Experience

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  Weatherall green & smith

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Pc support analyst

  ● Varied role providing 1st and 2nd line support, Y2K bug mitigation and IT training

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  Morgan stanley dean witter

  Jan 1998 - Sept 1998

  Junior it analyst (temp)

  ● Junior IT role working in three person IT team based at Morgan Stanley’s London office

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  Contract roles

  Sept 2000 - Jun 2004

  Various

  ● Herbert Smith LLP - Service Desk Analyst● Herbert Smith LLP - Deskside Support● Corporation of London - 1st/2nd Line Support● Regents College - Active Directory Migration Analyst● Herbert Smith LLP - Hardware Support Analyst● Clifford Chance - 1st/2nd Line Support

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  Herbert smith freehills

  Jun 2004 - Jun 2016

  ● Following October 2012 merger between Herbert Smith LLP and Australian based firm Freehills LLP, a departmental restructure gave me responsibility for Server Wintel Infrastructure across Europe, Middle East and North America● Successfully led 14 (permanent and contract) staff through period of technical and people change● Conducted appraisals and managed team workload getting the best out of a much stretched team● Staff recruitment, career development, coaching and mentoring● Resource management and project management using resource plans, work packages and Kanban● Responsible for multi million £ yearly budget working closely with procurement team on negotiation and vendor management for the firms various Server Infrastructure, Server Software and Data Storage systems Show less ● Third line engineer and technical lead for Active Directory, VMware, VDI and SCCM● Designed and implemented Herbert Smith’s SCCM software management infrastructure and trained internal teams how to use and support it● Designed, developed and implemented Virtual Remote Desktop remote access solution● Led datacentre consolidation effort to achieve over 50% virtualisation (300+ production VMs) across all datacentres globally which dramatically reduced TCO and carbon footprint whilst increasing ease of management Show less

  • Infrastructure Manager, Europe, Middle East and Asia

    Aug 2013 - Jun 2016

  • Server Team Manager

    Aug 2011 - Aug 2013

  • Third Line Server Infrastructure Engineer

    Feb 2006 - Aug 2011

  • Second Line Analyst

    Jun 2004 - Jan 2006
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  Ownit solutions

  Jul 2016 - now

  Director
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  Forensic risk alliance

  Jul 2016 - Sept 2016

  Ediscovery consultant

  ● Short term contract assisting with a large and complex eDiscovery project based mainly on client site in Paris● Utilising various eDiscovery tools working with sensitive client data

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  Forensic risk alliance

  Jan 2018 - Mar 2020

  ● PMO lead for a portfolio of projects, pertaining to record breaking eDiscovery investigation, achieving DPA settlement with US, French, and UK authorities in excess of €3.6 billion● As PMO Lead representing FRA, I worked very closely with the customer, from technical and security teams all the way up to senior executives. I built strong relationships with multiple law firms, forensic technicians, developers, and eDiscovery project management professionals to steer the project and ensure work was tracked and managed effectively● Leveraged process improvement techniques and project management controls to achieve a tangible reduction in wastage, resulting in 20% less write off billable hours for FRA and increased value for the end client● Implemented various processes to ensure that everybody knows what is expected of them, work is prioritised and risks, issues, and budgets are managed appropriately● Mentored and coached junior team members● Worked with Global Director and accounts teams to compile monthly billing and provide continual billing forecasts to the client Show less ● Interviewed key members of the project team extracting information to build a Process Map for the entire eDiscovery data lifecycle from custodian identification all the way through to legal review ● Used Process Mapping to identify areas for process improvement and to explain the eDiscovery process to new starters, internal teams, lawyers and anyone else who would benefit from understanding the entire context of this particularly complex project● Worked closely with client Security teams at various client sites using tools such as FTK, UFED, Digital Reef and Relativity to process and load data for security and legal review● In addition to eDiscovery work I used technical skills to maintain and support software and IT infrastructure at various client site "air-gapped" mobile eDiscovery platforms across Europe Show less

  • PMO Lead

    Mar 2019 - Mar 2020

  • eDiscovery Consultant

    Jan 2018 - Mar 2019
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  Orbital.global

  Aug 2021 - now

  Consultant
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  Anexsys ltd

  Feb 2022 - May 2022

  Consultant