SHAUN S JONES
Norwich
Summary
A highly adept and dynamic IT / Infrastructure Senior Project Manager with 17 years of experience in public sectors, government MOD & Corporate environments with Business Change Management, ERP SAP Projects, Infrastructure Deploying, Migrations Implementation with strategic Planning with various Cloud solutions. A proven track record of successful and on-time project execution using expertise in Prince2 and Agile Methodology managing and budgeting from 14k to 6 million marks. A persuasive communicator and emphatic listener to uphold solid commitment in building a strong relationship with all stakeholders and for turning proposals into reality.
Experienced with driving IT projects to successful completion through strategic planning and execution. Utilizes project management skills to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage project risks effectively. Track record of leveraging technical expertise to deliver high-quality solutions that meet business objectives.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Surveyor
Anglian Surveyors
01.2014 - Current
- Responsible for managing multiple schemes at various stages, collaborating with external contractors with minimal supervision.
- These projects include new buildings, refurbishments, banking site audits, house extensions, and environmental initiatives.
- As part of the team I ensures that site requirements are aligned with commercial objectives, providing surveying and estimating services.
- I coordinate surveying inspections, manage quality and costs on a daily basis, and report achievements to clients.
- Responsible for managing all project costs from pitch to completion.
- Undertaking costs analysis for building projects.
- Attending meetings and liaising with stakeholders on commercial matters.
- Monitoring the cost of site resources.
- Inspecting and then valuing completed work.
- Managing housing maintenance services.
- Working on a number of build projects at any one time.
- Writing reports on and advising on building and maintenance costs.
- Produce monthly cost & value reports, quarterly reports & cash flow information.
- Preparing tender and contract documents.
- Developing strong relationships with the clients and sub-contractors.
- Providing advice and guidance to staff in the preparation and presentation of works proposals, reviews and updates.
Senior IT Project Manager
Cambridge County Council
04.2023 - 05.2024
- Involved in various ITDS infrastructure projects aimed at streamlining business operations into a single service.
- Took the lead in providing structure and rigor to deliver Domain Modernization Projects, overseeing everything from project initiations to completion.
- This included defining business procurement through product bid processing and maintaining project plans, gathering requirements, setting milestones, documenting progress, and establishing success criteria.
- Some of the key projects I worked on include dealing with external parties from initiations from procurement stages and aligning business proposals.
- This included upgrades to social care AI integrations / Mosaic & Gen AI and social service programs, Oracle OEM upgrades, cloud migrations to AWS, Windows 11 and laptop refresh initiatives, ERP SAP migrations for democratic and HR/Finance systems, as well as upgrades to legal and democratic services.
- Led a team of IT professionals in planning, executing, and monitoring complex IT projects.
- Managed the entire project lifecycle, ensuring all objectives were met within budget and on time.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and deliverables, while also identifying and managing risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Developed and maintained project schedules, resource plans, and budgets, conducted regular status meetings, and communicated effectively with project teams and stakeholders.
- Provided leadership, guidance, and support to team members, ensuring quality standards were met and project deliverables exceeded expectations.
- Managed changes to project scope, schedule, and resources, and presented project updates and reports to senior management.
IT Project Manager
AB Agri Foods
01.2023 - 03.2023
- Worked on multiple work streams on ERP/SAP in delivery from Moving Data Centres and upgrade a server Farm from 2012 to 2019/2022.
- Multiple applications within the Ab Agri across the Businesses with a huge team from Build, compile integrated AI Applications and implement using a shared solution service.
- Integrating large complex technology platforms and reshaping the business structure.
- Usual technical infrastructure, Datacentres, Operating systems, End user Testing and Cloud management; Program planning key deliverables.
- Whilst translating complex technical issues into simple optical illustrations.
Senior IT Project Manager
Trustmarque IT Solutions Ltd
10.2021 - 12.2022
- Taking leadership from project initiation and driving them from procurement, implementations, migrations, testing and signing off successful.
- Managed the project from Data Analysis moving into Power Bi Frontend Management, upgraded the servers from 2012 to 2019 lift & shift data from Old SQL Servers and mapping API Pen testing for HR Systems / Applications.
- Project Managed the Business systems in compiling data into Power Bi and upgraded SQL 2012 to 2019 moving all the Trading maps into Power Bi Formulas.
