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Christopher Morgan

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Last update: 14.05.2024

IT Service Operations Manager, IT Operations Manager, Technical Team Leader

Graduation: Bachelors Computer Science
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: English (Native or Bilingual) | Dutch (Native or Bilingual)

Keywords

Agile Methodology Leadership Information Technology Infrastructure Libraries (ITIL) ITIL Certifications Lean Processes Coaching and Mentoring Team Management

Attachments

CV-Christopher-Morgan-UK_151123.pdf
CV-Christopher-Morgan-NL_151123.pdf

Skills

35 years in IT with a background in infractructure and senior technical expertes with perating systems. Management experience for the past 10+ years. Most recently worked in MSP environments leading multiple teams of technical professionals.

Project history

09/2022 - 11/2023
Delivery Manager
IT

(1+ years)
Key responsibilities:
­ Member of the MT
­ Manage and develop all IT technical delivery services
­ Ensure all IT services are fully documented and fleshed out
­ Line management for multiple technical team leaders
­ End responsible for Architects, Data, Network, Application, Testing,
Engineering & Software teams
­ Vendor & customer relations management
Native ­ HR responsibilities ­ KPIs, SMART goals, salary management, etc.

Traits Fluent ­ Recruitment and staffing

Achievements
­ Reorganised entire department to ensure the most efficient balance
Energetic of resources
Enthusiastic ­ Defined several new services
­ Drastically improved staff moral
Committed ­ Implemented a phased rollout of ITIL and other training programs
Flexible to meet vendor accreditation requirements
Adaptable ­ Planned and conducted off­site workshop for entire department,
including business communication training as well as social activities

07/2019 - 09/2022
IT Service Operations Manager
OGD ict­diensten

(3+ years)
Key responsibilities:
­ Line management multiple technical specialist teams
­ Commercial exploitation of technical services
­ Management of back­line support teams
­ Vendor management
­ Stakeholder management
­ Service delivery, including maintenance of OLAs
­ Staff mentoring, coaching & team building
­ All HR functions, including hire/fire, performance
reviews, salary negotiations, SMART goals, etc.


Achievements:
­ Multiple business processes streamlined & improved
­ Significant improvement of staff moral
­ Rolled our new AGILE working methodology
­ Implemented various ITIL processes
­ Built new technical teams from scratch
­ Contributed to annual business plan
­ Successfully submitted & implemented business cases
­ Significantly improved internal communications

07/2013 - 10/2018
IT Operations Manager
j2 Australia Hosting Pty Ltd

(4.5 years)
Key responsibilities:
­ Day­to­day running of all IT departments & functions
­ Management of multiple overseas support teams
­ Performance reviews & KPIs
­ Vendor management
­ Constracts management, including SLAs
­ Customer relations management & escalations
­ CAPEX & OPEX budgets
­ Software, hardware & license management

Achievements:
­ Rolled out complete ITIL framework for all IT operations
departments from scratch, resulting in substantial
improvements to systems stability & uptime
­ Reorganised departments to realise significant gains in
performance and efficiencies
­ Significant cost reduction in multiple areas resulting in
increase to EBITDA of > 10%
­ PCI DSS compliance

01/1988 - 12/2013
Business Analysts, Senior UNIX consultant & Engineer, to Application/Systems/Network Manager & Administrator


02/2011 - 07/2013
Technical Team Leader
Toyota Motor Corporation

(2.5 years)
Key responsibilities:
­ Day­to­day management of technical infrastructure
­ Management and mentoring of IT staff
­ Management of all internal mission critical infrastructure,
including: Redhat Linux, VMWare, F5 load balancers, etc.
­ Stakeholder management
­ Change, incident & problem management
­ Vendor engagement & management
­ License management
­ Continual service improvements
­ Deployment of new infrastructure
­ Project management

Achievements:
­ Improved team effectiveness through reduction of on­call
alerts by > 95%
­ Resolution of various business critical issues
­ Numerous efficiency gains through implementation of
ITIL processes

Local Availability

Only available in these countries: Netherlands
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