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Project / Programme Manager
Irke Olaniyi
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London, United Kingdom
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Highly prudent and results-oriented certified Project & Programme Manager with demonstrated success directing staff, allocating resources, and managing key initiatives. Proven expertise in leading a wide range of global integration, adoption, transition, transformation and technology change projects within agreed timeframes, while focusing on benefits realisation across multiple business units. Skilled in managing projects and scheduling, technology programmes, systems design/development, data centre migration, digital transformation programme, cloud transformation, end-user computing (EUC), cyber security, adoption of cloud and new technologies, quality assurance control and standards, process reengineering and change management. Deft at managing multidisciplinary teams towards shared goals, engaging stakeholders and formulating effective solutions. Experienced in delivering projects in a variety of industries ranging from financial, education, media, consultancy, professional services, pharma bio-tech (pharmaceutical) and public sector (central and local government).
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2020 - 2021
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Senior Project Manager, Technology Transformation
Parexel / Calyx Limited.
Budget: £3M • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, Waterfall, Agile, Jira & MS Project
Accountable for Data centre consolidation, cloud optimisation& migration, application modernisation and migration across 5 data centres in Asia, Europe and North America.
Deliverables include:
• Successfully managed the consolidation of over 5000 mid-range servers from 5 to 2 data centres across India, UK and US to support independence and standalone of Calyx as an organization.
• Successfully exited 3 data centres in support of organsational strategies and cost savings
• Managed Due Diligence, Request for Solution (RFS), Collaborative Access Sessions (CAS) and Statement of Work (SoW) to de-select a preferred Managed Service Provider (MSP), ensuring service continuity.
• Successfully managed Knowledge Transfer, Contract Negotiation and Service Transition to onboard a preferred MSP ensuring service continuity.
• Successfully delivered optimization of Microsoft Azure cloud and foundations services in readiness for application migration and containerization to save cost, downtime and ensure reliability.
• Successfully modernised and migrated critical legacy applications to Azure Cloud to save costs.
• Managed Network separation and Telephony call centre projects across Calyx Global sites to ensure security, separability and organizational independence.
Accountable for Data centre consolidation, cloud optimisation& migration, application modernisation and migration across 5 data centres in Asia, Europe and North America.
Deliverables include:
• Successfully managed the consolidation of over 5000 mid-range servers from 5 to 2 data centres across India, UK and US to support independence and standalone of Calyx as an organization.
• Successfully exited 3 data centres in support of organsational strategies and cost savings
• Managed Due Diligence, Request for Solution (RFS), Collaborative Access Sessions (CAS) and Statement of Work (SoW) to de-select a preferred Managed Service Provider (MSP), ensuring service continuity.
• Successfully managed Knowledge Transfer, Contract Negotiation and Service Transition to onboard a preferred MSP ensuring service continuity.
• Successfully delivered optimization of Microsoft Azure cloud and foundations services in readiness for application migration and containerization to save cost, downtime and ensure reliability.
• Successfully modernised and migrated critical legacy applications to Azure Cloud to save costs.
• Managed Network separation and Telephony call centre projects across Calyx Global sites to ensure security, separability and organizational independence.
Security, Manager, Asia, MSP, Service Transition, Support, Transformation, Network, Technology, Service, Project Manager, Due Diligence, Optimization, Cloud, Agile, Microsoft azure, Azure, Prince2, Budget, Jira
2020 - 2020
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Senior Projects Manager
Gloucestershire County Council.
Data centre & Cloud Services Transformation
Budget: £3M • Team Size: 6 FTE, 8 Contractors & 3rd Parties • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, Waterfall, Jira & MS Project
Accountable for Assessment, Design and Delivery of Datacentre and Cloud Services Transformation Strategy and Digital Transformation across 3 organisations in a UK Local Government Authority.
Deliverables include:
• Successfully delivered GCC Technology Refresh Programme (Tech Refresh) to N and N-1 in accordance with the council Technology Approved Standard across Data centre infrastructure including server, EUC and remote working capability.