- API / ESR Forms presented with a unified interface including all relevant information for Movers / leavers.
- NHS Resolution are a current customer of Trustmarque.
- Projects – Exchange Server / AOVPN.
- Trustmarque to provide a comprehensive review of their current Intune environment, covering policies, security, co-management, Multifactor Authentication and Conditional access.
IT Project Manager
HINCKLEY & BOSWORTH COUNCIL
07.2021 - 10.2021
- Specializing in the delivery of O365, MS Teams, OneDrive, Exchange Online, and SharePoint.
- Successfully led various projects to enhance communication and data management within businesses.
- Oversaw the implementation of O365 across three tenancies, with a focus on utilizing MS Teams as the primary communication platform for video, voice, and meetings.
- Managed the integration of server upgrades to 2019, migrating all public folders to mail online, and rolling out OneDrive for the three tenancies.
- Upgraded SQL Server and Oracle Database, deploying a Power Bi frontend data model.
- Conducted training sessions in Power Bi for end users and presented content demonstrations with engineers to customers.
Interim IT Project Manager
Slough Borough Council
03.2021 - 06.2021
- Key part of the Digital Workplace program, focusing on delivering and enhancing leadership and management principles within both in-house and external infrastructure services.
- Worked on projects that involved the integration of Windows 10 and O365 for the education departments.
- Successfully migrated all key users in the education sector to the Office 365 environment, providing them with the full Microsoft suite, including Teams and Intune.
- Implemented Oracle Version control to ensure that modules were on the latest upgrade, supporting education and children's support services.
- Successfully decommissioned the on-premise 2008 server and migrated to SaaS.
Interim Project Manager
Breckland County Council
10.2019 - 01.2020
- Worked on shared services across three tenancies from South & North Norfolk district councils.
- Spearheaded a comprehensive infrastructure plan to support and streamline operations for Breckland Council, South Holland Council, and East Lindsey Council.
- Successfully took over a stalled project with unforeseen challenges, providing leadership to guide teams across the three tenancies in implementing O365 shared calendars.
- Revamped the project board and assembled a proficient team, assigning tasks according to my strategic project plans.
- Motivated teams with a comprehensive approach that integrated technical and business disciplines.
Delivery Manager
GDS: Government Digital Services
01.2019 - 10.2019
- Company Overview: Cabinet Office London
- Worked as a Delivery Manager for the digital workplace projects SaaS cloud solutions.
- Established IT and Business executives on strategic direction and participating in the Programme Governance pending services.
- Worked closely with Technical Writers to provide the Guidance to approach Microsoft to share case studies for the O365.
- Updating & producing reports to the head of Service Delivery and providing a progress report.
- Cabinet Office London
IT Project Manager
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
04.2017 - 12.2018
- Working with a solution Module to support the VDI’s of SAP applications from 32bit to 64bit operation support.
- Taken Leadership with the IT leads on creating this Module & hosting functionality to perform accessibility for all VDI’s Users.
- Project Managed this up to Speed with full planning & structure support from the third-party.
Infrastructure Project Manager
HPE
05.2016 - 11.2016
- Company Overview: Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
- Worked closely with development teams & interacted with people at different levels with external third-party & onsite members.
- An innovative approach to business change with technical to non-technical governance procedures.
- Lead successful projects delivered within Timeframe & Budget.
- Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
IBM
12.2015 - 04.2016
- Delivering the High-Scale of GxP projects within Astellas EMEA.
- Manage project deliverables, issues, risk, and detailed plans.
- Providing solutions for the business, technical (internal & external, On & Offshore).
Infrastructure Project Manager
HP
03.2014 - 04.2015
- Working with HP on multiple infrastructure projects.
- Agile / Waterfall methodology’ with Aviva Account application’ taking huge responsibility on the Governance program to plan successful delivery on projects.
ICT Project Manager
Norfolk County Council
08.2013 - 02.2014
- Managing project execution timelines which I project designed the Windows 7 plan in my previous contract.
- Planned the outline project documentation to deliver Windows 7 to users within internal/external users through SCCM.
- Identifying RISKS following RAID Documentation and managing the stakeholder’s requirements.
