About me
With over 25 years' experience of logistics and project management for major events, change planning and execution, operations management and talent acquisition across a wide variety of sectors (digital, innovation, automotive, sport) - with both corporates and boutique digital start-ups. I bring pragmatic solution design and delivery know-how from senior client-facing roles - experienced during periods of rapid growth and international expansion. I am a valuable source of insight and thought leadership.
Skills and Experience
• Excellent problem solver and communicator
• Accomplished project management skills
• Good listener and understanding of audiences
• Experience in facilitating operations systems
• Experience in developing process operations systems
• Experience in increasing profits
• Reliable team player with colleagues, clients, stakeholders and contractors
• Good eye for detail
• Sound budgeting, forecasting and cost modelling skills
• Experience with innovation and interactive technologies • Knowledge and understanding of digital technologies
• Thrives under pressure
• Good commercial acumen
• Calming influence
• Experienced in managing multiple teams and projects simultaneously
• Experience in planning, procurement, and delivery
• Experienced in negotiating and delivering Commercial Agreements
• Proven leadership skills
• Reliable, organised, and extremely adaptable
• Qualified Health and Safety Manager
• Outstanding people manager
Work history
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Senior ProducerWunderman Thompson
London, United KingdomFreelance
Work within the Live team delivering great experiential stuff for a plethora of clients
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DirectorOi Live Limited
- Oxford, United KingdomFull Time
Oi Live successfully managed and delivered all sorts of projects including, product launches, music festivals, awards, live events, conferences, exhibitions, experiential activities, interactive technologies, software development, hardware integration, service agreements, go-to-market strategies, video content: The highlights are the Acer Pavilion on the Olympic Park at London 2012: fully interactive, 3D Holographic theatre - consumer experience with VIP hospitality, great fun and the Engage Works, developed all processes for the company to ensure they could maintain operations and profits during their rapid growth over 3 years. They are an interactive experience agency. Pulling together software and hardware.
Skills
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Operations
- Budgeting Forecasting
- Multi-tasking
- Budget Negotiation
- Contract Negotiation
- Costing
- Planning
- Client Management
Education
BA Business StudiesLondon Metropolitan University
- London, United Kingdom
Awards
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Best Project DirectorLondon Olympics 2012, LOCOG (Sports Division)
Awarded by the kind folk at LOCOG for being the best Project Director in charge of a pavilion. Not sure how official it is but I did get a 'thank you' from Seb Coe.
Thank you