Glyn Alexander Wild
Mob: 07885 296025
Mail: info@gaw-associates.com
Glyn has been involved with IT and
telecommunications for over 30 years.
Whilst having an in-depth technical knowledge of telecomms
and messaging (in particular X.400, X.500,) he is primarily a project manager
and procurement consultant (working to the PRINCE2, ITIL methodologies and OGC
gateway process) whose skills lie within strategic planning and customer /
supplier relationship building roles. He
has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply.
He is experienced in requirements /
contract specification and negotiations including
He is an adviser to The Princes
Trust and the Business Test Panel of the European Commission (Internal Market
Directorate General). He has been a member of CIPS (Chartered Institute of
Purchasing and Supply).
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BT Telconsult |
Working with
Expresso Telecom in Dubai, Sudan, Mauretania etc. producing a manual to aid
delivery of best practice procurement processes for new mobile teleco license startups
throughout Africa and the east. |
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Dept for Work & Pensions |
Under an S-CAT
agreement, working within the Commercial Strategy and Process Improvement
Group to develop changes/additions to the Change Lifecycle Project. This program of work seeks to improve the
way the Dept contracts with potential suppliers to deliver Value for Money
solutions. |
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Responsible to
the relevant Private Secretaries (Communications, Finance &
Privatisation) within the Kenyan Government for recommending a complete
restructuring of the Telecom Company (fixed and wireless j.v.
with Vodafone.) This includes network
redesign, universal access facilities, Voice over IP Strategy and Tariff
Rebalancing. |
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Bulgarian National Telecomms Operator |
Project
(procurement) support, supplier management and methodology (PRINCE2)
training. Bulgaria Telecom operates
all fixed line and one GSM licenses in-country. We advised on BSS, |
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Railway Safety |
Auditing,
redrafting and negotiating desktop and network services provider (CMG)
contracts and schedules. Defining
supplier and risk management strategies. |
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Dept of
Health |
Under an S-CAT
agreement, auditing and renegotiating telecoms tariffs and supplier (BT,
Colt, OGC, Fujitsu, CSC) agreements.
Mentoring client staff and defining future control procedures. |
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Cabinet
Office Office of
e-Envoy |
IT outsourcing
schedules authoring and contract negotiation. |
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NHS Trusts |
Network audits
and supplier management agreements negotiation. Future technical planning and design
specifications. |
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(Deutsche
Telecom & Matav) |
Supplier
(Accenture, Convergys, HP) contracts definition and management for billing
systems delivery, security strategy definition and CRM planning advice. |
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Mobikom |
ITT creation,
supplier (SEMA) contracts negotiation and project management. |
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National
Air Traffic Control |
PPP and
consortium building advice and procedure management. |
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DTI |
Best Practice
Procurement (IT) Guidelines authoring and marketing collateral design. |
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Training and
support services procurement management. |
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DG XIII of
the EU |
ITT creation
and procurement management (CSC) for secure messaging systems. |
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BT, Syntegra, Syncordia, Bull |
Project management, proposal production,
contracts negotiation and marketing collateral design for a consortium bid
(PFI) to take over management of Customs & Excise IT services. |
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BT |
Project management and proposal
/ marketing collateral design and production for a bid to |
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ICL |
Project management of CHOTS
agreement for UK MoD plus bid management of many IT & telecoms
outsourcing projects. |
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Cable & Wireless |
Bid management and marketing strategy
delivery for many projects to governments (world-wide). |
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SITA |
Service delivery management (SLA
production and negotiation) and project management during takeover of
Malaysian Airlines ( |
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EQUANT |
BPR and service delivery
planning for management of sub-contractors (network provision) in |
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World Bank |
Due diligence projects in |
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European Bank for
Reconstruction & Development |
Project and supplier management
of land reform projects (GIS) in |
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Advent (PEI) |
Procurement and supplier
management project for billing, rating, mediation systems and associated BPR
and methodology training. |
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Soros Private Equity |
Due diligence projects in |
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Morgan Stanley |
Telecoms related due diligence projects
throughout |
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Goldman Sachs |
IT & telecoms related due
diligence projects in |
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Oak Hill Capital Management |
Due diligence projects (telecoms
related) in |
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Bird & Bird |
Procurement contracts schedules
and |
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Simmons & Simmons |
Procurement contracts schedules
and |
General
Project Support
Delivered legal and technical contract negotiations for UK Cabinet Office (Office of e-Envoy), Dept of Health and Railway Safety
Provided project support to Siemens, Ericsson, SITA/EQUANT, BT, Cable & Wireless, Belgacom, DEC/Compaq and NTL.
