Richard West

Background

About Richard West

Ambitious and inspiring executive leader with a strong passion for accentuating competitive differentiators in a variety of industries to position businesses and customers for sustainable growth. Proven success building and scaling entire businesses leveraging advanced technologies to efficiently and cost-effectively achieve all goals. Has significantly increased gross margins by transforming the operation of company IT functions. Commercially astute, entrepreneurial, and strategic technology leader, experienced in owning technology functions – educated to MBA level. Committed to the principles of servant leadership. Highlights of Skills Expertise • Information Technology Vision & Strategy • Digital transformation and cloud migration • Process & System Implementation & Optimisation • Vendor & Supplier Relationship Management • Contract Development / Negotiations • Full Life Cycle of Project and Change Management • Business Unit Leadership • Multimillion-pound P&L Accountability • Cross-Functional Leadership • Security Compliance, including ISO27001 certification • Full SDLC Management • Agile methodologies - SCRUM and Kanban • Technology stack including Android (Kotlin) & iOS (Swift), Web (react.js), PHP, Laravel, AWS, Terraform, Docker, BitRise, MySQL • Technical architecture design using micro service patterns such as strangler, edge, and the single service, single database pattern.