IT General Manager

I am a business orientated Informations Systems Director with over 20 years experience of implementing Insurance Software solutions to global companies in the UK, Canada and the US.
I have a successful track record as IT General Manager with substantial experience both of managing suppliers and of delivering supplier services.
I am a qualified Project Manager (Prince2 and ISEB)with a previous background in delivering solutions within tight time and budgetary constraints.

Based in:

United Kingdom

Work experience

26 years in employment in full time jobs

Previous jobs

2001 - 2004	Solcorp (an EDS company)
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Europe and the Americas (based Chicago & London) * Full operational and P&L responsibility for Europe, US, Canada, Caribbean and Latin America. * Provide strategic leadership to team of 200+ with budgets of up to �20M. * Member of executive management team with responsibility for setting and implementing organizational growth strategies. * Resolved issues of consultant availability by researching, proposing and establishing an offshore delivery capacity for SOLCORP. This allowed greater flexibility and responsiveness while also reducing costs. * Maintained region?s revenue, profit and customer satisfaction despite industry changes by restructuring and refocusing sales and delivery functions. * Led shift to an equal focus on new sales and servicing existing customers. As a result, SOLCORP is set to achieve financial goals for the Americas despite a challenging economic environment. * Achieved record revenues in the European region in 2001 and record consulting revenues in 2002.
1977 - 2001	AVIVA PLC
Business Program Manager ? e-Commerce (2000 ? 2001)  Provided strategic and tactical leadership to teams of up to 60 and managed budgets of �4M.  Played key role in major systems integration for merger of Commercial Union and General Accident.  Responsible for delivering e-Commerce solutions. Built team capability and established development life cycle to create travel and motor insurance Internet sites.  Implemented an insurance panel-based quotation and buy facility which linked to referrer?s web sites. Senior Project Manager ? Merger Activities (1999 ? 2000)  Successfully delivered major system changes to enable the launch of CGU, the merged company formed from Commercial Union and General Accident, to ambitious deadlines.  Established a development environment and delivery organization to facilitate the replacement of legacy systems. IT Manager, Commercial Insurance/IT Consultant ?Merger Activities (1998)  Managed team of 60 to develop major release of new commercial insurance administration system.  Concurrent appointment to develop system solution strategies for proposed new company.  Led a team focused on the area of commercial insurance. Avalon Systems Architecture Manager/Development Manager (1996 ? 1998)  Managed the transition to new computer systems for the general insurance division.  Established project brief and created the development methodology before moving on to make the necessary improvements to systems architecture. Senior Project Manager, IT services for Direct Insurance (1995 ? 1996)  Managed IT strategy and budget with responsibility both for application development and the maintenance of existing products/systems. .  Implemented new systems including data warehouse, marketing database, CTI in the call center and a personal lines insurance administration system.

Certifications / Courses

Certificate in Project Management for Information Systems (ISEB) ()

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Project Management - Prince2 ()

MSc and Post graduate diploma in Computing in Commerce and Industry (Open University - ongoing) ()

Skills

Skill	Experience	Level	Last used
Project Management	5 years professional	5 of 5	2006
Programme Management	5 years professional	4 of 5	2006
Business Manager	5 years professional	4 of 5	2006
Director	2 years professional	3 of 5	2006

1 = Lowest level, 5 = Highest level

Language Skills

Language	Oral	Written
English	5 of 5	5 of 5

Job Type wishes

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Full time

Job Category wishes

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Senior Management
- CEO
- CTO
- Other Top Management