Roles have included Contracts Manager, Bid and Project Manager, BPR consultant in Service Delivery, Systems Analysis, Risk Management and User Requirements Definition.
Due
Diligence
He has undertaken major due diligence exercises for Cable & Wireless (Customer Care & Billing System Implementation.)
Morgan Stanley (Network strategy, implementation and outsourcing, support systems appraisal and risk analysis.)
Soros Investment Partners (Network strategy investigation and technical appraisal).
Goldman Sachs, (Wireless Local Loop implementation and systems
infrastructure due diligence audit in
Oak Hill Capital Management (
Pangea
Business
Strategy Planning
Has undertaken several assignments for Cable & Wireless and BT to define their mid / long-term IS architecture and strategy for customer care, (CRM front-office,) and billing systems. This involved the development and realignment of legacy systems / procedures, integration of IVR and ACD elements and investigation / specification of workflow / workforce process management tools, (including SAP (MM, PP, FI & CO)).
Was lead consultant to a start-up German Telco where he was responsible for identifying integrated customer care and billing systems, specifying requirements and managing the procurement process.
Network
Strategy Planning
Was responsible for the business planning and technical design of the Siemens internal international voice and data network servicing 250,000 terminals. The project involved the conversion to IP from X.25 and Frame Relay using Stratacom and Cisco products. The design of recovery models and risk management, Internet services, Firewall provision and the incorporation of X.400 and X.500 services.
Has been responsible for Network Security and Fraud management systems and procedures specification.
Worked with the European Space Agency in French Guyana to plan and design the launch platform LAN.
Managed
Services Analysis
Provided programme management support, costing and competitive analysis in pre-sales for global outsourcing proposals.
Other Tasks he has managed
for clients include:
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Network strategy investigation and planning for a major Health Authority
(WHHNHST).
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Business process re-engineering related to service delivery
(SITA/EQUANT)
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Bid management, procurement management and project management (CAA, MDIS,
DEC, BULL, ICL, BT, Mercury, Telecomm Italia, Dept of Trade & Industry,
Fischer & Lorenz, ASLIB, Level-7.)
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Partner recruitment and proposal production for Framework EU projects
throughout Europe (SARITEL, World Health Organisation, British Rail Telecomm,
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Risk/cost analysis & FM SLA definition, (BT, BULL, ICL)
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Sales/marketing consultancy / training (DEC, ICL, BT)
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Trading
relationships set-up for distributors and VAR's, (ICL, BT, British Rail, DEC)
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Technical and commercial authorship, (Dept of Trade & Industry,
various trade journals, BULL, ICL.)
Geography
He has operated in most countries throughout Western Europe and
has extensive experience in Eastern Europe / Asia having managed projects in
He is a business mentor within THE PRINCES TRUST supporting start-up enterprises.
Working on
several projects:
a)
Helping
Kenya Telekom to restructure prior to privatisation. Project includes
procurement of Billing, Rating, Mediation, Provisioning, EAI, CRM, ERP, FMS
systems. Ongoing.
b)
Procurement
and supplier management of Accenture for complete BSS & OSS systems implementation
for Bulgaria Telecommunications Company in
a)
Commercial
IS/Telecoms procurement strategy and process improvement for Dept of Work &
Pensions in
b)
Advice
to various UK Government Depts (including Foreign
& Commonwealth Office) on IT/Telecoms procurement.
Glyn
was the Bid Manager and Contracts Negotiator for two procurements:-
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Irish Prison Service
Network and Infrastructure Help Desk Team set-up and
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Portsmouth Council
user training program
Working
with Railway Safety (ex-RailTrack) to define their
outsourced services (IT & telecoms) supplier (CMG) management
processes. Developed contract and
services risk analysis procedures.
Introduced PRINCE2 methodology.
Contracted
by the Dept of Health (UK) to determine a way forward for allocation of voice
call costs to end user departments.
Project started as an analysis of suppliers (Fujitsu / CSC) costs and
charges and PABX facilities and subsequently changed to that of contracts
negotiator with CSC, BT, C&W and Colt.
Further work involved the take-back of control in-house of telecomms contracts management and service delivery
planning. Contract value (for telecomms element alone was £5M p.a. GAWA effected annual savings of approx £1M.
