
Kenneth Brookin

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About me
Digital Transformation | Business Architecture | Business Strategy | Portfolio & Program Management | Salesforce Ranger | Multicultural Japanese Speaker | Ex NBCUniversal
Education

International Christian University
2001 - 2002Japanese StudiesExchange year as part of MA course at The University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh
1999 - 2003Master of Arts - MA Japanese Studies 2:1
Experience

NBCUniversal
Mar 2006 - Oct 2023Managed NBCU’s CRM project intake pipeline, and shaped strategic projects from business case and ROI to completion and handover. Part of a thought leadership team executing digital transformation of CoE team to NBCU Enterprise Product team, aligning CRM portfolio to NBCU’s agreed strategic data and app architecture. Co-Creation of NBCU Salesforce CoE, with responsibilities centring on creation and evolution of a globally scalable partner consultation and delivery process and its supporting artefacts using Kanban/SAFe. Ensured frictionless handover to delivery and support teams, and sourced new initiatives from business partners through tailored engagement and illustrative POCs and value-add knowledge of SFDC features pipeline. Commenced alignment of non-US SFDC orgs onto globally agreed SFDC architectural framework. Documented key business processes on existing instances; and created new Salesforce solutions that meet the needs of disparate user bases, and match global NBCU SFDC consolidation imperatives Optimised and centralised support for UK-based SFDC orgs and designed a local intake and delivery process to facilitate alignment to NBCU global SFDC orgs. Focus on delivering efficiencies and distributor transitions in the Home Entertainment supply chain, and delivery of first SFDC project that centralised and optimised UPCG’s green-lighting of licensed content. Onsite Japanese-speaking support of NBCU’s purchase of Geneon Entertainment, responsible for requirements gathering, process mapping, business partner and IT leadership reporting and Business Partner training in Japanese Foundational knowledge base in NBCU's tech stack, customer service skills and agile problem-solving.
Director, Salesforce Portfolio & Programs
Jan 2022 - Oct 2023Director, Salesforce Portfolio
Jan 2021 - Jan 2022Business Architect
Dec 2019 - Jan 2021IT Manager, Sales and Marketing Business Solutions
Nov 2017 - Dec 2019IT Project Manager/Business Analyst
Jan 2011 - Nov 2017IT Business Analyst/Project Facilitator
May 2009 - Jan 2011Japanese-speaking IT Service Desk Analyst
Mar 2006 - May 2009
Licenses & Certifications

Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
ITIL® v3 Foundation
AXELOS Global Best PracticeFeb 2011
PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner
AXELOS Global Best PracticeJan 2012
Languages
- enEnglish
- jaJapanese
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