Education & Professional Experience

John has studied at University of Oxford in Modern Languages (German & Russian) between 1989 and 1993, then at Воронежский Государственный Университет between 1991 and 1992, then at Winchester College in Languages, Mathematics, Economics between 1984 and 1989, then at Yateley Comprehensive between 1982 and 1984.

John worked for Itron, Inc. as Senior Product Development Manager + Site Leader between Feb 2019 and Jan 2020, for GE Digital as VP Digital Operations + Hub Leader between Sep 2016 and Jan 2019, for Philips as Head of Business Transformation & IT, Central & Eastern Europe between Feb 2013 and Sep 2016, for Vodafone as Operations Manager for Vodafone Global Enterprise between Jan 2010 and Feb 2013, for Capgemini as Managing Technical Architect between Jul 2007 and Dec 2009, for Hostlogic as SAP Project Consultant between Sep 2006 and Jun 2007, for West Sussex County Council as Technology Strategist between Aug 2003 and Aug 2006, for Counterpoint Mtc Ltd as Sales & Operations Manager between Apr 2002 and Aug 2003, for Capgemini UK plc as Senior Consultant between Apr 1999 and Apr 2002.

 Skills & Competences

John has the following skills : Program Management, IT Service Management, Business Transformation, IT Management, IT Strategy, Business Process, Business Process Improvement, Change Management, Service Delivery, ERP, Security, Strategy, Business Analysis, Solution Architecture, Outsourcing, Enterprise Architecture, Process Improvement, Project Delivery, Project Management, IT Operations.

John graduated from the following courses : Modern Languages.

John speaks the following languages : French, Russian, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Hungarian.

John has earned the following certifications : ITIL v3 Foundation, delivered by Examination Institute for Information Science; SAP eXchange Infrastructure (PI), delivered by SAP AG; Executive Lean Leadership, delivered by Philips University; Certified SAFe® 4 Agilist, delivered by Scaled Agile, Inc.; Executive Leadership, delivered by GE Crotonville; SAP CRM, delivered by SAP AG; Lean Advanced Practitioner, delivered by Philips University; Lean Daily Management Certified Trainer, delivered by Philips University; SAP R/3 Academy (specialism: Sales & Distribution module), delivered by SAP AG.