• Accountable for governance and delivery of Security Management Plan (SMP) and Identify Access Management (IAM) across 3 organisations in Gloucestershire County.
• Undertook Data centre & Cloud Discovery & Assessment to deliver the Council Roadmap
• Successfully delivered Microsoft Azure Cloud Adoption and Transformation
• Introduced multi-cloud (AWS, GCP & Azure) strategy and migration plan
• Successfully migrated on-prem application to Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Applied Government Frameworks - YPO, G-Cloud, DOS to de-select preferred suppliers
• Successfully introduced Digital Digital transformation across 3 organisations by applying Government Digital Services (GDS) framework
• Define and delivered data centre to hybrid cloud transition planning and delivery line with council strategy
• Successfully managed analysis, evaluation of options and development of Business case for subsequent phase of the programme
• Managed the modernisation & migration of legacy applications
• Managed the adoption of Office 365 SaaS across 2000 users
Budget: £3M • Team Size: 6 FTE, 8 Contractors & 3rd Parties • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, Waterfall, Jira & MS Project
Accountable for Assessment, Design and Delivery of Datacentre and Cloud Services Transformation Strategy and Digital Transformation across 3 organisations in a UK Local Government Authority.
Deliverables include:
• Successfully delivered GCC Technology Refresh Programme (Tech Refresh) to N and N-1 in accordance with the council Technology Approved Standard across Data centre infrastructure including server, EUC and remote working capability.
• Accountable for governance and delivery of Security Management Plan (SMP) and Identify Access Management (IAM) across 3 organisations in Gloucestershire County.
• Undertook Data centre & Cloud Discovery & Assessment to deliver the Council Roadmap
• Successfully delivered Microsoft Azure Cloud Adoption and Transformation
• Introduced multi-cloud (AWS, GCP & Azure) strategy and migration plan
• Successfully migrated on-prem application to Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Applied Government Frameworks - YPO, G-Cloud, DOS to de-select preferred suppliers
• Successfully introduced Digital Digital transformation across 3 organisations by applying Government Digital Services (GDS) framework
• Define and delivered data centre to hybrid cloud transition planning and delivery line with council strategy
• Successfully managed analysis, evaluation of options and development of Business case for subsequent phase of the programme
• Managed the modernisation & migration of legacy applications
• Managed the adoption of Office 365 SaaS across 2000 users
Cloud services, Manager, Hybrid, GCC, Framework, Access management, Server, Development, Office, Assessment, Infrastructure, Transformation, Business Case, Technology, Design, Security, Management, Cloud, Saas, Microsoft azure, Digital transformation, Azure, Office 365, Prince2, Budget, AWS, Jira
2018 - 2019
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Programme Lead, Transformation Programme
Aviva Investors Limited.
Budget: £20M • Team Size: 30 FTEs & Contractors • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, Agile, Scrum & Waterfall
Accountable for delivering all changes for Aviva Investors market in Aviva Group's largest ever technology transformation programme and one of Europe's largest Data Centre Transition Programmes (Project Y) across 29 countries consisting of infrastructure, applications, 3rd parties, Vendors, service and remote services.
• As part of the data centre transition, successfully delivered Technology Refresh Programme (Tech Refresh) across Aviva mid-range environment to N and N-1 in accordance with Design Authority (DA) Technology Agreed Standard
• Successfully delivered over 20 migration / transition open system events, Office 365, Citrix Virtual Workplace, Cyber Security Projects and other workstreams.
• Completed all Transition activities including requirements gathering, impact assessment, resource planning, structuring, forecasting, budgeting, recruitment, vendor & supplier management, stakeholder analysis & management and leading migration events.
• Employed Agile methodology, daily hurdle, sprints to deliver agreed user stories, Kanban board, Jira and Confluence to successfully deliver application migrations.
• End to end Datacentre planning and migration
• Engaged and acted as conduit between Senior Leadership, Business and Technology stakeholders to lead
• Ensure Business Readiness and to embed Business and Technology changes.
