KEVINJOHN GALLAGHER Agile Business Transformation Consultant,
bringing Project & Product Management expertise to top global
brands such as Microsoft, Cisco, AOL, BP, BBC, and Samsung. E-mail:
email@KevinjohnGallagher.com Mobile: +44 7788 718382 Nationality:
British and Irish passports Authorized to work in the EU and the
United States of America Qualifications: Certified ScrumMaster
Certified Product Owner Certified MSP: Managing Successful
Programmes Certified MoR: Risk Management Prince2 Practitioner ITIL
v3 Foundation Certified Agile Project Manager Scottish Enterprise:
Manager of the Year Microsoft's MSDNAA 's "Reserved for Excellence"
Award Multimedia Technology Management, Napier University.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: High-Impact agile contractor with a successful
record of delivering high-profile large-scale projects aimed at
desktop, mobile and tablets; by utilizing Lean / Agile
methodologies. 5 years at Project Director level successfully
managing million dollar accounts for FTSE 100 and multi-national
corporations, by embedding a pragmatic Scrum-based Agile approach.
10 years Project Management experience delivering digital, web,
mobile, video streaming, e-commerce, marketing, eCRM, consulting,
open source and enterprise-level CMS projects. 15 years as a proven
Leader, with experience across digital, gaming, financial services,
entertainment, education, technology, television, adult, FMCG, and
not-for-profit sectors. Excel at building senior stakeholder
consensus, collaboration and influence at CxO level; to drive
investment and excitement in the strategic vision and tactical
initiatives. Creative problem solver with an engaging personality.
Decisive troubleshooter, specializing in analyzing and successfully
matching products, services, and processes with client needs.
Extensive international experience, transitioning strategy into
actionable deliverables for clients in Africa, the Middle East,
South Asia, North America and Western Europe. Uniquely combining a
strong affinity for technology & an entrepreneurial business
sense, with a verifiable record of delivering enhanced productivity
and streamlined operations. Advanced knowledge of digital
technologies (HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, SQL, .NET, Objective-C,
Java, Ruby, & Flash). Has strength to propose
technology-agnostic solutions. Dynamic and engaging presenter. Last
keynote was at Harvard University.
Kevinjohn Gallagher: 2 of 3 email@KevinjohnGallagher.com March
2014 NOTABLE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT ROLES: Company: Fifth-largest
company in the world; listed on the LSE, NYSE, and a constituent of
the FTSE 100 Index. Multi-national, vertically-integrated, oil and
gas giant. Budget: 75m+ Team size: 11 direct, 150+ total
Agile/Scrum, Lean/Kanban Deliverables: Technology selections &
migration; UCD & UX; business transformation & readiness.
Technologies: Adobe CQ5, HTML5/CSS3, Java, Tomcat, Amazon AWS
cloud, Akamai CDN, JIRA, Axure Advanced rapidly through a series of
increasingly responsible positions within critical business and
digital transformation programme; eventually leading the newly
created Business as Usual division. Aggressively negotiated all
technology, methodology and 3 rd party supplier selections;
establishing a business-led alternative to the multi-round RFI/RFP
for over 25+ enterprise-level procurement deals. Orchestrated the
introduction of User Centric design, delivering an agnostic
Design/UX framework used by multiple creative agencies and the Big
5 outsourced-development System Integrators. Substantially improved
communications between silod business functions; pioneering new
agile processes to reduce time to market for all Digital and
Marketing communications by over 500%. Accountable for delivering a
repeatable agile strategy that integrated with CxO reporting
structures. Company: Worldwide Digital Agency of the Decade, with
12 offices in 4 continents, specializing in delivering innovative
communications, consulting, and commerce solutions. Budget: 3m - 5m
Team size: 4 direct, 30+ total Agile/Scrum & Waterfall
Deliverables: Design & UX, Site build, CMS migration,
responsive mobile site, mobile app, social apps. Spearheaded
adoption of Agile to revisit under-estimated projects &
identify point-of-failures. Consulted on business and technical
requirements to define client-prioritized roadmap. Delivered a
5-point improvement plan, focusing on recruitment, training &
skills development Led and managed a range of digital delivery
disciplines and talent both internally and externally. Company:
Digital strategy & implementation arm of the worlds largest
marketing conglomerate, with 250+ cross-functional staff, across 4
global offices, with $100+ turnover. Budget: 1.5 - 3m Team size: 5
direct, 20+ total Agile/Scrum & Waterfall Deliverables: Site
design, UX & build, CMS migration, responsive mobile site,
mobile app. Responsible for delivery of project work-streams
against a multi-dependency project plan. Key Player in mapping of
business objectives and client goals to an ever-changing roadmap.
