Achievements

Designed and directed development of industry-leading trading and settlements system. RESULT: £1.2million profit, £6million turnover and delivered to client satisfaction.

Developed plan to transform under-performing Service Support group through measures to manage workload, empower management and leverage technology. RESULT: Project, currently in progress, leading to independent certification of group.

Delivered Desktop Virtualisation (VDI) proof of technology environment and successful user testing exercise for AstraZeneca. RESULT: Delivered Business Case with potential savings in excess of $50 million p.a.

Edited and authored detailed sales proposal. RESULT: Campaign successful, generated contract of €1million+, delivering €400,000 to TORI.

Implemented new private banking software at Goldman Sachs. RESULT: Revenue of SFr 5million and annual SFr 150,000 support contract.

Launched new data delivery technology for Reuters. RESULT: Enabled Reuters to increase capacity in-line with market growth and reduce net cost to client. Rated among Reuters most successful launches.

Transformed failing IT project within budget and timescale. RESULT: Fault count reduced by 80%, avoided potential £300,000 overrun on £4m project.

Developed and launched IT change control processes for Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi. RESULT: 75% reduction in system errors.

Introduced project request and approval process for UN World Food Programme. RESULT: Identified 800+ projects enabling business alignment and improved prioritisation and planning.

Delivered global financial data capture system for Barclays PLC on time and budget. RESULT: £400,000 project ensured timely delivery of financial information.

Completed assessment of project processes at GTECH. RESULT: Identified savings between $50,000 and $300,000 p.a. and 25% reduction in errors.

In the course of his career Chris has: