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Agile Transformational Leader
Shane Larkin
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London, United Kingdom
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I'm an agile leader with a very strong technical background. I'm a Chartered Engineer (software) with decades of successful delivery experience. I understand the cultural, human and business factors that promote success.
I have experience withing private banking, defence, insurance, engineering and public sector projects.
I know how to motivate and build social capital at all levels within any organisation. I am accomplished at stakeholder management and can coach at all levels.
I have experience withing private banking, defence, insurance, engineering and public sector projects.
I know how to motivate and build social capital at all levels within any organisation. I am accomplished at stakeholder management and can coach at all levels.
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United Kingdom
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Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2018 - ?
temp
TRANSFORMATION LEAD
European Bank of Regeneration & Development.
(EBRD)
Responsible for all aspects of transformational leadership with a major financial services organisation
• Spearheading the delivery of digital transformation initiative, facilitating team of 80 cross-functional staff
• Driver on the major "monarch" programme to integrate a new, single tool to assess global financial risks
• Collaborating with stakeholders to create roadmaps & assist project initiation / retrospective sessions
• Full remit for project management, including project planning, scope, budgeting and risk management
Key achievements and business outcomes include:
• Successfully launched first phase of project on-time and under £15m budget, meeting business aims
• Devised and provided workshops to aid Senior Managers in identifying opportunities for Agile adoption
• Championed utilisation of "work visualisation" practices to make the product journey more accessible
• Mentoring & coaching for relevant staff, forming new teams and overseeing cross-project allocations
• Built teams driven by 'best practice', including engaging with new Agile Leaders and Scrum Masters
• Directing workshops to support non-IT staff and environments during integration of Agile procedures
• Led the comprehensive analysis of development team outputs, enabling a 60% cut in offshore costs
• Ensued no loss of velocity due to cost-saving activity, supporting teams to increase velocity by 40%
• Authoring code to interface Confluence and Version One via RESTful APIs for adapted data capture
• Development of processes to monitor environments, presenting progress at Steer Committee meetings
Responsible for all aspects of transformational leadership with a major financial services organisation
• Spearheading the delivery of digital transformation initiative, facilitating team of 80 cross-functional staff
• Driver on the major "monarch" programme to integrate a new, single tool to assess global financial risks
• Collaborating with stakeholders to create roadmaps & assist project initiation / retrospective sessions
• Full remit for project management, including project planning, scope, budgeting and risk management
Key achievements and business outcomes include:
• Successfully launched first phase of project on-time and under £15m budget, meeting business aims
• Devised and provided workshops to aid Senior Managers in identifying opportunities for Agile adoption
• Championed utilisation of "work visualisation" practices to make the product journey more accessible
• Mentoring & coaching for relevant staff, forming new teams and overseeing cross-project allocations
• Built teams driven by 'best practice', including engaging with new Agile Leaders and Scrum Masters
• Directing workshops to support non-IT staff and environments during integration of Agile procedures
• Led the comprehensive analysis of development team outputs, enabling a 60% cut in offshore costs
• Ensued no loss of velocity due to cost-saving activity, supporting teams to increase velocity by 40%
• Authoring code to interface Confluence and Version One via RESTful APIs for adapted data capture
• Development of processes to monitor environments, presenting progress at Steer Committee meetings
Workshops, Processes, LED, Organization, Development, Presenting, Restful, Support, Transformation, Confluence, Offshore, It, Project Management, Integration, Management, Leadership, Risk Management, Mentoring, Agile, Digital transformation, Budget, Coaching, Scrum
2017 - 2018
temp
SENIOR TRANSFORMATION MANAGER
Collinson Group.
