Jonathan Sumner

Background

About Jonathan Sumner

During a 24 year career, my roles have focused upon supporting the design and delivery of operational technology solutions to streamline and optimise operational performance, service and cost efficiency across complex public sector transport infrastructures. My experience spans providing key insights to support senior-level decision-making to resolve the diverse challenges, and ensure delivery of complex programme and projects ahead of expectations and under budget. I have developed and led talented, responsive, collaborative teams to ensure the achievement of challenging KPIs during periods of organisational transition. Highlights include: • Led client-side project team to deliver a complex station communications renewal programme on highspeed infrastructure. • Designed and implemented operational technology solutions for National Rail, Highspeed 1, First Great Western, Arriva Trains Wales, South West Trains, Central Trains, Lorol, First Capital Connect and Virgin Trains • Drove excellence, service focus and initiative by fostering talent, role modelling and mentoring of professionalism across the project team • Grew reputation, market share, revenue and profit via unrelenting tenacity to resolve technical, operational, and financial obstacles Key areas of expertise include: MSP Programme Management PRINCE2 Agile practitioner PRINCE2 Project Management Strategic Planning Contract Negotiations P&L | Budgets Relationship Building Client Engagement Leadership + Training Stakeholder Management Technical Innovation Software Development Multi-disciplinary Projects Issue Risk Management Programme Governance Management Reporting