David G.
Head of Ict Services @West Yorkshire Combined Authority
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WORK HISTORY
Head of Ict Services @West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Leeds, GB
I am responsible for ongoing ICT operations and transformational change. I lead a department that covers the full range of technology services comprising teams that deliver; an ICT Service Desk, Infrastructure & Technical Services and Business Systems applications. My experience has centred on modernising the organisation from using old technology to fully embracing cloud and innovative computing. My work has maximised organisation efficiencies by enabling staff and partners to be highly mobile and effective.• Delivered and implemented a corporate technology strategy consisting of - New IT Governance - Office 365 Full Roll Out - Microsoft Azure - Cyber Security & PSN - New LAN and WAN networks - Technology Advisory Board Setting Standards & Principles - Cultural & Behavioural Changes o Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity - ITIL Service Management - Anytime, Anywhere, Any Place Mobile Computing - Digitising Services - Data Centre Migration - Intranet and SharePoint• Member of Senior Management Team and Transformation Board Member• Budget controller for revenue £2.5million p.a. and capital projects of over £4m• Responsible for the Yorkshire wide travel on street/online journey prediction system• De-risked, implemented cloud services & removed single person dependencies• Representative on the Yorkshire & Humber Public Services Network
EDUCATION
APMG
2010 - PRINCE2 Practitioner
AXELOS
2014 - ITIL Foundation Certificate in Service Management
Sheffield Polytechnic
BTEC Higher National Certificate, Business & Finance
North East Derbyshire College of Further Education
BTEC Ordinary National Diploma, Computer Studies
Sheffield Hallam University
BA (Hons), Business Studies
SKILLS
ABOUT DAVID G.
Technology is the easy bit, the bigger challenge is to develop and harness an organisation\'s people and culture to extract its best potential. This is where I come in.I love working with teams to lead organisations through change using digital technology. With the right approach.efficiency, collaboration and satisfaction levels can be transformed.I\'m steeped in developing digital transformation strategies, not just on my own, but working and listening to colleagues, partners and others that matter. I enjoy persuading leaders to buy-in to a digital transformation and then to lead teams through successful implementations.By using highly developed soft skills, communication and years of leadership experience, I\'ve gained masses of experience in doing this. I know the frequent problems that can be faced when organisations change and how these can be overcome. Although I love designing the big picture, I\'m also a details person who has led many aspects of digital change such as programme and project management, team development, IT governance, cloud computing and many more areas.
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