Responsible for all aspects of technology transformational leadership, effectively using Agile methods
• Directed team of 56 staff to implement a new IT hardware and software monitoring infrastructure
• Designed and effectively executed enhanced "loyalty platforms" for deployment across airport lounges
• Wrote core code to support monitoring framework, ensuring adoption of adaptable Agile environment
• Oversaw selection procedures for Agile Leaders and Scrum Masters, developing core team members
• Provided workshops to mentor delivery teams, offering agility coaching and facilitating communication
Key achievements and business outcomes include:
• Drove performance optimisation of existing models, undertaking pre-and-post-deployment reviews
• Developed team and key stakeholder relationships, supervising arbitration to resolve potential conflicts
• Determined issues impeding full delivery efficiencies, subsequently increasing overall velocity by 35%
• Built observation and feedback model for production environment, utilising Raspberry Pi / New Relic
• Defined bespoke business metrics, enabling creation of API tool suite for Slack, Jira, and Confluence
• Directed team of 56 staff to implement a new IT hardware and software monitoring infrastructure
• Designed and effectively executed enhanced "loyalty platforms" for deployment across airport lounges
• Wrote core code to support monitoring framework, ensuring adoption of adaptable Agile environment
• Oversaw selection procedures for Agile Leaders and Scrum Masters, developing core team members
• Provided workshops to mentor delivery teams, offering agility coaching and facilitating communication
Key achievements and business outcomes include:
• Drove performance optimisation of existing models, undertaking pre-and-post-deployment reviews
• Developed team and key stakeholder relationships, supervising arbitration to resolve potential conflicts
• Determined issues impeding full delivery efficiencies, subsequently increasing overall velocity by 35%
• Built observation and feedback model for production environment, utilising Raspberry Pi / New Relic
• Defined bespoke business metrics, enabling creation of API tool suite for Slack, Jira, and Confluence
Workshops, Manager, Framework, Production, Software, Hardware, Monitoring, Infrastructure, Support, Transformation, Confluence, It, Scrum, Raspberry Pi, Technology, Optimization, Leadership, Mentor, Deployment, Agile, Jira, API, Coaching
2016 - 2017
temp
AGILE TRANSFORMATION LEAD
Agile.
(CONTRACT), Arthur D. Little
Responsible for Agile programme engagement and leadership, driving changer and transformation
• Full remit for effective leadership of Agile and Scrum Leaders, implementing a £40m EPOS programme
• Championed total integration of Agile practices, formulating teams and providing educational workshops
• Managed staff development activities, identifying potential candidates and interviewing Scrum Masters
• Established successful communication channels between stakeholders, vendors, staff and executives
Key achievements and business outcomes include:
• Authored a thorough "Agile Operations Guide" for distribution across all Ladbrokes Coral IT initiatives
• Championed collaborative pre-and-post-deployment reviews, delivering coaching to address findings
• Mentored PMs, Agile Leaders and Scrum Masters, directing informative sessions to enhance delivery
• Researched and produced complete "Product Roadmap and Delivery Guide" for Ladbrokes Coral IT
• Defined and consolidated metrics for senior management and key teams, optimising all core capabilities
• Improved flexibility of data reporting mining practices, devising code to interface with Jira RESTful API
Responsible for Agile programme engagement and leadership, driving changer and transformation
• Full remit for effective leadership of Agile and Scrum Leaders, implementing a £40m EPOS programme
• Championed total integration of Agile practices, formulating teams and providing educational workshops
• Managed staff development activities, identifying potential candidates and interviewing Scrum Masters
• Established successful communication channels between stakeholders, vendors, staff and executives
Key achievements and business outcomes include:
• Authored a thorough "Agile Operations Guide" for distribution across all Ladbrokes Coral IT initiatives
• Championed collaborative pre-and-post-deployment reviews, delivering coaching to address findings
• Mentored PMs, Agile Leaders and Scrum Masters, directing informative sessions to enhance delivery
• Researched and produced complete "Product Roadmap and Delivery Guide" for Ladbrokes Coral IT
• Defined and consolidated metrics for senior management and key teams, optimising all core capabilities
• Improved flexibility of data reporting mining practices, devising code to interface with Jira RESTful API
Agile transformation, Guide, Development, Restful, Transformation, It, Workshops, Integration, Management, Scrum, Leadership, Deployment, Agile, Operations, Jira, API, Coaching
2013 - 2015
temp
LEAD SCRUM MASTER / TECHNICAL LEAD (CONTRACT), Intel McAfee
unknown.
Responsible for all aspects of technology leadership, scrum delivery and team leadership activities
• Led delivery of anti-virus & anti-malware projects, directing technical activities & deployment initiatives
• Collaborated with senior management to co-ordinate 3 initiatives, executing on-time and under budget
• Created and deployed key monitoring / alert system, supervising QA and test team to ensure suitability
• Adopted McAfee Vulnerability Manager and OpenVAS tools to analyse security risk levels of models
• Completed full risk assessments, identifying CVE / CESA weaknesses and patching when required
• Utilised eSXi Hypervisor and vSphere to devise new testing environments for development of solution
• Full remit for recruitment and staff development tasks, approving potential members for technical team
• Led delivery of anti-virus & anti-malware projects, directing technical activities & deployment initiatives
• Collaborated with senior management to co-ordinate 3 initiatives, executing on-time and under budget
• Created and deployed key monitoring / alert system, supervising QA and test team to ensure suitability
• Adopted McAfee Vulnerability Manager and OpenVAS tools to analyse security risk levels of models
• Completed full risk assessments, identifying CVE / CESA weaknesses and patching when required
• Utilised eSXi Hypervisor and vSphere to devise new testing environments for development of solution
• Full remit for recruitment and staff development tasks, approving potential members for technical team
Technology, Manager, LED, Tech lead, Development, Testing, Monitoring, Recruitment, Security, Scrum, QA, Test, Management, Leadership, Deployment, Team Leadership, Budget, Scrum master
2012 - 2013
temp
SCRUM MASTER / TEAM LEAD
unknown.
