise Amazon Web Services (AWS), secure data transfer and uploads
• Implement SCRUM, Agile & Waterfall delivery methods where appropriate and best suited
• Comply with the Digital Economy Act, GDPR Compliance and UK Government Security Regulations.
• Report delivery to directors of ONS with supporting documentation and day2day delivery managed on Jira & Confluence, Slack & .mpp

Senior Business Change Manager à Atomic Weapons Establishment
  • Royaume Uni - London
  • juin 2017 à avril 2018

Project Ozone is the roll-out of Laptops & Desktops to circa 7000 staff. The implementation of Office 365 and security measures within the Agile environment and adhering to ITIL practices. Responsible for reporting to SLT on real-time deployment data, user experience and adoption metrics. Also supported policy writing, guidance and user reference notes. Deployment data analysis, deep dive daily reviews and dashboard creation.
• Power BI & Service Now implementation and delivery.
• Efficiency identification and promotion
• Programme dynamic control and progress assessment management
• Data reporting metric creation - Dashboard production and explanation to Senior Leadership Team
• Back-end data-set generation and front-end output management
• Reporting framework control and communication including process writing and management
• User experience model creation and management
• Supported Floorwalkers and Training team
• Resource model profiling and projection framework delivery
• Service Now, PowerBI and Excel data-set reporting single point of contact and output management
• Policy Guidance and user reference writing

Senior Business Change lead à Ricoh
  • Royaume Uni - London
  • mai 2016 à juin 2017

Responsible for Technical Security and IP Operations hardware rationalization delivery. Migrating legacy, unsupported end of life Firewalls and their applications to new Juniper & Fortinet Firewalls. Supporting the customers IP Security
transformation programme, improving Vodafone UK estate stability and architecture to meet future consumer demands, within the Agile environment.
• E2E Migration delivery management; Firewall candidate qualification, migration and BAU handover.
• IT, IP Operations and Technical Security stakeholder engagement and management.
• Business and customer requirements PoC and technical implementation interface.
• Data Center cabling requirements gathering, cable and SFP upgrade management.
• Resource management, performance measurement against deliverable's & KPI metrics.
• Project plan & resource planning, benefits Management against physical and logical rationalization deployment.
• Change management delivery coordination and CAB peer.
• Customer facing migration coordination and migration war room control.
• Physical Hardware deployment, connectivity and configuration management.
• Business case review and documentation appraisal against targeted outcomes.
• In-flight tactical better ways of working practice and delivery recommendation approach management.

Business Change Delivery Lead à Amdocs
  • Royaume Uni - London
  • janvier 2016 à mai 2016

Responsible for supporting the development of a new E2E cross business unit capability, supporting a new
business offering. Delivering success through Sprints & adhering to Agile methodology.
• Benefits Management monitoring programme metrics & measures to ensure tracked record against the
business case and enterprise product delivery reporting to executive audience.
• Engagement of stakeholders to drive agility and innovation
• Resource management and time/task prioritization management
• Release Pilot lead, managing governance & functionality achievement along with reporting
• Developed and implemented Training & Development Policies
• Business case review and analysis including fiscal impact and projections
• Implement Integrated HR Strategy and Infrastructure aligned with business strategy and operations that
resulted in increased productivity, improved customer satisfaction

Business Change Delivery Manager à Micro Focus - Great Britain (UK)
  • Royaume Uni - London
  • août 2007 à mars 2010

Responsible for all aspects of project management, delivering business transformation and merger of disparate IT applications and inventory control systems. Delivering within both PRINCE2 & ITIL methodologies.
• Focused on delivery of projects within the portfolio, from initial scoping through to operational handover.
• Top-level stakeholder and sponsor engagement, Board reporting on portfolio progress to CEO/CFO.
• Monitored and managed project deliverables; SLAs, KPIs, metrics, data analysis and progress mapping.
• Project resource management; Permanent internals and Contracted external.
• Vendor and supplier management, including milestone payments and weekly progress reviews.
• Risk & Issue management (RAID), SharePoint reporting ownership and dashboard.
• Utilised; LEAN, Agile, SCRUM, ITIL & Six Sigma, methodologies for successful management.
• Successfully Delivered Project portfolio; Heritage to strategic multi-company merger of IT systems,
Sales Renewals, HR and BSS/OSS. Pivotal to CRM rollout and ERP trials to enhance future business
growth. Managed other project managers and minor teams in EMEIA, NA, APAC, LATAM and DACH.

