A trusted leader and technical manager of prestigious & professional projects with over 20 years’ extensive experience across a diverse range of disciplines and industries. Roles have included Project Management and Technical Consultation in TV & Broadcast (with a leaning to live production & OB systems), SaaS (inc. custom Software Development), Communication, IT, Security & Defence (both private and public sector) and Pro AV & Entertainment Systems (inc. discreet VIP & Superyacht projects).
Whether following PRINCE 2 or AGILE methodologies, Ian has successfully led a variety of flagship projects and programmes over a varied career, establishing ‘Davisian Ltd’ to provide freelance Management & Consultancy services, including Project & Programme Management, Business Development & Marketing Support.
Globally well-travelled, Ian has enjoyed working with a wide range of clients in the UK, Europe, Middle-East and Africa. Through such cultural-diversity and invaluable real-life experience of people and their interactions, he has developed a firm, level-headed and personable approach to business. By nurturing talent within his teams, Ian genuinely enjoys the challenge of working with diverse resources, customers and suppliers.
Respected for having a high standard of professionalism and strong relationship management skills with stakeholders at all levels, Ian is also recognised as a dependable & efficient Trouble-Shooter; turning-around under-performing projects in crisis and delivering closure to the satisfaction of all parties.
Hardworking, adaptable & self-motivated; specialities include:
✔ Leadership of bespoke projects, from individual undertakings to national programmes
✔ Pragmatic application of PRINCE 2 methodology for time-critical & more-traditional projects
✔ Dynamic leader using scrum / sprint based AGILE methodology for SaaS and software dev projects
✔ Commercially-aware manager with strong budget, resource planning and P&L tracking experience
✔ Deep technical systems integration insight with a diverse & solid engineering background
✔ Customer-centric, rational and trusted with an extensive vendor / supplier network
✔ Recognised as a trouble-shooter, managing failing projects out of crisis (technically & managerially)
✔ Entire product lifecycle experience, from initial concept, thru’ development to final production & sales
✔ Passion for innovation and applying new technologies to fill gaps and solve existing challenges
✔ Business Development advocate, supporting start-up businesses, SMEs and CICs