Education
Oxford Brookes University
Post Graduate Certificate (Hons), Coaching Supervision -Royal School of Signals
HND, Electrical and Electronics Engineering -The Open University
Bachelor of Science (Hons), Psychology -Work Experience
Level Five Limited
Current
Level Five Limited
Digital WoW Group
2024-06-01 - 2024-10-01
Digital WoW Group
Reverse Logistics Group (RLG)
2022-06-01 - 2024-03-01
Reverse Logistics Group (RLG)
Kingfisher plc
2022-01-01 - 2022-06-01
Kingfisher plc
Acensys Limited
2020-10-01 - 2021-12-01
Acensys Limited
bp
2017-02-01 - 2019-12-01
bp
Acensys Limited
2016-02-01 - 2016-11-01
Acensys Limited
Vodafone Global Enterprise
2014-04-01 - 2015-12-01
Vodafone Global Enterprise
Bluefish Communications
2013-05-01 - 2014-04-01
Bluefish Communications
T-Systems International
2012-02-01 - 2013-05-01
T-Systems International
Skills
Summary
Award winning senior programme manager with a keen eye for detail: Gary is the person you go to when you want to successfully initiate and deliver change. Politically savvy and able to balance conflicting strategies, priorities and personalities to ensure delivery, whilst managing challenge and disagreement; he has led major transformation programmes across multiple sectors including telecoms, oil and gas, financial services, insurance and retail. An expert systems thinker, he has an uncommon ability to get to the nub of an issue, determine and agree a solution and then galvanise his team to make it happen, using either an agile or waterfall approach. Equally at home engaging with ‘C’ level or entry level staff, he has a natural ability to build strong working relationships with sponsors, accountable executives, key business stakeholders and business SMEs. Highly versatile, outcome orientated and financially astute, he provides strong leadership and exceptional influencing skills across the enterprise to gain commitment and support to deliver change. Core skills and expertise: • Programme/Portfolio Management • Strategic Business Planning and Execution • Product management and Vision/Roadmap definition • Change management and Innovation • Demand management and resource planning • Benefits management/realisation • Bid management and deal negotiation • Troubled project recovery and troubleshooting • Process optimisation /Target Operating Model creation • Project Governance, analysis and reporting • Technology consulting and thought leadership • Stakeholder influence and persuasion • Budget management and controls • Risk analysis and mitigation • Contract negotiation and supplier management • Project leadership, team management and coaching • Waterfall and Agile Delivery