• Managed the implementation of Microsoft Office O365 suits (Email, SharePoint, IM and Microsoft Teams) to meet the GDPR requirements of data retention and data loss prevention for the whole of Aviva Investors Unstructured data estates.
Accountable for delivering all changes for Aviva Investors market in Aviva Group's largest ever technology transformation programme and one of Europe's largest Data Centre Transition Programmes (Project Y) across 29 countries consisting of infrastructure, applications, 3rd parties, Vendors, service and remote services.
• As part of the data centre transition, successfully delivered Technology Refresh Programme (Tech Refresh) across Aviva mid-range environment to N and N-1 in accordance with Design Authority (DA) Technology Agreed Standard
• Successfully delivered over 20 migration / transition open system events, Office 365, Citrix Virtual Workplace, Cyber Security Projects and other workstreams.
• Completed all Transition activities including requirements gathering, impact assessment, resource planning, structuring, forecasting, budgeting, recruitment, vendor & supplier management, stakeholder analysis & management and leading migration events.
• Employed Agile methodology, daily hurdle, sprints to deliver agreed user stories, Kanban board, Jira and Confluence to successfully deliver application migrations.
• End to end Datacentre planning and migration
• Engaged and acted as conduit between Senior Leadership, Business and Technology stakeholders to lead
• Ensure Business Readiness and to embed Business and Technology changes.
• Managed the implementation of Microsoft Office O365 suits (Email, SharePoint, IM and Microsoft Teams) to meet the GDPR requirements of data retention and data loss prevention for the whole of Aviva Investors Unstructured data estates.
Citrix, Office, Retention, Assessment, Infrastructure, Microsoft Teams, Transformation, Implementation, Confluence, Technology, Service, Security, Recruitment, Kanban, Design, GDpr, User stories, Management, Leadership, Agile, SharePoint, Office 365, Prince2, Forecasting, Budget, Jira, Scrum
2012 - 2016
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Project Manager, Project and Programme Management Practice (Atos PPM)
Atos IT Services.
London, United Kingdom (IT & Professional Services) Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2016
Project Manager, Project and Programme Management Practice (Atos PPM)
Delivered key projects across different engagements within estimated budget and time frame while completing client's all requirements.
Client Engagements:
Project Manager for Post Office Limited (UK Government)
Budget: £10M • Team Size: 20 Staff & 3 Contractors • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, SDLC, Waterfall & MS Project
* Successfully completed End to end implementation of SAP SF PMGM from requirement gathering, Streamlining of HR processes, staff recruitment, onboarding and certification processes by successful employment of SAP success factors over 60,000 service users, using Microsoft Dynamics and Ms SQL with TCV of £1M.
* Increased revenue by £1M through delivery of multiple software projects under cheque imaging and smart metering transformation programme across multiple energy providers and 3rd Parties with TCV of £6M.
* Maximised profit and prevented fraud by completing cash deposits automation project across 16,000 post offices for six major high street banks with TCV of £500k.
* Enhanced the stability of End-User Computing environment by delivering multiple EUC Projects over 10, 000 devices with TCV of £100K.
* Eliminated statutory, regulatory and financial risks by swiftly replacing and merging critical Biodata Infrastructure from five different sites to one datacentre, and leading a team of 7 3rd party vendors through SIAM delivery model with TCV of £300K, completing project within deadline of less than 3 months.
* Designed and implemented new services and processes for 16,000 Post Offices for Scotland Disclosure and Barring Service to achieve revenue targets within TCV of 200K.
Programme Manager for RS Components (Private Electronic Components Company with t/o of £1.5B)
Budget: £20M • Team Size: 30 Staff & 15 Contractors • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, Waterfall, Transition & MS Projects
Successfully delivered a Data Centre Transition Programme across 3 continents consisting of infrastructure, applications, 3rd parties, Vendors, service and remote services.
* Successfully delivered GCC Technology Refresh Programme (Tech Refresh) to N and N-1 in accordance with the council Technology Approved Standard
* Decreased brand reputation damages and annual loss by £2M with a provision of programme assurance and recovery of transformation programme, impacting 15,000 users with TCV of £10M.
