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📖 Summary

Leadership and empowerment of my teams are the key drivers in my daily business life and I have been doing this with a business driven technology focus across several industries for more than 25 years. The Online/Digital world has been where my passion lies in the last 15 years and consequently I have much experience to offer here. Whilst coming from a solid software development background, I have grown my passion to understand all areas of technology and business. This has led me to be involved in just about every aspect of both corporate and start-up businesses from Business development to In-Life Operations. I am particularly enthusiastic when someone has a great idea but doesn’t know how to deliver it or position the business around it – I have helped both large and small companies achieve success in this sense, including shaping the Product and defining technical strategy and delivery management for both internal technical teams and third party vendors. I have strong planning skills and experience, which I find useful to align Agile development approaches into a wider programme plan that requires committed delivery dates. The most exciting part of my career is working with and providing leadership for teams of highly capable people - I have been told I have an energy and character that inspires others to get involved! Areas of specialism: Stakeholder Management, Building teams around a business/product/proposition, Operating model transformation, Strategic Programme delivery, Agile meets Programmes strategies, Digital service transformation, offshore/nearshore delivery management, Software Engineering culture creationHead of Software Engineering @ Leading the Online Technology team through a Digital First programme of delivery for Online Sales and Service - KPI focussed strategy around Online Sales channel ramp up and Service call deflection to the Online Channel. Previously building the team to deliver www.skystore.com the Online Video on Demand transactional service - included leading the acquisition of a start-up company and bringing them into Sky From August 2011 to Present (4 years 3 months) London, United KingdomCo-owner @ Bloodmusic Limited is an Artist Management company that I co-own with my brother Johnny Crawford. From October 2004 to January 2014 (9 years 4 months) Programme Director - IPTV @ I have joined Infosys to focus on the IPTV sector and expand their customer base in IPTV and related services. I am actively involved in leading the Infosys IPTV team for BT Vision. Infosys hope to become a major provider of IPTV Services and we have started some good initiatives to make this happen. From June 2008 to July 2011 (3 years 2 months) Director of Delivery and Operations @ I was responsible for the Design, Delivery, Launch and in-life Operation of the world's first Mobile TV Service over a DAB network - this is one on the most intersting things I have worked on for a while and I hope to expand my career in the Mobile sector. From August 2004 to March 2006 (1 year 8 months) Founder @ A start-up that took several business ideas and put structure around them to make them commercially viable - includes setting up a chain of retail computer hardware/software shops, establishing a plastics wholesaler to the building trade and launching a technology importer focussed on Biometric systems From July 2003 to November 2004 (1 year 5 months) Various Business Roles @ Various roles as above for a variety of companies, giving me a wide expereince of different business models and environments. From January 1998 to June 2003 (5 years 6 months) Senior IT Support Consultant @ From 1990 to 1997 (7 years) English, Social Biology and standard 'O' Levels @ Diss High School David Crawford is skilled in: IPTV, Television, Mobile Devices, Management, Interactive TV, Business Development, Product Management, Integration, Start-ups, Entrepreneurship, Broadcast, Networking, Digital TV, Program Management, Programme Directors, Leadership, VOD, Telecommunications, Pre-sales, Digital Media, Video, Project Delivery, Talent Management, Broadband, Mobile Applications, Stakeholder Management