has immense experience of solving business problems designing and delivering IT solutions
is able to draw upon this experience and an appreciation of the people and business process aspects while coming up with IT proposals or solutions
is able to engage in a peer level dialogue with senior business and IT folks in solving business problems using IT
Sales Director
is the perfect checkpoint and source of guidance on fundamental business and architectural issues that ultimately make or break a project
Strategy Director
has successfully developed original thinking on Service Delivery Models, underpinned by thorough analysis and well thought through principles
has a great ability to contribute and brings a raft of experience / input to Business and client conversations within the Portfolio I manage
VP Sales
personifies the rare combination of business acumen, solutions focus, enterprise architecture and large scale delivery management
uncanny ability to focus on the problem, find the most elegant solution and navigate through the minefield of risk to a successful delivery is a pleasure to behold
very effective at managing relationships and aligning people from the C Level down to the development teams through mentoring to deliver the best results on a given timeline
the very best
CTO
true thought leader in the area of IT strategy, governance & solutions
impressed by the depth of his knowledge and his razor-sharp mind
excels in presenting solutions in a meaningful manner to VPs & C-level people
at ease mentoring managers & helping them grow
Programme Manager
had a pragmatic approach which always focused back on the business’s strategic and tactical benefits
Global Presales Lead
brings an analytical and experienced eye to bear on business issues
offers a different lens on problems and solutions and utilises a well developed network to gather information and ideas
CIO – retailer
helps organisations to achieve results by aligning their programme processes and strategic architecture to their business goals
Sales Director
bringing lateral viewpoints to ensure more breadth to discussions
process and conceptual skills have enabled the team to focus more fully in some of our more strategic thinking
Head of Sourcing – retailer
developed a detailed IT strategy, and proposals for the setting up of a business architecture capability
a comprehensive knowledge of IT and a thorough understanding of the particular challenges of managing change in a large and complex business and IT environment
very effective at conceptualising problems and presenting relevant solutions
Head of Business Architecture – insurer
professionalism and honesty in dealing with vendors made him a pleasure to agree and implement a solution with
Account Director – Security Vendor
a powerful member of the team and helped the company to grow to be a European leader
CEO – Digital Marketing Company
provided excellent insight and support in the set up of our IT Specialist and Communities roles
made a significant contribution to our IT Strategy definition and direction setting to the start up of real business modelling
Head of IT Strategy – insurer
remarkable ability to balance the use of formal methods with a practical and customer-driven approach
gets things done without driving up the stress to unacceptable levels
Strategy Consultant
easy style and creative brain
particularly good at routing out the client’s needs and creatively collaborating to help drive towards a great outcome
Strategy Consultant
provided excellent interim management in a challenging environment
clear and insightful direction and understanding of the bigger issues surrounding developing and implementing a strategy
clearly aware of both technical and business issues and is able to help companies solve them
excellent grasp of Enterprise Business and Technology issues but was also able to provide inspired leadership and diplomacy in dealing with internal and external clients, suppliers and issues
capable of delivering value, insight and solutions in both highly volatile as well as stagnated environments with a speed and aplomb that is impressive
IT Leader – pharmaceuticals
very open, very honest
able to be technical in the weeds and strategic right to the top of an organisation
really understands what technology can do to drive value in a business
one of the very best enterprise focused architects and leaders
always illuminating and thought provoking
CTO – cool tech company
knows that every customer solution can present unique challenges and may require us to rethink architecture best practices to ensure customer success
a tool kit of great skills spanning many areas of the IT landscape including enterprise and data architecture skills
great customer liaison skills and an ability to make the complex accessible even for non techies
Analytics Consulting Leader
great vision and up to date Industry trends helps to relate a complex business problem with the right IT solution
excellent stakeholder management skills
truly successful when working with a wide variety of customers
can articulate technical challenges in clear business terms to the non-technical
equal mix of strategic, managerial, technical and operational
C-level communication skills combined with thought leadership
contributed a lot for the growth of the team and company by bringing more business
strong leadership skills and is extremely good at bringing cross functional teams together and leading them towards the achievement of a single goal
Enterprise Architect
a true visionary and evangelist
the enviable talent to make any difficult topic as easy as possible
knowledge crosses all innovation, technology, architecture and business domains
very quick in grasping new business areas and translate them in the best possible IT solution
not holding back on accolades and gives credit to whom deserves it
very good mentor and there could not be a better leader
Enterprise Architecture Thought Leader
led the Centre of Excellence on two business intelligence projects which were successful
in-depth knowledge of Enterprise Architecture frameworks and their pragmatic application
easy to work with
supported and enabled the use of the ACI ACRIS Semantic Model to deliver successful products
Architecture Programmes Manager
happy to inform you that I have accepted an offer … as Enterprise Solution Architect. I will be placed in Chennai to assist some enterprises in their cloud journey. The leadership skills I learned from you really helped me clearing the loop rounds … where they only test your leadership skills.