Recommendations
Below are just some of the recommendations taken from our Principal Consultants LinkedIn Profile demonstrating, the positive impact he has had on teams and individuals during his successful career.
"Andy served as my Senior Development Manager while with Amec Foster Wheeler. Andy was responsible for all aspects of our Application Technical Services Development group, this included but was not limited to;
Strategy, vision and associated work plans in support of full SDLC.
Management of both Oracle and Microsoft dev stacks and teams.
Organization Structure Development, amalgamating multiple dev groups.
Personnel management.
Comprehensive ITLM processes to optimize dev delivery.
Dev tool standards, processes and procedures.
Performance monitoring and integration with QA/QC.
Career development of leads and associated staff.
Cross-team (Business / Project Systems, Dev, Ops) global process development, education and implementation.
Executive leadership interface and support.
Andy did an outstanding job for me and our organization during his time with us. I would re-hire him in an instant if I have such an opportunity. Andy has an outstanding work ethic, depth in his field and is a great team leader. A quality organization that receives Andy's services will realize these and many more positive attributes, he will be an outstanding addition/leader for such an organization."
Craig Easter, Head of Application Technology Services, Amec Foster Wheeler
"Andy reported to me at Moneysupermarket.com, committed and passionate in all his projects, a great second in command that I could rely on to manage any situation. He is enthusiastic and committed in everything he undertook.
When he first reported to me he was responsible for all the Development teams but was keen to take additional responsibility for PMO and recruitment. Andy's technical background gives him a great relationship with the developers and project managers and their mutual respect was able to resolve issues quickly. Exceptional knowledge and experience in agile and waterfall, he was able to lead by example and set the standards for the development teams. Trusted and recognised by the business Andy was able to influence and get the support of senior management and stakeholders as well as the business project teams.
Andy brings together a great understanding of IT, from a technical design and delivery perspective, with a business understanding and pragmatism needed to deliver a solution.I have appreciated his personal flexibility and ability to get thing done on many occasions.
He is comfortable with making decisions and good leading and empowering his teams to maximise efficiency. A great person to work with, I valued his support, expertise and honesty."
Will Thornton-Reid, IT Director at Metlife UK
"Andy has been an energetic and focused member of the team, providing highly valuable insight to myself and colleagues. A very good and well connected team player demonstrating all of the right values."
Lyndon Docherty, CEO at Hivemind Network
“Having worked with Andy for a few years now, he is a passionate and committed professional who has a wealth of knowledge and experience across the development space. Being an influential leader Andy is able to gain a fantastic balance in liaising at the highest levels and being able to get the best out of those working for him. Andy possess the drive and desire required to produce the most high quality and dynamic technology solutions and it has certainly been a pleasure working with him.”
Nicola Robinson, Managing Consultant (Practice Head) at Harvey Nash
"Andy played an instrumental role in assisting me to introduce Kanban practices to MoneySupermarket.com. It was a real pleasure working with Andy and as I'm sure all those who have worked with him in the past will agree, Andy is a nice guy as well as a safe pair of hands to head up any technology team. Highly recommended."
"Andy played an instrumental role in assisting me to introduce Kanban practices to MoneySupermarket.com. It was a real pleasure working with Andy and as I'm sure all those who have worked with him in the past will agree, Andy is a nice guy as well as a safe pair of hands to head up any technology team. Highly recommended."
Ian Carroll, www.iancarroll.com
"Andy is a highly motivated senior development manager who works hard to build rapport and productive working relationships with his peers. His knowledge of agile development best practices is second to none and he was happy to share this knowledge with my team to improve their understanding of how testing fits into this type of life cycle. A genuinely good guy who would be an asset to any organisation."
Simon Jones, Associate Director