Kenneth Brookin

Kenneth Brookin

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  • Timeline

  • About me

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

  • Education

    • International Christian University

      2001 - 2002
      Japanese Studies

      Exchange year as part of MA course at The University of Edinburgh

    • The University of Edinburgh

      1999 - 2003
      Master of Arts - MA Japanese Studies 2:1
  • Experience

    • NBCUniversal

      Mar 2006 - Oct 2023

      Managed 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 2023
      • Director, Salesforce Portfolio

        Jan 2021 - Jan 2022
      • Business Architect

        Dec 2019 - Jan 2021
      • IT Manager, Sales and Marketing Business Solutions

        Nov 2017 - Dec 2019
      • IT Project Manager/Business Analyst

        Jan 2011 - Nov 2017
      • IT Business Analyst/Project Facilitator

        May 2009 - Jan 2011
      • Japanese-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 Practice
      Feb 2011
    • PRINCE2® Foundation & Practitioner

      AXELOS Global Best Practice
      Jan 2012