Mark Ashton

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ABOUT MARK ASHTON

Experienced Executive IT professional operating within the Financial IT Services Sector for IBM & its flagship customers and more recently Capgemini Financial Services. Wide ranging business & technology knowledge applied in local, EMEA, North American & Global roles covering strategic, delivery, architectural and leadership areasCurrently working as a Senior Manager with Capgemini for Financial Services clients. Chief Architect acting as technical advisor to customer & IBM stakeholders. Led 10-20 person teams of solution architects ensuring contracted responsibilities met to high standards & on time. Technical Governance framework defined enabling control of technology development & clarity of how customer integration operated. Global IT Transformation that was required to enable the customer to achieve their business objectives of improving service quality, standardisation and cost efficiencies. Built and led a global team of solution architects implementing new technologies, offshoring and consistently deployed IT Services. Design Authority designing, establishing & operating technical governance operations for transformation and infrastructure development programmes. Owned initiatives that developed innovative solutions for customer. Responsible for architectural governance. Customer Engagement as part of two outsourcing programmes with a TCVs in excess of $850M. Working with customer stakeholders in identifying and clarifying business and technology requirements. Evaluating technologies & formulating solution strategies, architectures & designs IT Consultant advising and influencing business and technology stakeholders on the merits of technology solutions support goals of the business IT Strategist developing IT strategies that meet customer requirements & that achieve business objectives through optimization End to End Solutions Design for large & complex IT systems that support multiple support processes & interfaces.