* Partnered with Global cross-functional remote and virtual teams, vendors and 3rd Parties to assure effective programme recovery with resource budget of £2M.
* Improved project outcomes by delivering clear milestones and critical cut-overs as well as optimising workstreams.
Project Manager for Department of Health & NHS England (UK Government)
Budget: £5M • Team Size: 15 Staff & 5 Contractors • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, SDLC, Scrum, Waterfall & MS Project
* Digital Transformation and roll out of medical devices across health professionals
* Provided innovative solutions for highly secured IL4 software and data to ensure unhindered operations completed project with TCV of £1M and within timeframe of 9 months.
* Headed cyber security project with TCV of £150K, comprising tests such as penetration, sniff, vulnerability, smoke, data compliance, firewall and proxy to ensure compliance, security and system integrity.
* Refreshed desktop, EUC environment, and upgraded OS to the latest version (Windows 10 and Office 365) throughout the Estate of 150 users with TCV of £500K.
* Expertly transferred highly sensitive government data, infrastructure and service users to a new building to streamline operations and avoid disruption with TCV of £50.
* Enhances effectiveness of communications channels by 75% by upgrading information workspace, and employee directory services.
* Generated over £500K of new business and incremental sales by developing solutions and coordinating with Vendors, 3rd Parties, Technical Architects and Subject Matter Experts.
* Successfully delivered a five phased MedBenz (OHT) project, with contract value of 500k within timeframe in association with customer requirements.
* Improved stability and capacity delivering stress tests and required upgrade on critical Health system in a 5-Phased project with TCV of £2M in line with customer requirements, globally.
Infrastructure Projects Manager for ACCA (Not for Profit organisation with t/o $2M)
Budget: £500K • Team Size: 5 Staff & 6 Contractors • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, Waterfall & MS Project
* Transferred Exchange 2007 to O365 Cloud, Microsoft Server 2008 R2 to Microsoft Azure and on-premise file server to Microsoft O365 SharePoint, resulting increased flexibility and reduced cost with TCV of 100k.
Project Manager, Project and Programme Management Practice (Atos PPM)
Delivered key projects across different engagements within estimated budget and time frame while completing client's all requirements.
Client Engagements:
Project Manager for Post Office Limited (UK Government)
Budget: £10M • Team Size: 20 Staff & 3 Contractors • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, SDLC, Waterfall & MS Project
* Successfully completed End to end implementation of SAP SF PMGM from requirement gathering, Streamlining of HR processes, staff recruitment, onboarding and certification processes by successful employment of SAP success factors over 60,000 service users, using Microsoft Dynamics and Ms SQL with TCV of £1M.
* Increased revenue by £1M through delivery of multiple software projects under cheque imaging and smart metering transformation programme across multiple energy providers and 3rd Parties with TCV of £6M.
* Maximised profit and prevented fraud by completing cash deposits automation project across 16,000 post offices for six major high street banks with TCV of £500k.
* Enhanced the stability of End-User Computing environment by delivering multiple EUC Projects over 10, 000 devices with TCV of £100K.
* Eliminated statutory, regulatory and financial risks by swiftly replacing and merging critical Biodata Infrastructure from five different sites to one datacentre, and leading a team of 7 3rd party vendors through SIAM delivery model with TCV of £300K, completing project within deadline of less than 3 months.
* Designed and implemented new services and processes for 16,000 Post Offices for Scotland Disclosure and Barring Service to achieve revenue targets within TCV of 200K.
Programme Manager for RS Components (Private Electronic Components Company with t/o of £1.5B)
Budget: £20M • Team Size: 30 Staff & 15 Contractors • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, Waterfall, Transition & MS Projects
Successfully delivered a Data Centre Transition Programme across 3 continents consisting of infrastructure, applications, 3rd parties, Vendors, service and remote services.
