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Keith Croall
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Experienced Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master / BA with full SDLC, PDLC development knowledge and recent infrastructure cloud migration project work. Extensive experience of introducing AGILE and working in large complex organisations in multiple sectors and internationally. Many years knowledge of working with 3rd party suppliers. Keen interest in all things Cloud and working towards technical AWS/Azure qualifications
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English
Fluently
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Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
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My experience
2016 - 2019
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Senior Project Manager / Scrum Master /BA
Royal Bank of Scotland.
Scrum, Project Manager, Scrum master, Manager
2015 - 2016
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Senior Project Manager
Standard Life plc.
• Virtualisation of IBM BPM platform to 3rd party Data Centre's cloud platform as part of a PAAS strategy.
• A Senior Project Manager position working on application development within BPM program
• Full end to end SDLC development of customer information system developed in house using 3rd party suppliers on IBM BPM platform.
• Running daily stand-ups, monitoring and adjusting backlogs, sprint management, burndown reviews, capacity reviews and velocity management.
• A Senior Project Manager position working on application development within BPM program
• Full end to end SDLC development of customer information system developed in house using 3rd party suppliers on IBM BPM platform.
• Running daily stand-ups, monitoring and adjusting backlogs, sprint management, burndown reviews, capacity reviews and velocity management.
Project Manager, Cloud, Management, Monitoring, Development, Manager
2015 - 2015
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Senior Project Manager, Team manager
Lloyds Banking Group, Insurance.
• E-commerce Project Manager for an enhancement customer & broker facing portal for the Scottish Widows brand
• Working with offshore partners to ensure resource optimization of a team of 6 onshore and 30 offshore resources (Developers, SME's and PM's).
• Managing in house developers
• Working on introducing Agile concepts within a strong governance and platform structure to provide a more flexible development environment requested by the business
• Development environment was both Java and .net
• Working with offshore partners to ensure resource optimization of a team of 6 onshore and 30 offshore resources (Developers, SME's and PM's).
• Managing in house developers
• Working on introducing Agile concepts within a strong governance and platform structure to provide a more flexible development environment requested by the business
• Development environment was both Java and .net
Java, Project Manager, Agile, E-commerce, Net, Offshore, Development, Portal, Manager
2013 - 2014
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Startup Director
Cubex Software Ltd.
• Big Data startup focusing on building content aggregator tools
• Use syndication processes to gather a distribute content
• Producing algorithms to provide content
• Developing a toolset based on Hadoop, MongoDB
• Working with Scottish Enterprise on obtaining a Fast Growth grant.
• Developing relationships with Financial and Travel businesses to trial the tool set
• Use syndication processes to gather a distribute content
• Producing algorithms to provide content
• Developing a toolset based on Hadoop, MongoDB
• Working with Scottish Enterprise on obtaining a Fast Growth grant.
• Developing relationships with Financial and Travel businesses to trial the tool set
MongoDB, Big Data, Hadoop, Algorithms, Content, Growth, Enterprise, Processes
2008 - 2013
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Senior Project Manager
Nokia Siemens Networks.
/ Helsinki
• Working within the Business Process Management (BPM) domain in a large business transformation programme.
• Rationalising business functions, processes , domains, infrastructure & applications. With significant change in working and reduction in head count this was a challenging role.
• Leading a large offshore development pool & infrastructure supporting business change over a 3 year programme.
• Developers are broken into agile teams of 4 to 6 developers with an average of 6 concurrent projects. Infrastructure teams are 3rd party suppliers.
• The development team use a range of development t tools including Java, Spring, Oracle, Appian, Activiti (both BPM tools) and products for browser based applications on Oracle 11. Titanium for mobile applications (iOS & Android).
• Areas I have covered include
• Sales process (sales gates process and customer relationship management)
• Project Delivery (including revenue, cost &margin)
• Resource & Competency Management,
• Detailed Cost management (with over €10 billion worth of costs in detailed analysis)
• SAP integration
• Informatica /BO reporting
• Dynamics CRM
• Sharepoint
• Mobile device development (iOs, Android)
• Dashboard development
• System Integration Testing
• Jira
• Googledocs for burndowns
• Testlink for testcase management
• Sharepoint for Project artifacts
• Planview
• Powersteering PMO
• Full SDLC
• Working within the Business Process Management (BPM) domain in a large business transformation programme.
• Rationalising business functions, processes , domains, infrastructure & applications. With significant change in working and reduction in head count this was a challenging role.
• Leading a large offshore development pool & infrastructure supporting business change over a 3 year programme.
• Developers are broken into agile teams of 4 to 6 developers with an average of 6 concurrent projects. Infrastructure teams are 3rd party suppliers.
