Royal Automobile Club
Bryan was engaged as Head of IT by the Royal Automobile Club, a prestigious private members club, to lead a two-year IT Transformation Programme. This included assessing the state of the IT systems and capability, clarifying the business strategy and then defining an IT strategy, programme and budget to achieve the club’s aspirations.
The programme included:
- Defining the IT strategy to support the Club’s ambitions for the future.
- Defining the IT transformation plan and capital and operating budgets.
- Establishing IT and project governance.
- Building and mentoring a new IT team at the Epsom administration centre.
- Defining the application and data architecture.
- Implementing a Hybrid Cloud deployment approach.
- Establishing IT and project governance.
- Implementing a new Wide Area Network.
- Upgrade of Local Area Networks in the London and Epsom clubhouses.
- New Wi-Fi infrastructure in the London and Epsom clubhouses.
- New server and storage infrastructure.
- Migration from Exchange 2003 to Office 365.
- Deployment of Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite and SharePoint.
- Replacement of 100+ desktop and notebook PC’s.
- Network and systems security and PCI DSS
- Developed a comprehensive Digital Strategy supported by PwC.
- Delivery of digital platform and mobile responsive website including phase I EPICS.
- New Point of Sale
- Upgrade of MS Dynamics GP Finance system.
- Upgrade of Concept membership, spa and activity booking system
- New Sportlabs’ Clubspark squash booking system.
- New ProcureWizard e-procurement system.
- New integrated Library and Collections
- Contract negotiations and vendor management.
Testimonials
“extremely technical and strategic in equal measure”
I had the pleasure of working very closely with Bryan on an ambitious and complex digital project of which he was very much the driver. The fact that he is both extremely technical and strategic in equal measure make him unique within the industry, and he has an unrivalled ability to cut through and get the job done. Would recommend highly.
Matthew Richardson
Business Development Director, Propeller Communications
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“a true expert”
Bryan is a true expert in his field with extensive IT experience in the hospitality industry. It was a pleasure to work with him on the implementation of the organisation’s digital transformation strategy and I recommend Bryan to anyone.
Michael Bedingfield MA FCIM
Head of Sales, Marketing & Communications, Royal Automobile Club
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“delivered digital transformation”
I have worked closely with Bryan over the past year to deliver a challenging digital transformation project. His industry knowledge and connections were essential, and with his passion to achieve a best in class solution we believe we have reached our goal together. I look forward to working together again soon.
Mark Lillicrapp
Technical Director, Propeller Communications
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“open, honest and engaged”
I worked with Bryan as Head of IT at the Royal Automobile Club. He is incredibly well connected in the industry with an in-depth knowledge of Strategic IT Development and Solutions and in particular Oracle and IT in Hospitality. I really enjoyed working alongside Bryan and found him to be open, honest, interested in learning and he engaged well in leadership meetings and strategic planning. His obvious experience of project management/leadership helped to bring structure and rigour.
Julia Mixter
Head of HR, Royal Automobile Club
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“Bryan delivered a step change in IT capabilities”
In two years Bryan delivered a step change in IT capabilities at the Royal Automobile Club. He successfully delivered a raft of IT projects and initiated the Club’s Digital Transformation Plan. He overcame some significant challenges in implementing an ambitious IT change programme over a short timeframe.
Sarah Farrar
Founder Farrar Consulting, Co-Founder True Gold Communications