Peter Birley

Current

• Director of Information Technology and Business Operations at Browne Jacobson LLP

Past

• Senior Project /Programme Manager at Eversheds LLP
• Managing Director at World Souvenirs Ltd
• IT Management at Storage Technology (StorageTek)

• IT Management at StorageTek
• IT Management at Storage Technology
• Director and Senior Consultant at Russell Consulting
• Head of IT at London Market Claims Services
• IT Director at Alexander Howden
• Head of Computer Operations at Institute of London Underwriters
• Operations Manager at GKN

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Education

• Grimsby College of Further Education
• West Bridgford Grammar School

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Law Practice

Peter Birley’s Summary

Senior IT Management specialist with strengths as visionary, team builder, problem resolver and deliverer. Big hitter and thought leader. Excited by challenge, rewarded by success.
Professional experiences as:-
IT Director
Business Operations Director
IT Programme and Project Manager (PMP, Prince2, MSP)
Particularly interested in Business Change, programmes/ Projects and Project rescue.
Six Sigma Black Belt
International experience.
Board Director experience
Service Delivery Manager experience
IT Consultancy experience
Business Process Improvement experience
Application lifecycle experience
IT Strategy and business alignment
Working with offshore development
Experience of full cycle of building and running a web based retail business.
Experience of setting up and running an IT consultancy division
Prince's Trust business mentor
Expert in Legal Technology

Peter Birley’s Specialties:

Project and Programme management
IT Management
Business Process
Business Analysis
Account Management
Supplier relationships
IT Consultant
ecommerce
IT Strategy
IT Visonary
People Management
Application lifecycle
Project recovery
Complex Projects
Offshore

Peter Birley’s Experience

• Director of Information Technology and Business Operations

  Browne Jacobson LLP

  (Partnership; Law Practice industry)

  September 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

  IT Director for Top 100 UK Law Firm. Multiple offices, 60 partners.
  Also responsible for Business Operations (Admin/Facilities) Department
  Reporting direct to the Managing Partner
  Member of executive board
  Created 3 year IT Strategy endorsed by partnership.
  Introduced Business Process Improvement methodology
  Implemented Interwoven Document Management System
  Introduced BPM technology (Workflow plus)
  Implemented Business Intelligence solution based on Microsoft technology
  Set up offshore application development facility
  Selected and implemented replacement Case Management System
  Implemented Disaster Recovery programme
  Managing business transformation programme
  Introduced Agile development methodology
  Implementing ITIL service management
  Leader of 'new ways of working' strategic project
  Restructured Administration department

• Senior Project /Programme Manager

  Eversheds LLP

  (Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)

  January 2003 — August 2005 (2 years 8 months)

  Account and programme management of Real Estate Division. Business Process Reviews.
  Workflow BPM projects with Metastorm's E-work
  Project recovery of major desktop roll out for XP operating system to 4000 pople over 12 locations.
  Project Manangement of firm wide workflow based Compliance system.
  Project management of multiple projects.
  Business Analysis.
  Business and Infrastructure Projects.

• Managing Director

  World Souvenirs Ltd

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  February 2002 — July 2005 (3 years 6 months)

  Managing Director of Retail web based business.
  Specialising in National identity products covering UK and Ireland
  Built this business from concept to trading gaining extensive online trading experience.
  Established and managed supplier relationship,technology including web shop design, marketing, stock, administration and shipping.
  sold business as going concern.

• IT Management

  Storage Technology (StorageTek)

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; stk; Computer Hardware industry)

  1997 — 2002 (5 years )

  2000-2002 Senior Project Manager -International Strategic Initiatives
  Designed and managed build of Global web based product configurator, Project rescue on European wide financial systems project, Managed transition of application development to India, Reviewed with overseas colleagues Global sales methodology and processes.
  
  1998-2000 Service Delivery Manager Northern Europe
  Managed IT Service delivery to 7 European Countries. Managed the outsourcing of the service to external supplier and managed ongoing relationship.
  Programme managed major change programme involving process change.
  
