Profile

I am a multi skilled communications professional with a superb track record of managing various projects. I am experienced in managing stakeholder expectations, taking responsibility for delivering the project objectives, engaging with and managing the project team to ensure, customer expectations are met, having experience of managing suppliers, staff, subcontractors, customers and stakeholders with full controls measures in place when required.

Core Competencies

Cross-Functional Team Leadership Organizational Development Program/Project Management Stakeholder management Strategic Planning Process Improvement Negotiations Problem Solving Training Motivation Change Management Budget Allocation control upto 1.1m Quality Control Tender process experience customer focused self motivated CDM awareness

Confidential Projects Overview Scope:

• Responsible for delivering projects against agreed scope, budget, schedule customer expectations. Doing this whilst supervising, directing and motivating teams of multi-discipline contractors and employees, with team sizes varying from 4 18 staff members at any given time.
• Monitoring risks and scope creep identifying potential problems proactively providing solutions
• Escalating promptly any issues that may impact operations
• Producing stage plans, highlight reports, risk logs and requests for change
• Providing strategic direction during the implementation stages
• Managing customer expectations by ensuring the delivery of the highest quality service
• Liaise with HSE and H S departments when a project requires CDM regulations to be applied. Ensuring that all H S requirements are met, understood and followed
• Monthly reporting on individual and team KPI's ensuring and deficiencies are addressed
• Managing stakeholders, reviewing finances and providing financial updates as required

Delivery:

ACCl WWAN rollout 1.1m budget over 2.5 years Orkney Island Council network upgrades bespoke projects 300K ongoing Teesdale RAN Rural Broadband rollout - 700K budget over 1.5 years St Bernards Sch internal WiFi - 30K budget over 4 weeks Cambridge PSN Off net solution - 400K budget over 6 months Stoke City Council Wireless PTP provision 40K budget over 6 weeks

Confidential Projects Overview Scope:

• Support manager with experience of successfully coordinating the activities of various departments concerned with the installation, maintenance, network upgrades, pricing and training of various communications departments. I have experience with managing a team of 90 having 9 managers/supervisor as direct reports and 30 sub contractors within the team.
• Managed network growth and ensuring these elements are brought into the network as BAU
• Managing customer expectations on all elements of the network through full project lifecycle
• Ensuing that the project expansion are completed on time and in budget
• Responsible for the removal of 'legacy equipment', building extension and comms room transformation at the Kings Palace Riyadh , liaising with the Customer throughput all stages
• Liaised with Government Authorities inclusive of both the Fire and Police Services. Ensuring that their networks are operational at all times, completing financial models as required
• Liaising with department managers, ensuring that any HR and quality issues are addressed
• Managed orgnaisation change, optisiming quality and driving performance throughout the region

Delivery:

Janadriyah Arabic Festival no fixed cost 2 weeks impact no OT payments throughout the festival opened by the King of Saudi Arabia Tetra network upgrades - 200 ea 1 day Police HQ internal telephony/computer system installation 400K budget 6 mths 80m tower build - 30K budget 4 mths

Confidential Projects Overview Scope:

• I was responsible for understanding the Customers training requirements and ensuring all course material for TETRA Private Mobile Radio PMR systems using the Motorola Enhanced Base Transmitter Station EBTS is up to date and meets Customer expectations, using the UK MoD's Systems Approach to Training SAT .
• Delivered technical courses of instruction to military students, courses included the TETRA, digital and basic electronic principles
• Technical author, producing training material and technical documents

Delivery:

Introduced and developed maintenance procedures for the Motorola Dimetra network, which were adopted by the SANG, including performance monitoring and troubleshooting.

Confidential

Projects Overview Scope:

Responsible for regions network elements and staff, ensuring the network was fully operational at all times. Liaised with projects, and other TMUK departments and vendors as required.

Role and responsibility:

• Establishing processes, procedures, building assets, spare parts management, maintenance and reporting on these against company KPI's
• Translate objectives into plans, setting realistic timescales, monitoring the performance of the individual
• Manage all project based activities, ensuring that costs are kept within budget, monitor network performance and verify the deployment of the network elements

Previous Employment Experience, various locations worldwide

Prior to the employment listed above, I have worked as a Data Network Analyst for TNS UK and spent 8.5 years working as a telecommunications Systems Engineer within the British Army Royal Corps of Signals . These positions, along with the more recent experience, taught me to liaise efficiently with people at all levels, develop organisation and motivational skills and improved my ability to work effectively in different environments