Stephen King

Stephen King

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  • About me

    Interim / Contract Project Manager - specialising in technology, business projects and governance.

  • Education

    • Leeds University

      1973 - 1977
      B. Ed (hons) Project Management

      Activities and Societies: Canoeing, Cycling, Rugby, Hockey, Swimming B. Ed (hons)

    • Corpus Christi, Leeds

      1970 - 1972
      A' Levels Economics, Social and Economic History.

      Activities and Societies: Chess, Football, Basketball A' Levels in Social and Economic History, Economics and Geography

  • Experience

    • Bluewave , London

      Jan 1999 - Jan 2000
      Project Manager

      A funky web design company living the dream. A fantastic company to work for doing leading edge online portals.1. Successfully launched 3 world Internet Portals for RACAL who were re-branding at the time. I was brought in to put the project back on track. 2. Managed teams in London, New York and Singapore.Other Stuff.Supported and mentored staff who were often straight out of university.

    • PwC

      Jan 2000 - Nov 2000
      Program Manager

      Contract Project Manager to deliver:1. International E-Portal. (ECademy) which became the learning portal for the company, which included all the usual Project Management tasks: Planning Tracking, Risk Management, Resource Management etc.Managed all aspects of this significant international project that was aimed at driving down the training costs across the organisation.

    • Parity

      Nov 2000 - Jan 2003
      Project Manager

      Managed an initiative to empower staff who were not assigned on specific projects to develop their skills in IBM, Microsoft and Oracle technologies.Offered project Consultancy services to external clientsWas contracted large organisations as a Project Manager.

    • Pearson plc

      Jan 2003 - Jul 2014
      Senior Program Manager

      Worked closely with key stakeholders and Government Departments to deliver a diverse range of projects:1. Implementation of financial outsourcing2. Delivering key qualifications to the DfE2. Re-branding key areas of the Pearson.3. Producing and launching a range of exciting new international qualifications and working with NGO's to deliver services to Yemen.4. Using Social Media Marketing to promote key projects.What I did:1. Motivate and mentor staff - both formally and informally.2. Focus on what needs to be done to get results.3. Push the boundaries where possible - take calculated decisions and use intuition.4. Generate and run with new ideas to drive business.Knowledge gained:1. How to manage projects. I am qualified in PRINCE2 and up to speed with Agile2. How the "Matrix" of Social media marketing works!3. How to program and create web sites.4. How to set up sites in Wordpress.5. Sector knowledge in Finance, Education, IT, and Media Show less

    • UCA. Farnham

      Mar 2015 - Apr 2019
      Senior Project Manager

      End to end project management of complex business and technology projects.

    • University for the Creative Arts

      May 2017 - Apr 2018
      Head of Business Change

      Interim Head of Business change managing the project pipeline and resource for the organisation.Managing stakeholder expectations and delivering mission critical projects.This has included the relocation of x2 Data centres and implementation of O365 as well as a cross business identity management project. In addition a cross business BCDR programme was implemented.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PRINCE2

    • Management of Risk

      APMG-International
      May 2015
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Fundraiser

      Issued by MS Trust on May 2016
      MS TrustAssociated with Stephen King