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My name is Armando Sanchez.
I am a Business & Technology Transformation Leader with 20+ years experience. I'm based in London.

Get in touch and we'll find a way to work together!

Prudential plc
HSBC
M&G Investments
Barclays
Sony
Morgan Stanley

Proven track record helping complex organisations adopt technology, change, adapt and modernise.

Helping prestigious businesses transform themselves to achieve their strategic objectives, and, to fulfill their regulatory obligations.

Extensive experience setting up, improving, running & assuring transformation management functions.

Helping businesses re-engineer their business and technology change / transformation functions to achieve maximum returns from investments.

Data Driven Decisions

Proactive Portfolio Management

Risk Based Approach

Performance Driven Delivery

Lean & Agile Approach

Tech Enabled Efficiency

20+ years timeline.

Working for Strategy & Transformation functions among other critical areas of the business, such as, Risk (2nd Line of Defense) and Internal Audit (3rd Line of Defense).

Tech & Business Transformation / Principal Consultant / MD (Contracting)

SANER Consulting LTD

- UK Crown Prosecution Services (CPS)

- Direct Line Group

- Prudential Plc

- London Clearing House / LCH

Nov 2016 -
Present

Mar 2014 -
Oct 2016

Head of Portfolio Programme Management Office (PPMO) & Delivery Assurance, Business Change

M&G plc (formerly M&G Investments)

Internal Audit Change, Corporate Banking & Global Payments

Barclays

Feb 2013 -
Mar 2014

Mar 2012 -
Jan 2013

EMEA Technology PMO Senior Manager

GE Capital

Programme Standards Manager / Deputy Head of Global PMO - Finance Change

HSBC

May 2008 -
Dec 2011

Aug 2006 -
Apr 2008

Technology Quality Assurance / Test Lead Architect, Operations / Middle Office

Morgan Stanley

Technology Senior Consultant, UK Delivery Centre

Accenture

Feb 2005 -
Jul 2006

Nov 2001 -
Mar 2005

Software Quality Assurance Manager, European Software Development Centre

SONY (Brussels)

Junior Roles in Software / Technology Delivery & Quality Assurance

Schulmberger (Paris)
Meta4 (Madrid)

Jul 1999 -
Nov 2001

Strategic Business Alignment

Effective Programme Management

High Performance Focus

Technology Enabled Change

Safe Transition to Live / Prod

Benefit Realisation Focus

Data, Tech & Cloud Driven Changes

End to End Platforms & ERP Rollouts

Regulatory & Remediation Changes

Experience across the full end-to-end lifecycle of large technology roll-outs and business transformation programmes.

Helping businesses mobilise strategic programmes from business case inception to change transition and benefit realisation.

Graduated from prestigious education institutions

Master of Science in Information Technology, Software Engineering Management.
2003 - 2007

Bachelor Science, Computer Science / Computer Engineering.
1995 - 1999

Practitioner Certifications: Management of Portfolios, Managing Successful Programmes, Prince 2, Sony Six Sigma

Carnegie Mellon University
Los Andes University

Experienced Deploying Methods & Frameworks / Best Practice

Learning & experimenting with my Home Lab​

And a bit more about me...

A hardworking, tech fan & confessed family-man

Married with Two Children

Born in Colombia Based in the U.K

English & Spanish Speaker

Persuader Personality Type

Have Lived in
5 Countries

Integrity, Hard & Smart Working

Technology & Gadget Fan

Motion Pictures (Drama) Fan

Enjoy Mentoring Others

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