Working
within the UK Cabinet Office (Office of e-Envoy) authoring contract schedules
and managing supplier negotiations (Cap Gemini Ernst & Young) for the
procurement of a desktop, applications and network infrastructure outsourcing
procurement. (£50M p.a.) This involved
determining
Contracted
by Makedonskii Telekomunikacii
(Macedonian PTT) funded by Matav (
He investigated requirements and then bid for
strategic IT and telecomms architecture consultancy
assignments on behalf of Parity Resourcing.
Glyn was also the bid manager within G.A.W. Associates
Ltd. for the NorthLincsNet project (to broadband
wire the County by acquiring EU and Central Government funding).
These particular assignments were both S-CAT related
however GAW has had extensive experience of both bidding for and managing procurements
as part of the Supplement to the OJEC publication process.
a) Office systems user
requirements gathering, systems selection / design and delivery
b) Central equipment room
and intermediate comms distribution areas design for voice, data, video, power,
HVAC etc.
c) Implementation of PM
methodology and controls (PRINCE2) throughout delivery teams
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Assigned to
perform a due diligence exercise and report on the Kaptech
SDH network in
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Consultancy
covering Invention Protection. Heads of Agreement, Teaming and Non-Disclosure
contract definition and production.
Subsequently asked to:
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define a strategy to re-align IS dept
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resource an interim IS Director and
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audit and report on SEMAs delivery activities
providing a plan for future project stages i.e. Paging support
This role built on the original
consultancy provided 2 years ago to write a requirements specification for
this system.
· Business process mapping and definition for service delivery of pan-world private communications network.
· Definition of customer self-provisioning systems via web applications.
· Project management methods promotion.
· Sales collateral design and production.
· Project Management of a G.A.W. Associates Ltd. team undertaking a due diligence exercise on an ATM network service provider systems audit prior to acquisition of UNS by Energis.
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Project
consultant within a G.A.W. Associates Ltd. team to British Telecom, BULL, MDIS,
SX3 (Northern Ireland Electricity), Andersens, KPMG,
Compaq, DELL consortium bidding for £50M PFI outsourcing project to Education
Services in Belfast.
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Work included
specification of an integrated customer care and billing system incorporating
asset management.
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Responsible for
strategy definition and procurement management plus procedures and standards
definition working to PRINCE2 methodology.
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Responsible for
managing risk register, transition planning and exit strategy.
· Project Manager & Bid Director to a Consortium of British Telecom, Syncordia, Syntegra and Bull bidding for the outsourcing of Customs & Excise desktop and network PFI contract (£50M+).
· This multi-million pound project had assigned between 30 and 40 full and part-time staff (three from G.A.W. Associates Ltd.) and was responsible for TUPE of over 400 C&E employees.
· Extensive use was made of the RDD-100 requirements capture tool.
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Responsible for
managing risk register, transition planning and exit strategy.
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IS strategy planning for new Cable &
Wireless venture in Southern Ireland to fibre ring
· This included general business support applications, SAP integration, Sales & Marketing systems investigation, Web site project definition and Customer Care & Billing system selection and project planning. AS400 hardware
· Responsible for defining requirements and producing ITT/RFP for procurement of their internal X.400 messaging system.
· Subsequently managed supplier responses and determined short-list
· Advised on technical requirements compliance
· Managed supplier negotiations
· Defined many contract schedules including exit strategy.
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User requirements gathering for a replacement
mobile services customer care and billing system for MOBIKOM (Cable &
Wireless) in
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Billing system specification and customer care
front-end production (
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User requirements gathering, RFP/ITT creation
and supplier/procurement management for integrated customer care and billing
systems for other German,
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Bid management of a 22 site GIS system in
· This contract included the design of a messaging and database architecture to support the land reform project.
· X.500 market research (NDS & MS Exchange) and sales collateral production for ICL/Fujitsu.