(CONTRACT), BPP
Responsible for all aspects of Scrum team leadership and delivery, engaging with senior stakeholders
• Formed and directed a team to execute large-scale data cleansing project, utilising data analysis tools
• Adopted a new cloud-based Oracle suite to assimilate new feeds into previously developed MDM hub
• Streamlining and matching data to produce a 'single view' of customer information within ETL toolset
• Established technology review protocols, building test harnesses and designed web service interfaces
• Co-ordinated various data sources across diverse databases, XML and flat files, controlling data feeds
• Identified requirements for UK and non-UK data sets, configuring address and name parsing collection
Early career details include
Responsible for all aspects of Scrum team leadership and delivery, engaging with senior stakeholders
• Formed and directed a team to execute large-scale data cleansing project, utilising data analysis tools
• Adopted a new cloud-based Oracle suite to assimilate new feeds into previously developed MDM hub
• Streamlining and matching data to produce a 'single view' of customer information within ETL toolset
• Established technology review protocols, building test harnesses and designed web service interfaces
• Co-ordinated various data sources across diverse databases, XML and flat files, controlling data feeds
• Identified requirements for UK and non-UK data sets, configuring address and name parsing collection
Early career details include
Data Analysis, Scrum, Oracle, Scrum master, XML, Team Leadership, Cloud, ETL, Leadership, Controlling, Test, Service, Technology, Web
2012 - 2012
temp
Technical Lead / Team Manager
unknown.
(Contract) The Home Office
Office, Tech lead, Manager
2011 - 2012
temp
Technical Lead (Contract)
Aimia Inc.
Tech lead
2011 - 2011
temp
Team Leader (Contract)
unknown.
BPP
2010 - 2011
temp
Data Team Lead
EADS Defence & Security.
2009 - 2010
temp
Team Lead Developer
Oracle.
Developer, Lead developer
2009 - 2009
temp
Senior Developer (Contract)
Bercor.
Developer, Senior Developer
2008 - 2009
temp
Migration Manager / Developer
Bupa.
Developer, Manager
2007 - 2008
freelance
Consultant (Contract)
Fujitsu.
2006 - 2007
temp
Senior Software Engineer (Contract)
Netbanx.
Software
2004 - 2006
temp
Senior Software Engineer (Contract)
Perkins Engines Company Ltd.
Software
1998 - 2004
job
Senior Software Engineer
EDS.
Software
1996 - 1998
job
Software Engineer
Siemens.
IT, software & technical capabilities
Continuous and COTS Integration, Databases Virtualisation, ETL, Data Migration, XML, EPOS
System Integration and Hardening, Security Analysis TDD, BDD, C, C++, Perl, PHP, Java, JavaScript
Feedback Systems (Raspberry Pi, New Relic) Oracle Enterprise Data Suite, Datanomic, dnDirector
eSXi Hypervisor and vSphere Environments Slack, Jira (RESTful API), Confluence
Professional accreditation & courses
The Engineering Council CEng, Chartered Engineer
BCS , The Chartered Institute for IT Chartered IT Professional, CITP; Member, MBCS
Continuous and COTS Integration, Databases Virtualisation, ETL, Data Migration, XML, EPOS
System Integration and Hardening, Security Analysis TDD, BDD, C, C++, Perl, PHP, Java, JavaScript
Feedback Systems (Raspberry Pi, New Relic) Oracle Enterprise Data Suite, Datanomic, dnDirector
eSXi Hypervisor and vSphere Environments Slack, Jira (RESTful API), Confluence
Professional accreditation & courses
The Engineering Council CEng, Chartered Engineer
BCS , The Chartered Institute for IT Chartered IT Professional, CITP; Member, MBCS
Perl, Enterprise, Software, BDD, Restful, Confluence, It, Security, Raspberry Pi, Engineering, TDD, Javascript, Integration, System Integration, ETL, C, XML, Jira, Oracle, API, Java, Php
My education
1992
-
2020
Engineering Council
Chartered Engineer (C Eng.), software
Chartered Engineer (C Eng.), software
University of Wolverhampton
BSc, Computer Science
BSc, Computer Science
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