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2019 - 2019
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Senior Cloud Migration Project Manager
DXC.
Description
Due to datacentre closures in Italy, a number of clients were migrated\transformed from Italy to France Virtual
Private Cloud. Some of the key accounts included Bank of Italy and AC Milan football club. A Discovery, Design and Deploy approach was implemented on all the accounts using the Agile Delivery Framework. This included
evaluating the current workload, collating requirements to designing a solution on how to migrate all servers, data and network. Stakeholders approved proposed solutions which allowed successful deployment.
Responsibilities
• Managed end to end datacentre migrations for a number of Italian accounts.
• Migrated servers and data using VPN tunnels (Virtual Private Network), NAS (Network Attached Storage)
and 3PAR. Managed the installation of MPLS networks / VPN Tunnels across the hosted sites.
• Ensured project risks were identified and mitigated effectively.
• Engaged with Stakeholders regularly to ensure project transparency. This allowed Stakeholders to participate throughout the project ensuring things were right the first time and assured confidence.
• Managed a migration of 160TB of data for the Bank of Italy within a given outage window using a lift
and shift method using 3PAR storage.
• Worked closely with technical teams daily to ensure targets and results were achieved.
• Regularly managed Stakeholder and Technical meetings as well producing status management
reports.
• Managed migration days from start to end with all technical teams. Initiated decommission process for
redundant assets.
• Monitored and controlled project budgets and managed the expectations of all project stakeholders.
Due to datacentre closures in Italy, a number of clients were migrated\transformed from Italy to France Virtual
Private Cloud. Some of the key accounts included Bank of Italy and AC Milan football club. A Discovery, Design and Deploy approach was implemented on all the accounts using the Agile Delivery Framework. This included
evaluating the current workload, collating requirements to designing a solution on how to migrate all servers, data and network. Stakeholders approved proposed solutions which allowed successful deployment.
Responsibilities
• Managed end to end datacentre migrations for a number of Italian accounts.
• Migrated servers and data using VPN tunnels (Virtual Private Network), NAS (Network Attached Storage)
and 3PAR. Managed the installation of MPLS networks / VPN Tunnels across the hosted sites.
• Ensured project risks were identified and mitigated effectively.
• Engaged with Stakeholders regularly to ensure project transparency. This allowed Stakeholders to participate throughout the project ensuring things were right the first time and assured confidence.
• Managed a migration of 160TB of data for the Bank of Italy within a given outage window using a lift
and shift method using 3PAR storage.
• Worked closely with technical teams daily to ensure targets and results were achieved.
• Regularly managed Stakeholder and Technical meetings as well producing status management
reports.
• Managed migration days from start to end with all technical teams. Initiated decommission process for
redundant assets.
• Monitored and controlled project budgets and managed the expectations of all project stakeholders.
Design, Project Manager, Agile, Deployment, Cloud, SoMe, Management, Network, Storage, NAS, Framework, Manager
2015 - 2015
job
Programme Manager
unknown.
Description
Successfully programme managed a number of BPs Upstream projects which consisted of two high key profile North
Sea projects, Azerbaijan, Flotel and Telecoms projects. One of the North Sea projects was Clair Ridge which is a
£300million two year appraisal drilling programme, one of the biggest BP has ever undertaken in the North Sea. The
other project was Q204 Schiehallion which is the £3billion redevelopment and is one of the most complex
engineering challenges BP and its partners have ever undertaken. The Azerbaijan projects covered the expansion of the gas pipeline.
Responsibilities
• Managed and supported 10+ Project Managers all working on numerous projects simultaneously.
• Held 121 weekly review meetings and covered project RAG statuses, budgets, resourcing, risks and issues.
• Produced monthly status reports for stakeholders and held monthly review meetings. This kept the stakeholders well informed on what had been completed on the deliverables, what needed to be done, what
the next stage was and what risks and issues. SLAs and KPI data were also produced within these reports.
• Dealt with risks and issues the Project Managers raised for their projects on a daily basis.
• Monitored and tracked the Project Managers were following BP protocols at all times to maintain the smooth
running of the projects and to ensure the Stakeholders requirements were met.
