Head of IT, Unilever Digital (Owned Media) @ Unilever
Head of IT, Unilever R&D @ Unilever
Education:
Secondary School @
Hounslow Manor School
About:
Global IT Director, Digital Marketing @ Digital Innovation Leader, Marketing From August 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Global IT Director, R&D @ Digital Innovation Leader, R&D
• eScience - data driven research
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Big Data Analytics From January 2011 to July 2014 (3 years 7 months) London, United KingdomCTO Business
Global IT Director, Digital Marketing @ Digital Innovation Leader, Marketing From August 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Global IT Director, R&D @ Digital Innovation Leader, R&D
• eScience - data driven research
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Big Data Analytics From January 2011 to July 2014 (3 years 7 months) London, United KingdomCTO Business Partner : Marketing, R&D, Customer Development @ Global Enterprise Architect : R&D, Marketing, Customer Development, EPOS Analytics
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Innovation Process Management
• Marketing Information Management
• Unilever representative at SAP Consumer Products Advisory Council (CPAC) for NPDI
• EPOS reporting through pioneering Information As A Service (IaaS) model
• Trade Promotions, Sales Force Automation, Trade Profitability From July 2006 to December 2010 (4 years 6 months) London, United KingdomIT Programme Manager, Customer Development @ Responsible for delivering the largest two CRM programmes in Europe (upto €12m budget, 9 teams, 70 internal/external resources, 5 European locations)
• Co-chaired Steering Groups with Business Programme leads
• Deployed Siebel-based solutions to 10 countries (1500+ users) delivering Sales Force Automation and Trade Promotions Management capabilities
• Managed the provision of Application Development (AD) and Application Maintenance (AM) services through multiple sourcing models From February 2004 to June 2006 (2 years 5 months) IT Development Manager, Customer Development & BI @ 1) CRM Development Manager
• Responsible for managing the development of Diageo’s largest CRM programme delivering pioneering Sales Force Automation capabilities to 700 users in the UK On-Trade business
• Managed a budget of over £3m and a team of 12 CRM specialists
2) Enterprise Data Warehouse Development and Operations Lead
• Responsible for managing the integration of a number of European information management components, including Financial and Sales Reporting
• Responsibilities also included the development of an in-sourced capability following the decision by Guinness to terminate an outsourcing contract From July 1999 to January 2004 (4 years 7 months) London, United KingdomSystems Integrator, S. Korean Destroyer Programme @ • Managed a team of engineers responsible for the software integration of 20 subsystems (weapons/sensors) for the S Korean Navy’s Destroyer programme
• Participated in sea acceptance trials in the Sea of Japan resulting in a timely delivery to the Korean Navy From July 1995 to June 1999 (4 years) London, United Kingdom
BSc (First Class Hons), Mathematics & Computing @ Loughborough University From 1991 to 1995
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