Farrakh Siddiqui

Experience

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  Thorn EMI Defence Systems Ltd

  Sept 1979 - Jul 1984

  Senior Design Engineer

  Joined as graduate and progressed to senior design engineer and team leader Developed signal processing electronics (hardware and firmware) for air to ground anti-tank missiles. Security Cleared.

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  Raytheon Systems Data Logic Ltd

  Jul 1984 - Jan 1990

  Designer - Tech Manager - Account Manager

  - Major Account Manager 1989 – 1990 Developed markets in UK, Spain with IBM and Italy with Unisys. Achieved total sales revenue of £672,000 against a target of £500,000- Technical Account Manager 1987 – 1989 Analysed customer requirements and determined appropriate system solutions- Technical Support Services Manager 1986 – 1987 Led the technical team for a successful bid to supply the largest trading room system at the time for Union Bank of Switzerland- Project Manager 1985 – 1986 Took total responsibility for complete life cycle implementation of a turnkey dealing room systems for Philips and Drew Gilts and Equities trading rooms.- Senior Design Engineer 1984 – 1985 Designed and developed a trading room system for Data Logic’s first major client Morgan Guaranty including a rack mounted and miniaturised version of DEC VT220 Terminals developed from scratch. Show less

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  First Data Resources Ltd

  Jan 1990 - May 1992

  Customer Account Manager - NatWest

  The JCC Company processed 90% of the Credit Card payments in the UK. National Westminster Bank Account Manager, responsible for credit card issuing, cardholder and merchant payment processing and card products development.

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  Computer Sciences Corporation

  May 1992 - Feb 2000

  Principle Consultant

  - Diageo Plc – Project Manager Managed the development and operation of the financial (statutory and management) reporting system for use at the centre and in 80 markets around the Globe.- Anglia Water – Project Manager Managed project set-up, scoping, planning and client/server package selection (MIMS from AMT.Sybex) for a £10M project to replace 12 VAX and Bull hosted job management legacy systems. - BHS – Store Systems Project Manager Managed a programme of projects totalling £24M with a peak team of 60 for Bhs. The projects included the introduction of barcodes on all merchandise and scanning equipment in the stores.- Belgacom – Planning Phase Project Manager Managed the detailed specification phase of the future billing system, covering the full product and service range, working with a multi-vendor team operating in Dutch, French and English.- Cellnet – Analysis Phase Project Manager Managed the production of the Functional Specification for a new billing system required by Cellnet.- British Aerospace – Western Region Transition Project Manager Managed the transition of western regions (Chester, Bristol, Plymouth) IT staff of BAe into CSC as part of the major outsourcing agreement.- Unliver Quest International – Project Manager Managed the full life-cycle development of a client/server project for Quest, an operating company of Unilever. Show less

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  BT Syntegra

  Feb 2000 - Feb 2002

  Senior Project Manager

  Department of Trade & Industry – Gateway Services for Business LinkSuccessfully won the bid to supply the DTI with a Gateway for Small Business Services. Undertook delivery of Release 1. This included secure web hosting and the www.Businesslink.org website, a Call Centre, Customer Management System with links to 43 Business link centres in England, Content Management System, resilient WAN and Disaster Recovery capabilities. Release 1 delivered the majority of the contracted functionality to aggressive timescales. Show less

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  Paul Mason Consulting

  Feb 2002 - Jan 2006

  Programme Manager - Kingfisher

  - Migration of the corporate Intranet to a Stellent platform running on a fully managed Linux blade server environment at Savvis- Trial of IBM Websphere collaborative portal technologies- Developing an IBM IDS/TIM/TAM and calendar based group directory and identity management strategy and a definition of projects for implementation by the group.- Developing an RFP for hosting, support and operations of the group’s shared applications and services- Development of a Stellent Intranet and a document management solution to support shared information and collaboration across the group operating companies- Setting up the project and programme office for group shared services infrastructure projects and programme managing up to 15 lines of work with a team of 20 managers across the business. Projects include MPLS WAN installation, laptop mobility management, infrastructure for product and catalogue management applications, IDS and IPS based security and others.- Managed and worked with a large number of suppliers and contractors to the customer including the main Operating Companies – B&Q, Castorama and Kingfisher Asia Ltd- Desktop upgrade to Windows and Office XP for 200 users including 70 applications- Introduction of Active Directory for operational support management- Upgrade of Exchange 2000 with NAS storage from Exchange 5.5 and migration of 300 mailboxes- Deployment of Instant Messaging and completion of a videoconferencing trial- Feasibility study on data and email archiving- Disaster recovery strategy and solution deployment at a remote office using a Citrix Portal and migration of DR office services from IBM to ICM Computers- LAN extension between London and Lille, France to join office environments and infrastructure. Show less

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  T Mobile

  May 2006 - Apr 2008

  Delivery Manager (Contract Role)

