Jonathan Harford

Data Management Expert I designed and managed the delivery and development of a custom built fully functioning Master Data Management platform that has mitigated many of the complex data challenges in a diverse Construction company. With my experience as a Data Privacy Officer at Wolters Kluwer and many years of profound understanding of data and analytics challenges, I have an intrinsic instinct into how to resolve and mitigate data issues across a broad ranges of business sectors and domains.

I am an experienced programme manager and people manager and as a solution orientated expert I am able to define and clearly communicate strategic directions for organisations in terms of data management. Familiarity with working with C-Level resources I am able to communicate complex notions around data towards management. I have a clear understanding on the possibilities and the limitations of what AI can achieve and what it cannot achieve. 

I am result-driven and can deliver complex programmes in tight deadlines through clear understanding of requirements, solid planning and understanding of how to deliver solutions the 'right way' first time. If your company is experiencing data challenges then I am your man.

GROUP Enterprise Applications & Business Intelligence Manager | BESIX SA April 2019 to Present

SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGER | OPEN REPLY

GLOBAL Project Digital Manager- Subcontracted to Wolters Kluwer 2016- 2019

 Data Privacy Officer (DPO) Wolters Kluwer Belgium / GDPR Programme Manager 2018 - 2019

Programme Management of deployment of E-commerce solution (Intershop) to L&R division at WK 2017 – 2018

Successful Rollout Of Oracle Eloqua to 14 Business Units in just 14 Months 2016-2017

SENIOR DIGITAL PROGRAMME MANAGER | OPEN REPLY - SUBCONTRACTED TO GOODYEAR – DUNLOP TYRES. 2014 – 2015

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER - SUBCONTRACTED TO BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON. 2015 - 2016 

BI ANALYTICS PROGRAM MANAGER (TECH OPS, AND QUALITY) | UCB PHARMA 

2010 – 2014

EUROPEAN DATA MANAGEMENT MANAGER | STAPLES 2005 – 2010

DATA WAREHOUSE / BI ANAYST | NEWELL RUBBERMAID 2001 – 2005

FINANCIAL SYSTEM ANALYST/ DEVELOPER | FREDELL & CO | 1999– 2001

CONSULTANT DEVELOPER – BASE3 SYSTEMS 1998 -1999

POSTED AT EUROCLEAR BANK

APPLICATION DEVELOPER / PROJECT MANAGER | EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG12  

1997 -1998

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION ANALYST / RESEARCH MACHINES PLC

1993 -1997

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR /TETRA LTD

1990 -1993

EDUCATION
BSC COMPUTER STUDIES - LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC 1990
A Levels | 1987 | Wantage sixth Form
English Literature, History, Geography, Computer Studies

SKILLS
* ITIL 3.0 Certified June 2019 
 ITIL Foundation course taken and exam passed (85%)
* MANAGEMENT (Leadership & Project)
I'm an experienced people manager of both external and internal resources, managing teams across multiple locations. 
At both UCB and Staples I was responsible for the management of the End to end Task related to data management, which including setting up ITIL Frameworks for all Change and Issue related concerns working closely with infrastructure teams and the business. 
From a Project management point of view I have extensive experience with System development Lifecycle methodologies and working in smaller "sprints", leading small, medium and large projects, many of them very complex and technically challenging. 
Identifying and delivering strategic short and long term plans for specific functional Domains. 
* FUNCTIONAL / Technical
With 20 years of experience in the IT Sector across many different domains such as Pharma, Retail (Store / Catalogue / Online), Sales & Marketing, Finance and Manufacturing & Production, 
I have developed from being a developer to a Functional Analyst to my current expertise as a Portfolio Delivery Manager with an expert understanding of solutions based on business requirements across varied domains. 
I am an experienced enterprise data warehouse design expert with expertise from the Staging (ETL or ELT) through to the EDW up to the Datamart layer providing the designs an technical input for the specific business requirements. 
I am experienced with datamodelling tools such as ERWIN, and ETL tools such as Informatica and MS SSIS and SAS DI. 
I have a profound understanding on the impact of good design to optimize performance and reliability from the Loading of the data from the Source systems to the presentation layer. 
I have experience design functionally and technically solutions for a wide range of domains including in Store label printing, Cash Payment Authorization (HAA) through to the financial applications such as Mortgage evaluation and credit scoring. Creation of logical data flows are my specialty collecting the requirements and designs the logical dataflow. 
I have a detailed knowledge of a number of ERP systems and their interactive applications relating to Finance logistics or Master data management including SAP / MOVEX and JDA
* Communication
Over the last 20 years I have worked closely with the business in order to clearly identify the precise business requirements, carefully demonstrating the benefits and constraints of different solutions in a clear and concise manner. 
This role includes driving and influencing the business in a partnership with IT to ensure that the most suitable and desired solution is achieved. 
Visual representation of key concepts of solutions is a critical part of my deliverables, ensuring the business has complete understanding of the scope of each project. 
* Project /Financial Management (PMI Certified 2010)
As a Delivery manager I am ultimately accountable for the financial management of each project, often running multiple projects concurrently with many resources. This involves all levels of resource levelling across the lifecycle of a project including the day to day administration of all related project costs. 
* Innovation
As a Solution Architect or delivery manager I have demonstrated innovation with the use of the latest technologies for analytical solutions and have pioneered the integration of new technologies in order to reap the benefits of multiple solutions such as SAP BW and SAS applications. 
I have a proven track record in identifying and delivering the best solutions for a given business requirement in both the Supply Chain, Planning and Manufacturing and Finance domains. (See Job Experience)
By pioneering the use of new tools to bring the business greater autonomy to create and present business content via powerful visual and analytical applications. .

LANGUAGES
English - Fluent
French - Strong