* Successfully delivered GCC Technology Refresh Programme (Tech Refresh) to N and N-1 in accordance with the council Technology Approved Standard
* Decreased brand reputation damages and annual loss by £2M with a provision of programme assurance and recovery of transformation programme, impacting 15,000 users with TCV of £10M.
* Partnered with Global cross-functional remote and virtual teams, vendors and 3rd Parties to assure effective programme recovery with resource budget of £2M.
* Improved project outcomes by delivering clear milestones and critical cut-overs as well as optimising workstreams.
Project Manager for Department of Health & NHS England (UK Government)
Budget: £5M • Team Size: 15 Staff & 5 Contractors • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, SDLC, Scrum, Waterfall & MS Project
* Digital Transformation and roll out of medical devices across health professionals
* Provided innovative solutions for highly secured IL4 software and data to ensure unhindered operations completed project with TCV of £1M and within timeframe of 9 months.
* Headed cyber security project with TCV of £150K, comprising tests such as penetration, sniff, vulnerability, smoke, data compliance, firewall and proxy to ensure compliance, security and system integrity.
* Refreshed desktop, EUC environment, and upgraded OS to the latest version (Windows 10 and Office 365) throughout the Estate of 150 users with TCV of £500K.
* Expertly transferred highly sensitive government data, infrastructure and service users to a new building to streamline operations and avoid disruption with TCV of £50.
* Enhances effectiveness of communications channels by 75% by upgrading information workspace, and employee directory services.
* Generated over £500K of new business and incremental sales by developing solutions and coordinating with Vendors, 3rd Parties, Technical Architects and Subject Matter Experts.
* Successfully delivered a five phased MedBenz (OHT) project, with contract value of 500k within timeframe in association with customer requirements.
* Improved stability and capacity delivering stress tests and required upgrade on critical Health system in a 5-Phased project with TCV of £2M in line with customer requirements, globally.
Infrastructure Projects Manager for ACCA (Not for Profit organisation with t/o $2M)
Budget: £500K • Team Size: 5 Staff & 6 Contractors • Methodology/Tools: Prince2, Waterfall & MS Project
* Transferred Exchange 2007 to O365 Cloud, Microsoft Server 2008 R2 to Microsoft Azure and on-premise file server to Microsoft O365 SharePoint, resulting increased flexibility and reduced cost with TCV of 100k.
Office, Compliance, Technology, Windows, Less, Medical Devices, It, Implementation, Transformation, Infrastructure, Regulatory, Health, Service, Software, Organization, Server, Energy, PPM, Energy, GCC, Processes, Manager, Customer, SharePoint, Project Manager, Scrum, Operations, Budget, Prince2, Office 365, SAP, Azure, Exchange, Digital transformation, Sql, Microsoft azure, Automation, Onboarding, Cloud, Management, Sales, Recruitment, Firewall, Microsoft Server, Security
2010 - 2012
freelance
Senior Consultant
Bates Infotech.
Performed varied roles and accountable for project delivery in compliance with standards to meet customer requirements.
Project Manager / EUC Manager, UCLH (NHS Teaching Hospital) - rollout of medical devices
Solutions Architect / Project Manager, NWN Squared (Accounting firm with t/o £10M)
Technical Projects Manager, (Global IT & professional services company with t/o £12B)
Project Manager - Xerox (Global IT Company)
Solutions Architect / Project Manager, Bird College of Performing Arts (
Project Manager / EUC Manager, UCLH (NHS Teaching Hospital) - rollout of medical devices
Solutions Architect / Project Manager, NWN Squared (Accounting firm with t/o £10M)
Technical Projects Manager, (Global IT & professional services company with t/o £12B)
Project Manager - Xerox (Global IT Company)
Solutions Architect / Project Manager, Bird College of Performing Arts (
Project Manager, Teaching, Compliance, Medical Devices, It, Performing, Manager, Customer
My education
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2018
Cranfield School of Management
Masters, N/a
Masters, N/a
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2008
University of Plymouth
MBA, General Management
MBA, General Management
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