  - Matrix Management of Projects across T-mobile On-line, Network, Hosting, Billing and Fulfilment- Implementation of SOA application suite, Weblogic middleware and Autonomy search engine on Redhat Linux operational infrastructure- Implementation of dedicated channel partner website for CarPhone Warehouse

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  3

  May 2008 - Feb 2009

  Senior Project Manager (Contract Role)

  - Prime Contract management across Three (business owners), Detica (Solution integrator), Attenda (incumbent hosting service provider) and Ericsson (incoming hosting services provider) - Scope included hosting infrastructure, BEA Weblogic portal and Fatwire CMS technologies with Oracle, several web site migrations, business process change management and operational readiness- Google maps based mobile coverage checker and Yahoo/IBM Omnifind search engine- Ensuring successful deployment into Production and live operational use by the BAU team Show less

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  Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

  Apr 2010 - Dec 2011

  Department of Work and Pensions, Implementation Manager (Contract Role)

  Automation of State Pensions involves interrogating existing Citizen’s personal and benefits data held by the Department and applying risk based logic to assess readiness for transition from various benefits to State Pension or Pension Credit. This assessment either fully automates the award and informs the Citizen or creates an intervention for the Department to assess the claim with the Citizen. The new technology introduces Websphere based iLOG Business Rules, Informatica for Data manipulations, Siebel Customer Account Management and Microsoft Dynamics Appointment Booking integrated into Departments extensive IT Estate. The multi-million pound solution caters for all Citizens reaching State Pension or Pension Credit age across the UK and is deployed across all the National Pension Centres to 1000+ Customer Advisor Agents.Key responsibilities:- Transition of solution into full business use and live operational management- Put in place ITIL Service Management process and agreements to comply with contractual SLAs- Undertaking stakeholder management across the business and many governance areas- Undertake Solution Delivery across multiple suppliers- Undertake Field Acceptance Testing and Rollout to assure business and operational go live- Undertake management of incidents, problems and defect resolution during the post go live warranty period Show less

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  Visa Europe

  Feb 2012 - May 2017

  Projects and Programmes delivered include:• LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) Migration for VOL (Visa OnLine)• GVOL (Global Visa OnLine) Authentication and Authorisation Upgrade• VOL (Visa OnLine) CMS (Content Management System) Upgrade• Visa Business Releases – July 2015, Feb 2016, Apr 2016, Oct 16 • Project Delivery Documentation Standardisation• Forex Trading Volumes consolidationKey responsibilities:- Project setup, Planning, Milestones, Dependencies and Estimating- Undertaking review of project deliverables to ensure compliance to requirements, Objectives and Quality - Business Cases and Funding approval, Project kickoff and resourcing across all departments- Reporting to Task Force and into PMO and other Stakeholders and managing the Objectives- Managing finances, Business Cases, Risks/Contingencies and Issues and using the related tools- Managing project closedown tasks including Post Implementation Reviews for lessons learned- Work mostly independently and with guidance when necessary to ensure objectives are met- Challenge and improve methods and process to ensure continual improvement and benefit Show less Projects and Programmes delivered include:• VBCS (Vignette Business Collaboration System from Opentext ) Document Management system migration to Microsoft SharePoint • Croatia Accession to EU on 1st July 2013 • Visa Europe Authorisation System Roadmap• Peak period capacity upgrades for years’ 2012, 2013Key responsibilities:- Project setup, Planning, Milestones, Dependencies and Estimating- Undertaking review of project deliverables to ensure compliance to requirements, Objectives and Quality - Business Cases and Funding approval, Project kickoff and resourcing across all departments- Reporting to Task Force and into PMO and other Stakeholders and managing the Objectives- Managing finances, Business Cases, Risks/Contingencies and Issues and using the related tools- Managing project closedown tasks including Post Implementation Reviews for lessons learned- Work mostly independently and with guidance when necessary to ensure objectives are met- Challenge and improve methods and process to ensure continual improvement and benefit Show less

  • Senior Project Manager (Contract Role)

    Feb 2014 - May 2017

  • Delivery Director (Contract Role)

    Feb 2012 - Feb 2014
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  GSK

  Jun 2018 - Mar 2019

  Markerts Project Manager

  • Engage with delivery work streams and market operating teams to ensure delivery of serialised product into the markets.• Markets included Egypt, Gulf and Near East (Bahrain, Lebanon, Jordan, Oman, UAE, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Iran, Syria)• Work streams include Business process and site operating procedures for pharmaceuticals, consumer brands and vaccines, Manufacturing site product pack printing equipment and optical recognition equipment including pallet aggregation, Product pack technical drawing and artwork changes including regulatory approval, SAP ATTP unique serialisation number allocation and batch data uploading to market regulatory authentication systems for Point of Dispense Authentication and in transit tracking and tracing through supply chain warehouses and transport logistics providers and goods inbound customs brokers, contract manufacturers for GSK and its customers, quality management and regulatory advocacy. • Cross work stream co-ordination, planning, reporting, risk and issue management, stakeholder management including programme board and steering and in market local operational management teams and regional supply chains Show less