Fred Souchet

COMPANY: BA

JOB TITLE: Project Manager

• Project Manager in IM Infrastructure Delivery
• Responsible for Delivery of Infrastructure projects within the IT Portfolio, up to 8 projects at a time, driving the plan to deliver on time, to cost and quality
• Recent Project delivery: T5 HAC ICS & Video Wall

RELATED DEGREE:

• 1997-1999:     BSc (Hons) International Business Information Technology - University of Teeside
• 1996-1997:     DUT Marketing Techniques (HND equivalent) - France
• 1994-1995:    French Baccalaureate S (Scientific, Option Mathematics) Level A - France

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Joined BA as an Industrial Placement in a Technical IT department (Midrange Capacity Planning) 1998
• Successfully worked for a year in a foreign environment and established positive relations within the team
• Offered to join the Graduate Scheme in 1999
• Joined the Infrastructure Delivery team in 2000 as a Project Lead  which is more like a Project Coordinator role compared with the Project Manager role undertaken for past 3 years

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Technical: Microsoft project; Internet pages programming; Lotus Notes email tool; UNIX; NT; Mainframe
• Project management: Influencing & Negotiation skills; Presention skills; Communication
• Language: English, French, German

BENEFITS OF THE JOB:

• Involved in every part of the Business, i.e. Airport solutions, Office Relocation, Internet Solution etc.
• Not only IT specific, but Business skills required i.e. influencing and negotiating skills, communication, etc.
• Very attractive job if you like to work with several teams from different areas

CAREER GOALS:

I would like to become an IT Programme Manager which is managing an IT Portfolio and managing IT Project Managers.