Olly Pickard
Project Manager
Career Summary
Over eight years experience in the web industry, using creative and innovative solutions to deliver complex web based projects on time and budget.
Career History
Project Manager
February 2007 - Present
- Leading a team of seven developers and designers to deliver web based projects.
- Steering projects through their complete life cycle, including writing statements of work, project initiation documents and functional specifications, to delivering and supporting the launched sites.
- Cost projections and budget planning, reporting to the board of directors on project success rates.
- Managing and scheduling for multiple concurrent projects.
- Development of internal projects and software, including technical documentation and product testing.
- Experience of working effectively with organisations from both private and public sector organisations, including Oxfam, Commonwealth Secretariat, Unity Trust Bank, Business Design Centre, Clarins, GMB and ASLEF trade unions.
- Implementation of Prince 2 methodology and a strong knowledge of Agile and Scrum techniques.
Web Developer - Fused Group (formerly Poptel Technology)
March 2005 - January 2007
- Developing websites with an in house CMS for clients, incorporating a variety of solutions including, membership database integration, forums, dynamic form builder, blogs, syndicated content, events calendar, secure areas, online shop, mailing lists, postcode and bank account checking.
- Director of employee benefit trust (Poptel was a cooperative company).
- Working on core software products, introducing new functionality.
- Working under pressure and meeting deadlines.
- Building sites to high levels of accessibility and usability using semantic markup.
Freelance Web Design and Development - Athens/London
September 2000 - February 2005
- Implementation, design and development of dynamic websites including database driven applications, graphic design and search engine optimisation.
- Creative solutions in deploying content management systems and secure, private member areas.
- Client liaison, communicating concepts, strategies and solutions in dual languages (English and Greek) and ensuring projects meet and exceed requirements.
Youth Leader - Greece, Athens
August 1999 - August 2000
- Team leading, events management and establishing new projects.
- Football coaching, running sailing experiences for young people and setting up and managing three youth groups.
Technical Skills
- Microsoft Project
- ASP
- VBScript
- SQL
- XSLT/XPATH/XML
- XHTML/HTML
- CSS
Education and Training
Pharos Leadership Training
January 2008 - September 2008
Management and effective leadership
DeMontfort University, Leicester
September 1994 - June 1998
BSc Engineering IT
Interests
I have an organised and active approach to life: I like to keep fit and I cycle to work everyday, play tennis at the weekends and go to the gym regularly and I spend winter holidays snowboarding. While living in Greece I taught myself the language and enjoy returning to Greece to keep my language skills current. I also enjoy cooking, walking and reading.
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