Martin Betts
Head of Delivery Head of Programme Management @NEC Software Solutions
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WORK HISTORY
Head of Delivery Head of Programme Management @NEC Software Solutions
Nottingham, GB
Leadership and direction for the whole breadth of the Enterprise Product delivery and subsequent operation incorporating across a Portfolio of Policing Products. Key roles include:• Release planning of all delivery activities, incorporating resource management, scope and backlog definition, release scheduling from release kick-off through to implementation to live running.• Relationship and Stakeholder Management across internal and client executive level driving growth and revenue.• Focus on team growth through mentoring and training and building a high performing IT Delivery structure that maximises the skillset of the team to successfully deliver complex enterprise applications within budget and increasing margin.• Business Transformation through of Software delivery processes and client business transformation, including the successful implementation of one of the largest IT systems within the Metropolitan Police.• Creation of robust Governance model to maintain oversight of a Portfolio of Products encompassing 19 UK and international Police Forces.• Built up and led a multi-functional team of development and delivery specialists encompassing DevOps, Development, Assurance through to Programme implementation.• Initiated and implemented new programmes to improve the quality of products, services and processes across the delivery organisation.• Shaped the delivery and service organisation and ensured continual improvement incorporating Agile Software and Programme Management processes.• Creation and management of the governance of Development and Programme’s through detailed Management Information and Reporting mechanisms, ensuring that any issues or programme delivery risks are trapped and plans for mitigation put into place.• Developed and implemented succession planning across the organisation and removed single point of failures.
EDUCATION
University of Bedfordshire
Bachelor of Science - BS, Geology/Earth Science, General
SKILLS
ABOUT MARTIN BETTS
A highly effective and accomplished Head of Delivery/Programme Management with a proven track record of successfully developing and delivering large-scale, complex IT solutions across the whole Software Delivery Life Cycle. Excels at motivational team building and stakeholder management across multiple supplier and client transformation programmes. Developed an in-depth working knowledge of the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle during my 20+ years in the IT industry and have an innate ability to identify the critical processes, approaches and risk management to ensure that programmes are built on a strong foundation that can be extended and built upon. Proven ability to plan and execute strategically coupled with a willingness to focus at an operational and tactical level to ensure a successful programme delivery.Key Achievements Include: • Successful Software Delivery of Enterprise level highly configurable and complex Record Management System to 9 UK Police Forces and subsequent implementation of a further five Forces including the Metropolitan Police and West Midlands Police, with a user base of over half of the UK Police officers.• Transformation of a Software development function into a highly successful multi disciplined Software Delivery team of over 300 that spanned the UK and India and incorporated the generation, management and governance of the software processes and associated delivery to support best practices in DevOps, Development and Quality Assurance.• Created and led Programme and Project Management teams and structures to successfully implement a multi stranded and complex delivery.• Successful implementation of software delivery and management of client engagement throughout User Acceptance, Training Readiness, Infrastructure availability, Operational readiness and deployment into live running.• Direct Management of multiple successful implementations in to test and acceptance incorporating client and third-party management.
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