Name: Gary Willock
Profile: IT Strategic Leadership
Email: gary@garywillock.co.uk
Phone: +44(0)7745 856 004
Strengths
Leadership, Roadmaps, Digital Transformation and Strategy 100%About me
I am an accomplished and experienced Information Technology leader, with a very wide range of business, architecture, and technical skills. I have specialisations in Microsoft Cloud, Cyber Security, Enterprise / Solution / Technical Architecture, and have nearly 20 years of experience in IT across a multitude of areas.
Following the achievement of an Honours Degree in 2003, I have performed a number of progressive roles from Systems Engineer to Solution Architect, and to Head of Service roles. I believe this progression has been underpinned and enabled through a genuine love of all things ‘IT’ and particularly with how IT interacts with and enables the wider business.
I believe it is through my breadth of experience that I am a unique candidate for recruitment. I am capable of deep dive, and hands-on, technical leadership in a number of specific areas, and also highly capable of managing a multiple vocation project or service area. I am a very competent learner, capable of quickly understanding new areas and concepts.
I have a first class Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Business Information Systems, hold [active] CISSP, [expired] SC clearance, TOGAFv8 and I am an Azure Certified Architect.
Primary Services
A brief example of primary services that I offer to prospective clients or employers.
Microsoft Cloud
Helping organisation to business case, adopt, optimise, transition, migrate to and ultimately manage Microsoft Cloud Services in an efficient and repeatable manner.
Strategy & Transformation
Helping organisation to develop and deliver strategies for digital IT transformation, with options appraisals, business cases, detailed roadmaps, and realistic delivery plans.
Cyber Security
Reviewing approaches to Cyber Security from a top-down, or bottom-up perspective, to help organisations to maximise limited resources against their bespoke security needs.
People Leadership
Establishing or leading operational and project teams - particularly around Cloud and Cyber Security services – alongside the development of the processes that enable them.
Enterprise Architecture
Helping organisations adopt re-usable frameworks, including policies, procedures, standards, design patterns and other artefacts that result in consistent business linked design.
General Architecture
End-to-end design services around data and data architecture services, ci/cd, DevOps, data centre migrations, M365 services, virtual desktop….and a lot more too (see 'Full CV')
Recent Work History
High Level overview of my recent work history and experience....
The above is only main roles and some contract / associate work is excluded. Full details are available from 'Full CV' download in top menu or..
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