· Project manager for the roll-out of the NHS X.400 / X.500 messaging and directory services
· Negotiated contract with internal and external suppliers
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Negotiated
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Bid management of the ICL bids to Hungarian Railways and Credit Bank
(EBRD funded)
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Bid management of the ICL networking infrastructure bid to the Polish
Army (DRS hardware)
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Production of Best Practice Guides on IT procurement for Dept Trade
& Industry/CCTA/CSSA
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Outsource relationship building and data network planning for CFM, (MS
Office & Officepower)
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Bid/acquisition management plus EDI, job costing & FM consultancy
for BULL (GCOS based hardware)
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Messaging
handling system, (X.400/X.500) ITT creation for the EEC and CSC (TANDEM
hardware)
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Sales strategy definition and marketing plan development for HP
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Due diligence potential acquisition management for Olivetti (RS6000
hardware)
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Sales/negotiation & X.400 product planning for Telecom Italia
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LAN/WAN design and implementation project management for ICL in
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Business plan building and skills transfer for start-up VANs (
Professional ExperienceBusiness and IS Strategy Planning Project Management and Control (PRINCE, PROMPT) IS/IT Risk Analysis Contingency/Disaster Recovery Planning &
Implementation Procurement Project Management and Bid Management Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) Business Case Development Evaluation Models Management Organisation Reviews Sales & General Management Budgetary Planning and Control Effective Presentation Seminars Recruitment (Executive and IT) |
Business Area ExperienceTelecomms Services Providers Central Government National Health Service MoD Power and Water Utilities Banking and Finance Retail Manufacturing Computer Services |
He was responsible for building
relationships and responding to ITT's/RFP's for X.400/X.500, (UNIX, STRATUS and
TANDEM) Message Handling Systems, Systems Integration, Facilities Management
and EDI opportunities within ICL's Telecomms Services
Division. He negotiated with and
bid/project managed the external product suppliers, potential VARs and other
sales units helping them to build their strategy and improve their chances
based on the input gained from discussions with National Network Operators. He established and maintained long term
relationships with Network Operators, Governments and Systems Integrators in
every EEC country plus Eastern Europe (CSR), USA, Thailand, Brazil, Australia
and several African States. He assisted PTTs and potential VAN services providers in strategic and
revenue maximisation planning including procurement
projects via S-OJEC, World Bank and EBRD.
He identified and recruited Value Added Resellers, developed the
training material for skills transfer, delivered these programmes
and assisted in identifying opportunities and progressing sales.
He was responsible for the direction, management, motivation and control of a group of senior bid managers who delivered major, (£5M +) systems integration, facilities management and networking projects throughout the world e.g. Defence/Security - TOPIX/CHOTS network planning. These often involved the set up of collaborative agreements with PTTs and other equipment/services suppliers and standards definition/conformance testing. Most projects were via S-OJEC and S-CAT processes.
proposal,
(often in several languages)
profit and loss
analysis (5+ years)
business
risk analysis and supplier negotiations, (commercial, technical and sales)
contingency
planning and expectations management
work
breakdown structure, resource allocation and project budgeting
sales and
political plan production, competitor analysis and client negotiations
During and after this period, £50M business was confirmed. This had been managed at a minimal, (<1%,) cost of sale. On winning contracts he defined and set up customer support procedures. The bidding process was fully documented and used as input to BS5750 accreditation.
He was responsible for supporting the corporate
applications, hardware and messaging networks of ICLs
Regional Data Centres throughout
design,
installation and eventual outsourcing of international voice and data network
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rationalisation of data centres - relocation & disaster recovery planning
managing
capital approval & implementation of hardware and services upgrades
He was responsible for the sales to and support of users, (individual & corporate,) of the DIALCOM E-Mail (X.400) system and external links to databases. He set up the major accounts sales group, recruited staff and designed the pay, ground and sales plans. He set up the international help-desk and was responsible for all revenue generation and recovery.
revenue for
was increased by 50% over this 18mth period
productivity
was improved by implementation of sales training and control packages
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BT Account development
planning/user support strategy for government
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HP Team building
training
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IBM Business fundamentals
training for IT sales staff
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DEC Dealer sales training
Responsible for vertical market hard/software sales and support to the travel and insurance sector.
recruit/train/develop
staff
create
marketing/sales strategy and obtain budget approval
define
product developments and negotiate with external suppliers
Responsible for the recruitment and training of the sales and service force, procurement of Japanese product line, customisation, pricing, advertising and negotiation with Government contacts.
300% of
first year unit sales plan
generation
of long term revenue through contract design
He joined Xerox as a Systems Analyst but immediately transferred to facsimile products sales. He moved through all field sales management roles and several staff functions including training, (sales and service,) and marketing depts. Final position - National Sales Manager.
Consistently
top performing sales man and manager, (never less than 200% of target)
Developed
sales activity system to improve customer support
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