Richard Dowsett

Berufserfahrung von Richard Dowsett

• Bis heute 5 Jahre und 6 Monate, seit Jan. 2019

  Head IT Infrastructure

  RBS Services (Switzerland) Ltd

• 3 Monate, Okt. 2018 - Dez. 2018

  Sabbatical

  Freelance or permanent

• 4 Jahre und 4 Monate, Juni 2014 - Sep. 2018

  Head IT Operations (Deputy CIO/NITSO)

  KPMG AG

  Deputy CIO & NITSO involved in and accountable for setting strategies and delivering technology solutions & governance necessary to support a dynamic cross-functional professional services business in Switzerland. Responsible for 18 staff delivering engineering and operational support of data centre, DMZ & client infrastructure & application environments, and their interfaces into other cloud based services. All functions ISO 27001 certified.

• 6 Monate, Dez. 2013 - Mai 2014

  Freelance Management Consultant

  Zurich Insurance Company

  Technology management consultant role within Global Corporate IT, with responsibility for Solution Delivery functions delivering Policy and Claims core application enhancements for standalone countries, as well as project management in the Major Projects team for Global Corporate in Europe.

• 1 Jahr und 1 Monat, Dez. 2012 - Dez. 2013

  Freelance Management Consultant

  KPMG

  Architecture and program management role within the IT Services group; replaced core network infrastructure and designed & delivered a new Disaster Recovery Data Centre utilising Dark Fibre, Cisco Nexus, Cisco UCS, Palo Alto, VMware and NetApp (with MetroCluster) storage infrastructure. Implemented Disaster Recovery strategy from a business, application and process perspective.

• 2 Jahre und 9 Monate, Sep. 2009 - Mai 2012

  Head of Corporate Operations and Technology - Ireland

  Citi Ireland

  A member of the country franchise leadership team responsible for 250 operations and technology staff and building strong cross-functional partnerships with the broader operations and technology areas, both within Ireland and internationally, in a matrix environment. Core focus on identifying opportunities and developing strategies to enhance efficiency, create synergies and coordinate all operations and technology activities from a country perspective.

• 3 Jahre und 8 Monate, Jan. 2006 - Aug. 2009

  Technology Infrastructure Country Head - Ireland and Jersey

  Citi Ireland

  Directed up to 42 staff delivering 24x7 support services for Ireland and Jersey Citi locations supporting a wide range of internal businesses. The Dublin team also provisioned desktop and server support for Nordics and Netherlands staff (3,700 desktops and 270 servers in total) and voice support for 23,000 extensions in London, Belfast, France and the Nordics. Responsible for strategy to support business growth and service delivery expectations, while ensuring the financial budget was managed efficiently.