pete bloxam

consulting director

About

Pete supports CIOs and IT Directors with strategy formation and programme delivery as a trusted advisor and delivery practitioner. With over 24 years of IT experience, 20 of which within Professional Services/Consultancy organisations, he has also operated as Interim Head of Infrastructure for two large UK companies. All roles within last 12 years included direct advisory relationships with client IT Directors/CIOs. Pete enjoys retaining keen insight in relevant and disruptive technologies and services (e.g. platform/infrastructure-as-a-service) and has real world experience in enterpise architecture, product & vendor selection and programme assurance & governance. Specialities: IT Strategy, Infrastructure Transformation, Enterprise and Infrastructure Architecture (TOGAF Certified), IT Operations (ITIL Foundation Certified), IT Cost Reduction, IT Procurement and Infrastructure Technologies.

Country

united kingdom

City

reading

Industry

information technology and services

Skill

it strategy, infrastructure, disaster recovery, outsourcing, consulting, strategy, business process improvement, business analysis, solution architecture, virtualization, business process, governance, architecture, program management, itil, software development, business process design, enterprise architecture, it service management, technical architecture, microsoft sql server, pmo, it transformation, architectures, professional services, databases, consultants, project management office, infrastructure management, application development, consultancy, infrastructure technologies, infrastructure transformation, infrastructure services, desktop architecture, desktop deployment, storage solutions, sql server, itil v3 foundations certified, togaf

Experience

consulting director

it infrastructure advisory services

deloitte

2019-9 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

An associate role working with Deloitte's Consulting service line, delivering Infrastructure-focussed advisory services in support of private sector client engagements.

it infrastructure consultant and interim head of function

second direction consulting

2015-8 - Present · 11 yrs 2 mos

head of programme infrastructure and enterprise architect

lloyd's of london

2017-7 - 2019-9 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Within Lloyds' TOM Programme I was an Enterprise Architect with particular responsibility for Infrastructure Design Assurance and Service Operational Design, as well as design and implementation of a Cloud-Based Identity Solution (Azure). The Architecture team spanned several application programmes which modernised the market's integration with Lloyds. Throughout this period I chaired the TOM Technical Design Authority and was a member of the System Design Authority.

consulting manager

accenture

2000-11 - 2007-4 · 6 yrs 6 mos

At Accenture I led technical delivery work-streams within large IT replatforming / transformation projects. My main area of focus was Data Architecture, and particularly advisory and design roles for large transactional databases using SQL Server and Oracle Technologies. The role also involved design and assurance elements with respect to infrastructure integration and disaster recovery..

senior dba and tl

xansa

1995-1 - 2000-11 · 5 yrs 11 mos

I joined FI GROUP (which later became Xansa) as an Graduate Trainee in IT. During my 6 years at FI GROUP I was a client server programmer, team leader, and progressed to senior DBA. Throughout this time I served blue chip clients including client facing roles including working with Whitbread PLC, Allied Dunbar and Energis Telecommunications

senior manager

deloitte uk

2007-5 - 2015-8 · 8 yrs 4 mos

During my time at Deloitte I was a Consulting Manager (and Senior Manager from 2010) within Technology, Strategy and Architecture in the Consulting service line. Throughout this time I supported C-level clients with their IT Infrastructure challenges as a trusted advisor, delivery practitioner and engagement lead. Assignments within this role included: - IT Cost Reduction a financial services company (who own and operate 2 high street building societies) - Delivery of Disaster Recovery Strategy for a leading UK Law Firm - Leading infrastructure workstreams when clients have needed to "rebuild" their IT Infrastructure including post M&A at a large brewing concern, termination of outsourcing arrangements at a large county council, and post M&A for a plant leasing organisation - A long secondment as Interim Head of Infrastructure at a client with £2.5bn revenue, reporting directly to the client's IT Director/CIO and serving as a member of their IT Board - Security Architecture for a global manufacturing company.

interim head of infrastructure operations

qinetiq

2015-11 - 2017-3 · 1 yr 5 mos

Operationally responsible for IT Infrastructure & Operations, consisting of 40+ resources across six distinct domain-focused teams. I was also a core member of the Programme and Portfolio Steering Group and delivered a programme of continuous improvement initiatives. This role reported directly to QinetiQ's Global IT Director, including setting strategy in areas including Disaster Recovery and Configuration Management.