Stephen Griffiths

IT Consultant @Merit It Solutions Group Ltd

US

A MSc qualified and previously certified Prince-II (2009) and AgilePM (2014) Practitioner, IT professional with many years of experience in Programme & Project Management as well as senior consultancy positions. An individual proficient in the use of Prince II, Agile & scaled Agile to manage a variety of projects/products. Worked for a range of public & private sector clients including Urenco (Nuclear fuels), Capita (various roles), Focus Learning Trust (education), Ministry of Justice (MOJ), GMP (Police), Alternative Futures Group (AFG)(healthcare), Ministry of Defence (MOD), RM (education), Dept, for work & pensions (DWP), G4S etc. A Programme/Project/Product manager with an outstanding record of performance with a variety of clients. Notable accomplishments span work in Product upgrade, migration and management, large data & mail migrations, Contact Centre migrations, SAP S4/HANA migration, significant migration experience of 00’s of secure and/or business offices, Schools, Colleges, and housing associations completed successfully demonstrating an innovative and effective approach to handling risk, issues, stakeholders, resources, and systems/application implementation/integration. A former head of ICT with strong leadership skills, able to develop ICT strategy and cross functional/multi discipline teams with conflicting work ethics to deliver cost-effective well-managed ICT services. Significant experience managing budgets of £3m+, while completing supplier negotiations that resulted in possible savings of over £130K pa for one organisation alone.

The Open University

Master of Science - MS, Strategic IT Management

The Open University

MSc, Technology Management

The Open University

BSc, Computers & COmmunications

The Open University

Post Graduate Certificate in Management, ICT Management