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Ian Watkin

First Name: 
Ian
Last Name: 
Watkin

Freelance Planning Consultant. A security-cleared (to SC level) and DBS-checked senior IT professional and full Member of the Association of Project Management, with significant planning expertise acquired over 27 years, combined with strong delivery experience and people development skills gained over 30 years in IT: Senior Project Manager, previously Resource Manager and Staff Manager with Atos (formerly Schlumberger-Sema) since early 2001, 13 years IT experience in-house with Zurich Financial Services following 9 years business experience in the general insurance industry.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Programme and Project Planning and Management
  • MS Project (MSP) & supporting MS Office Tools
  • Excellent communications skills
  • People management and development
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • M.A.P.M. - Full member of the Association of Project Management
  • Prince 2 practitioner
  • Process improvement
  • Full life cycle exposure across numerous projects and industry sectors
  • Soft skills training development and delivery
Professional Since: 
Dec-1987 (36.7 yrs experience)
Years Experience: 
0

Market Place

Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project books, on-line video training courses and training material available from an internationally recognised publisher. Teach yourself using on-line or book based learning or run your own in-house or public courses.