Phil Awde
Technology Director
Preston,Lancashire
Summary
A strong and effective leader with over 15 years of Senior IT leadership experience working across a range of sectors including Legal, IT Professional Services, Utilities and Consultancy.
ITIL and Prince 2 Certified with a history of leveraging technology as an enabler, successful solution delivery, surpassing stakeholder expectations and adding value through innovation.
Skills
- IT Leadership
- IT Strategy & Roadmap
- IT Service Delivery - ITIL Qualified
- Full Lifecycle Programme Delivery - Agile and Waterfall - Prince 2 Certified
- IT Security & Compliance
- 3rd Party Procurement & Vendor Management
- Development Pipeline Oversight
- Contract Management
- Data Analytics
- Risk, Change, Release, Problem, Incident Management
- £MM Budget Management
- Digital Business Transformation
- Client and Stakeholder Relations
- Cloud Adoption
- Organisational Design
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
13
13
Technology Accreditations
Work history
Technology Director
Napthens LLP
Preston, Lancashire
06.2020 - Current
- Accountable for design and implementation of the ongoing Technology Strategy, incorporating evolution and governance of Service Delivery, Infrastructure, Development, Data Analytics, Training and Security to underpin overall business transformation and growth strategy.
- Technology Merger and Acquisition - IT Sponsor for separation and transformation of the technology landscape incorporating CRM, Case Management System, Mobile Application and Web Development.
- Responsible for Digital Strategy Implementation covering controlled SAAS deployments including O365 Full Suite Roll-Out and Infrastructure Cloud Migrations - enabling a work anywhere, any device securely platform.
- Application Development - Covering Finance Debt Reduction and Credit Control. Reducing debtor days and reducing risk through automation of processes
- IT Sponsor for implementation of a Residential Conveyancing Mobile App. Improving CSAT and increasing margin against fixed fee work through digitisation and automation of service
Head of Systems
GB3 Ltd
Preston, Lancashire
04.2014 - 01.2021
- Accountable for Delivery and Operations of the Project Delivery Department reporting at Board Level, to provide input into strategic company direction. Accountable for management and delivery of IT services covering Strategy, Systems, Support and Security.
- Built GB3’s Professional Services Department Offering. Building an internal team, processes and systems to deliver digital transformation projects covering strategy, infrastructure cloud migration, development, security and support to customers.
- Responsible for ongoing ISO27001 compliance and re-accreditation - decreasing security incidents by 75% over 3 years.
- Increasing margin across delivery of projects by over 40% (500k increase) over 12 months through automation and digitisation of service offering.
Senior Project Manager
ANS Group
Manchester
04.2013 - 04.2014
- Accountable for planning and delivery of IT project portfolio through the full lifecycle from initiation to closure. covering Infrastructure refreshes, Full Cloud and Hybrid Migrations, Networking, VDI (Citrix & RDS) and Phone System Implementations.
Infrastructure Project Manager
Enterprise PLC
01.2010 - 01.2013
Graduate Network Analyst
Enterprise PLC
01.2008 - 01.2010
Education
BSc (Hons) Degree - Business Information Technology
UCLAN
Hobbies
- Spending time with my family
- Charity Work - working alongside Business in the Community (BITC) to provide FOC mentorship to charities who require Strategic guidance and leadership within Technology
- Golf
- Watching, Playing & Coaching Football (FA Level 1 Coaching Badge)
- Music & Gigs
- Gaming
Timeline
Technology Director
Napthens LLP
06.2020 - Current
Head of Systems
GB3 Ltd
04.2014 - 01.2021
Senior Project Manager
ANS Group
04.2013 - 04.2014
Infrastructure Project Manager
Enterprise PLC
01.2010 - 01.2013
Graduate Network Analyst
Enterprise PLC
01.2008 - 01.2010
BSc (Hons) Degree - Business Information Technology
UCLAN
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