Vincent Pickering

Vincent Pickering

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  • About me

    Senior Agile Project Manager at Ideagen Ltd

  • Education

    • The University of Edinburgh

      1991 - 1996
      MA (Hons) History

      Activities and Societies: President Role Playing Society Graduated with honours in History, president of the Roleplaying society.

    • Glasgow Caledonian University

      1996 - 1997
      PGD (Distinction) Computer Science

      Graduated with distinction.

  • Experience

    • Gael Ltd

      Jan 1996 - Jan 1999
      Support Engineer

      • Successfully introduced new products into the support environment• Liaised closely with development teams, support personnel and customers• Provided technical support to customers via telephone, e-mail and on-site visits• Involved directly with customers with on site visits for support and User Group meetings

    • Gael Ltd

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2003
      Technical Author

      Authored on-line help and printed manuals whilst gradually influencing the products usability and moving more and more towards user interface design.

    • Gael Ltd

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2008
      Head of Design

      Headed up a team of business analysts, technical writers and UI designers to prepare the ground for on-going software development.

    • Ideagen PLC

      Jan 2008 - now
      Agile Project Manager

      Enabled Gael to deliver high quality, commercially successful, software products in a timely fashion and help prepare the organisation to market and sell these solutions. This has included all of Gael's flagship products to date, i.e. Q-Pulse, Gael Enlighten, Academy and Risk. The role involves excellent leadership, planning and communication skills. I also continue to be committed to a user-centric software design processes and delivering best practice across project teams fostering a positive culture of 'learn and adapt.' Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PRINCE2 Foundation

      APMG
      Sept 2011
    • Certified SCRUM Master

      Scrum Alliance
      Feb 2011
    • PRINCE2 Practioner

      AXELOS Global Best Practice
      Feb 2017