Christopher Cullen

Experience

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  AccBank

  Jan 1991 - Oct 1994

  IT Analyst & Developer

  Developing new applications and maintaining existing applications on behalf ofthe bank. Focusing on Retail, treasury and Leasing applications.

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  Computer Sciences Corporation

  Oct 1994 - Oct 1997

  Senior Analyst & Project Lead

  Project leading (6-10 members in size), system development, system integration, system analysis, system specifications, ICT led change management.

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  DMR Consulting

  Oct 1997 - Apr 2002

  Senior Consultant

  Short-term consultancy assignments, under contract to public and private sectorclients of DMR Consulting.General activities: delivery management; organisational development, PMOestablishment; business process review and re-engineering; changemanagement; assessment of operational and ICT requirements; project design,inception, management, implementation; system analysis and specification.

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  Independent Contractor

  Apr 2002 - Apr 2024

  Project Management Practitioner & IT Adviser

  Platform Delivery• Aviva Ireland: As part of a Cloud strategy (AWS), migrate the existing data & systems from in-house based datacentres (DC’s) to third party DCs • Liberty Insurance: As part of a Cloud strategy (AWS) migrate the existing data & systems for Portugal, Spain & Ireland businesses from an existing DC in Poland to an Irish based DC with minimal business disruption.• Musgraves: Manage the implementation of a new compute platform including data and applications migration.• BWG: Deliver a major infrastructure stabilisation programme including two new datacentres, new compute platform and comms linksWeb Architecture• Milner Brown (Ireland): Develop early stage project to determine the feasibility and business case for redeveloping SAP-based ERP applications for the cloud.• Manatee: Created a comprehensive plan for a Microsoft cloud based portal solution for an industrial development agency. • DG SANCO: Managed the implementation and design and development of a portal for web services. • IDDEEA: Developed and implemented a web portal and range of web services intended for governmental institutions, citizens, and business operators.• Central Bank of Tanzania: Developed architecture and specifications for a fully functioning Data Warehouse.• Health Services Executive: Development and implementation of a medical statistics analysis, a modelled tool with integrated mapping and GIS.Service Delivery Improvement • Analog Devices Limerick: Reviewed project delivery and organisation structures, providing recommendations to scale up and improve the high-volume NPD project delivery development capacity. • Sagia (Saudi Arabia): Developed a comprehensive three-year implementation plan for a national enterprise development agency with clear milestones and performance indicators.• Astec Global (Ireland): Managed the overall project delivery, bid, financial costing, and management reporting process for an SME ICT consultancy organisation. Show less

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  University of Limerick & NUI Galway

  Sept 2017 - Apr 2024

  Lecturer (part-time)

  Teaching Project Management to post-graduates and supervise master’s students in Project Management on a part-time basis

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  The Project Foundry

  Oct 2017 - Apr 2024

  Senior Project Manager

  Hybrid platform & datacentre delivery:• Aviva Ireland: As part of a Cloud strategy (AWS), migrate the existing data & systems from in-house based datacentres (DC’s) to third party DCs, inc new storage & compute needed and implement new networks (LAN & WAN) & comms links. • Liberty Insurance: As part of a Cloud strategy (AWS) migrate the existing data & systems for Portugal, Spain & Ireland businesses from an existing DC in Poland to an Irish based DC with minimal business disruption.• Musgraves: Manage the implementation of a new compute platform including data and applications migration.• BWG: Deliver a major infrastructure stabilisation programme including two new datacentres, new compute platform and comms links Show less

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  Aer Lingus

  Mar 2024 - now

  Senior Project Manager, IT Project Manager, Project Delivery