Michael Davies

Experience

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  British Airways

  Jan 1989 - Jan 2004

  Technical Consultant

  Responsibilities and Achievements- Defining the business and technical architectures for the collaboration and content management areas.- Negotiation with the CTO team to ensure consistency with the BA strategy.- Technical approval authority on all projects within the ESS portfolio, including responsibility for overall technical strategy and end-to-end design.- Communicating technical knowledge and strategy with the project team and throughout IT.- I managed the analysis and delivery of a number of web applications and supporting infrastructure to BA staff in collaboration with customers and other key stakeholders.- I defined new strategies to simplify the structure of the BA employee portal and to manage the network impact of intranet applications, and communicated them throughout the IT department. Show less

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  Scottish Natural Heritage

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  IT Project Manager

  Project Manager for web and application development projects. I was tasked with mobilising SNH's Natural Heritage data: collecting, collating and indexing that data, and then making it available to SNH staff, external conservation professionals and the general public.

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  Johnson & Johnson

  Aug 2008 - Oct 2017

  Helping people to lead healthier and more vibrant lives through IT. I support the Regional Supply Planning community by delivering business capabilities through SAP APO and associated technologies. Philosophers study the world; the point however is to change it. KEY COMPETENCIESThe “face of IT” for the business, with broad IT and business knowledge, able to ensure alignment between business processes and IT solutions. Captures business requests and carries out initial assessments and encourage use of existing template solutions for new business requirements.Manages communication during all project phases to allow business to understand impact and how they need to prepare.Understands the templates for global/regional IT systems and shapes business requests to be in alignment with those templates.Ensures business are aware of planned regional/global initiatives and capabilities relevant to the sites.Involved in IT-related financial and business planning processes in the site. Show less

  • Regional Service Owner, Requirements Development Service EMEA

    Aug 2016 - Oct 2017

  • Plan Source IT Lead

    Aug 2008 - Sept 2016
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  Freelance

  Oct 2017 - Nov 2019

  Freelance Consultant

  Working with a variety of clients including charity and corporates to deliver training and coaching.

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  CultivateAll.com

  Nov 2019 - now

  Innovation coach

  Working with clients from blue-chip companies to improve their ability and confidence to recognise and deliver innovative change.