Ben Redding

Background

About Ben Redding

Working with global companies in locations including United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, France, Poland and Vietnam. Key Timeline Events • 1986 - career starting in Telecommunications engineering, experiencing the voice/data/IP Convergence, leading me back to my adolescent obsession with ‘Computing’ as it was then called • 1997 - refocused and retrained into IT as Programmer/Developer • 1998 - started by first contract in IT as Programmer for MEB, later to become nPower • 2009 – consultant, and successful, resourceful Developer and Innovator for major UK IT consultancy • 2012 – headhunted by London city-based global marine insurance company as Technical Business Analyst and Project Manager • 2015 - to date - continuing along Projects, Teams, and Management path Delivering solutions for various Blue-Chip companies in the Utilities, Global Banking, Insurance, and Legal domains; and Software Quality Testing, Asset Management and Security for SMEs. Key Strengths • Leads by example, but also encourage others to participate in discussion toward solution • Takes ownership to ensure delivery • Comfortable delegating where appropriate • Mentoring - I enjoy helping others achieve their potential • Agile and Kanban, RAD, Waterfall; choosing the right combination for project • Interviewing for new team members • Setting up and working with offshore project development teams • Greenfield projects from inception, planning, execution, through to delivery • Running proof of concept projects, through to live project(s) and subsequent phases/releases • Reviewing COTS products for best fit/requirement feature matrices • Designing, and contributing to Technical & Architectural outcomes • Planning and Strategy for growth and BAU Key Roles • Project Manager • Business Analyst • Product Owner • Scrum Master • Systems Analyst • Technical Architect • Project Support/Admin Good customer facing and stakeholder management skills at all levels Hard working and ambitious professional, eager to take on responsibilities and opportunities.