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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DirectorOi Live Limited
Oxford, United KingdomFull Time
Oi Live is my services company. I have over the past 12 years managed and delivered all sorts of projects - 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: highlight - the Acer Pavilion on the Olympic Park at London 2012: fully interactive, 3D Holographic theatre - consumer experience with VIP hospitality, great fun.
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Advisory ConsultantMilamber Ventures plc
- London, United KingdomFreelance
Milamber failed to pay their invoices over a 12 month period, only providing drips and drabs of money to keep me going with the promise that the backlog would be paid. They are offering to pay in shares in a company that is not listed. I left due to non payment of invoices
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Skills
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Operations
- Budgeting Forecasting
- Multi-tasking
- Budget Negotiation
- Contract Negotiation
- Costing
- Planning
- Client Management
Education
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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