Steve Watson MBCS Assoc CIPD

Steve Watson MBCS Assoc CIPD

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    IT Service Management Principal Consultant and Business Continuity Manager at i3Works

  • Education

    • Hastings Grammar School

      1969 - 1976
  • Experience

    • Department of the Environment property services agency

      Jul 1976 - Sept 1990
      Operations Manager

      Various roles including programming, IT systems management, contracts officer and ops manager

    • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

      Sept 1990 - Sept 2004
      Service Delivery Manager

      Last role was as Head of office systems and service management. Prior to that various roles as applications development project manager, LAN cabling installation manager, MVS support manager, prime systems manager, oracle DBA team lead

    • IBM

      Oct 2004 - May 2007
      Service Delivery Manager

      Deskside support lead for Defra account

    • Legal & General

      Sept 2007 - Jan 2008
      Service Delivery Manager

      Z/os support

    • Thermo Fisher Scientific

      May 2008 - Mar 2009
      Packaging Specialist
    • HM Treasury

      Mar 2009 - Feb 2013
      Business Continuity and IT Support Manager

      Responsible for public finances business continuity and IT support for the EFA team. Engaged in intra-day forecasting of net Exchequer position.

    • UK Ministry of Defence

      Feb 2013 - May 2019
      Senior Problem Manager and Service Continuity Manager

      Senior Problem Manager dealing with the identification and resolution of complex problems. As Service Continuity Manager, ensured plans were produced, tested and maintained for all sites.

    • Amazon

      Jun 2019 - Dec 2019
      Associate
    • Central Government UK

      Jan 2020 - Jul 2020
      Principal Consultant Service Management

      Design, development and implementation of ITSM processes for a greenfield site using latest digital technologies.Primary responsibility for Problem and Knowledge Management using ServiceNow as the ITSM tool utilising Azure DevOps practices and Agile methodology.Design of Problem, Incident, MIM, Knowledge, Event Management Practices under ITIL V4, fully documenting comprehensive Practice and design documents. Involved in support and creation of other ITIL processes.New service successfully implemented and well-received by the customer Show less

    • ALLOISE LIMITED

      Jan 2020 - Jan 2024
      Service Management Consultant
    • NHS England Digital Profession

      Dec 2020 - Aug 2021
      Service Management Practitioner/Analyst
    • I3Works Ltd

      Aug 2021 - now
      • Principal Consultant

        Jan 2024 - now
      • Senior ITSM Consultant

        Aug 2021 - now
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • BCS Specialist Certificate in Problem Management

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Apr 2016
    • Certificate in InfomationSecurity Management Principles

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Jan 2012
    • Practitioner Certificate in Business Continuity Management

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Jun 2010
    • ITIL 4 Specialist: Create Deliver and Support

      PeopleCert
      May 2023
    • SIAM Foundation

      EXIN
      Dec 2022
    • Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Sept 2022
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    • Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Jan 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • ITIL Version 3 Foundation Bridge

      EXIN
      Mar 2010
    • ITIL 4 Specialist: Drive Stakeholder Value

      PeopleCert
      Jun 2023
    • Certificate in Personnel Practice

      CIPD
      Jul 2003
    • ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management V2

      ISEB - Instituto Superior Europeo de Barcelona
      Sept 2004
    • IT Information Library Foundation V4 Certification (ITIL)

      PeopleCert
      May 2020
    • ITIL 4 Specialist: High Velocity IT

      PeopleCert
      Sept 2023
    • ITIL 4 Strategist Direct Plan Improve

      PeopleCert
      Mar 2023
    • Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Nov 2022
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    • ITIL Itermediate Certificate in IT Service Transition

      PeopleCert
      Oct 2018
    • ITIL Intermediate Certificate in IT Service Operation

      PeopleCert
      Jul 2018
    • Basic Certificate in Computer Programming

      City & Guilds
      Dec 1979
    • Certificate in Project Management (Prince 2)

      ISEB - Instituto Superior Europeo de Barcelona
      Mar 1998
    • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Jul 2022
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    • Fundamentals of Agile Project Management

      Project Management Institute
      Oct 2022
      View certificate certificate