Project Coordinator & Junior Project Manager à Connect44
  • Royaume Uni - London
  • août 2007 à mars 2010

Responsible for driving a portfolio of projects and work streams, including EDGE & HSDPA roll-out
• Top-level client engagement, delivering major infrastructure upgrades for both Nokia and Ericsson
• Leadership of a diverse, distributed & multi-cultural teams, including 5 FTEs and 8 contractors
• Adopted and utilised best practice project delivery methods, championing the use of PRINCE2
• Produced risk mitigation strategies, including identification of dependencies & resource allocation
• Engaged with 3rd party suppliers and vendors, effectively procuring and managing project materials
• Utilised; Agile, PRINCE2, LEAN, Six Sigma, ITIL methodologies for successful management.
• Delivered a Core Radio network upgrade, GPRS core network upgrade & BSS/OSS upgrades for Ericsson
• BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: £250, 000.00 over 2 years - CAPEX & OPEX

Business Transformation Manager à Vodafone
  • Royaume Uni - London
  • janvier 2006 à juillet 2007

Responsible for all aspects of transformational project delivery & business process adoption, user experience and benefits realization modelling. Including and not limited to continual improvement and efficiency reporting.
• Full project life-cycle management, reporting and governance ownership for Group & UK Operating
Companies, working in and managing teams located in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Italy,
Nederland’s and offshore resource, including managing offshore suppliers and 3rd parties.
• Risk and Issue management, RAID Logs, SharePoint, PlanView9 & 11, dashboard reporting, SLA & KPI ownership, EVO, SAP, Quality Assurance and responsible for identifying & delivering efficiencies &
Improvements to the value chain where possible. Vendor management and payment milestone signatory.
• Weekly board and stakeholder reporting, including escalations to department heads and sponsors.
• Utilised; Lean Six Sigma, Scrum & KamBan, both waterfall and Agile methodologies where appropriate PRINCE2 followed in principle along with multiple ITIL flavours for successful management.
• Successfully Delivered Project Portfolio; Unified Coms merger: IP, IT, Radio/Mobile & Landline, BSS (Business Support Systems). Wholesale: Minutes & Data sales and Fraud analysis. Infrastructure upgrades and
replacements (Hardware: Servers, computers, data centres, switches, hubs and routers. Software: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), productivity applications, Network: Network enablement, Internet connectivity -firewall and security.
Virtual Ware: Reduce physical footprint, deploying new technology to save space & power which reduced operational costs. Network Core: Voice & Video Optimization, OSS (Operational Support Systems). Machine2Machine: Connected Cars (BMW). Information Security: Technology Security (IT/Computer - InfoSec). Assurance - Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA). Security Threat & Penetration testing. Approval - Onsite accreditation and access approval.

Project Manager à United States Army
  • Allemagne
  • janvier 2006 à juillet 2007

Responsible for all aspects of project leadership, including client engagement and project delivery
• Co-ordinated work streams and delivery methods for the US Army in a $1.8m radio refit programme
• Acted as SPOC for all verticals, developing a framework for control, reporting and documentation
• Leadership, management & motivation of a team of 5 staff, ensuring achievement of deliverables
• Successfully delivered refit of 400+ wheeled and 175+ tracked vehicles for Middle East deployment
• Utilised; PRINCE2, LEAN & Six SIGMA methodologies for successful management.

Soldier à British Army
  • Allemagne
  • septembre 2000 à janvier 2006

British Army Soldier

Éducation

Diplôme, Telecommunication and Information Technology
  • à C&G
  • juin 2005

Gold Award Level 3 Operation & Maintenance of IT / Telecoms networks

Specialties & Skills

Project Portfolio Management
Business Metrics
Transformation
Culture Change
Emotional Intelligence
BUDGETING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DELIVERY
DOCUMENTATION
LEADERSHIP

Langues

Allemand
Débutant

Formation et Diplômes

Agile (Formation)
Institut de formation:
C&G
Date de la formation:
January 2016
Durée:
150 heures

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