Dafydd Silcock

About Dafydd Silcock

Results-driven organizational change management/transformation leader with deep change management, process redesign, and project management skills. 25+ years’ relevant experience, including 15 in top-tier/Big Four consulting. Strong CPG/Retail/Health/Energy experience. Enabled Fortune 500 clients to derive optimal business value of critical enterprise-level projects by creating and implementing effective transformation solutions. Strategic thinker focused on the business with operational leadership experience (P&L general manager). Demonstrated ability to create hands-on, pragmatic solutions while building capability at all levels. Flexible, adaptive thinker focused on the goal.Specialties: Change management, training & development, process redesign, team-building, communication strategy and development, benchmarking & best practices, organization and job design, project management, business transformation, strategy development and execution, capability development and planning (roadmaps, etc.), business case and recommendation development and approval.

Experience

1. Organizational Change Manager

   BAE Systems

   Feb 2023 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   For global top 10 defense contractor with employees, manage organizational change activities for PeopleSoft 9.2 Upgrade for U.S-based employees. Planned and executed: sponsorship assessment and planning; stakeholder analysis and engagement; develop, and execute Change Readiness Assessment for key stakeholder groups; identify, build, and manage Change Champions network; develop communication plan, develop and deliver supporting deliverables; identify and analyze change impacts for impacted stakeholders; develop training strategy with role-based pathways and develop training and support using Oracle Guided Learning (OGL) for impacted users.

Education

• Sciences Po

  Diploma, European Union

  1992 — 1992

• St. Jerome's High School

  Grade 12 Diploma

  1975 — 1979

• Alliance Manchester Business School

  MBA, Exchange program - academic quarter

  1993 — 1993

• Queen's University

  BEd, Education - secondary

  1985 — 1986

• University of Waterloo

  MA, English

  1984 — 1987

• Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (K.C.I.)

  Grade 13 diploma

  1979 — 1980

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), International Business

  1991 — 1993

• University of Waterloo

  BA, English (honors)

  1981 — 1984

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• Process Redesign
• Consulting
• Business Process
• Management Consulting
• Project Management
• Organizational Development
• Operations Management
• Business Strategy
• Team Building
• Management
• Process Improvement
• Business Transformation
• Training
• Leadership Development
• Employee Engagement
• Business Process Improvement
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Business Analysis
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Employee Training
• Human Resources
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Strategy
• Change Management
• Organizational Design