PACS Radiology Roll-Out Project Manager
NHS SOUTH TRUST HOSPITAL
02.2011 - 09.2011
- Successfully project managed the replacement of New Hardware for PACS in the Radiology Departments.
- Trained Project Engineers on Deploying the Strategy of New BARCO Monitors & PACS Management systems.
IPM Lorenzo / EPR / PAS Project Manager
NHS BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL TRUSTS
06.2010 - 02.2011
- Upgrade Lorenzo and upgraded user smart cards, a project planned to migrate data onto new Servers.
- Managed all technical aspects of their information technology service providers.
IT Manager
McGrath & Co SOLICITORS
04.2002 - 04.2010
- Managed the Solicitor Law Firm single-handled issues and ran the management on IT Requirements.
- Technical advised the user on the requirements and maintained daily technical challenges with IT Support within the Firm.
Education
BA -
Bachelor’s degree in English History & Literature
BA (Hons) - undefined
bachelor’s degree (Business & Infrastructure)
Network Engineering - undefined
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
Microsoft Certified System Engineer - undefined
MCSE
ITIL Foundation - undefined
Prince2 Foundation/practitioner - refreshed in November 2015
PMP
Agile Project management - 2016
Governance of Non-profit - undefined
accredited Course
Scrum Methodology - 2019
Skills
- Certified Prince2 practitioner
- Agile methodology expertise
- Waterfall project management
- Project execution
- Management of IT infrastructure systems
- Cloud infrastructure administration
- Change management expertise
- Data migration management
- Windows upgrade execution
- Migration of mail systems to cloud
- Microsoft 365 proficiency
- SharePoint content migration management
- O365 cloud solution integration
- Azure Active Directory management
- Experience with SAP ERP systems
- SaaS implementation expertise
- Implementation of SQL solutions
- Security operations center management
- Power BI data visualization
- Cross-platform data migration
- Server maintenance
- Server migration expertise
- Healthcare information systems
- Healthcare management systems
- Electronic patient records management
- PAS
- PACS management
- HRIS management expertise
- System management
Security Clearance
- SC, Cleared, 2023
- DV, Vetting, 3R1T32E, 2023
- BPSS, Security, 2021
- CTC, Clearance, 2027
Personal Information
Religion: Catholic
References
Available on request
Hobbies and Interests
- Sports enthusiast
- Active lifestyle
- Keen interest in music
- Involved in various activities in Catholic Church / Charity activities
References
Available on request
Timeline
Senior IT Project Manager
Cambridge County Council
04.2023 - 05.2024
IT Project Manager
AB Agri Foods
01.2023 - 03.2023
Senior IT Project Manager
Trustmarque IT Solutions Ltd
10.2021 - 12.2022
IT Project Manager
HINCKLEY & BOSWORTH COUNCIL
07.2021 - 10.2021
Interim IT Project Manager
Slough Borough Council
03.2021 - 06.2021
Interim Project Manager
Breckland County Council
10.2019 - 01.2020
Delivery Manager
GDS: Government Digital Services
01.2019 - 10.2019
IT Project Manager
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
04.2017 - 12.2018
Infrastructure Project Manager
HPE
05.2016 - 11.2016
Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
IBM
12.2015 - 04.2016
Infrastructure Project Manager
HP
03.2014 - 04.2015
Surveyor
Anglian Surveyors
01.2014 - Current
ICT Project Manager
Norfolk County Council
08.2013 - 02.2014
PACS Radiology Roll-Out Project Manager
NHS SOUTH TRUST HOSPITAL
02.2011 - 09.2011
IPM Lorenzo / EPR / PAS Project Manager
NHS BIRMINGHAM & SOLIHULL TRUSTS
06.2010 - 02.2011
IT Manager
McGrath & Co SOLICITORS
04.2002 - 04.2010
BA (Hons) - undefined
bachelor’s degree (Business & Infrastructure)
Network Engineering - undefined
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)
Microsoft Certified System Engineer - undefined
MCSE
ITIL Foundation - undefined
Prince2 Foundation/practitioner - refreshed in November 2015
PMP
Agile Project management - 2016
Governance of Non-profit - undefined
accredited Course
Scrum Methodology - 2019
BA -
Bachelor’s degree in English History & Literature
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