Curriculum Vitae
Paul Donaldson
Personal Details:
11 Baldings Cottages, Green Road, Wivelsfield Green, East Sussex RH17 7QD
| Home: |
01444 471 966 |
| Work: |
01293 586 742 |
| Mobile: |
07968 817 813 |
Profile:
I have been a Business and IT Project Manager for 4 years working within the Financial Services industry. In that time, I have managed 6 IT projects � from feasibility Study through to launch - including: RAD - the development of three pensions products; DSDM RAD � the development of two major corporate products on client-server and e-commerce platforms. I have also managed the development of systems and the data transfer to enable a business critical switch from a mainframe to client-server platform.
I have managed each of these projects throughout the project life-cycle: Feasibility and business study- Providing facilitating and analysis skills for the corporate sponsors / key users within a JAD workshop environment to extract requirements, determine priorities and identify areas of risk; Development � Managing timescales, resources and costs while providing a conduit for issue and risk management; Implementation � ensuring that testing and quality controls are met to provide a product that is �fit for business purpose� and that the product is delivered on time; Maintenance � Organising the re-prioritisation and development of additional requirements within sub-projects.
Within my current project, I am managing a Technical team of 6 Visual Basic developers, 2 Data Managers, 2 Support specialists and a Testing Co-ordinator. The user team consists of 10 key personnel from the Project Sponsor(s) through to key users from each relevant department (Marketing, Finance, Legal, for example).
Professional Skills & Methodologies:
- Business Project Management
- IT Project Management
- 4 years experience within a RAD environment
- 2 years experience within a DSDM RAD environment
- Business Analysis
- Workshop Facilitation
- Strong Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Product Experience Summary:
- Fully experienced in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint
- Fully experienced in MS Project 4 and 2000
- Fully experienced in Visio 5
- Good working knowledge of HTML 4
- Good working knowledge of MS Access
- Basic knowledge of Delphi 5
- Basic knowledge of MS Visual Basic 4
- Basic knowledge of VBScript
- Basic knowledge of SQL Server 7
- Basic knowledge of Python
Work Experience:
B & CE HSM Ltd
September 1994 to Present
| B&CE are the main provider of financial services to the construction industry. I began as an administrator within a small team which was piloting a computerised version of the company's main product. I quickly became involved as a key user and began assisting the development team in the design, testing and implementation of what was to be the first in a series of developments onto a client-server platform. |
| Within a year, I was training as a Project Manager and after six months, I cut my teeth on the RAD development of a Personal Pensions system. I was then employed to manage the development of further systems which would enable the company to move away from a prohibitively expensive mainframe platform. I co-ordinated and assisted in the analysis of the development of each project culminating in project managing the final data transfer and eventual shut-down of the mainframe. |
| At this point, I assisted in reviewing the corporate development methodology which resulted in the company adopting the Dynamic Systems Development Methodology (DSDM) in July 1998. I then went on to manage the successful redevelopment of the company's most business critical product within a very tight time-scale (following legislative changes) and I am now managing the entire development of the company's Stakeholder Pension product on an e-commerce platform. I have another Business Project Manager working for me to deal with the management of legal and compliance tasks and another assistant dealing with user liaison. |
Freelance Television Production Assistant
July 1990 to September 1994
| I worked for various companies organising film crew and equipment for promotional video and television commercial productions. This gave me a good foundation in organisation and resourcing skills as well as dealing with working within very tight time-scales and costs. |
Administration and Sales - Financial Services Industry
July 1984 to June 1990
| I have worked for General Accident Life, Halifax Property Services and Scottish Widows as a Claims Administrator, Mortgage Consultant and Financial Advisor Consultant, respectively. This provided me with excellent customer skills and a good working knowledge of the financial services industry. |
Education and Qualifications:
Ilford County High Grammar School
September 1977 to June 1984
| Qualifications Attained: |
| GCE 'O' Levels: |
Maths, English Language, English Literature, Geography, History, French, Art. |
| GCE 'A' Levels: |
Geology, Geography, Art. |
Crawley College
September 1996 to July 1997 (Part-time)
| Qualification Attained: |
| Institute of Management: Certificate in Management |
TEBS Training
July 2000 to October 2000 (Part-time)
| Qualification Attained: |
| Chartered Insurance Institute: FP1 Financial Services and their Regulation |
Other Training
| December 1995: |
Business Project Management Course - Cap Gemini |
| August 1998: |
DSDM Practitioner Course - ICL |
| January 1999: |
Business Systems Analysis Course - Parity |
| July 1999: |
Managing DSDM Projects Course - Cap Gemini |
Other Information
| Languages: |
English, Italian (conversational) |
| Interests: |
I play in two rock bands in my spare time and also enjoy walking and motorcycling. |