John Anderson

WORK HISTORY

ABOUT JOHN ANDERSON

A highly experienced and performance focused Executive Level Leader with a proven track record of leading Project and Program Management teams as well as Data Centre, Facilities Management Operations. Focused on Design initiatives to advance both operational performance and revenue within global, multi-geographical organisations.What makes me different?• Known for producing and implementing innovative business solutions and strategies centred on managing and exceeding client and customer expectations and promoting a positive company reputation. • Am an inspiring and motivational manager with first-rate interpersonal skills and the ability and passion to develop the vision of any organisation I work for ensuring reliability and sustainability are the key deliverable\'s. • Exceptional drive and judgement to influence business benefit and continual growth.• Communicate well with Senior Managers at a CEO and COO level often translating the complexities of data centres into clear precise information. • Able to look at problems from a different perspective: always challenge the norm’s and always asking how do we make this Faster Better Cheaper. Key Achievements to date:• Lead the IBM EMEA Data Centre Project team for 8 years• Original strategist and EMEA lead for the outsourcing Project of the IBM Data Centre operations team that resulted in 170 IBM employees successfully transferring to CBRE Data Centre Services with minimal attrition no impact to client delivery. Net saving to IBM of $4m.• As an Operation lead, formulated and executed success-driven improvements to Global Switch Hong Kong organisation, resulting in significant boost in revenue growth for CBRE to more than $2.5m and moved from 0.1% margin to 6.4%.SpecialismsProject Management – Global Experience – Strategic Planning & Execution – Matrix organisations - Contract Negotiations – Dispute resolution - Facilities Management – Team Leadership – What colleagues or clients say about me?“John always gets things done” “John is always helpful when I reach out for support” “John is good with clients – know when to push back and always back up his position with data”.I am looking for my next opportunity within the Data Centre field, particularly those with a Innovation and sustainability focus. Feel free to contact me if you would like to connect- j••••••••@gmail.com +44••••••••91#datacentres #datacenter #facilities #businesscontinuity #accountmanagement