Kevin James Delaney 49 Main Street Westhoughton Bolton BL34 2DE 0161 234 4567 kevd@freeserve.com PROFILE A motivated IT Director who consistently achieves objectives; Experience gained across a large number of projects, services and technologies. Well developed inter-personal skills, motivation and team building, with an analytical and investigative approach to work. In depth understanding of financial, commercial and contractual issues, with proven success in formulating and negotiating commercially sound solutions. KEY SKILLS • Deliver a high quality IT service, both within the company and to all customers, based on the ITIL industry standard for IT service delivery within negotiated SLAs. • Ensure the continued, uninterrupted operation of the global DNS infrastructure required for the company’s services, secure from threats and operating within agreed performance metrics. • Plan and manage the departmental budget and the IT capital programme. • Implement a continuous measurement, review, audit and benchmarking process to monitor the security, capacity and performance of systems. • Work with the Chief Executive and Director of Operations to plan schedules and priorities and respond to any major issues. DIRECTOR OF IT Edwards Thermafon Ltd. 1999 - present Recruited to provide technical leadership and manage the IT systems and IT department of the company. Develop and implement the IT strategy in order to support the company’s strategic objectives and be responsible for the overall management and performance of the function. Reports to CEO. • Participate in the company strategy development process and from this develop relevant strategies for approval by the SMT and the Board. • Implement agreed strategies and associated plans • Develop and maintain the company wide project management methodology, based on industry standards. • Develop, maintain and review the company project programme, in partnership with the Director of Operations. Ensure projects are delivered on schedule that meet the agreed objectives and business needs. • Manage and review projects at all levels, with particular responsibility for IT projects with a high business impact. • In partnership with SMT members, identify areas of potential business development. Conduct appropriate research and feed into the strategy development process. • Be responsible for the management of IT and systems risks and ensure maximum system up time. • Take responsibility for various other projects as agreed with the Chief Executive IT Manager EzTech Company 1992 – 1999 Successfully managed, concurrently on a multi-project basis, the supply of all contracted projects and services to a large number and wide range of client accounts, including:1999 - 2000 ADT, Unique, Criterion· Managed 3 AS400/J D Edwards based client contracts, originated, negotiated and managed new, £0.5 million, contract for the supply of services to ADT 1999 - 2000 Channel 101 TV · Effectively established and managed the £2 million contract for the service supply of the Air Time Sales system on a Unix, Sybase system architecture, including transition from legacy Honeywell System · Actively identified and delivered new opportunities for test environment, network support, hardware maintenance, software support and disaster recovery services · Introduced automation software which improved efficiency and reliability of the services being provided to the client 1998 - 1999 ABC International Bank · Utilised effective team management, within the £3 million outsource of IT services, which included: - Operation, production and technical support for AS400, VAX, RS6000, Sun Solaris, Sun E4000, NT and PC based systems - Application support banking systems - Help desk service and on site desk top systems support - Network support (100mb fibre optic network) - Transition project · Improved client/supplier relationship by negotiating and implementing a realistic SLA 1996 – 1998 PPP Healthcare · Proactively managed the contract for the outsource of a large IBM MVS and Unix based operation · Formulated and managed new infrastructure project introducing Unix, SAP, Oracle, NT, and Object Star systems · Effectively delivered programme of improvement for existing operation · Instigated, managed and successfully completed £1 million y2k compliance project · Evaluated and negotiated SLA revisions and contract extensions to a value in excess of £3 million. 1992 – 1998 South Bucks DC · Successfully managed the full life-cycle, including budgetary control, of the contract for the outsource of IT Services · Carried out IT strategy review and implemented revised strategy, including NT LAN infrastructure Other clients have included: AGB, Canada Maritime, Century Life, Unum, Invesco, Unique Pub Company, Singer & Friedlander, AON, IMP, Medical ResearchCouncil, Pasta Foods, Canada Maritime, Higher Education Quality Council, Council for National Academic Awards, MetropolitanPolice, London Borough of Lambeth, Criterion Asset Management, British Library, LRC, LPFA, LRB. Principal Consultant Hoskins Ltd. 1986 - 1989 · Implemented Account Management and associated procedures within the Outsource of the LRB (GLC) · Conducted successful value for money study at Bristol Water, which resulted in a 5-year outsourcing agreement. IT Manager Bejam 1976 – 1986 Progressed from Team Leader to IT Manager: · Created and managed a successful and motivated team (50 people) · Provided cost effective and efficient IT services to the business, responsible for £2 million budget · Successfully designed and implemented the major systems introducing On-line Systems for: Distribution, Inventory Management, Appliance Stock and Order, Insurance, Quality Control, · Introduced new hardware, software and communications, plus the introduction of PC technology. · Actively assisted in the conversion of the systems to IBM MVS technology and the introduction of EPOS. Systems Developer and Programmer Nationwide Building Society 1973 –1976 TOOLS MS Office, MS Project, Perform, PMW, Oracle Financials, Business Objects; Hardware and software platforms, including: IBM mainframes, ICL, AS400, VAX, Compaq, Sun, HP and RS6000 Unix,NT, LAN, WANS etc. Services provided have encompassed production and development, application support and development, technical and database development and support, projects, help desks, desktop support. PERSONALStatus: Married with 3 children:Nationality: British |