Standardized reporting and tracking of Risks and Dependencies to
internal stakeholders. Company: The world's largest independent
production company, with over 90 companies in over 30 countries,
specializing in interactive programming for a modern multi-channel
world. Budget: 1m - 5m Team size: 6 direct, 30+ total Agile/Scrum
& Prince 2 Deliverables: Gambling software, Site redesign &
build, mobile site, video streaming, social strategy. Enhanced
market position by leveraging media, customer recognition &
substantial revenue growth. Aggressively negotiated technical
restructure towards automation and a custom CMS. Challenged to
create & execute critical short-term projects for real-time
user submitted content. Managed hosting infrastructure migration
for all internal and external sites and hardware.
Kevinjohn Gallagher: 3 of 3 email@KevinjohnGallagher.com March
2014 PROJECT & PRODUCT MANAGEMENT ROLES: I-Kos Project Manager
(Senior) Jan 2014 - Apr 2014 Samsung Project Manager (Senior) Oct
2013 - Nov 2013 BP Head of Digital, Platforms & Tools Aug 2011
- Jun 2013 R/GA Project Manager (Director) Apr 2011 - Jul 2011
Possible Project Manager (Senior) Jan 2011 - Apr 2011 HWU Project
Manager (Director) May 2010 - Oct 2010 The Guardian Project Manager
(Senior) Feb 2010 - Apr 2010 Endemol Project Manager (Director) Apr
2008 - Oct 2008 BBC Producer Jan 2008 - Mar 2008 2m2r Head of
Delivery & Operations Jan 2007 - Jun 2007 Grand Union Project
Manager (Director) Aug 2006 - Dec 2006 Wunderman Project Manager
(Senior) Jun 2006 - Aug 2006 Them London Project Manager (Director)
Feb 2006 - June 2006 T101 Project Manager (Director) Jan 2005 - Jan
2006 AOL Project Manager Jan 2005 - Feb 2005 Microsoft Specialist
UI / .Net Consultant Jun 2004 - Dec 2004 LBi Product Manager Nov
2003 - Jan 2004 Cisco Systems Project Manager (Senior) Jun 2002 -
Aug 2003 British Government Project Manager (Senior) 2001 - 2002
2k1online Project Manager (Director) 2000 - 2001 NCR Project
Manager 2000 Standard Life Bank Project Manager / PMO 1999 NON
PROJECT-MANAGEMENT ROLES: Ive also worked with the following NMA
top 100 digital agencies in non-project-management roles: AKQA,
Equator, Realise, TechnoPhobia, Sequence, Pod1, BlackID,
WhiteSpacers, DA group DISCLOSURE OF ONGOING BOARD POSITIONS: BIMA
Executive Committee Oct 2013 - present Open Source Scotland
Executive Chairman Aug 2011 - present Pure Web Brilliant Managing
Director Dec 2008 - present GLOBALLY RECOGNISED CMS EXPERT: Adobe
CQ5 - Customer Advisory Board member Drupal - CMS Association Board
Nominee - lost out to CTO of WikiPedia Joomla - World Conference
primary Keynote Speaker (Harvard & eBay) WordPress - Summit
panelist - 100 thought-leaders invited to discuss the future of
CMS. Salesforce.com - CMS (Site.com beta) roadmap consultant