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PERSONAL RESUME

PAUL GORDON

PERSONAL DETAILS Name

Paul Gordon

Residence

Phone

07913 896886 (mobile)

Nationality

UK

6 Londesborough Road Southsea, Portsmouth PO4 0EX E-Mail [email protected] Website www.questec.co.uk Security Cleared to SC UK Level

CAREER SUMMARY I am an achievement oriented professional with project management experience within the Space, Telecommunications and IT sectors. The foundation of my career is a sound understanding of telecommunication networks, information technology and a broad knowledge of Business. My interpersonal skills, attention to detail and ability to work effectively within diverse environments, particularly those requiring strong communication skills and responding to needs of customers, are among my highest attributes. The variety of tasks and sectors in which I have worked has meant that I have become a quick learner, capable of prioritising and working effectively in a multi-task environment.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Organisation: Astrium EADS Period: May 2005 – Present Position: Skynet5 Management Segment – Project Manager For this high profile £40M Project I am responsible for ensuring the software development is undertaken in a controlled phased approach, I manage sub-systems, track issues and where necessary approve Change Requests and Requests For Deviations. I report on a regular basis to an External customer, regularly chairing Project Review Boards, the Project team I lead comprises a QA Manager, Test Team Manager and a Configuration Control specialist. Organisation: DHL Period: May 2004 – Mar 2005 Position: Product Release-Gold Copy Project manager To ensure the smooth transition of the DHL IT Organisation to Prague, it was necessary to ensure the continued rollout of Enhancements, Bug Fixes and new Programs into the “Live Environment” had been subjected to the appropriate levels of quality control and technical testing. As part of this transition, my role primarily focused on managing work streams of consolidated periodical changes to the IT infrastructure, I ensured the appropriate resources had been assigned and designed work packages to ensure all changes were “Released to Production” in a controlled and managed environment. I was also been responsible for the establishment of detailed QA processes, which have been adopted by the Business globally. Organisation: ITNET Period: Jan 2004 – April 2004 Position: Project Portfolio Manager My key responsibilities were to devise, record, plan and monitor all the Integration Test activities required to achieve client confidence in the supplied services. I utilized Prince 2, RUP and Best Practice Management tools to Plan and Disseminate Project Information in a timely and targeted approach, ensuring stakeholder buy in and transparent project reporting.

Organisation: Railtech Solutions Period: Mar 2003 – Jan 2004 Position: Project Manager Client: Network Rail, Highways Authority, And Bulgarian Rail. As a customer facing Project Manager I was responsible for garnishing requirements from the client, converting them into work packages to form discrete Projects with identifiable objectives and targets, I hosted inter-departmental Project Workshops to ensure cooperation and unified approaches throughout the life-cycle of each project was achieved. I reported directly to the Technical and Managing Directors, responsible for a budget of £12M, I maintained an issue and risk assessment log, undertaking contingency planning for all unforeseen eventualities. I also issued periodical Highlight reports and escalated issues via Exception reports where no tangible solutions were apparent; Next Stage reports were also an artefact of my role ensuring ongoing visibility of planned activities and deadlines. Organisation: NTL Telecommunications Period: Mar 1999 – Jan 2003 Position: Project Manager Client: Worldcom, BT, Premium TV. As Project Manager I was the key interface between the supplier and the business and was responsible for ordering £28M of Equipment I ensured delivery lead times were met. I was heavily involved during the project start up phase and successfully negotiated with the supplier to ensure that 400 man-days of training were supplied free. I was responsible for identifying the internal and external technical resources required to fulfil this network infrastructure upgrade, ensuring the resource budget of £14M was spent prudently and resulted in value added benefits to the organisation. I ensured that activities and equipment subjected to the Change Management process were implemented. Organisation: Alcatel Networks Period: June 1996 – Mar 1999 Position: Project Manager Client: Worldcom, Cable and Wireless, Level 3. Responsible for Project Managing simultaneous worldwide Network Rollouts up to £6M+ (SDH / SONET / VPN / Advanced Optical, ATM, ISDN30, INM, NMC. SH, RM) Managing geographically, dispersed cross-functional technical teams 20+, Cocoordinating, Test Strategies, Software Updates, Network Migrations and Upgrades. Produce Gantt Charts (MS Projects) Updating and reporting on progress regularly. Carry out man management tasks, recruitment, motivation and performance analysis. Provide members of the Project Board with accurate reporting information via, periodical reports consisting of a general summary, KPI and RAG status and Cost to complete reports, Organisation:

Nynex Cablecomms, Orange PCS, Ericsson, Cherry Comms, Period: June 1992 – May 1996 Position: Consultant Commissioning Engineer I was employed by the Organisations detailed above, as a senior commissioning engineer, I was responsible for, conducting standalone, link and network testing on STM16 SDH/ PDH, 2nd generation mobile PCS networks and Broadband cable TV Networks. Responsible for safekeeping of high value rented test equipment and tools, maintaining site logs, completing test result sheets and fault reports. Conducting fault finding and rectification activities in sites and networks throughout the UK, able to work on own initiative and have the ability to be a team player to ensure co-coordinated integration activities.

Organisation: Royal Navy Period: June 1985 – May 1992 Position: Systems Engineer As a Weapons Engineer specialized in Radio Communications, I underwent intensive theoretical and practical technical training. I gained a broad knowledge of Electronic Principles and was trained in the practical aspects of faultfinding on complex electronic equipment including; but not limited to: Radar (primary and secondary), Sonar (active and Passive), Navigational Systems, Communication Systems, MF-Microwave, including satellite.

PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS & INTERESTS • • • • • •

Youngest Confirmed Leading Hand within the Royal Navy. Successful transition from a military career to a civilian one. FA Football Coaching Certificate held. Competent and keen snowboarder. Summer Golfer. Interested in Astronomy, Physics and new scientific discoveries.

Education

City and Guilds – Electronic Servicing, HMS Collingwood, Fareham, Hants. Main Subject Areas: Radar, Sonar, Communications, Satellite Communications. Professional Development Courses, Alcatel, Nortel & NTL Project Management, Requirements Capture, Estimating and Forecasting, Risk Identification and Management. Quality Assurance and Change Management. Optical Networks, SDH, PDH, VOIP, ATM, DPNSS, DASS, ISDN. Rational Unified Process-testing, ISEB Software Testing, Source Safe, Global Change Management Process. Prince 2 Foundation, SPOCE Project management Ltd

REFEREES Steve Loy Gary White David Brockless Tom Berry

Engineering Manager, Astrium EADS sloy@[email protected] 02392 705300 Programme Manager, EDS, UK [email protected] +02392 702772 UK National Networks Program Manager, NTL Telecomm, UK. dave,[email protected] +01256 752000 Product Release Programme Manager, DHL UK Ltd [email protected] 0207 754 5181