Greg Cannon

Experience

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  New Zealand Customs Service

  Jan 1986 - Jun 1989

  Project Officer

  Responsible for various projects that improved NZ Customs' operation and service levels and reduced costs. Produced Cost Benefit Analysis for NZ's first EDI System. This project reduced staff levels by 30% and slashed average clearance times on all NZ's imports from 3 weeks to less than 3 minutes.

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  University of Wales Cardiff

  Jan 1991 - Dec 1991

  Research Associate

  Researched take-up of EDI across Europe. Produced reports & recommendations that helped shape BT's EDI Value Added Network Services.

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  Wales e-Commerce Awareness Centre Newport

  Mar 1992 - Mar 1995

  EDI Centre Manager

  Organised EDI & e-Commerce awareness events and industry seminars; produced 12 promotional magazines; and provided face to face & telephone advice on EDI, e-Business & the Internet to over 1000 Welsh SMEs.

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  Celtic Internet Newport

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1995

  Founder

  Established Celtic Internet as one of the UK's first ISPs and the first in Wales.Researched, defined and developed a variety of added value products, including portal, web design and e-commerce services.Grew company to 1200 users and 10 staff in the first 12 months.

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  Imaginet Ltd

  Jan 1995 - Mar 2001

  Founder & Director

  Founded Imaginet as the first web solutions agency in the UK and served as Director for first years of trading.

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  Freelance

  Apr 2001 - Dec 2004

  Independent E-Business Consultant

  Freelance contractor focused on the specification, optimisation and/or exploitation of e-business technologies, CRM systems, web sites and Intranets.Notable Engagements:* A ten-month contract at the DTI London to specify and deliver new services for the Business Link web site.* Content Coordinator for Direct.Gov web site and interactive digital TV service.* A Global Market Study for Welsh ICT & Digital Media companies mapping the development of new products and identifying future market opportunities.* Developed a Business Start-up toolkit for a South Wales enterprise agency targeting ‘lifestyle’ businesses.* Provided expert advise and planning to a Welsh ICT Conference and Exhibition covering programme development, speaker selection, and event marketing.* Provided e-Business and Internet consultancy services to a global arts prize, a medium size solicitor, a digital media start-up, a Television Production company, a Floor Installation company, a major Hotel & Conference centre, a Mobile Communications company, a Personal Protection Equipment Distributor, and a Contamination Control & Medical Devices Manufacturer.Total value of contracts for this period exceeded £200k. Results unquantified. Show less

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  PETER GILL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED

  Jan 2005 - Mar 2007

  Head of Web & Interactive Services

  Managed Web & Interactive Services team of 5 designers & developers. Notable Achievements: Project managed delivery of over 20 content managed websites, e-learning applications and e-marketing campaigns for various clients including; Barry College, the Welsh National Opera and The Electoral Commission.

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  41 DAYS LIMITED

  Jun 2007 - Dec 2018

  Founder & Director

  I established 41 Days in June 2007 as the first specialist Web2.0 agency in Wales and as the delivery vehicle for my consultancy services. Notable Achievements include: Launched WalesCymru.com - a location specific social media platform and personal experiences journal for Welsh residents and visitors. Launched MarineWales - a social network for marine sports, featuring 400 clubs and 600 specialist suppliers. Delivered Social Media Briefing to Welsh Government bodies and UK Businesses including VisitWales, the Sports Council of Wales, a major law firm and various retailers. Show less

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  Estyn

  Oct 2009 - Mar 2014

  Digital Transformation Lead

  Employed on contract to lead the digital transformation of Estyn - Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales. The role included a combination of Project Manager, Product Manager and Business Analyst activities covering the justification, procurement, development, testing, documentation and adoption of new SharePoint2010 platform, systems and services and a range of bespoke applications.

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  College of Policing

  Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

  Delivery Manager, SharePoint2013 Product Owner and Business Analyst

  Contract role to document requirements for and ensure successful delivery of the College of Policing new website, research map and What Works crime reduction tool kit. I arranged and facilitated stakeholder workshops, documented requirements, produced wire frames in Balsamiq and process models in Visio, wrote UAT scripts, produced and update progress reports, along with risk and issue logs, produced SharePont2013 user guides and delivered training workshops for site administrators and 60+ content editors. Show less

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  Doncaster MBC

  May 2015 - Jun 2015

  Digital Services Consultant (Analyst)

  Delivering the digital first agenda at Doncaster MBC, one service at a time.

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  Tata Steel in Europe

  Jul 2015 - Sept 2016

  Senior Business Analyst - Customer Portal

  Senior Business Analyst at Tata Steel in Europe working with a multinational multi-disciplinary team to define, document, model and deliver the next generation digital experience for TSE’s global customers based on Hybris and OpenText products and integrated with a new CRM, a Master Data hub and various back office systems.

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  Pay2Fish Ltd

  Oct 2016 - Aug 2022

  Cofounder, COO, Product Owner, Project Manager

  New start-up aiming to transform global leisure angling (starting in the UK) through the innovative application of digital services and eTicketing.

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  Vizolution

  Oct 2017 - Aug 2018

  Product Owner

  Product Owner working on multiple onscreen projects for global clients in financial services. My work involved gathering and documenting requirements as Customer Journeys through workshops, online sessions and face-to-face interview for Vizolution's SaaS products ("vDoc" and "vScreen"), producing Moqups and writing Epics, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria in JIRA, then overseeing development, UAT and launch by in-house and remote teams working to 2 week sprint cycles.

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  Companies House

  Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Product Manager

  Five-month contract leading the discovery work on two significant digital transformation projects, 'verification' and 'identifying suspicious activity', involving process modelling and service improvement undertaken against the background of Legislative Reform and Regulatory Operations.

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  HM Revenue & Customs

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2020

  Senior Product Manager

  Contract at HMRC spanning 12 months and covering 3 project. From August 2019 to February 2020 I led the Discovery phase of HMRCs new Goods Vehicle Movement Reference system for Roll-on Roll-off trade with the EU. In Nov / Dec 2019 I headed a small Discovery piece of work, run in parallel to the GVMR project, where I reviewed the use of cookies across several hundred HMRC services against current GDPR and ePR legislation. From May 2020 I managed the digital front end team on the rebuild of the UKTradeInfo.com website to GDS and WCAG 2.1 standards. The new site uses PowerBI and will be hosted in Azure. My role involved getting it through an Alpha Assessment and ready for the external supplier to take into Public Beta in October. Show less

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  Homes England

  Jan 2021 - Nov 2023

  Senior Product Manager

  Led two 'transformation' projects - SharePoint Online and Document Management - both intended to move the organisation forward using a Microsoft 365 tenancy, automation and modern thinking.