I am driven by the belief that the interface between Development and Operations must be as efficient and effective as possible and have recently focussed on designing, implementing and operating Service Transition and DevOps disciplines. Backed up by a strong background in Project Management (Agile, PRINCE 2 Practioner) and Programme Manager (MSP Practitioner) and Operations (ITIL) in manufacturing, hospitality, gaming, retail and development

DevOps Practice Manager @ Scaling M&S.com DevOps to an Enterprise Practice enabling greater Agility without compromising the lean principles that drive our automation From March 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) Continuous Delivery Manager @ Using DevOps, lean release, change and config management to enable Agile teams to deliver value faster From October 2013 to March 2014 (6 months) London, United KingdomDevOps Manager @ Looking at DevOps in M&S From September 2012 to October 2013 (1 year 2 months) DevOps Project Manager @ Currently working on the Multi Channel Foundation Programme From July 2012 to September 2012 (3 months) Senior Project Manager @ From July 2011 to July 2012 (1 year 1 month) Watford, United KingdomRelease and Deployment Manager @ Responsible for Release Management and Deployment functions into live Ladbrokes (retail shop estate and e-Gaming) environments including the planning, resource management, and governance of activities From October 2009 to July 2011 (1 year 10 months) Retail Implementation Manager @ Management of the project and installation service teams to deliver hardware and software into the UK and Irish retail estates From May 2005 to October 2009 (4 years 6 months) Implementation and Deployment Manager @ Management and delivery of the Implementation transition programme to define, establish and deliver service complementary to core business activities From April 2003 to August 2005 (2 years 5 months) Senior Project Manager @ Project Manager providing IT services in Retail, distribution and logistics, hospitality and manufacturing sectors From January 1999 to February 2003 (4 years 2 months) Technical Project Manager @ Managing the technical services department to deliver QA/QC, support and development services to the manufacturing department From December 1996 to December 1998 (2 years 1 month) Project Leader @ Leading QA Calibration Team ensuring compliance to ISO standards for on line and key laboratory instrumentation. From March 1990 to November 1996 (6 years 9 months)

Simon White is skilled in: ITIL, Program Management, IT Service Management, Management, Agile Methodologies, PRINCE2, Project Management, Change Management, Project Delivery, Team Management, Stakeholder Management, Software Project Management, IT Management, Business Analysis, Project Portfolio Management