Fernan Rodriguez

* Leading education establishments on development / delivery of their ICT projects though Council’s partners and sub-contractors * Ensuring implementations run on time and on budget and developed solutions met needs and priorities * Reporting project progresses, budget forecasts, key issues and risks to the programme / Service levels * Testing, accepting and handing over services to the operational managed service * Chairing ICT project team meetings

* Providing day to day direction in all aspects of planning, communications, risk / issue management and project dependencies for the Information Management programme * Defining terms of reference for programme governance and coordinating all programme meetings * Organising the monthly reporting cycle of the programme and projects to the programme board and quarterly reports to other council governing bodies, including additional ad-hoc reports and special information requests

Reorganising project portfolio to ensure recovery and completion of customer troubled projects in the banking sector * Establishing the new services delivery and software development organisations * Implementing standards for project planning and proposal preparation to reduce risk and increase profitability * Implementing a bespoke software development life cycle, including deliverables and completion criteria

Planning and implementing automatic testing tools for electronic banking for a top tier Venezuelan bank, ensuring that all parties were aware of project scope, milestones and deliverables, adjusting and communicating these as necessary

Appraising and redesigning project estimation procedures to facilitate more realistic project planning, reduce proposal quoted prices and improve bidding competitiveness

* Advising the Board of Directors on new business opportunities according to feasibility, profitability and company strategic interests, resulting in more focused efforts * Performing solution development, translating business requirements into project scope, deliverables and cost/price structures * Authoring technical documents, including RFPs, RFQs and contracts * Negotiating statements of work, deliverables, and contract terms with IBM to supply on-site support services to their customers

Overall profit and loss responsibility for managed service contracts and consulting projects, ensuring revenue, profit objectives and customer satisfaction * Developing and negotiating quarterly proposals and contracts for Government’s Subsidised Student Transport Program and increasing profits 13 times over 2 years. Creating all delivery procedures became customer’s standards. Directing a team of 65 people, conducting all hiring, promotions, salary adjustments, and terminations as needed

Food technology