Feb 2022 – May 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Provision of remote Agile consultancy as an Agile Coach to an major automotive client. supplier delivery teams and stakeholders delivering a deliver an online vehicle showroom.

Apr 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Remote

• Provision of remote Agile consultancy as an Agile Coach to internal delivery teams and stakeholders delivering student administration and teaching platforms.

Apr 2020 – May 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Remote

• Provision of remote Agile consultancy as Scrum Master and Coach to both internal and client teams jointly delivering a bespoke investment platform.

Feb 2020 – Mar 2020 · 1 mo · Bristol, United Kingdom

• Comelio Consulting assignment:
• Providing Agile consultancy to Valtech teams delivering systems for the aviation industry.
• The contract ended early due the the scaling back of development work as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation.

Sep 2019 – Dec 2019 · 3 mos

• Comelio Consulting assignment:
• Provided Agile Coaching to a Public Sector client of BJSS which involved supporting 9 teams on site.
• This contract ended prematurely due to blanket changes in the IR35 policy of the Public Sector client.

Apr 2019 – Jun 2019 · 2 mos · Newbury

• Comelio Consulting assignment
• Transition from Scrum to a Kanban ways of working for a business process re-engineering project being delivered by a team distributed across Europe (Spain, Italy, Romania, Hungary, Poland, UK), and ensuring that the ways of working are fully bedded in.

Mar 2019 – Oct 2019 · 7 mos · Bristol, United Kingdom

• Comelio Consulting assignment
• Two days per week Agile Coaching consultancy.
• Supporting and transforming Agile ways of working for the delivery of a next generation digital platform being developing by a team split between the UK and Iceland.

Aug 2018 – Feb 2019 · 6 mos · Cardiff

• Comelio Consulting assignment
• Scrum Master for a geographically split team (Cardiff & Lisbon) delivering a next generation digital platform. The first iteration was successfully deployed into Production within two months of the team had been formed.
• Scrum Master for the high level design and customer experience team.
• Scrum Master for the Architecture team

Sep 2017 – Jul 2018 · 10 mos

• Comelio Consulting assignment
• Education, Training and Coaching on Agile behaviours and techniques (Scrum, Kanban and ScrumBan)
• On-site coaching of delivery team based in India
• Focus on the development of a continuous improvement culture through retrospectives, reviews and self-improvment
• Development of metrics driven reporting models for senior stakeholder governance of Agile deliveries
• Facilitation of senior stakeholder workshops for new product strategy and requirements
• Education in best practices, tips and tricks in Jira and Confluence

Sep 2016 – Aug 2017 · 11 mos

• Comelio Consulting assignment
• Interim Agile Delivery Manager for the two major Java and Oracle releases of the Faster Payments Service Back Office (FPS) through Scrum, Kanban & ScrumBan
• Delivery through on-shore and near-shore (Ireland) Scrum Teams
• Agile Coach for the delivery teams (Scrum Master, Product Owner, Developers, Testers & Analysts)
• Agile workshop facilitaton
• Activist, Evangelist, Stakeholder & Influencer in the Agile Transformation

Sep 2014 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · Taunton, United Kingdom

• Responsible for managing a team of software developers delivering a combination of small change, BAU support services and larger more strategic change projects. The team operated within an Agile framework and I was responsible for facilitating, prioritising and allocating workload across the teams, providing the bridge between the product owners, the process and the development teams. Through I played a key part in evolving the Agile process as part of continuous improvement.

Jun 2014 – Jul 2014 · 1 mo · Bristol

• Comelio Consulting assignment
• Set up the Agile governance model for a major defence customer delivery in readiness for handover to permanent staff. The comprised the set up of RAID logs, status reporting, financial tracking and forecasting, sprint task board, story pointing (planning poker), sprint planning, retrospectives and the daily scrum process.

Jul 2009 – Jun 2014 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Newport, Wales

• Comelio Consulting assignment.
• Responsible for the financial, technical and day to day management of the delivery of redeveloped statistical systems to replace the Office for National Statistics existing legacy systems, in order to meet key government and legislative publication dates. This included budgetary responsibility of up to £3.6M.

Aug 2007 – Jul 2009 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bristol, England, United Kingdom

• Comelio Consulting assignment:
• Technical responsibility for the delivery of client projects. Close liaison with the Client Project Manager and the Off-Shore Development team along with management of the UK team.

Oct 2006 – Aug 2007 · 10 mos · Swindon, England, United Kingdom

• Comelio Consulting assignment:
• Responsible for project managing the methodology development for the imeplementation of a corrective action.
• Responsible for project managing the requirements specification of an outsourced development to support backdated policy amendments.

Nov 2004 – Oct 2006 · 1 yr 11 mos · Leeds, England, United Kingdom

• Comelio Consulting assignment:
• Project Manager, Software Development on the Connecting for Health Project.
• Responsible for:
• In-house bespoke software development for the Security sub-systems.
• Out-sourced bespoke software development for the Security sub-systems.
• Process development and improvement for the Software Development organisation.

Sep 2002 – Jan 2024 · 21 yrs 4 mos · Bristol, United Kingdom

• Available to support your Agile transformation:
• Agile Coach & Training
• Scrum/Flow Master
• Agile Governance
• Facilitation of on-site/remote workshops and ceremonies
• Agile Awareness Training
• Agile Fundamentals & Frameworks
• Agile Product Ownership
• Agile Governance, Estimation, Planning &
• Forecasting
• Agile Organisations & Leadership
• Jira & Confluence Master Classes
• Agile Readiness Assessments
• Please contact me through LinkedIn if you would like to discuss my availability for consultancy or workshops.

Sep 2002 – Nov 2004 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Camberley, England, United Kingdom

• Comelio Consulting assignment:
• Software Development Manager - UKeUniversities eLearning Project
• Responsible for:
• In-house bespoke software development
• UK based third party bespoke software development
• Off shore bespoke software development
• End customer interface on all technical matters

Jan 1999 – Jan 2002 · 3 yrs · London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the management of:
• Software Design and Development
• Hardware Development
• Quality Assurance
• Technical Publications
• Customer Support

Jan 1998 – Jan 1999 · 1 yr · Richmond upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the project management of the Requirements Analysis and High Level Design of a client/server system for the administration of policies for a major medical insurance company.

Jan 1994 – Jan 1998 · 4 yrs

• Based in San Jose, California.
• Software Development Manager, responsible for the design, development and delivery of the SherpaWORKS Product Data Management Applications Suite.

Jan 1991 – Jan 1994 · 3 yrs

• Based in Bracknell, UK
• Responsible for providing both pre-sales and post-sales consultancy and support for the Sherpa PDM product, to customers and prospects throughout Europe.

Jan 1988 – Jan 1991 · 3 yrs · Leatherhead, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for:
• Design, development, unit and integration test of the Network Management Centre for a prototype mail processing network.
• Technical lead for the integration, enhancement and support of this mail processing network on customer site in Ottawa, Canada.

Jan 1986 – Jan 1988 · 2 yrs · London, England Metropolitan Area

• Responsible for the design, development, unit and integration test of components of a T1 Digital Multiplexer.

Jan 1984 – Jan 1986 · 2 yrs · Harlow, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the development, unit and integration test of the initial processing components of a civilian Secondary Surveillance Radar System.

Jan 1981 – Jan 1984 · 3 yrs · Harlow, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for the design, development and test of both hardware and software components of automated equipment for the manufacture of relays.