Peter Kent Lamsley

• Line management of 5 Senior Project managers, 7 Project Managers and 3 Project Coordinators
• Development of the PMO project methodology based on the PMBOK framework
• Creating, developing and maintaining the PMO Processes and Procedures
• Automation of various internal processes to increase productivity and efficiencies
• Resource Capacity planning within the PMO
• Resource KPI evaluation and performance management
• Reporting to exco on revenue and budget forecasts based on the PMO implementation pipeline
• Close collaboration with sales, support and finance management teams to streamline and optimize business processes.

• Programme Manager role on the largest strategic projects (the largest being a client implementation of various ICT services at 1200 retail branches across Southern Africa)
• Overall management and accountability of a range of different telecommunication implementation projects including but not limited to WAN, LAN, WiFi, Monitoring Systems, Cable reticulation, Voice, Unified Communications, SIP, Security, Data centre migrations, Backbone / CORE network.
• Team leader, responsible for the capacity and output quality of 5 project managers.
• Revenue forecasting based on the programme implementation schedule
• Monthly Programme status presentations to the client senior management executive committees

• Overall accountability for the planning and implementation of our large strategic projects.
• Developing and maintaining the project plan through all stages of the project life cycle (initiation, planning, execution, monitor & control and project close out) which includes:

o Scope management
o Schedule management
o Communication management
o Cost management
o Risk Management
o Issue management
o Stakeholder management
o Quality management
o Resource Management

• Project procurement planning based on the project schedule to minimize unnecessary stock on hand and optimize the business cash flow.
• Project updates and reporting to operational teams and the elected project steering committee

• Exchange and AD migration from MS 2003 to MS 2010
• Group Policy Management
• WAN Management (Pretoria, Durban and Windhoek Offices)
• LAN Management of HQ (120 Users)
• Security Management (Pretoria and Durban)
• Implementation and management of “Trafman” at multiple Weighbridges around South Africa
  and Namibia – this included the Setup of their LAN / WAN / CCTV / access control system / AD /Group Policies etc
• Managing of UNIX based Name Servers
• Fileserver Administration / management
• Proxy Server Administration and Management
• Solution Design for Tender Responses
• Technical Lead on Projects and Implementations
• System implementation of Cattle Management System in Lesotho. This included remote office setups leveraging off satellite connectivity (GEO Sync).

• Planning and implementing a companywide Laptop security policy involving file encryption and archiving solution
• 1st and 2nd line desktop and server maintenance and support
• Initiated various cost saving projects including the removal of all fax machines by switching users to afax to email solution
• Technical account manager and full responsibility for 2 regional offices
• Development of customer relationships and constant on call attention to the senior management team
• Leading teams in a series of internal office moves
• Active Directory and Exchange Systems management
• Hardware and Software maintenance and general upkeep of over 20 Servers including international offices across several regions worldwide
• Daily Backups and Asset Register
• Desktop and Laptop building and cloning
• Toshiba phone system management and support
• General Helpdesk responsibilities, call logging, job prioritization, telephonic support etc.