Andrew des Forges

Dedicated IT project manager with 6 years of experience, adept at successfully overseeing the deployment of large-scale IT equipment to prominent, industry leading organisations, along with multiple small scale projects. Proven track record of ensuring seamless project execution within the banking, insurance and legal sector. With a focus of on-time delivery, and optimal resource utilisation.

Strong problem-solving skills and consistently drive a collaborative approach in cross-functional teams towards project success.

Project Manager, Getronics, Remote. 

(February 2024 - present)

Primary roles:

• PMO Project Manager delivering small scale, cross functional projects relating to cloud, workspace and security for a small scale insurance company.
• Large scale project for an established financial firm.
• Adept in managing multiple small scale and large scale projects ranging from sub £5k to larger projects upwards of £150k. 

 

Project Manager, Computacenter, London

(March 2021 – February 2024)

Achievements and responsibilities

• Primary experience working on large scale multi year projects with a leading German Bank and a UK rail infrastructure provider. With further experience working in a PMO for an industry leading Law firm.
• Successfully managed and delivered large scale deployments of upwards of 35,000 end user devices across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa regions, meeting all project objectives, deadlines and budget constraints.
• Led end-to-end project planning, including scope definition, resource allocation and timeline development.
• Managed both small and large project teams, leading internal and external deployment activities across

Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

• Consistently met or exceeded budgetary expectations, achieving significant cost savings in projects without compromising on the quality of execution.
• Prepared and presented project reports, performance metrics and budget analysis to senior management.

Project Coordinator, Computacenter, London

(July 2019– March 2021)

Achievements and responsibilities

• Efficiently coordinated a large-scale deployment project from initiation to completion.
• Demonstrated exceptional organisational skills, ensuring resource allocation, hardware ordering and customer dependencies were met throughout the project.
• Facilitated on large-scale on-site deployments of desktops and laptops, in highly sensitive environments leading teams of engineers, meeting strict customer standards and requirements.
• Proactively identified potential project risks and minimising issues, resulting in limited project disruption.
• Acted as a central point on contact for key project stakeholders, addressing enquiries, negotiating and establishing a presence within the customer site to ensure business as usual whilst undertaking project activities.

Loughborough University

(September 2015 – June 2019)

Geography BSc (2:1 Classification)

South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College

(September 2013 – June 2015)

A-levels:

• Geography A*
• Economics A
• Psychology A

12 GCSEs, grade A*-B, including Maths and English

Awarded the William Wilberforce award for outstanding achievement.