Ian Featherstone

Ian Featherstone

Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom
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About

As a can-do CIO, my focus is on transforming and optimising IT performance to drive and…

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Experience

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    Customs Support

    Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

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    United Kingdom

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    Basingstoke

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    Abingdon

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    Cardiff

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    Bristol / London

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    Gatwick and Weston Super Mare

Education

Volunteer Experience

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    Mentor

    UnLtd

    - 1 year 1 month

    Education

    Mentor the CEO of a Childrens Charity that provided education in African countries.

Publications

  • Speaker, Gartner Business Intelligence & Analytics Summit 2014

    Gartner

Projects

  • Acquistion Integration

    Develop an Acquisition Integration application to migrate contractual data from acquired company systems to PHS bespoke systems. .NET applications were developed using AGILE methodology and offshore resources. Application enable us to deliver on the 13 week integration schedule and achieve immediate business benefits.

  • Predictive Analytics

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    Saved £1m by mobilising a group-wide predictive analytics solution that anticipated and focused attention on underperforming relationships and contracts at risk of termination.

  • Sage CRM

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    Generated £250m new revenue in 12 months by implementing Sage CRM to increase cross-divisional visibility of customers.

  • Mobile Workforce Management Solution

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    Reduced annual fuel consumption by £2.5m (7%) and increased productivity by 9% in 12 months by embedding a mobile workforce management solution across 23 washroom depots.

  • Infor® M3 ERP System

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    Embedded an integrated ERP system (Infor® M3/Oracle) which reduced group-wide stock levels by £10.6m through consolidated reporting and improved supply chain visibility.

  • Offshore Development Centre

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    Created an offshore development centre in Bangalore and a dedicated offshore testing centre in Chennai, totalling 500 resources.

  • Outsourcing/Offshoring Contract

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    Negotiated and delivered a £50m outsourcing/offshoring contract to deliver application development and maintenance.

  • B2C eCommerce Site

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    Developed a £10m B2C eCommerce site to accommodate the market transition from high street to online holiday sales.

  • New Call Centre

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    Established and managed the operation of a brand new call centre, taking the IT estate to 4,000 PC users across 400 UK and Ireland locations, plus three call centres and an outsourced data centre.

Honors & Awards

  • Welsh Contact Centre Award (Technology)

    The Welsh Contact Centre Awards

    Won the Welsh Contact Centre Award (Technology) 2014 for delivery of cutting-edge mobile applications for sales staff, customers, and facilities management partners.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

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