Years in IT
Years in Talent Management
Years in Learning & Development
Years in Process Improvement
I offer:
- deep expertise & value for money
- 30 years in IT plus commercial application of best practices in talent management
- speed & flexibility; working pragmatically with both IT, HR L&D and OD / change programmes
- no gold plating of solutions and projects
- cost effective remote support to organisations world wide
I can help you:
- develop the skills & professionalism of your IT organisation
- increase engagement, performance & provide career paths for your people
- have the right SKILLS in the right PLACE at the right TIME
- reduce the number of external resources used
- align people, skills & capabilities with a transformation, merger or shift in strategy
- implement process changes e.g. using frameworks such as SFIA ITIL CMMI COBIT PCMM
- implement IT communities of practices / internal professional communities
- expert impartial advice & implementation support for SFIA
- skills mapping, skills assessment
- role design & producing role profiles
- aligning roles with organisation design & target operating models
- developing capabilities & skills to meet future demand
- resource management & workforce planning
- talent management, career families, career paths
- developing high performing organisations
- learning & development catalogs, 70:20:10, communities of practice
I am an accredited SFIA Consultant and I have been using SFIA strategically and operationally since 2003 I am also secretary of the SFIA Council, lead the global SFIA User Forum and a regular speaker on SFIA, IT Skills & IT professionalism.
I’m married with two kids: Finn and Zoe. I love cooking, gardening & cricket.
Organisations I have worked with to develop their workforce and/or adopt SFIA:
- FTSE Top 10 global FMCG – IT transformation – 1200 staff / 80 countries
- FTSE Top 100 global manufacturing
- Global publishing organisation – Technology transformation – 500 staff
- FTSE Top 100 General Insurance – Technology transformation – 450 staff
- FTSE Top 30 financial services – IT transformation – 1500 staff
- Top 5 UK Building Society
- IT out-sourcer based in India – 8,000 staff
- Hi-tech start up in the USA
- Global leader in IT security
- Leading European software provider
- Formula 1 racing team
- Top 4 UK retailer
- A world Top 10 University
- Leading training provider
- UK local government organisation
- UK based utilities provider