Aidan Somerville

Experience

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  XIAM Technologies

  Dec 2000 - Mar 2008

  Sales Operations, Training, & Professional Services

  Customer Relationship ManagementCustomer TrainingSoftware Deployment and full supportVendor Management

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  Qualcomm

  Apr 2008 - Nov 2015

  Data centre design & buildCorporate Real Estate design and build of new officesEngineering compute environment buildNew office fit outData-Centre design and buildNetwork/Storage build and maintenance Managed day to day office network and infrastructure Setup new Active Directory accounts and prepared laptops, telephones & accounts on Avaya systems Managed, administered, in region VmWare systems and deployments

  • Sr Project Manager

    Mar 2008 - Nov 2015

  • Sr Network Engineer

    Apr 2008 - Jun 2012
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  Zurich Insurance plc

  Mar 2016 - Dec 2016

  Sr Project Manager
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  Asystec Limited

  Feb 2017 - Jan 2019

  Sr Project Manager

  - Sr Project Manager for Asystec customers over a number of areas includingo Infrastructureo Software workload migrations & Integrationso Application development- Managed infrastructure update of a global payments company in North America, across entire North American landscape sites (based in USA)o Upgraded all network infrastructure, including servers, switches, routers, storage (physical & virtual) to be compliant with TLS 1.2o Migrated off old, non-compliant, infrastructure onto new infrastructure- Migration of applications and systems from physical to virtual and cloud environments (AWS)- Deployed VxRack solutions to major data centres across North America- Deployed VRTX sites, migrating non-compliant servers, to new hardware- Hired, and managed, a team of 16 contractors throughout the TLS compliance project- Investigated North American infrastructure to discover what was compliant/non-compliant per PCI standards to TLS 1.2 Show less

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  Elavon, Inc.

  Feb 2019 - Dec 2022

  Program Manager

  - Sr IT Program Manager for EU for Technology Services division managing multiple, complex projects on a global basis- Build new Elavon office in Dublin including full IT landscape, cabling, power, cooling, A/V deployments, and migration into new offices for staff- Management of data-centres across the region, encompassing networking, storage, cabling, racks & power, circuits, and procurement- Deployment & Upgrade of Fibre/Data-circuits to offices in region and connectivity into Data Centre environments- Migration of applications and systems from physical to virtual and cloud environments (AWS) – scheduling migrations with business owners- Partnered with product teams to develop the front-facing features of banking applications from a customer-first experience.- Managed development & improvement projects of in-house banking applications, following full SDLC including:o planning, requirements definition, design, development, testing, deploymento Use of Agile and SCRUM and Kanban boards- Managing “Return to Office” planning for Europe working with stakeholders and upper management to facilitate return through safe compliance with Govt guidelines- Drive European change management with business and technology leaders including risk assessment, communications, and readiness- Agile project management of the development and management of in-house applications for business support- Stakeholder Management, including reporting to CIO, business stakeholders, upper management on ongoing in-region projects- Risk Management & Mitigation, tracking milestones, identifying issues & focusing on resolutions and escalations- Kanban methodology applied to projects where applicable and working towards a more agile process for the SDLC- Managed the migration of multiple offices to new facilities, including staff, networking, telecoms- Centralising of critical applications and services to Data-Centres- Migrated multiple applications onto new environments Show less

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  Aer Lingus

  Jul 2023 - Oct 2023

  Sr IT manager

  Working in Aerlingus, assisting them with a large program to investigate the remediation of the application landscape for security and future-proofing

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  Currently Seeking New Opportunities

  Jan 2024 - now

  Senior Project Program Manager

  Accomplished Program Manager with over 20 Years Professional Services and Global Shared Services experience, managing and leading multiple successful Projects. Strong Leadership experience building diverse Teams focused on the business outcome. Track record of delivering to stakeholders and aligning resources to deliver the with the business goals with clear open communication.

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  Susquehanna International Group

  Sept 2024 - now

  Project Manager