Tim Fisher

Experience

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  Bunts Of Bodmin

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Paperboy

  Eighteen months spent at Bunts Of Bodmin• Sorted, packed, and delivered newspapers at 6am in the morning, 6 days a week• Interacted and communicated with customers on a daily basis

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  C.Nicholls Solicitors

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Work Placement

  Two weeks work experience at C.Nicholls Solicitors.• Sorted important files, answered phone calls, listened to confidential talks• Visited the Magistrates' Court on a daily basis.

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  Bodmin College

  Jun 2012 - May 2013

  6th Form President

  A year as the 6th Form President. • Organised social events such as: fundraisers, trips, parties, and the prom• Responsibilities included managing the council and holding meetings with head teachers• Spoke in front of 500+ students and parents at open evenings demonstrating confidence and charisma

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  Gul Watersports

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Warehouse Assistant

  Ten week summer job (5 days a week, 8.15am - 5pm), working in the main warehouse of an internationally recognised surf company. • Selected, organised, processed, and dispatched merchandise locally and internationally whilst using Microsoft Dynamics NAV• Sole driver of the company’s vehicles at a time when Gul were moving all their stock to a new warehouse• Responsible for unlocking and locking the new, unoccupied headquarters whilst delivering furniture and office equipment• Frequent overtime undertaken in several areas of the company showing adaptability and dedication Show less

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  IBM

  Jun 2015 - Jun 2016

  Digital Commerce Support, IBM Digital Sales

  A year placement at IBM North Harbour, working for the Digital Commerce team.• Lead tester for two deployed mobile applications, testing in an agile manner and assisting with UI design and usability• Named a deployed IBM mobile application, showing creativity and influence • Key stakeholder for a Global IBM tool, frequently gathering requirements from external clients, raising them to development, testing, and contacting clients once implemented• Regularly contacting client and sales teams, providing sales support; boarding clients effectively• Development and management of business processes, including business controls and compliance checking/procedures• Provided first line support to internal users and external clients that use IBM Global tools/applications, communicating effectively via a variety of methods Show less

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  Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd

  Sept 2016 - Dec 2016

  Placement PAL (Peer Assisted Learning)

  • Paid position (2 – 4 hours per week), working alongside Second Year Cardiff University students, providing advice on applications and placements

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  Capgemini

  Sept 2017 - Jan 2021

  SAP Applications Consultant

  Transitioned from a Graduate SAP Consultant to Project Lead within 3.5 years of Consultancy experience. Comfortable facing off to clients and senior stakeholders. Key projects listed below: Cutover Manager (Cutover Workstream Lead) – Retail Client | 6 months• Cutover Workstream Lead, responsible for pulling together a multi-party Cutover (outage) plan for a large scale migration from On-Premise to Cloud.• Created and managed all aspects of Cutover, from planning workshops to the execution of 2 dress rehearsals, as well as the successful migration of Development, Quality, and Production tiers.• Frequently delivered planning, lessons learnt, and walkthrough sessions with over 60 participants from multiple clients and sub-contractors (across multiple countries and timezones).Portfolio PMO Lead – Manufacturing/Aerospace Client | 5 months• Managed a small team of onshore and offshore PMO resources across 5 SAP projects.• Accountable for managing Portfolio Governance.• Responsible for: RAID management, status reporting, project resourcing, workshop planning, requirement gathering, and financial tracking and reporting. • Assisted with internal commercial activities as well as contractual/change request support.Project Planning/PMO Lead and Cutover Manager – Retail Client | 11 months• Accountable for creating and maintaining the multi-party Level 3 project plan, holding workstream leads accountable for their activities and individual plans. • PMO responsibilities included: Deliverable and repository management, daily stand-up facilitation, onboarding/resource management, visual management and contractual/change request support.• Sole Cutover Manager for 2 dress rehearsal implementations, and supported a senior Cutover Manager by carrying out 12-hour shifts during a live production cutover. Show less

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  Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

  Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

  Portfolio Management Office - Deputy Manager

  14 months as a Deputy Manager for a centralised PMO team on a cross-government Shared Services and technology implementation; with eight parent departments involved and 46,000 affected users.• Mobilised the governance and reporting structure for both the ‘Discovery’ and ‘Definition’ phases, including defining, implementing and maintaining aspects such as: change control management, deliverables management, and risks and issues management. Responsible for drafting key documentation such as the Portfolio Mandate.• Accountable for managing all Portfolio governance boards, including preparation of papers and secretariat duties. Key boards include the Steering Group (comprised of eight Chief Operating Officers), Programme Boards, and Design Authorities.• Accountable for knowledge information management, including drafting the information and document management strategy which outlines best practice regarding areas such as SharePoint use and versioning control.• Stakeholder management experience, frequently liaising with C-suite stakeholders, Directors and Partners across eight government departments and external suppliers.• Supported the Communications and Business Change workstreams, including being responsible for maintaining the stakeholder engagement list. • Supported Portfolio planning activities, including onboarding and resource management duties. • Assisted with assurance and approvals activities, including preparation for project gateways and audits. • Formal Line Management duties, including task management for a subsection of the nine-person PMO team. Show less

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  Cabinet Office

  Feb 2023 - Dec 2023

  PMO Lead, CTO Office

  Nine months working as the PMO Lead for Central Digital and Data Office’s Modernising and Secure Technology directorate, a team focused on delivering the Government’s 2025 roadmap for digital and data.• Mobilised the programme’s governance structure at a time when there was no formal structure in place. Moved the team onto Asana (project management tool), ensuring there was a ‘single source of truth’ for the programme. • Facilitated weekly one-to-one sessions with workstream leads, capturing updates to plans, deliverables, risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies; ensuring workstreams were working within the cost, time, quality and resource parameters set by the programme. • Defined metrics for central government reporting; monitored workstream performance and provided updates to senior stakeholders in a timely manner.• Six months working directly with CDDO’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), acting as the focal point within the directorate, facilitating effective communication and coordination with cross-government departments, suppliers, and external providers.• Led the daily Modernising Technology commissions calls, working with senior stakeholders to manage incoming and outgoing commissions; often creating documentation for ministers and senior executives.• Key involvement in setting up the UK government’s ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Public Sector’ programme, including drafting the cross-government governance structure, and representing the CTO at the weekly cross-government AI risk meeting. Show less

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  Mining Remediation Authority

  Jun 2024 - now

  PMO Assurance & Planning Manager