Andrew Cox

Experience

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  Oxford University Press

  Jan 1996 - Dec 1998

  Website developer & software designer

  Website developer & software designer for world-leading interactive French language educational website for the Oxford University Press.

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  TalkEasy Consultants Ltd

  Nov 1997 - now

  Managing IT Consultant

  Over the past twenty-one years Andrew has provided Communications, Business Analyst and Project Management skills to among others, British Petroleum, The Ford Motor Company, British Telecom, Merrill Lynch, HSBC Bank, Interwoven (Web CMS), Research Machines, and the Oxford University Press, offering particular expertise in managing and communicating software and process migration projects.

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  Ford Motor Company

  Jan 1998 - Apr 2000

  Extranet & intranet Web Developer

  Responsible for designing and coding a groundbreaking global internal intranet for the Dagenham car plant providing information, reporting and communication systems to offices in the UK, US, Africa, South America and the Far East.

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  The Law Society of England and Wales

  Apr 2001 - Apr 2002

  Web Team Leader

  Web Team Leader at the Law Society, responsible for mentoring the team that provided business application support for front line software applications and the legacy CMS application.

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  BP

  Jan 2003 - Sept 2003

  Web Business Analyst

  Upgrading the Content Management requirements (Autonomy Interwoven TeamSite) for 120 global web sites with a focus on the BP Castrol Oil sites. Gathering business requirements from global business units through the planning and delivery of workshops and analysis activities. Project delivered in budget and within set timeframe.Output structured into functional technical requirements and plans (Solution Definition documents), ready for system build and site migration.

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  BT

  Jan 2004 - Oct 2005

  Business Analyst & Content Migration Specialist

  Business Analyst & Content Migration Specialist working on release of BT.com’s Web Content Management Portal. Instrumental in the specification and deployment of Autonomy Interwoven TeamSite Content Management System (CMS). Focus of activities in this high pressure role was liaising with internal business customers on requirements capture and workflow design through leading a series of seminars and workgroups. Created detailed the specification documentation for the CMS layouts.

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  Chaucer Consulting

  Nov 2005 - Aug 2009

  Managing Consultant

  As Managing Consultant at Chaucer,I undertook a number of high profile Upstream and Downstream projects at the oil company BP, with a focus on IT implementation and Process Transformation. Roles included: Project Change Manager for BP E&P PSCM Purchasing and Supply Chain modelling project to develop new Supplier Management, Market Sector and Sourcing strategies for Upstream business teams; Programme Change Manager at BP E&P North Sea process & team restructuring. Providing change leadership and vision for a high-profile transformation project to realign teams and associated projects for the BP E&P North Sea PSCM group; PMO Change Manager for £2M Sarbanes-Oxley controls embedding project at BP R&M division ICE Project. Implementing BP’s Sarbanes Oxley compliance programme across R&M’s markets. Show less

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  Little Forest

  Jul 2011 - Dec 2011

  Global IT Project Manager

  Providing Project Management for Autonomy TeamSite / LiveSite software rollout at major Spanish media company. Delivering $14 project for multiple global radio stations across the Spanish speaking world. Managing team of 12 TeamSite/LiveSite developers, leading requirements gathering and definition, managing client relations and budgets.

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  Capgemini Consulting

  Jan 2013 - Aug 2013

  Digital Project Manager

  • Managing the approved scope and deliverables for allocated Anglian Water SAP and Infrastructure Changes• Owning the project commercial relationship with third party suppliers and ensure the Third Parties meet the required timescales in response of request for quotations• Owning Change project plans and budgets, reporting weekly and monthly as required• Managing the quality gates to ensure entry and exit criteria are appropriate and met• Delivering forecasts of resources (people, HW, SW, 3rd parties) and estimates to complete in line with weekly and monthly reporting schedules Show less

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  Anglian Home Improvements

  Apr 2014 - Dec 2014

  Digital Project Manager

  Overseeing website refresh for Anglian Home Improvements. Full lifecycle from selecting Design Agency and CMS Platform (SiteCore) to Go Live. Also managing development of a Windows Surface point of Sales app for sales team alongside KPMG KWorks development team.

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  Anglian Windows

  Apr 2014 - Dec 2014

  Digital Project Manager

  Overseeing the full product life cycle of new Website platform, from requirements scoping and specification, through Design Agency engagement, IT platform integration, code build, testing, UAT, and deployment. Additionally, providing technology advisor and PM services to new customer facing Digital Sales Tool iPad application for Anglian sales team use in field.

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  Fire Industry Association

  Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Senior IT Consultant

  Providing IT architecture and implementation consultancy for the new FIA website. Advising on MS Dynamics CRM and site CMS integration and selection of the Web Design Agency. Providing oversight of the CRM integrators for the APIs and managing the FIA technical strategy. Project Managing testing, eCommerce delivery and website roll-out (scheduled for March 2015).

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  Anglian Water Services

  May 2015 - May 2016

  Digital Project Manager
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  Camelot

  Jun 2016 - Mar 2017

  Service Delivery Manager

  Operational Management of the fast-paced and high volume National Lottery website and mobile apps. Providing a single point of contact for Marketing and other stakeholders to deliver high-performance eCommerce solutions and meet regulatory compliance for the website’s content. Providing vision and leadership for team of 12 content coordinators and TeamSite CMS developers across multiple locations. Through co-creation and ownership of the digital content plan, driving new and innovative content ideas to improve customer engagement and brand positivity against key KPI’s. Show less

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  Travis Perkins plc

  Oct 2017 - Feb 2018

  Content Project Manager

  Overseeing the creation and deployment of content for the new Keyline transnational website (www.Keyline.co.uk). Gathering requirements from the business and producing content pages within the Hybris CMS. Coordinating coding team based in Ukraine developing the e-commerce platform integration and UI enhancements - prioritising backlog and signing off user stories across the sprints.

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  Peabody Housing Association

  Mar 2018 - Dec 2018

  Managing the Care and Support Transformation Programme. Managing Peabody Sales and Marketing Website refresh. The website which manages the traffic and applications for the private sale of properties. is merging with Family Mosaic website. The scope of the project is to amalgamate to one branded site, migrate CRM databases, meet GDPR compliance, then to fully integrate with the third party CMS platform – cleanse CMS content, undertake full data migration, oversee training for staff and manage web team delivery.

  • Programme Manager

    Jun 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Web Project Manager

    Mar 2018 - Jun 2018
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  The Law Society

  Dec 2018 - Feb 2020

  Digital Project Manager

  Leading the full life cycle delivery of the new Law Society Website. As Scrum Master running 4 delivery streams - Content, Environments & CMS (Sitecore), and Design.

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  Avon

  Feb 2020 - Jul 2022

  IT Project Manager

  Portfolio Project Manager running application development projects across Avon's international divisions.

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  Little Forest

  Aug 2022 - now

  Director of Consulting Services

  Overall portfolio management of Little Forest projects and programmes, operating at aprogramme delivery level where required - motivating staff and providing leadership. Driving and defining timescales and influencing decision-making processes. Ownership and leadership of client engagements. Acting as a thought leader and trusted advisor. Driving new business opportunities at Little Forest.