David Gerke

A driven Senior IT Leader with experience in delivering managed services, support and consultancy in finance, travel, mining sectors. Commercially-aware, with a broad range of IT executive experience. An analytical and lateral thinker, with the ability to simplify and advise on complex problems and IT issues. Acts as a lynchpin between business stakeholders, executives and IT users, with the wider technical community, ensuring alignment of technical engineering activities with business goals. Strategic approach to effective leadership, engaging with key business stakeholders and third parties, delivering cost appropriate IT solutions, improvement and business process change. ITIL and PRINCE2 accredited, with strong experience of applying best practice frameworks. Experience of driving change management, business transformation and complex project management, IT service transition, IT strategies, technology roadmaps, reporting and system consolidation through use of progressive technologies. Key Skills, Attributes & Capabilities; • Team building, mentoring & leadership • Presenting, negotiating and closing solution sales • Consulting on IT-based strategy and process • IT best practice methods and frameworks • Risk management, risk mitigation, compliance • Accomplished public speaker & presenter • Confident management of stakeholders & vendors • Service portfolio management and development • Project lifecycle management and delivery • Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity • IT security policies, processes • Business Process improvement and change • Designing & managing strategic transformation • Diverse yet deep understanding of technologies