CMA

Sector: public

Consultant Since: January 1997

Geographical Cover: Worldwide

Chartered Engineer (C Eng)
Chartered Manager (C Mgr)
Diploma in Programme & Project Management
OGC mandated APM Programme Management Practitioner
ISEB Certificate in Project Management for Information Systems
PRINCE2 Practitioner
TEMPEST trained by CESG
Fully security cleared
Master of Science (MSc) Degree in Computing for Commerce and Industry
HND in Engineering (Electronics & Communications) - The Royal School of Signals.

Profile:

Philip manages change and delivers business benefit in secure technical environments. Holder of very high security clearance, Philip is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Manager and holder of the Diploma in Programme and Project Management. Philip is the Managing Director of Atalanta Associates Ltd.

Philip is a "people person" with a deep technical/systems engineering background and manages budgets and related resources, gains client confidence and meets targets. Excellent administrative and organisational ability and the interpersonal skills necessary to motivate multi-disciplinary teams. Extensive practical experience in IT and Telecomms; security management and R&D. Philip has an extensive knowledge of systems design from initiation to in-service management for ICT applications and systems within Defence and Other Government Departments. A keen mentor and always able to get the best out of an organisation. Resourceful and willing to travel.

Notable Achievements:

Rescued a stagnating programme to build a new operations centre for a government agency. Delivered on-time and to-budget.
Identified programme threats and implemented mechanisms to deliver success whilst assuring a critical programme of change for an expanding Government agency.
Set up Atalanta Associates Ltd to provide management consultancy to secure Government. Grew VEGA team at the Defence Communications Service Agency from 3 to 35 over 2 years. Managed account and provided focus for client. Provided "pastoral" care for team members. Established the baseline of all TS systems and applications within MoD on behalf of DG Info. Managed provision of application services over the SYNERGY infrastructure to Deployed HM Forces in Iraq.
Orchestrated the cultural change necessary to support ERP in the MoD.
Managed the design, development and delivery of an enterprise resource planner for HQ Land Command
Led teams of highly-qualified personnel managing complex and often challenging interface/inter-operability projects in various operational theatres, providing high-grade voice and data communications for the MoD.
Instrumental in the acceptance of DSDM RAD culture within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Migrated a busy Press Office from paper-based activity to an automated knowledge management environment.

Recent Employment History:

Atalanta Associates Ltd 2007 to date

Programme Manager. Contracted by a Government Agency to replace an aging surveillance system. Managed programme comprising innovative technical change and a national roll-out, all within a highly secure environment. Incorporated user community and benefits realisation. Managed teams engaged on each work stream. Reported to Board on progress against expenditure.

Project Manager. Contracted by a Government Agency to bring rigour to the construction and delivery of a substantial Operations Centre. Improved stakeholder management and established processes for improved communications between managers of component projects and tasks. Rationalised financial reporting. Established position of trust with suppliers and client. Provided on-site troubleshooting and speedy problem resolution for the benefit of suppliers and the client.

Programme Assurance Manager to a Government Agency. Contracted to assure the transfer-in of a critical business area from another Government department and, in particular, a new �£30M installation in NI. Set up structures to ensure successful delivery including change control, shared registers for risks and issues, and testing. Introduced product ownership and management of shared risks and issues. Established the means to provide risk reduction and evidence-based assurance that the solution "will work". Identified need for, and provided on-site management of suppliers and delivery to ensure a working solution was delivered.

LogicaCMG 2006

Business Development Manager for Defence.

VEGA Group PLC 1997 to 2006.

2005 to 2006: Business Developemnt Manager and Account Manager
Created new business area for Government Inteligence and National Security.
Established key accounts and grew business in line with targets.

2001 to 2005: MoD Project Manager
Team Leader of 35 and local account manager.
Applications Integration (TS) within DII/F. Baseline study for all TS systems.
Applications Integration (SYNERGY) within DII/C, deployed IT application services to the Middle East, managing mixed teams of service providers.
Managed major change programme surrounding the introduction of Resource Account Budgeting.
Managed design, development and delivery of an ERP software package (Project CHURCHILL).

2000 British Library Estates Directorate
Established Business Case for an integrated system to manage records (as required by Modernising Government), workflow, knowledge, documents and procurement.

2000 An Garda Siochana, Ireland's Police Force.
Reviewed existing Information Systems strategy, identified and examined issues having an impact upon the Force's future development of IS.
Secured Treasury funding by delivering the approach to be taken for the following four years.

1999 Nottinghamshire Police.
Designed replacement IT environment for entire Force including improvements to underlying communications infrastructure and produced initiating document for a £1 million ICT System. Improved the relations between the hitherto disparate IT group and Comms organisation.

1998-1999 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Information Technology Support Services). Designed a number of information environments including a knowledge management system and a multi-level, secure messaging system.
Tasks were managed within PRINCE v2 and used SSADM v4+ and/or RAD under DSDM.

Armed Forces
Defence & Aerospace
Government (Central/Regional)
ICT/Consultancy
ICT/Telecommunications Services
Law Enforcement/Emergency Services