Ash S.

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ABOUT ASH S.

A CISSP-accredited, security-cleared Head of IT and Security with demonstrable experience of cyber and IT risk mitigation and a strong ability to lead organisations through digital transformation and business improvement initiatives. Passionate about addressing the cybersecurity skills gap, establishing threat intelligence networks and collaborating with peer organisations to ultimately reduce the threat vectors and protect organisations, their employees and their customers. A keen interest in implementing strong governance frameworks carried out across multiple organisations in many sectors while striking a balance of keeping the user at the centre of the approach in terms of continued usability and practicality of embracing the modern, digital workplace.Extensive programme management background with vast experience of recovering failing programmes and delivering successful multi-million-pound projects. Maintaining a strong technical bias to a varied skill set and a hands-on approach to managing, delivering and supporting IT hardware and software in both public and private sector organisations. Vast experience of adopting change, implementing target operating models and delivering high-performing IT functions over wide-ranging, multi-site, multi-platform and multi-vendor disciplines.Strong stakeholder management experience from shop floor to Director Level with excellent written, verbal and presentation skills. I do like to talk!Experience of managing large technical migration programmes, hosted and on-premise solutions, data centre migrations, IT consolidation and cloud-based solutions - all with the customer / end user at the centre of the focus. A PRINCE2 and MSP Practitioner, a Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA-D) and Member status of the Association for Project Management (APM).