Fiona O'Brien

153 Wick Hall, Furze Hill, Hove, East Sussex BN3 1NJ 07590 659456 • ConsultAtticus@gmail.com

Personal Statement

As an experienced Change Manager, I have supported a diverse range of medium and

large projects, each successfully transitioning smoothly and swiftly to new, sustainable

ways of working, with minimal business disruption. A reliable, organised and amiable

individual, who is able to work under own initiative and maintain strong governance, in

order to meet strategic aims. Whilst mainly aligned to IT projects, recent achievements

include on-time delivery of a complex accounting method with an immovable deadline.

Career Summary Programme / Change Management 12yrs Training Management 3.5yrs Sales & Marketing 8yrs

Education BA (Hons) Business Studies 2:1 University of Brighton Sept 1986 – June 1990

Awards & Qualifications

Prince 2 Certificate (Project Management) 2010

Professional Training Diploma (*Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development) 1998 “Honours Club” Sales Performance Winner (Xerox) 1998 Chartered Institute of Marketing Award 1992 CELTA Cambridge Certificate (English Language) 2013 Spanish Language (Intermediate Level) 2013

Employment History

Atlas Copco (Edwards High Vacuum Limited) W. Sussex, UK

Market leader in design/manufacture of industrial vacuum products

Programme Manager June 2014 – May 2015

Ownership of implementation for a new, complex, high-impact accounting method Programme Governance / Project Tracking Status Reporting to senior management Recruitment & Team facilitation and education Budgeting

Key Achievements - Led inexperienced project team to meet immovable launch date.

Sabbatical Year – based in Spain May 2013 – May 2014 Atlas Copco (Edwards High Vacuum Limited) continued

Change Manager Stakeholder Engagement - Liaise with key influencers to gain project support Impact Analysis – Identify and communicate action plans for each business impact Communications - Develop multi-media communications eg: Bulletins/Videos Training & Evaluation – Design & deliver training programmes Policy Development – Revise and communicate policy (eg Code of Conduct) Key Performance Analysis – Regular monitoring of project impact on business Risk Management - Identify risks and devise mitigation/contingency plans Sustainability Planning – Develop on-going programme to support the Business Benefits Realisation – Monitor and report benefits (quantitative and qualitative)

Key Achievements – Change Management Lead on successful implementation projects: SAP (Manufacturing & Supply - Global) Jan 2011 – Apr 2013 SAP (Commercial - Asia) Aug 2007 – Dec 2010 Other Projects Apr 2005 – Aug 2007 International Factory Re-Location – Transfer of UK plants to Korea and Czech Rep. Migration of PC Users (Europe) to new network and XP system Legal Mandate Implementation (Sarbanes Oxley) IT Systems Upgrade (HR Performance Management / SAP Systems) Global Policy Revisions- eg: Travel & Expenses / Code Of Conduct

SAP (Commercial - USA) - Business Readiness Lead based in Boston, USA Jan 2004 – Mar 2005 SAP (Commercial - Europe) - Lead Trainer, part-based in Italy Apr 2002 – Dec 2003 Manage global network of IT Trainers / Skills Trainer ( – Behavioural Change / IT)

Sabbatical Year – world travel Feb 2001 - Mar 2002

Xerox UK Limited – Middlesex, UK Digital Printing Solutions Sales Trainer Jan 1999 – Jan 2001 Design and delivery of industry-recognised Selling Skills course Sales Executive Oct 1995 - Dec 1998 Account Management to London legal sector Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty Executive Mar 1994 - Oct 1995 Management of monthly customer survey and Customer First magazine Product Launch Marketing Executive (Graduate) Nov 1990 – Feb 1993 Project launch team member for fax machines

American Express – London, UK Financial Services Financial Market Researcher June 1988 - June 1989

First Class award for graduate placement dissertation

Personal Interests - Learning Spanish ; Music and Dance ; Skiing

References are available upon request.