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James in a few words
Seeking a Fractional Operational or Project Leader who boasts an impressive track record and an unwavering passion for harnessing technology and driving innovative change?
With a natural aptitude for transformation, I have successfully overhauled operational and commercial functions across multiple businesses, devising and flawlessly executing enhanced strategies.
In addition to my internal business acumen, I possess an extensive external market presence, spanning financial, professional, and legal services, as well as a diverse range of tech organisations.
Currently embarking on an exciting new venture, I am available to provide my expertise in Business Management, Strategy, and Project Management, lending my skills to assist others.
As a renowned global speaker on automation and a respected mentor to numerous start-ups, I am dedicated to guiding teams towards continuous improvement and achieving successful project outcomes.
When working on delivery assurance I collaborating closely with stakeholders, I ensure seamless alignment and effective communication throughout the project lifecycle.
I diligently monitor delivery performance and identify risks, ensuring team compliance with procedures, regulations, and risk management practices.
Furthermore, I provide comprehensive insights to senior leadership, leveraging data analysis to drive informed decision-making.
If you're seeking a dynamic and results-driven leader to optimise your operations and spearhead transformative initiatives, let's connect.
Experience
- Rainbird TechnologiesChief Operating OfficerNovember 2016 - December 2022 (6 years and 1 month)London, UKRainbird is an AI-powered decision-making platform that allows businesses to replicate and scale their best workers. With Rainbird you can streamline and simplify processes, reduce knowledge leakage, improve compliance and make consistent decisions at scale. Rainbird tackles some of the business world's greatest challenges when scaling: efficiency, quality and consistency. When making decisions at scale, the consequences of your staff making mistakes are huge, whether they are underwriting loans, settling insurance claims, or identifying fraud. Rainbird is the pre-eminent platform that organisations are using to automate complex decision-making. The kind of decisions that have traditionally been reserved for humans.
- Heron AICo-founder & Chief Executive OfficerNovember 2016 - May 2019 (2 years and 6 months)London, UKWe believe businesses can fundamentally better serve their customers and shareholders with experiences powered by the latest AI technologies. Aigen creates business value and innovation which drives deeper customer relationships through tech agnostic thought leadership & world class delivery of AI technologies.
- Matter AICEOJune 2016 - November 2016 (5 months)Proud to be part of and lead a team of highly skilled people to generate awesome Artificial Intelligence, Service Design and Innovation experiences and opportunities. Working hard to solve complex business challenges for our clients.
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Education
- Msc, Information and Knowledge ManagementLoughborough University2007Msc, Information and Knowledge Management
- Bsc(Econ) Hons, Marketing; Information ManagementAberystwyth University2006Bsc(Econ) Hons, Marketing; Information Management