Robert MacFarland

Experience

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  GPT Ltd

  Sept 1985 - Jun 1994

  Software Development Engineer

  Held various technical and management positions with major telecoms solutions provider including Hardware Design Engineer, Software Design Engineer/Team Leader and Technical Market Analyst.

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  Northland Computer Services

  Jun 1994 - Jan 1996

  Product and Market Development Manager

  Project managed software development of GUI based retail banking application and undertook pre-sales market development.

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  Zenax Technologies Ltd

  Jan 1996 - Apr 1996

  Project Manager

  Managed and co-ordinated customer and supplier teams in New Zealand, UK, Australia, California and Texas on a four month project to install and commission telecommunications equipment for a major US telecoms network operator.

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  Western Connect Ltd

  Apr 1996 - Jun 1997

  Team Manager

  Main role involved the writing of business bid proposals for Government and EU funded projects. Also responsible for managing a team of web developers.

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  Telesoft Technologies Ltd

  Jun 1997 - Dec 2006

  Senior Engineering Manager

  Established and managed a software development office in N. Ireland for a UK based telecoms company. Performed various roles including Project Manager, Product Manager, Delivery Manager and Software Development Manager.

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  Zenax Technologies Ltd

  Dec 2006 - Sept 2007

  Telecoms Contractor

  Provided telecoms consultancy and software development services to a telecoms equipment provider.

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  Raytheon Systems Ltd

  Sept 2007 - Mar 2009

  Project Manager

  Project Manager on multiple concurrent projects managing both onshore and offshore teams including a team of software (Java) development engineers on a complex, multi-million pound product. Liaised closely with customer to integrate onto their target infrastructure

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  Allstate Northern Ireland

  Jun 2009 - now

  Day-to-day management of software development teams.New project software development work and legacy applications maintenance work.Daily collaboration with US based Business Analysts and local development team.Project management, capacity planning, risk/issue management, delivery management, talent management and succession planning. Capacity planning and resource utilization.Working with Delivery Leads to ensure effective resourcing of projects.Working with Project Managers to resolve resourcing issues.Introduction of new processes and tools to support resourcing corporate wide.Provision of weekly status report for Directors on Leadership team. Project Manager on multiple, concurrent software development projects utilizing onshore and offshore resources in the insurance industry.

  • Software Team Manager

    Feb 2011 - now

  • Portfolio Manager

    Feb 2010 - Feb 2011

  • Project Manager

    Jun 2009 - Feb 2010
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  AVEVA

  Dec 2018 - now

  Product Owner