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3rd Jefferson Lynch at Red Olive Reading, United KingdomInformation Technology and Services Current Red Olive Previous TAH, Unilever, Lever Faberge UK Education Chartered Institute of Management Accountants 500+ connectionsConnectSend Jefferson InMailMore options uk.linkedin.com/pub/jefferson-lynch/0/8b0/b76 Contact Info Background Summary I have over 15 years experience in the fields of Information and Data Management, assisting organisations such as Unilever, Virgin Media, Telegraph Media Group, T-Mobile, Novartis, Thermo Fisher Scientific, The Land Registry and many more. The underlying theme has been to add value through better exploitation of their information and data. My experience ranges from large corporate environments with SAP/Business Objects and Informatica, through to mid-size organisations working with Microsoft and Wherescape. I have sold and then delivered complex multi-country, multi-project, multi-year programmes with teams of 50-60 people and also very sharp projects with 3 people delivered in weeks. Specialties:information and data strategy, business performance improvement, business value from data Experience Red OliveDirector Red Olive January 2010 – Present (3 years 10 months) Red Olive was founded by a team of experienced Business Intelligence and Data Management Profesionals with a love for creating tangible business improvement. Our aim is to improve our clients' business performance fast, by helping them apply one of their greatest assets, their data, more effectively. Our three-part client value proposition is simple: 1) We aim to be strongly business-aligned and so offer a great customer experience. 2) We aim to provide short time-to-value, delivering tangible business benefits typically in blocks of 3 months or less. 3) We aim to conduct all our business dealings ethically. One practical implication is that there are certain perfectly legal business sectors for which we do not work, for example tobacco companies and gambling companies. Another is that our clients' interests come before Red Olive's. This means we only take on work if we believe the value to the client will outweigh the cost of engaging us. These values are unchanging, but as it happens they seem to have a particular saliency for our clients in light of the loss of trust in banking from around 2008. Recent personal engagements include developing a data strategy for a high profile financial services organisation, helping introduce predictive analytical modelling to a very large national retailer, designing and implementing a data warehouse and MDM solution for a household name media company, helping a major water company to better predict and prevent potential flooding, and working with a top 6 energy company on their strategy for information provision. (Open)2 recommendations Guy Shone Guy Shone Head of Consumer and Market Insight at The Money Advice Service Jefferson is clever, reliable, creative and an all round pleasure to work with. He brings fresh thinking, clarity and goes...View Atai Winkler Atai Winkler Proprietor Wintech Associates I worked with Jefferson on a big predictive analytics project for a major water company. I found his clarity of...View TAHPartner TAH February 2008 – December 2009 (1 year 11 months) Lead data consultant on a 3 year, €50M business transformation programme for the European division of the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of scientific equipment, global turnover $10 billion US. The client’s aims were to improve customer experience and increase productivity to better serve their growing customer base. I successfully bid to run data as a stream independent from the client’s systems integrator and software vendor partners. I was one of the 8 principal people on the leadership team for the transformation programme and my responsibilities were: • European data management strategy. The main area implemented to date is Europe-wide master data management and improvement of data quality for product and customer data. • Business engagement. Initially with global and European senior managers, later with country managers in preparation for the first go-live and wave 2. • Design of the new business data processes, including how to design in the right level of data quality. I created the design process for the new SOA-compliant data environment, including a multi-domain data hub. This also included making provision for the future data governance structures and introduction of an MDM system. • Implementation of data quality improvement. This covers both reactive cleansing of up to 4 years of historic data, and proactive design of new data capture processes to prevent poor quality recurring in the future. • Data migration for the business transformation to the new ERP system and a new data warehouse. The migration covers legacy systems in 14 countries and 20 businesses, with roughly 800,000 products and 50,000 customers in each country. (Open)1 honor or award (Open)5 recommendations, including: Bill Morris Bill Morris Business Systems Analyst at Tesco I worked with Jefferson on a Europe-wide system implementation for a common client that demanded sophisticated solutions to...View Kannan Jayaraman Kannan Jayaraman Data Management and Reporting - Practice Head at Wipro KPO I have great respect for Jefferson and he is the best manager I have had in my career. I have learned a lot from him, the...View 3 more recommendations TAH LimitedHead of Business Intelligence Consulting TAH Limited June 2006 – January 2008 (1 year 8 months) TAH is a specialist Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing company. Roughly two thirds of our revenue is from consulting services and the remainder from selling and subsequently supporting Business Intelligence software. We partner with Business Objects, Cognos and Microsoft. Above all our aim is to provide independent advice to our clients to satisfy their business decision-making needs. (Open)3 recommendations, including: Derek