  1997-1998 Business Systems Manager UK Subsidiary
  IT Manager for UK Subsidiary. Managed implementation of Sales Force automation system across Northern Europe.
  Workflow and BPM projects using Staffware

• IT Management

  StorageTek

  (Law Practice industry)

  1997 — 2002 (5 years )

• IT Management

  Storage Technology

  (Law Practice industry)

  1997 — 2002 (5 years )

• Director and Senior Consultant

  Russell Consulting

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1996 — 1997 (1 year )

  Established a new consultancy in London targetted at London Insurance Market. Part of Midlands based software house.
  Director and senior consultant for London Office responsible for relationship with London Insurance Market.
  New role, set up office and established services
  Provided consultancy to Clients
  Managed Bid process
  Client Account Management

• Head of IT

  London Market Claims Services

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Insurance industry)

  1993 — 1996 (3 years )

  Head of IT, establsihed new department in UK and transferred operation from Consultants in New York to UK.
  Programmed managed Business process review of company and redeveloped core systems. Set up EDI with clients in Uk adn USA. Managed Company move to new premises.

• IT Director

  Alexander Howden

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry)

  1986 — 1992 (6 years )

• Head of Computer Operations

  Institute of London Underwriters

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Insurance industry)

  1981 — 1986 (5 years )

• Operations Manager

  GKN

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; gkn; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

  1969 — 1973 (4 years )

Peter Birley’s Education

• Grimsby College of Further Education

  Maths, English, Navigation, Seamanship

• West Bridgford Grammar School

  English, Maths, History, French

Additional Information

Peter Birley’s Interests:

Programme Management, Project Management, Change Management, Turning round Projects, Business Process Change BPR, IT Management, IT Consultancy, Strategy, Writes articles on IT and Project Management, speaker at Legal and IT Management events, Martial Arts (Krav Maga), Motorcycling (Harley Davidson)

Peter Birley’s Groups:

Fellow - Institution of Analysts and Programmers FIAP,
Chartered IT Professional CITP,
Fellow - British Computer Society FBCS,
Member - Association of Project Management MAPM,
Member - Project Management Institute (PMI),
Member- LITIG (Legal IT Innovaters Group),
Member - BCS Elite group,
Member- Gartner EXP programme
Member- International Process and Performance Institute

•    eOffice
•    Project Management Institute - UK Chapter
•    The Association for Project Management
•    Project Management Link - www.pmlink.org
•    StorageTek Alumni
•    The Enterprise Architecture Network
•    Lean Six Sigma
•    Six Sigma for Business
•    Legal IT Network
•    Project Managers - Resource Pool
•    NovoTree Minds
•    Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) Experts
•    Litigation Support Professionals
•    CIOZone
•    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
•    Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, & Lean Group
•    Legal Marketing
•    Microsoft Business Intelligence
•    Legal Blogging
•    BCS ELITE
•    Knowledge Management for Legal Professionals
•    InsideLegal
•    CEO/ CIO/COE/COO/CFO/Head/VP/ Director/President Level - Senior Leadership Group
•    MyLink Law
•    Leadership for Lawyers
•    IT Management Group
•    Legal Support Forum
•    EVC Leaders - Practitioners of IT Enterprise Value Creation (Only for CIOs, IT & PMO Managers)
•    Krav Maga
•    BP Group
•    Nott Tuesday
•    legalsupportnetwork.co.uk
•    Innovate the Future
•    Gartner Business Process Management (Xchange)
•    Legal Innovation
•    UK Insurance Professionals - Networking Group -
•    The Nottingham & Derby Networking Group
•    CiOzone Research Network
•    Talk to other Alterian customers and your Account Manager
•    Hays IT Leadership Practice
•    RATIO EAST MIDLANDS SECURITY NETWORK
•    Social Media Advisors
•    Legal Records Management
•    silicon.com

Peter Birley’s Honors:

PMP (Project Manager Professional)
Prince 2 Certified Practitioner,
Risk Management Certificate, George Washington University
MSP (Managing successful programmes) - Certified Practitioner
Six Sigma - Certified Black Belt (SSC approved Aveta Business Solutions)
Rapid assessment and recovery of troubled projects certificate, George Washington University
Leading Complex Projects Certificate, George Washington University
Computer Weekly Best Blog awards 2008 - 2nd place in CIO/IT Director category
Named as one of the most influential and innovative IT leaders in the UK. Silicon.com CIO50 2009

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