Experience
Personal Profile
Cllr Desmonde has considerable experience as a senior project manager and business lead within a private investment company. In addition, four years experience developing and project managing tailored ICT solutions to Whitehall as a consultant business analyst. Four years experience in equity investment, portfolio management and the development of risk analysis tools for the private investor. He is an experienced PRINCE 2registered practitioner with knowledge of Agile.
Key Skills
Project management (8 years)
Policy Development (5 Years)
Prince 2 Project Management (8 years)
Business case Development (10 years)
Business process and Risk analysis (10 years)
Working with public and private sector
Software solution development (5 years)
Property Development, equity investment
Career History
Kernovation.Ltd. Senior Project manager
As
senior project manager Cllr Desmonde is responsible for all elements of the
business such as maintaining relations with customers and suppliers, dealing
with legal, financial and contractual matters and identifying new investment
opportunities. It is also his role to develop business cases to attract
investors, assess risk and manage the resources at his disposal. At any one
time he can have two to three projects under his control.
Notably over the last two years he has completed and disposed of a residential development, overseen the sale of development land and been the project leader for the design and funding of a new commercial development which was accepted for part financing through the Convergence Funding initiative in Cornwall. This involved managing multiple teams and identifying savings, procurement benefits, working closely with the public sector and identifying efficiencies
In addition Cllr Desmonde has been heavily involved in developing investment strategies and software focused on the equity markets. This has led to the suite of investment tools, ‘Wealth-IIO’, securing support from the Oxford Innovation Society based on the business case developed.
Truro Technology Park Senior Project Manager
As
senior project manager Cllr Desmonde was responsible for investment in three
large commercial properties in Truro. From risk analysis to full letting, he
was accountable for creation and management of the assets, coordination &
management of teams (over 30 different subcontractors and 50+ workers) as well
as sales, marketing, procurement, tendering, financial and legal work
packages.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister – E-business unit.
Consultant
Cllr Desmonde worked as a consultant to the
E-business department of the Deputy Prime Ministers office, advising on the
benefits of SAP BW to the finance department and production of supporting
literature for board analysis. This led to an appointment to consult on the
procurement of a portal solution to meet the business needs of ODPM. Through
meetings with senior staff and stake holders he identified their requirements,
produced a business case which was accepted and over saw the selection and
programme for implementation of the solution. This involved meeting with and
analysing tenders from Microsoft, Oracle and independent developers.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister – Finance.
Consultant
During his time in the finance department of
ODPM Cllr Desmonde was involved in a number of different roles including the
transition to a SAP R3 working environment, analyzing business systems and
developing solutions to take advantage of e-businesstechnology and Information
Communication Technology (ICT) e.g. developing databases and providing access
to financial/statistical data.
Of particular note was the development of a complex Access database application dealing with financial master data, specifically hundreds of detailed records of charitable contributors.This was so well received by senior management it was held up as an example of what could be achieved through in-house development and was the subject of a presentation to staff and directors.
Department for Transport Local Government and the Regions-
Finance
ICT support
Cllr Desmonde's role was the focal point for
the ICT over three floors of a central London public sector department. He was
tasked with maintaining the ICT of in excess of 100 people and being the bridge
between them and the technical help desk. Of particular note was his inclusion
as the coordinator of the ICT at the DTLR’s annual finance conference where he
was responsible for managing a large team maintaining 5 simultaneous
presentations to 100’s of staff.
Additional Positions
WH Smiths - Truro
Sainsbury's - Truro
Additional Professional Skills
PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner. Registration number P2R/246628
Education
BSc Hons Degree in Multimedia Computing Plymouth University (2000 -
2001)
HND in Information Technology, Cornwall College (1998 - 2000)
Additional Skills
Expert: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, data analysis, MS Project, Merlin
Highly experienced: Procurement, E-business, SSADM, web development, contract development, negotiation, database development, finance, marketing, business case development and managing people.
In addition; Planning process experience from both sides of the process, marketing, public relations, project initiation, tendering and costs management.
Interests and other
Key: Running, surfing, personal fitness and sailing. Riding the waves in North Cornwall is a powerful motivation to stay fit and healthy at all times and has involved travel and experiencing life removed from the regular tourist path. I have moved through Europe extensively and lived in the Gulf for five years
City Councillor for Truro
Cornwall Dyslexia Association
