Programme Management Background
The experience of Roger Emmens includes a background as follows.
- More than 30 years in Programme and Project Management roles - experience of just about every type of project and problem
- 25 years in projects for Systems Integrators and Management Consultancies
- 8 years managing projects and developments for application software product providers
- 6 years in operations and implementation roles for client companies
- More than 20 years in the telecoms and new media markets, with clients covering mobile and fixed network operators and service providers, Internet portal providers (web and WAP), IP operators and ISPs, and fixed and wireless broadband network providers
- Experience across the full spectrum of BSS and OSS applications, including: web portals, e-commerce and customer self-care; CRM; order capture, service provisioning, number portability; mediation and pre-mediation, rating, billing, payments and financials; Intelligent Network platforms for in-call management and prepaid billing; service assurance, including service level management, alarms monitoring/NMS, and trouble ticketing; inventory management and logistics; reporting and management information
- Other sector experience includes Retail and Distribution, and Public Sector.
Experience needs also the ability to draw on it wisely and appropriately, whilst knowing when to innovate and to exploit the latest good industry practice.
Case Study - Establish Technology Department - South-East Asian Portal ASP
This start-up operation intended to establish a global presence for mobile internet portal capabilities for use by mobile operators on an outsource basis. Roger managed the applications integrator for the initial implementation for launch, successfully supporting the first operator in Hong Kong deliver their web/WAP portal into service. This included defining the site management requirements, building governance processes and tools, and identifying and rectifying shortcomings in the technical architecture to achieve this.
In addition, he recruited a development team for portal applications, and recruited and handed over the operational team to his successor.