Jon Lord

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ABOUT JON LORD

A versatile, successful and focused Portfolio, Programme and Project professional with more than 15 years’ experience of successfully delivering cutting edge technology and working in a New Product Development (NPD) and New Product Introduction (NPI) environment. Relishes challenges and readily assumes responsibility showing initiative and self-motivation. Background in Portfolio, Programme and Project Management, Engineering, IT network management and communications.Member of the Association of Project Managers, Certified practitioner in Management of Portfolios (MoP), Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) and PRINCE 2 methodologies as well as being a certified Scrum Product Owner and Scrum Master. ITIL Foundation. Leadership Responsible for building an effective team. Recruiting, managing, developing, motivating and mentoring team members (both on and off-shore). Leading matrix organised cross-discipline teams. Guidance and oversight to the team on their projects. Collaborated on business strategy, budget and department and team structures.Portfolio, Programme and Project Management A proven track record of successful programme delivery in multiple industries and sectors. Utilises a pragmatic and flexible approach to problem solving in order to achieve a successful project within schedule and budget while managing scope effectively. Bids, proposals and programmes in excess $20m. Software development - traditional waterfall and SCRUM and DSDN Agile processes. Hardware development - including prototyping and research and development through to production. Sub-contractors - from generation of Statement of Work to acceptance thereof.Communication Demonstrates a strong understanding of complex technical systems and processes, with the ability to work with senior technical staff to help analyse and architect technical solutions and communicate these to the non-technical stakeholders in a way that moves their understanding forward.