M. A. Ford

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About M. A. Ford

Firm believer in 'Decades in Days'.Marc Ford is certified in the areas of Project/Program & Portfolio management through PMP®, MSP®, AgilePM®, PRINCE2®, CSM® & in Enterprise Governance through ITIL®, TOGAF®, & COBIT®. Marc is a motivated Program Portfolio Manager who is confident working across multiple teams, geographies, cultures & hierarchies. Helping businesses define their strategic initiatives using industry leading Enterprise frameworks. Multitasking in fast-paced environments with rapid changes to requirements & collaborating with stakeholders using proven Agile & Waterfall methodologies to thoroughly design solutions. Overcome challenges with an emphasis on maximizing opportunities whilst understanding risk and leveraging skills and experience to optimize the balance between business, technology, people and processes.Energetic & driven, focused on owning processes, systems, programs and project implementations from inception to operation. Dedicated to value delivering tasks, certified in Portfolio Management with the University of Washington (Portfolio Management, Governance & the PMO), Axelos’ Management of Portfolios, and in Program Management (MSP), Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF), Enterprise Governance (through COBIT) and IT Service Management (ITIL).Employing PMI’s PMP approach, Agile (APMG Practitioner), Scrum (CSM), and Project Management (Prince 2) practices to mobilize strategy and governance to ensure optimal follow-through to business as usual. SQL Software Developer by trade with a keen interest in global business, knowledge management, & entrepreneurship. Passion for travel and robust solution delivery systems. Rebuilding infrastructure from the ground-up with specialist experience in Healthcare, Education, Legal and Professional Services. Cloud computing, agile governance, solid underpinning solution architecture. CRM, LMS, SIS, ERP, SAAS areas are of keen interest.Proudly a Potchefstroom High School for Boys old-boy (part of the Milner set of Schools, Elon Musk’s alum); a Freshfields alumni (Magic circle law firm), and deep experience in working with multinationals SAP and BP, as well as helping smaller companies become more agile, Marc has strong leadership skills with proven experience in building high-performance teams through effective employee engagement. Above all else his most valuable asset is his persistent patience.