CIO — CV

CIO-ready technology leader. I bring the skills and experience CIOs need to steady complex transformations, drive cost efficiency, uplift cyber posture, and align technology decisions with business value.

Key CIO Skillset

Separation & Day-1/100 Leadership — design of Day-1 playbooks, TSA negotiations, cutover rehearsals, risk burn-down.
ERP/Data Modernisation — governance, staged migrations, hypercare design, finance close protection, KPI dashboards.
Cyber Resilience — control baselines (MFA, EDR, backups), IR drills, regulatory audit readiness.

IT Cost Management — P&L transparency, vendor consolidation, contract optimisation, unit cost analysis.
Board Communication — clear KPI packs, risk narratives, budget vs plan reporting, decision logs.
Vendor & People Leadership — team right-sizing, SOW hygiene, performance scorecards, escalation playbooks.

Proven Outcomes

ERP migration protected finance-close and stabilised O2C within 3 weeks.
First-time regulatory audit pass after targeted cyber uplift and evidence-driven board reporting.
≈15% opex savings through vendor consolidation and demand shaping.
Clean Day-1 and early TSA exit in multiple separation programmes.

Experience

Senior Director, Technology Transformation — FTI Consulting (2021–Present)

Lead major separation and transformation programmes for PE portfolio companies.
Designed governance models: steering cadences, readiness gates, board reporting packs.
Negotiated TSAs and vendor novations; drove risk burn-down and accelerated exit plans.

Director, Technology Transformation — FTI Consulting (2017–2021)

Directed ERP/data modernisation initiatives, safeguarding financial and operational stability.
Implemented cost transparency frameworks and vendor scorecards to improve accountability.

Assistant Manager — Deloitte UK (2015–2017)

Analytics and modelling for regulated clients; designed controls and reporting frameworks.

Data & Insight Analyst — Capita (2012–2015)

RCT design and national analytics foundations for the UK Automatic Enrolment programme.

Programme Snapshots

Industrial — ERP Migration

Cutover & Hypercare

Day-1 blueprint for finance, identity, comms; full cutover rehearsal.
Hypercare command centre and defect burn-down.
Impact: Finance-close protected; O2C stabilised inside 3 weeks.

Financial Services — Cyber Uplift

Audit Readiness

Implemented MFA, EDR, backup/restore testing, IR runbooks and tabletop drills.
Produced board packs with KPIs and evidence logs.
Impact: First-time regulatory audit pass; reduced ransomware risk.

Healthcare — Integration

Vendor & Cost

Consolidated vendors, aligned TOM, and introduced cost chargeback models.
Impact: Delivered ≈15% opex savings with SLA adherence.

Global Carve-Out

Day-1 & TSA

Delivered Day-1 stability across identity, payroll, and finance.
TSA catalogue and glidepath with clear dependencies.
Impact: Zero Day-1 incidents; TSA exit accelerated by ≈2 months.