Dave Marsden

Experience

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  British Caledonian Airways

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1988

  Maintenance and Materials Planning Officer

  Planning line mainternance activities in Maintenance Control CentreRunning project within Materials Planning division

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  Air Europe

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1990

  Project Manager

  Managed the implementation of Materials Management module of new IT Engineering system

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  British Airways

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1989

  Logistics Planner

  Managing Projects within Engineering Logistics at LHR

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  Virgin Atlantic

  Jan 1990 - Jan 2001

  Several roles and Programmes delivered during this period with Virgin Atlantic AirwaysGeneral Management Consultancy Projects:definition and set up of E Business ProgrammeConsultancy on CRM programme set up and defintionFeasibility study for central Project and MIS officeYear 2000 Programme DirectorBusiness Consultancy Manager setting up a team of internal Consultancy team delivering Organisation Development projects and ProgrammesIT Business Support Manager - heading up a team of internal Account consultants to manage and deliver the IT requirements across the Airline Business divisions Show less

  • IT Business Support Manager

    Jan 1996 - Jan 2001

  • IT Account Consultant

    Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

  • Project Manager, Materials Management

    Jan 1990 - Jan 1994
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  Thomson Travel Group

  Jul 2001 - Jan 2002

  Planning and Yield Programme Manager

  Rationalisation and management of several major IT projects into a single programme within an overall Change Programme structureCreation and deployment of a Data warehouse for Global MIDeployment of a new Yield Management System, including management of the Third Party Vendor contracted to develop the systemFeasibility & scoping study for a new Inventory and Reservations System

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  TUI

  Jan 2002 - Sept 2003

  Portfolio Manager

  Responsible for the creation and ongoing alignment of the portfolio of IT projects to deliver the strategic goals of TUI UK (formerly known as Thomson Travel Group)Chairing a forum of Senior Business Managers to approve and prioritise any new project ideasManagement of the Resource planning and allocation function including the on-going management of IT Contractors and their AgenciesDevelopment and implementation of a standard methodology to ensure robust, consistent reporting & successful project /programme completion Show less

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  Fit4Change

  Jan 2004 - Jun 2007

  Programme Management consultant

  Introduction of standard Programme Management processes within Comtec (a software house for tour Operators and Travel Agencies)Programme Management of the deployment of Thomas Cook’s website on the Comtec PlatformProgramme Management for Bluesky Travel Systems (a software house for Tour Operator reservation systems) – kick off and set up of the programme for Thomas Cook to replace their existing Reservation systems

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  Amadeus

  Jun 2007 - now

  Responsible for driving and leading the different programs within Hospitality BU within the agreed budget and scope whilst generating additional revenues as well as building the overall capability and methodology for Program delivery in the BU. Responsible for the overall planning and day-to-day management as well as the management and the execution of the contract deliverables. Accountable for the success of the program in terms of remaining on schedule, controlling costs in line with the business case and meeting revenue targets. Show less Project Director for Airline IT Merchandising Project – set up a Governance to implement the first drop of the new Global Merchandising Platform, help define the longer term strategy for the new Product lineProvide the Global Delivery Management input into pre-sales activities for new Airline RFP’sFrom April 2017 I was Programme Director for a new solution being developed called the Agility Hub - we needed to create a solution from scratch, with full pricing, services, develop a sales pipeline and solution collateral to create a Business Case for the solution and justify the future investment Show less

  • Vice President of Program Delivery

    Aug 2020 - now

  • Vice President of Programme Management

    Sept 2018 - Aug 2020

  • Head of Strategic Programmes

    Feb 2018 - Aug 2018

  • Associate Director

    Oct 2014 - Feb 2018

  • Programme Director Asiana Airlines

    May 2012 - Oct 2014

  • Senior Manager, Airline IT Delivery Management

    Nov 2010 - May 2012

  • Programme Manager

    Jun 2007 - Nov 2010