uk.markadamson@gmail.com

uk.markadamson@gmail.com

About Me

Senior Programme Director || Business Transformation & ERP Delivery || PPM & Change Leadership || Europe || digital and enterprise solutions || C-suite trusted advisor || ERP, EDI, CRM, ECM, MDM, Contact Centre

Outcomes-focussed and hands-on Senior Programme Director with a proven track record of delivering complex transformation, change, digital (inc AI) and enterprise solutions resulting in increased EBITDA value and operational efficiencies. Expert at leading large scale £200m transformation programmes and corporate mergers, underpinned by ERP, EDI, supply chain, eCommerce, MDM, Contact Centre, CRM and ECM technologies. Key sectors include Government, Manufacturing, Retail, Utilities, Defence, Aerospace and Transport. Provides C-suite advisory and assurance on programmes and bids to £1.5bn TCV. Builds high performing, globally dispersed teams of >100 staff across client (C-suite to User), contract and vendors.

Enterprise, “total solution”, mindset and focus: People, Process, System, Data, Security, Support and Compliance

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Led a global team of 50 to deliver a greenfield contact centre (inc AI) using SaaS technologies within 9-months and baking in privacy and security by design into the whole service – see project.
• Led a UK team of 20 to map 5 IT Reseller organisations onto a Target Operating Model underpinned by a Proactis ERP within 18 months with a £500K budget. Trustmarque was subsequently sold for £111M – see project.
• Led a global team of 150 to migrate Hallmark Cards 4 legacy ERP systems onto an Oracle JDE/.net landscape – see project.
• Led a UK team of 50 to successfully migrate Aliaxis’ five ERP systems to a €20 million Microsoft Dynamics-AX solution – see project.
• Led a UK team of 6 to successfully migrate Dorma’s seven ERP systems to a £5 million SAP solution – see project.
• Led a global team of 100+ to deliver a £26M EDI solution to connect Vodafone’s 18 global OpCos to their Tier 1 suppliers.
• Develop and provide GTM strategies through advisory, change and delivery assurance services to land £10K-£1.5Bn new-logo and existing account sales.

Education

Bristol University 1999

MSc

MSc Engineering Managment with a specialism in Risk Management

Portfolio

Skills/ Technologies

GDPR Practitioner
100%
ISO27001
100%
Scrum Master
100%
ERP: Dynamics AX, SAP (R/3 & R/4 Hana), Oracle JDE, Epicor, Infor, Sage, BaaN, PeopleSoft
100%
MoP-P: Management of Portfolios Practitioner
100%
MSP-P: Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner
97%
PRINCE2-P Practitioner
100%
ITIL-F Foundation
100%

Certifications

1993

CEng Chartered Engineer: The Engineering Council

1993

MIET Member: The Institute of Engineering and Technology

1992

BEng (Hons) in Manufacturing Systems Engineering: The University of The West Of England

1999

MSc in Engineering Management: Bristol University