Global Management Services', David Snell, Another Successful Commercial Deployment

Sept. 23, 2010 - PRLog -- David Snell has just returned from another successful commercial deployment.  This time he has been working out Europe and the Middle East, as an Interim CTO, leading the technology forklift for both regions.  The budget for this programme was in excess of £200M.  It was brought in on time and within budget.

Mr Snell has a history with an impeccable track record for delivering successful outcomes to large, complex projects in both the public and private sector, including Banking and Financial Services.
A majority of roles have involved mid-term programme rescues and turnarounds and he has first hand experience of the unique challenges that this brings. Using the knowledge and experience gained, David has developed a robust set of methods and tools to help organisations strengthen their ability to derive maximum return on investment from their large IT programmes.

In recent years he has been involved with challenged programmes the DWP and London Borough of Ealing.

David has worked for over 15 years as an Executive Officer/IT Director or Executive Manager. In that time he spent five years as a IT Director in Investment Banking, involved in Europe wide rationalisation, consolidation, and various mergers, for which he was technically responsible.

Since becoming an Interim, he has continued to work with Executive Officers and Directors at Board Level, enabling their organisations to realise major IT Programmes, in challenging environments.  As part of this, he works alongside the organisation and it’s IT Staff providing strategic guidance and direction, developing their systems and operational processes.  This allows IT to add value to the core business processes via cost savings in systems, licensing, infrastructure efficiency and staff development.  He has extensive experience of computing and communications over WAN, MAN, LAN and WiMax, with senior contacts in the telecoms industry and within the ISP community.

All the roles he works on are sensitive to the stakeholders, requiring tact and diplomacy to win over Staff, Management and Executive Officers.  Consequently, most of his assignments are covered by NDAs, and they remain confidential.

David is a highly skilled IT Management professional and business systems solutions specialist with extensive technical IT expertise, detailed business knowledge and proven ability to make viable contributions at senior business management level.  He has a consistent track record in delivering cost effective strategic solutions. He has strong people skills, with proven ability to build successful, cohesive teams and interact well with individuals across all levels of the business.

He has spoken at DWT (Dealing With Technology) on several occasions and maintains a deep understanding of the technology and issues facing the industry.  He has written a book about the impact of STP on the industry and has published an article on the impact of MiFID. He also publishes articles on Leadership, Change Management, Project Management, BCP and DR.

When not delivering engagements for organisations, he lectures MBA Students at a Business School in London and at Universities in India and Pakistan.  David lectures on Leadership, Change Management and Organisational Resource Management.

David says he enjoys a challenge. This can be seen by the assignments he accepts. He describes them as “Mission Improbable rather than Impossible”. They are projects that either the client or their agents do not feel comfortable attempting, due to time or resource constraints. He will look at the client’s problems and assess the risks, issues and options. If he feels confident that the project is possible, he will discuss the clients’ options.

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Global Management Services are a boutique niche consultancy.
Specifically servicing the Financial Services and Government organisations, we specialise in IT/Business Systems Process consolidation and programme/project management.