• The development team use a range of development t tools including Java, Spring, Oracle, Appian, Activiti (both BPM tools) and products for browser based applications on Oracle 11. Titanium for mobile applications (iOS & Android).
• Areas I have covered include
• Sales process (sales gates process and customer relationship management)
• Project Delivery (including revenue, cost &margin)
• Resource & Competency Management,
• Detailed Cost management (with over €10 billion worth of costs in detailed analysis)
• SAP integration
• Informatica /BO reporting
• Dynamics CRM
• Sharepoint
• Mobile device development (iOs, Android)
• Dashboard development
• System Integration Testing
• Jira
• Googledocs for burndowns
• Testlink for testcase management
• Sharepoint for Project artifacts
• Planview
• Powersteering PMO
• Full SDLC
System Integration, Manager, Processes, Dynamics CRM, Testing, Development, Infrastructure, Transformation, Offshore, Sales, Management, Integration, Spring, Java, Business transformation, PMO, Business Process Management, Agile, SharePoint, SAP, Jira, Oracle, CRM, IOS, Android, Project Manager
2004 - 2007
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European Project Manager /. Business Analyst
AIG, European Technology Centre.
• I managed the development and delivery of a European workflow BPM project.
• A B2B insurance renewals module, for the core corporate policy management application, for AIG Europe.
• AIG Europe comprised of 13 mainland Europe countries.
• The application was developed using the BPM workflow tool Pega PRPC, Oracle and legacy systems, including Informix and Sybase.
• Modelling was done using UML and BPM diagramming techniques.
• My role involved managing a team of 12, consisting of Business Analysts, Technical Lead Analyst, Pega workflow analysts, Java Developers, SQL developers and QA resources.
• The development was carried out in an AGILE framework with requirements gathering activities such as workshops, interviewing, document analysis in the 13 countries and developing reusable prototypes in parallel.
• A B2B insurance renewals module, for the core corporate policy management application, for AIG Europe.
• AIG Europe comprised of 13 mainland Europe countries.
• The application was developed using the BPM workflow tool Pega PRPC, Oracle and legacy systems, including Informix and Sybase.
• Modelling was done using UML and BPM diagramming techniques.
• My role involved managing a team of 12, consisting of Business Analysts, Technical Lead Analyst, Pega workflow analysts, Java Developers, SQL developers and QA resources.
• The development was carried out in an AGILE framework with requirements gathering activities such as workshops, interviewing, document analysis in the 13 countries and developing reusable prototypes in parallel.
Workflow, Manager, Tech lead, Framework, Insurance, Development, Sybase, Analyst, Workshops, Sql, UML, QA, Management, Agile, B2B, Oracle, Project Manager, Java
2002 - 2004
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Senior Project Manager/ Business Analyst
DHL European Data Centre.
• DHL Global Information Services (Prague) European Program Management/ System Integration Domain.
• Managing a number of custom clearing applications around Europe.
• Required extensive travel to capture requirements
• The DHL Data Centre (ITSC) employs 1400 IT specialist to support all IT activities through Europe the Middle East and Africa.
• The environment is Prince2/ITIL/CMM.
• Project structures follow the classic matrix management model The ITSC follows the modern trend of IT Services of acting as a Profit Centre, separated from the core business.
• Carried out bid preparation, with our account management colleagues, competing with other companies such as HP, Accenture & T-Systems for new business from DHL.
• Managing a number of custom clearing applications around Europe.
• Required extensive travel to capture requirements
• The DHL Data Centre (ITSC) employs 1400 IT specialist to support all IT activities through Europe the Middle East and Africa.
• The environment is Prince2/ITIL/CMM.
• Project structures follow the classic matrix management model The ITSC follows the modern trend of IT Services of acting as a Profit Centre, separated from the core business.
• Carried out bid preparation, with our account management colleagues, competing with other companies such as HP, Accenture & T-Systems for new business from DHL.
Project Manager, Prince2, Account management, ITIL, Program Management, System Integration, Integration, Management, It, Support, Analyst, Manager
2000 - 2002
freelance
Programme Manager (External Consultant)
European Council/European Commission.
Details on request
Manager
1998 - 2000
job
Project Manager
European Investment Bank.
Details on request
Project Manager, Manager
1996 - 1998
job
Development Manager /Powerbuilder
Clearstream Bank.
Details on request
Development, Manager
1992 - 1996
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Systems Analyst
ABV Skanska.
Details on request
Analyst
My education
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1984
University of Edinburgh
Bachelors, Business Studies/Accounting
Bachelors, Business Studies/Accounting
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