Atkinson Derek Atkinson Account Director at Benefex Jefferson is a superb ambassador for Red Olive. Through him, and his colleagues, it was possible to learn the ethos that...View Andrew Cherry Andrew Cherry Chief Financial Officer at Guoman Hotels Ltd Jefferson was an extremely personable service provider with a high level of integrity who worked hard to understand our...View 1 more recommendation UnileverEuropean Data Warehouse Programme Manager Unilever January 2005 – April 2006 (1 year 4 months) In 2004 Unilever announced its intention to simplify its business structure. Board membership was cut by half and European business groups were merged. A major business transformation programme was undertaken to create a single Unilever business in Europe (combined turnover around €20Bn), including creation of a set of service organisations for the region. With a budget of €10M I was responsible for: • Development of an enterprise vision for information through to 2009. • Replacing all existing information systems ahead of the SAP R/3 roll-out, from Apr 2006; integrating the long term vision into the roll-out plans. Among my achievements: • Established a united single team of 55 staff across 4 countries, providing information and data services to Unilever Europe’s business units. The two technologies standardised upon were SAP BW and Business Objects Data Integrator. • Created from scratch a support hub in Karachi, with annual savings in support of around €300k from 2006. • Set up a European Business Objects development team providing report development services off a shared, common platform; cut annual maintenance costs by over €100k. (Open)1 course Unilever - Home & Personal CareEuropean Business Intelligence Programme Manager Unilever - Home & Personal Care May 2002 – December 2004 (2 years 8 months) Home and Personal Care Europe (HPCE) was the division of Unilever that manufactured and sold products including Persil, Lynx and Dove. With a turnover of around €5bn, it employed 10,000 people throughout Europe. A new CIO arrived in late 2003 and I was promoted to overall head of Business Intelligence. With a budget of €3.7M, my responsibilities were: • Running a permanent staff of 20 based in the UK and France. • Developing a BI strategy for HPCE over 3 to 5 years; creating a compelling business vision and selling it internally to a targeted audience to promote centralisation. • Building sound relationships with senior stakeholders, both externally (software and consultancy providers) and internally (business sponsors and enterprise architects). • Design and construction of an integrated data model and data warehouse covering internal processes and external data such as EPOS from retailers. • Development of reporting systems for all levels of audience, from materials sourcing to effectiveness of advertising campaigns and summary board reports. My key deliverables included: • Winning a Unilever global award for IT excellence. • Successfully combining legacy data warehouses into one unified model. • Becoming Business Objects relationship manager by establishing a Europe-wide agreement and mobilising Business Objects as our partner. (Open)1 honor or award (Open)2 courses (Open)1 recommendation Richard Criddle Richard Criddle Group Head of Project Delivery at Ryman Group Jefferson is an extremely birght chap, who is always keen to get stuck in and find IT solutions to business problems.View Unilever Graduate Trainee - Commercial Lever Faberge UK 1997 – 1999 (2 years) University English Teacher, China Anshan Gang Tie Xue Yuan 1996 – 1997 (1 year) After receiving so much during my time at university I wanted to give something in return. I approached several international charities to work for them, but they all wanted me to be fully self-funding and I didn't have any money. Instead I wrote to the Chinese embassy in London, was interviewed and then applied to several technical institutes to teach English to adults. I eventually chose Anshan, which I only later discovered to be China's second largest steel production centre, after Shanghai. With no more than £200 to my name, I boarded a plane to Beijing in August 1996 ready to start fifteen months in China. Quite simply, what followed was an experience that profoundly affected me. I gradually learned to communicate in Mandarin and came to love both the Chinese and China. Courses Unilever - Home & Personal Care NLP Master Practitioner Open University post-grad diploma in Information Management Unilever OCR level 4 French exams passed (post A-level) Honors & Awards university exam prize winner, fluid mechanics and dynamics University of Cambridge July 1994 Unilever global IT award for innovation - short-listed Unilever CIO October 2004 This was a nomination for a team award resulting from very effective use of European supply chain data to greatly improve supply chain performance within Unilever Europe. A terrific team worked on this and I was in charge of one small part of it; when I look back I feel privileged to have worked with such great colleagues. Nominated for Dept of Health innovation award February 2009 Following a successful dashboard implementation targeting contract performance of around 50,000 of a certain type of NHS practitioner nationally, the CEO of the relevant division of the client nominated the work for the annual Department of Health Innovation Awards. This was not an individual award, I was head of a consulting team which had some very good members. Languages English Native or bilingual proficiency French Professional working proficiency Chinese Limited working proficiency German Limited working proficiency Skills & Expertise Most endorsed for... 79Business Intelligence 42Data Warehousing 17Master Data Management 16Business Process 15Business Objects 11Data Integration 9Business Intelligence... 7Data Quality 7Analytics 7Change Management Jefferson also knows about... 6Predictive Analytics 6Business Analysis 6Information Management 6Data Governance 6ETL 6Requirements Analysis 6Strategy 5Management 5Project Management 4Pre-sales 4Business Process... 