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Senior Vice President Technology

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring| and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

An experienced global leader - defines and drives technology visions and strategies which enhance and transform digital operations. 25 years of building and developing highly-skilled technology teams delivering outstanding, value-driven solutions. Expertise in: Business and technology strategy Stakeholder engagement Digital Transformation Acquisition analysis and integration Technology budgets, technology investment cases, cost control Developing highly-skilled technology teams Program and project delivery Service delivery and improvement Agile development processes Vendor partnerships and management Broad technology skills: infrastructure, application, web, data Recent Achievements Delivered new Omdia Research platform (omdia.com) - consolidating Ovum and IHS Markits Technology research onto a single new platform: Sitecore CMS and Content delivery, API delivery, Salesforce Identity and Entitlement, SOLR entitled search. Led savings initiatives realizing $4m+ of cost saving through team reorganization and vendor negotiation. Major outsourcing initiative of 300 applications - led significant change initiative through business and technology teams.