Recent Assignments Undertaken

IT COST ANALYSIS / BENCHMARKING
. Analysed IT Operations costs and related maintenance contracts

. Benchmarked IT Operations costs to published external benchmark statistics

. Provided commentary on findings

IT STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT (medium term: 3+ years)
. Reviewed current IT set-up, plans & technology

. Conducted Business Management interviews to assess issues and IT alignment

. Produced a set of key themes

. Created a Mind Map

. Revised Mission Statement

. Designed IT Strategy Framework

. Published IT Strategy Report

PROJECT MANGEMENT (software)
. Coordinated external software vendor, internal & external infrastructure staff

. Developed project plan, ran team meetings, escalated issues

 also led Infrastructure projects

PROCEDURE DESIGN (for Europe-wide IT Team)
. Reviewed existing procedures

. Interviewed all affected personnel in multiple sites

. Developed simple-to-read colour-coded flowcharts

. Standardised procedures across Europe where possible

. Trained relevant personnel

IT COST MANAGEMENT
. Reviewed IT Spend to best practice benchmarks

  Highlighted areas to reduce and/or put to tnder

  Develoepd and led the tender process

DISASTER RECOVERY (DR) / BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING (BCP)
. Reviewed current DR plans/policies & suggested improvements

. Working with the business departments undertook Busines Impact Analyses, Risk     

  Assessments and updated Business Continuity Plans.

. Updated Incident Management Plan

. Irish DR Vendor analysis

. RFI & RFT for DR Services

. Project Management of DR Planning & Testing at the remote site

. Prepared etailed DR Testing Report

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