Chris Allison

Experience

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  TerraQuest

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  Team Leader

  Managed teams of 4 – 6 data technicians across multiple spatial data projects including land referencing, gazateering and asset capture. Seconded to Network Rail to support major asset cataloguing project.

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  Worcestershire County Council

  Jan 2004 - Aug 2007

  Successfully delivered first phase of Council's e-government ERP system, migrating Development Control from traditional paper-based operations to digital service delivery. Project involved process engineering, software implementation and training and new ways of working. Desktop support, data management, training, web-mapping configuration

  • Business Change Project Manager

    Jan 2005 - Aug 2007

  • GIS officer

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2005
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  Field Dynamics Consultancy

  Aug 2007 - Dec 2010

  Delivery Manager

  Responsible for day to day management of the company's delivery and bid capabilities, including development and management of PMO functions and managing/ mentoring/ training of project teams. Coordinated a delivery team of 16 consultants and developers across multiple bespoke application development projects (ERP/ FieldOps/ InfoPortals); team size ranging from 1 – 10 people. Directly managed the company’s most high-profile projects. Established tender response process which significantly aided in the winning of the company's two largest contracts at the time (total value of £4m in total). Monitored P&L of projects including analysing gross profit margins, reporting performance directly to Managing Director. Show less

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  DANWOOD LIMITED

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2017

  Set-up, strategic direction and management of Professional Services Delivery & PMO capability. Leadership of division responsible for delivery of customer projects (revenue/ professional services) and leader of major internal business change programmes as member of extended leadership team. Provided Exec team with vital insights and analysis across all types of project to support strategic decision making in regards cashflow and resourcing at the enterprise level. Established delivery frameworks and associated governance to support internal and external delivery. Member of steering committee responsible for directing a large end-to-end value chain improvement programme. Show less Senior manager responsible for a local team of professionals delivering Danwood's managed service offering into a variety of Public, Commercial and Corporate clients. Full customer lifecycle management from requirements analysis and design through to contract definition, implementation and support in accordance with company's ISO registered QMS. Personal development, mentoring and coaching of project managers in various project techniques, methods and standards. Contributes to continuous improvement of project management capabilities and operational processes. Show less

  • Head of Delivery & PMO

    Oct 2012 - Jun 2017

  • Senior Delivery/ Project Manager

    Jan 2011 - Oct 2012
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  Interserve

  Jun 2017 - Sept 2018

  Head of Strategic Programmes Portfolio Management

  Leadership of the Business Transformation Office, responsible for digital transformation, ways of working change, integration and operational excellence across the Group. Ensuring initiatives are aligned to strategic and technical strategies and that clear outcomes and associated benefits are defined and monitored. Working closely with delivery and service teams to define common and better practice to ensure the delivery frameworks enable transparency of overall portfolio performance. Supports senior management team in the definition and control of the portfolio to enable effective corporate decision making in regards enterprise level resource and risk management. Focusing on operational excellence, customer satisfaction, value for money and financial rigour. Member of extended leadership team. Show less

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  Coventry University

  Oct 2018 - Mar 2021

  Deputy CIO/ Director - Product Development & Portfolio Delivery

  IT Executive Director with accountability for the Strategic direction and performance of Project & Portfolio Management, PMO and DevOps functions. As part of the Exec team, responsible for delivering a department wide transformation involving value chain, TOM and cultural redesign, to ready ourselves to support the University’s next phase of ambitious growth. This involves moving to global 24x7 support, digital product management, embedding DevOps practices and introducing agile ways of working. We are also increasing our capacity from 140 FTEs to circa 200 as we rightsize for the challenge. On a day to day basis I work with the University’s Executive team supporting business transformation. I also have the wonderful task of leading a department of 50 very passionate, gifted and dedicated people, supporting them in delivering the University’s highly ambitious and challenging change programme, whilst simultaneously guiding them through transformation of IT services. Show less

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  HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd

  Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

  Deputy CIO/ Director - IT Portfolio

  Member of Senior Leadership Team for the Digital, Data & Technology function. Overall accountability for the IT Portfolio and Office of CIO covering business engagement, demand mgmt, business analysis, programme & project mgmt, PMO, supplier & commercial mgmt, and service continuity, governance and controls. Accountable for c.30FTE, plus 300+ contractors and supplier support staff.Undertook full redesign of service as part of ITs transformation from a traditional transactional function to a true digital partner model, centred around the management of products and platforms. Worked closely with business directorate SROs and enterprise architecture to deliver priority outcomes for those functions supporting the HS2 build. Portfolio focused on master data management, integration (IoT), technical infrastructure, critical complex product development, SaaS implementation and service improvement. Show less

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  Experis UK

  Jan 2022 - now

  Director - Project & Managed Services and 3PM Lead

  Accountable for go-to-market strategy and delivery of Experis's Project & Managed Services offerings. Practice Lead for Project/ Product Management-as-a-Service and PMO-as-a-Service offerings, as well as PPM and IT TOM consultancy. Responsible for development of a Centre of Excellence for the repeatable delivery of good practice across Project/ Programme/ Product Management, Agile Delivery Management, SCRUM, Business Analysis and other such roles, aligned to SFIA and DDAT frameworks.