4Consulting 4OLAP 3IT Strategy 3Microsoft BI Suite See 25+ Education Chartered Institute of Management Accountants ACMA, Management Accounting 1997 – 1999 University of Cambridge University of Cambridge M.Eng, Chemical Engineering 1995 – 1996 (Open)1 honor or award University of Cambridge University of Cambridge M.A., Natural Sciences 1992 – 1995 I was a man on a mission at university: I was the first person from my family to go and I wanted to make the most of my time there. I majored in physical natural sciences and graduated with a first and as a university prize winner. Academics aside, I also had some great fun and am in regular contact with university friends who are now dotted around the globe. Additional Info Interests leadership, performance coaching, NLP, small businesses, foreign languages, China Recommendations Received (11)Given (5) Director Red Olive Guy Shone Guy Shone Head of Consumer and Market Insight at The Money Advice Service Jefferson is clever, reliable, creative and an all round pleasure to work with. He brings fresh thinking, clarity and goes about his business with a high degree of integrity. I would have no hesitation in recommending him. March 31, 2013, Guy was Jefferson's client Atai Winkler Atai Winkler Proprietor Wintech Associates I worked with Jefferson on a big predictive analytics project for a major water company. I found his clarity of understanding and expression very helpful in trying to align the modelling with the busines objectives of the project. This helped contribute to a successful project. Additionally, Jefferson has a very engaging and agreeable manner in the way he relates to...more March 17, 2013, Atai worked directly with Jefferson at Red Olive Partner TAH Bill Morris Bill Morris Business Systems Analyst at Tesco I worked with Jefferson on a Europe-wide system implementation for a common client that demanded sophisticated solutions to complex data requirements. I found Jefferson to be a dedicated and intelligent consultant and project manager who helped me with many technical and project-management related issues. He is thoughtful, always good humoured and of the highest integrity....more July 3, 2011, Bill was with another company when working with Jefferson at TAH Kannan Jayaraman Kannan Jayaraman Data Management and Reporting - Practice Head at Wipro KPO I have great respect for Jefferson and he is the best manager I have had in my career. I have learned a lot from him, the way he genuinely has respect and values people, sells to clients, protect his company's interest and his team and the people who works for and with him. We both have been working for more than 3.5 years together and he recruited me at TAH. We have...more April 18, 2010, Kannan reported to Jefferson at TAH Roland Bullivant Roland Bullivant Sales Manager at Silwood Technology Limited It was a pleasure to work with Jefferson whilst he was at TAH and I was at SAP. We worked together on a number of sales engagements and marketing campaigns and I was regularly impressed by his logical, business focused approach and his ability to build a good level of rapport with senior customer staff. He is professional and rigorous and has a very clear understanding...more March 14, 2010, Roland was with another company when working with Jefferson at TAH Mark Jarvis Mark Jarvis Partner at Leopard Partners Jefferson and I worked together on several campaign developments during my time with TAH. He is clear thinking, intellectually rigorous and challenges pre-conceived ideas during the development stage. When presenting, Jefferson has a gravitas that lends authority to the quality of his message. Well received generally by customers and able to deliver a quality product...more August 27, 2009, Mark was with another company when working with Jefferson at TAH Mark Fulgoni Mark Fulgoni Senior Consultant at TAH I’ve worked closely with Jefferson and found him to be an excellent manager who is interested in developing his staff to the fullness of their potential. He fosters an inclusive team spirit and an enjoyable working environment. He is also an experienced and knowledgeable business consultant, able to build and develop business relationships at many levels from top level...more August 31, 2008, Mark reported to Jefferson at TAH Head of Business Intelligence Consulting TAH Limited Derek Atkinson Derek Atkinson Account Director at Benefex Jefferson is a superb ambassador for Red Olive. Through him, and his colleagues, it was possible to learn the ethos that they share. In dealings with him from first meeting through to contractual deliveries the whole experience was a pleasure. Take a look at Jefferson. Take a look at Red Olive. He delivers, they deliver and always with utmost professionalism. January 5, 2010, Derek was Jefferson's client Andrew Cherry Andrew Cherry Chief Financial Officer at Guoman Hotels Ltd Jefferson was an extremely personable service provider with a high level of integrity who worked hard to understand our requirements and even harder to satisfy them. Anyone looking to implement a business intelligence system would be well advised to call Jefferson. August 9, 2009, Andrew was Jefferson's client Pete Humble Pete Humble Principal Pre Sales Consultant - Business Intelligence at SAP I only worked with Jefferson for a short time but it was clear to see that he had a wealth of knowledge and a lot of experience, and would deliver value in any organsation. In addition to this knowledge, Jefferson had a very professional manner and a genuine management style, always making time for people and listening for feedback. July 3, 2009, Pete reported to Jefferson at TAH Limited European Business Intelligence Programme Manager Unilever - Home & Personal Care Richard Criddle Richard Criddle Group Head of Project Delivery at Ryman Group Jefferson is an extremely birght chap, who is always keen to get stuck in and find IT solutions to business problems. 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