Patrick Sobers

Manager Tech Ops Delivery Services Tm

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Malmesbury, England, United Kingdom

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About me
Programme Director | Professional Services | SAFe Certified | Agile Delivery | Fintech | Mobile Telco | Transformation | Strategy | Cloud | DevOps
Education
- The Open University
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  MSc Manufacturing and IT
  MSc in Manufacturing: Management and Technology. Thesis focussed on the improvement of delivering new services in the mobile telecoms industry. Topics included: Technology Introduction, Operations Management, Project Management, Digital Telecommunications, Software Engineering. Also achieved Prince 2 Practitioner status and ITIL Service Management Certificate in parallel.
- University of Liverpool
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  Bachelor of Engineering - BEng Electronic and Communications Engineering
  Activities and Societies: University Air Squadron
Experience
- Orange
  Sept 2003 - Mar 2005
  Manager Tech Ops Delivery Services Tm
- Orange Communications SA
  Mar 2005 - Feb 2007
  Group Service Delivery Manager
- France Telecom
  Mar 2007 - Mar 2010
  Head of eCare and eSupport | Strategy | Transformation |
- Wincanton
  Apr 2010 - Oct 2012
  Business Change Manager |Transformation| Agile Delivery |
- Vodafone
  Aug 2012 - May 2022
  Senior Manager - Market Delivery (Head of Program Delivery) | Fintech | Agile Delivery | DevOps |
- Hansen Technologies
  Apr 2022 - Sept 2024
  Program Director - EMEA Provisioning | Strategy | Cloud | Agile Delivery | DevOps |
Licenses & Certifications
- Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist
  Scaled Agile, Inc.
  Oct 2021
  View certificate
- Certified SAFe® 5 Lean Portfolio Manager
  Scaled Agile, Inc.
  Jan 2022
  View certificate
- Certified SAFe® 5 Release Train Engineer
  Scaled Agile, Inc.
  Jan 2021
  View certificate
- Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist
  Scaled Agile, Inc.
  Nov 2023
  View certificate
- Prince 2 Practitioner
  AXELOS Global Best Practice
  Nov 2020
- Certified SAFe® 6 Release Train Engineer
  Scaled Agile, Inc.
  Nov 2023
  View certificate
- Certified SAFe® 6 Lean Portfolio Manager
  Scaled Agile, Inc.
  Nov 2023
  View certificate
- Managing Successful Programmes
  AXELOS Global Best Practice
  Jul 2015
- Certified SAFe® 5 Release Train Engineer
  Scaled Agile, Inc.
  Oct 2021
  View certificate
- Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist
  Scaled Agile, Inc.
  Oct 2021
  View certificate
Volunteer Experience
- Parish Secretary
  Issued by All Saints Church, Garsdon on May 2024
  Associated with Patrick Sobers
- Tae Kwon-Do Assistant Instructor
  Issued by Malmesbury Tae Kwon-Do on Jun 2025
  Associated with Patrick Sobers