• Held weekly team meetings with Project Managers and project resources.
• Acted as the single point of contact for all project services that were delivered to the client
• Managed client communications and expectations around all risks/issues and ensured that these were
maintained, reviewed and reported according to PMO processes.
• Dealt with escalations from stakeholders and reduced the number of escalations being raised. Escalated
any necessary risks and issues to the Account Delivery Manager.
• Ensured all milestones were achieved within the agreed timeframes.
Successfully programme managed a number of BPs Upstream projects which consisted of two high key profile North
Sea projects, Azerbaijan, Flotel and Telecoms projects. One of the North Sea projects was Clair Ridge which is a
£300million two year appraisal drilling programme, one of the biggest BP has ever undertaken in the North Sea. The
other project was Q204 Schiehallion which is the £3billion redevelopment and is one of the most complex
engineering challenges BP and its partners have ever undertaken. The Azerbaijan projects covered the expansion of the gas pipeline.
Responsibilities
• Managed and supported 10+ Project Managers all working on numerous projects simultaneously.
• Held 121 weekly review meetings and covered project RAG statuses, budgets, resourcing, risks and issues.
• Produced monthly status reports for stakeholders and held monthly review meetings. This kept the stakeholders well informed on what had been completed on the deliverables, what needed to be done, what
the next stage was and what risks and issues. SLAs and KPI data were also produced within these reports.
• Dealt with risks and issues the Project Managers raised for their projects on a daily basis.
• Monitored and tracked the Project Managers were following BP protocols at all times to maintain the smooth
running of the projects and to ensure the Stakeholders requirements were met.
• Held weekly team meetings with Project Managers and project resources.
• Acted as the single point of contact for all project services that were delivered to the client
• Managed client communications and expectations around all risks/issues and ensured that these were
maintained, reviewed and reported according to PMO processes.
• Dealt with escalations from stakeholders and reduced the number of escalations being raised. Escalated
any necessary risks and issues to the Account Delivery Manager.
• Ensured all milestones were achieved within the agreed timeframes.
PMO, Engineering, KPI, Drilling, Processes, Manager, Drilling
2009 - 2011
job
Project Manager
The Royal Bank of Scotland Global Banking & Markets.
Description
Worked on several key IT projects aimed at implementing datacentre solutions for RBS. Managed projects from migrating servers and services within and between datacentres, specialising in large scale physical server
relocations, Virtualisation, Server Refresh, Server Decommission, Storage Thin Provisioning Remediation and NetApp Filer migrations. A key contributor in achieving the Data Centre Dynamics Datacentre Leaders Awards
2010. Responsibilities
• Planned and managed server relocation projects between a number of Datacentres within and outside of London, migrating over 1000+ servers out of hours.
• Managed migration days, trouble shooting issues with Application Development owners and technical
resources. Gathered and approved contingency plans and risk mitigation plans.
• Managed and liaised daily with Wintel, Unix, Network, Storage, Patching and other technical resources
assigned to the project to ensure all planning was setup and completed for the migrations.
• Prepared, planned, scheduled and worked closely with Application/Server Owners to obtain all information
required for the migrations. This included working with the Infrastructure Teams and Application
Development Community to analyse Application/Services for special requirements such as Storage,
Databases, Market Data and Voice.
• Managed the ESX Virtual Desktop and Server project. Migrated and decommissioned over 600+ virtual
servers between Datacentres. This project was completed one month in advance of the deadline.
• Produced and managed essential project documents such as Project Plans, Risk and Issue logs, Migration
packs & Kitlists.
• Managed NetApp Filer Migration project, aimed at migrating Filers between datacentres. Worked closely
with NetApp Storage team, Unix SAs and Application Owners to successfully complete the pre and post
migrations.
• Managed the 3Par Storage Remediation project. Remediated Windows and Unix storage attached servers to be able to use 3Par. Storage was migrated efficiently to 3Par from DMX, Clarion and VMAX.
• Maintaining change discipline and ensuring changes raised by the project team met quality standards.
• Risk / Issue management - Ensuring risks and issues were managed and escalated as necessary.
