I'm a seasoned corporate entrepreneur with proven track record and deep experience delivering transformational change projects and programmes within large enterprises, particularly digital channels. Recently I've brought my entrepreneurial experience to enterprises such as Nationwide Building Society, Royal Bank of Scotland, Reed Exhibitions and First Data. I'm a wildcard: I finished University then founded a dotcom startup, raised $1m and proceeded to spend my twenties building and selling a host of successful digital products and services. Therefore I am thoroughly experienced in delivery, strategy, prioritisation and getting things done, on time, on budget and managing stakeholders from board level down. I typically work in a management, delivery or advisory role, usually in IT or Digital environments, helping companies harness technology, identify opportunities and exploit them. I'm fully aware of the realities of working in regulated environments subject to complex governance, compliance and risk challenges. I've managed the multi-million pound budgets of my own companies (including an eight-figure acquisition) and most recently £50m for RBS and diverse international teams of 100s. I am a current programmer. My long standing preference is PHP/MySQL on the LAMP stack but I'm familiar with .net/MSSQL. I've created apps for iOS and Android (just personally) and I recently coded a system to hook into Amazon S3's systems. I've authored many online services that have reliably supported millions of users. These active skills are very useful for managing and interacting with onshore and offshore development teams -- as I can get into the detail if necessary. I'm also a blogger: - I'm founder and editor of Mobile Industry Review, which provides news and perspective to tens of thousands of executives - I'm co-founder of the 361 Mobile Podcast, now in it's 10th Season, it has tens of thousands of listeners Drop me a note! I'm usually quick with LinkedIn.

Senior Programme Director, Digital @ I'm the Transformation Lead -- or Senior Programme Director -- responsible for supervising the delivery of the bank's Digital channels (including mobile, online and wearables) for The Royal Bank of Scotland's group of brands, most notably RBS and NatWest. I'm also responsible for a wide variety of digital transformation programmes, projects and related activities delivering into these channels, accounting for a significant proportion of the wider transformation budget. From March 2015 to Present (10 months) London, United KingdomGroup Head of Digital Capabilities @ - Responsible for improving and developing the Society's digital capabilities, including a key focus on Digital Innovation, Employee Mobility and Dynamic Working - Drafted the Terms of Reference for the transformation of the department - Supervised the implementation of the Terms of Reference target operating model - Tasked with implementing the Society's Agile development agenda - Responsible for managing Group Digital Design team's UX work on projects such as Tablet Banking, Zapp and Paym - Implemented activity tracking, daily stand-ups and weekly updates to bring clarity, pace and control to the department - Head of Risk for the department From August 2014 to February 2015 (7 months) Swindon, United KingdomDigital Programme Manager @ - Responsible for the transformation of the bank’s online social community for small businesses - Ensured successful delivery of unpredictable and high-priority demands from senior executives - Created 30/60/90 day turnaround plan and achieved all targets ahead of schedule - Introduced a continuous Agile development process on-site and offshore - Underpinned rapid development function with a custom compliance and risk framework - Prepared the project infrastructure to handle an unexpected £Xm TV advertising campaign - Managed multiple third party vendors (onsite, onshore, offshore) alongside internal resources - Renegotiated the key third-party developer relationship, reducing development costs by XX% - Developed a ‘start-up’ team culture and transforming the “Governance says probably not” culture into a “can-do, will-do” workplace - Increased registered users by 4x, boosted editorial output by 10x, increased page views by 15x - £XXm operational budget, £Xm advertising budget, 10 direct reports (Substituted 'X' for some figures above to ensure confidentiality) From May 2013 to June 2014 (1 year 2 months) London, United KingdomFounder & Editor @ News and perspective for 250,000 mobile industry executives. From January 2006 to May 2014 (8 years 5 months) Global Head of Digital Innovation @ - Led technology innovation across the globe, responsible for researching, evangelizing, developing, proving and deploying technology related services for commercial benefit - Deployed multiple proof-of-concepts leading to live operations in cities as diverse as Sydney, Las Vegas, New York, Barcelona, Sydney, Beijing and Abu Dhabi - Established a rapid prototyping function to respond to event team enquiries, ensuring front line ideas and hunches were researched, tested and proved with an iterative Agile approach - Created global service catalogue covering mobile technology, social media, content creation, team collaboration, off-site working and live event production - Regularly advised the Board on the company’s digital agenda - Defined 5 new digital offerings, each with a minimum of 25+% profit margin built-in Conceived and launched three online TV channels to extend exhibition reach beyond the show week From July 2010 to May 2013 (2 years 11 months) Co-Founder @ Provides Eventscope Online Networking services to conference and event companies. I established this company to address a key problem I'd always come across at events: Finding the right people to meet, easily and effectively. Event organisers rarely want to part with their contact list -- this is viewed as business confidential. However as a paying attendee I had an expectation that I should be able to at least see who was attending and perhaps send them a message prior, during or after the event. I worked out a process that enables the event organiser to retain the control the need over their data, whilst enabling attendees to view key portions of the data (Firstname, Lastname, Company name, Job title). Further, if you found someone you wanted to connect with, you could use a form to immediately send them a message. Event organisers loved it. Eventscope has since provided networking facilities for thousands of events. I programmed the first two versions of Eventscope myself before handing it over to a dedicated development team. I really, really valued the ability to be in a client meeting at 10am receiving feedback on the product and then being able to actually code that update and then have it deployed for testing by 5pm. From September 2003 to September 2010 (7 years 1 month) London, United KingdomHead of Technology Innovation @ Reporting to the CIO; Responsible for providing and promoting technology innovation, rapid application development and mobile technology services to the business. From April 2008 to March 2009 (1 year) Founder & Chief Executive @ I founded this startup to provide interactive services for large brands stepping on to the internet for the first time. I developed a wide range of services including internet community management, moderation, content control and text messaging systems. I also established Neo One as the UK's first interactive community consulting practice, advising a number of top online brands, legal firms and media companies. At it's peak the company was the leading provider of moderation and content control services in the United Kingdom, working with the likes of Teletext, Flextech, BSkyB and Disney. From January 1998 to June 2007 (9 years 6 months) London, United KingdomCo-Founder & CTO @ Raised $1m in 1999 to establish a daily entertainment online community and magazine aimed at the UK's 18-25s. I hired an editorial team from some of the best publications around and worked with them to craft a fantastic, ground-breaking online community offering. Ultimately, this was a proof-of-concept demonstration for the clients of the company's B2B division (Neo One). I was initially CTO and head of the community services consulting practice before assuming control of the wider company as CEO. From January 1999 to September 2003 (4 years 9 months) London, United Kingdom

BSc, Information Management @ University College London From 1996 to 1999 Mayflower County High School From 1989 to 1996 Ewan MacLeod is skilled in: Blogging, Mobile Technology, Internal Communications, Video, PHP, Content Creation, Programming, Media Creation, Business Strategy, Content Strategy, Social Media Measurement, Project Delivery, Service Delivery, Technology Needs Analysis, Mobile Devices