Sam Catchpole

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About Sam Catchpole

A highly skilled and enthusiastic senior business analyst, consultant and team leader working directly with customers and clients as a consultant. Strong process design and development skills to support technical activities throughout the project lifecycle, including initial analysis, software and hardware development, documentation, quality, software and hardware development and other engineering processes. Comfortable working with Agile methodologies and the SAFe Agile framework Experienced in engaging with the complete product lifecycle at multiple levels, specialising in analysing customer needs through to completion. Actively works with engineers, product owners and managers, SMEs and senior stakeholders to support solution development and delivery, whilst in the process rapidly becoming a recognised SME. Significant exposure to both software and hardware development processes in secure and highly regulated environments; managing small multidisciplinary teams working locally and remotely to create high quality deliverables within defence, energy and manufacturing industries. KEY SKILLS Building understanding of customer problems and requirements to enable and support through the development lifecycle Building relationships with key stakeholders at all levels of the organisation Experienced line management and team leadership of physical, virtual and hybrid teams Documentation analysis and assimilation of large amounts of information Analysis and development of processes and procedures Production and coordination of technical artefacts and analysis documentation Development of junior team members through coaching and mentoring Development of business analysis capability through knowledge sharing and process development Facilitation of meetings and workshops with internal and external customers Using digital tools to manage team and individual tasks and workflows Expert at using Confluence to manage collaborative working and producing knowledgebases Excellent communication skills using both spoken and written word Excellent presentation skills to stakeholders, clients and staff at all levels