Alan Potter
DirectorBiographyWith over 17 years’ international experience in the construction and engineering sector and a track record in delivering strategic solutions and business change across a wide breadth of projects and organisations Alan has a passion for driving IT innovation, data management, process improvement and delivery of critical business applications.
- Consultancy, Business Development and Relationship Management – Strategic analysis and delivery of a roadmap for asset management at the Sellafield Nuclear Reprocessing facility identifying key workflow and process improvements.
- Technology Solutions Delivery – Direction and delivery of global systems focused on multi-million pound cost savings and efficiency improvements. The conduit between IT professionals and business leaders ensuring the appropriate and effective IT spend focused on delivering a sustainable innovative environment.
- Strategic Leadership and People Management – Building and maintaining strong relationships across all stakeholders. Leading large (on and off shore) global teams, focusing on empowerment and development of staff to work within a common culture and strong set of behaviours.
- Business Analysis and Process Improvement – 15+ years’ experience of understanding and interrupting technical engineering requirements and ensuring the “fit for purpose” delivery of systems to exact standards and requirements.
- Ability to understand and breakdown complex problems enabling analysis to identify areas for improvement.
- Change Management – Strong change management expertise to facilitate change and ensure successful delivery.
- Digital Data Strategies – Delivery of a data management strategies focused on improving data flow across organisational assets with the introduction of a common data environment allowing clear business intelligence.
- Project Direction and Management – 17+ years’ experience of managing major IT and Systems projects, including ERP implementations utilising methodologies as diverse as Agile/SCRUM and PRINCE2. Proven delivery to budget and programme utilising the most appropriate technologies and processes whilst ensuring controls and methodologies are implemented and adhered to during project stages.
- Implementation of Cloud based applications – Strategy and implementation of core systems to global organisations. Simplifying and scaling applications utilising approaches such as PaaS/SaaS and incorporating Service Oriented Architecture as a repeatable approach to integration, performance and maintainability.