City of Westminster, London
Worked on several key IT projects aimed at implementing datacentre solutions for RBS. Managed projects from migrating servers and services within and between datacentres, specialising in large scale physical server
relocations, Virtualisation, Server Refresh, Server Decommission, Storage Thin Provisioning Remediation and NetApp Filer migrations. A key contributor in achieving the Data Centre Dynamics Datacentre Leaders Awards
2010. Responsibilities
• Planned and managed server relocation projects between a number of Datacentres within and outside of London, migrating over 1000+ servers out of hours.
• Managed migration days, trouble shooting issues with Application Development owners and technical
resources. Gathered and approved contingency plans and risk mitigation plans.
• Managed and liaised daily with Wintel, Unix, Network, Storage, Patching and other technical resources
assigned to the project to ensure all planning was setup and completed for the migrations.
• Prepared, planned, scheduled and worked closely with Application/Server Owners to obtain all information
required for the migrations. This included working with the Infrastructure Teams and Application
Development Community to analyse Application/Services for special requirements such as Storage,
Databases, Market Data and Voice.
• Managed the ESX Virtual Desktop and Server project. Migrated and decommissioned over 600+ virtual
servers between Datacentres. This project was completed one month in advance of the deadline.
• Produced and managed essential project documents such as Project Plans, Risk and Issue logs, Migration
packs & Kitlists.
• Managed NetApp Filer Migration project, aimed at migrating Filers between datacentres. Worked closely
with NetApp Storage team, Unix SAs and Application Owners to successfully complete the pre and post
migrations.
• Managed the 3Par Storage Remediation project. Remediated Windows and Unix storage attached servers to be able to use 3Par. Storage was migrated efficiently to 3Par from DMX, Clarion and VMAX.
• Maintaining change discipline and ensuring changes raised by the project team met quality standards.
• Risk / Issue management - Ensuring risks and issues were managed and escalated as necessary.
City of Westminster, London
Project Manager, Unix, SAS, Management, Windows, Network, It, Infrastructure, Development, Community, Storage, Server, Issue management, Manager
2009 - 2009
job
Implementation Manager
unknown.
Description
Project was implemented to introduce flexible ways of working and mobilized staff with refreshed IT resources.
Project was implemented to introduce flexible ways of working and mobilized staff with refreshed IT resources.
It, Implementation, Manager
2005 - 2009
job
Project\Implementation Manager
London Borough of Islington.
Description
I managed several projects aimed at maximizing existing resources and improving services, as well as creating a
more dynamic, smarter, and more flexible working environment.
I managed several projects aimed at maximizing existing resources and improving services, as well as creating a
more dynamic, smarter, and more flexible working environment.
Implementation, Manager
2003 - 2005
job
Project Manager
AMEC Rail and Network Rail.
Description
Project aimed at implementing a new maintenance system called MIMS (Mincom Information Management System, a proprietary work management system). It was a £200m business transformation global programme that aimed to fundamentally and radically change the way Network Rail carried out maintenance on the rail tracks.
Primary Care NHS Trust, London
Project aimed at implementing a new maintenance system called MIMS (Mincom Information Management System, a proprietary work management system). It was a £200m business transformation global programme that aimed to fundamentally and radically change the way Network Rail carried out maintenance on the rail tracks.
Primary Care NHS Trust, London
Project Manager, Business transformation, Management, Network, It, Transformation, Information Management, Manager
2002 - 2003
job
Database Design Engineer\ IT Systems Engineer
unknown.
Description
Developed a General Practitioner (GP) database system using MS Access as the back-end, with a Visual Basic and HTML interface as the two front-ends to the system. Programmed using MS SQL Server, Visual Basic and HTML.
Developed a General Practitioner (GP) database system using MS Access as the back-end, with a Visual Basic and HTML interface as the two front-ends to the system. Programmed using MS SQL Server, Visual Basic and HTML.
Html, Design, Sql, HTML/CSS/Javascript, SQL Server, Database, Database design, Access, It, Server, Basic
My education
2001
-
2002
University of Brighton
Masters, (Master of Science) Software Engineering
Masters, (Master of Science) Software Engineering
n/a
BSc, Computer Studies
BSc, Computer Studies
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