Federico Freda

About Me

My personal mission is to make a difference by transforming companies into customer-centric organizations driven by a passion of innovating through Technology. My focus is on resolving high-impact business challenges to drive maximum value for our customers and shareholders.
Adept at helping organisations to maximise the value of Agile when transitioning from traditional ways of working. With extensive experience in IT delivery across a number of industries, I bring a wealth of knowledge to helping teams reach the right blend of Agile to improve delivery, in a better working environment.
A strategic thinker with proven leadership and people management skills who is confident working at senior level. Outstanding leader experienced in building diverse teams across multiple geographies. Excellent communicator adept at translating complex technical concepts into understandable business language.
I enjoy the challenge of getting things done in difficult environments with constraints such as cultural differences, political issues, legal and technical limitations.

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Experiences

Leading Delivery and Central PMO functions to successfully manage and support a portfolio of £80 million and about 300 projects. Building high-performance teams with great professionals located globally. Ensuring that projects and products at DIAGEO are successfully set up and resourced with the right blend of internal and external skills and capabilities. Additionally, co-leading a massive transformation program globally across the company (Agile transformation).

Key responsibilities:
• Lead a high performing team of Project Managers to deliver a portfolio of projects.
• Champion and implement Agile/Scrum Methodologies for product development;
• Build the capability of the team and manage performance to ensure the full portfolio is delivered on time, on budget and to the quality metrics.
• Own the delivery of all projects coming into the Portfolio and support in ensuring the projects meet the Entry Criteria to move from Pipeline into Project Delivery. This includes contributing to the development of the business case and as part of entry criteria, approving that scope, costs, timeframes, resource requirements and governance are suitable for the delivery of the project as part of the Entry Criteria.
• Ensure the health of the Portfolio including delivery status, risk mitigation, issue resolution and project delivery structure. Approves Governance and Risk Management Approaches for each project.
• Look at the projects within the Portfolio to identify resource synergies, project approaches and opportunities for more effective delivery. Identify opportunities within the delivery of Projects to implements Continuous Improvement initiatives within the Portfolio.
• Develop strong relationships with senior business stakeholders to influence the delivery of transformation outcomes and achievement of business benefits.
• Make sure the teams are gradually using the best processes to support Agile delivery;
• Ensure adherence to governance standards across the IT portfolio and providing transparency into overall change delivery performance;
• Manage capacity planning and resource management processes supporting the delivery teams with a forward view of work demands;
• Track, analyse and monitor portfolio performance metrics, highlighting and addressing any areas of concern;
• Build world-class delivery teams in line with the headcount growth plan;
• Ensure the delivery teams are structured in the best way to deliver the business goals

Single point of contact for all strategic IT demands from the business/clients and liaise with senior leadership. Leading a team that together bring industry expertise and can effectively partner with the business/clients in analyzing their needs and finding solutions.
Responsible for ensuring world-class delivery of end-to-end technology and innovation services across the Middle East, Europe and Africa and within Oil and Gas, Retail, Real Estate, Finance and Manufacturing industries.
Responsible for the line management and development of all the resources (Project Managers, Architects, Business Analysts, Developers, Test Engineers) allocated within the delivery teams. Providing leadership, direction and professional development of IT project resources ensuring skills and knowledge are aligned with requirements. Responsible for developing professional program and project management standards and ensuring that these are implemented.

Key responsibilities:
• Lead IT strategic and operational planning to achieve business goals by fostering innovation, prioritizing IT initiatives, and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT systems;
• Consult with business leaders in defining opportunities to appropriately leverage & extend the use of IT-based solutions & services in addressing business opportunities and challenges;
• Develop the department’s annual budget and ensure all employees are working within the assigned budget by setting the required targets and responsibilities;
• Develop strong and productive relationships with subcontractors, IT partners and with the company’s project team in order to ensure smooth delivery of the projects in accordance with contractual terms and conditions;
• Delivery of multiple programs, projects and products using the appropriate project management methodology, meeting time, cost and quality requirements;
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (Reviews, grooming, planning, retrospectives);
• Ensure the consistent and reliable delivery of IT Services through the promotion of Agile/Scrum principles and practices and by mentoring individual Scrum team members and stakeholders;
• Determine resourcing requirements, managing internal and external resources in cost-effective management consistent with the financial and budgetary agreements arrived at with the shareholder and businesses

I have led the development and implementation of information and technology-based solutions delivering business values and benefits to the clients within the Oil and Gas (downstream) and financial sectors across Europe and Africa. Actively applied fit for purpose project management principles, practices and processes.
Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals, in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders;
Establish and manage effective and trusted relationships with key Business and IT project stakeholders;
Coordinate the vendor evaluation and selection processes in accordance with Company’s requirements;
Develop, define and execute project plans, project scope, milestones, budgets and deliverables;
Identify and manage project risks, issues and dependencies and manage change;
Identify appropriate skill sets required for the project. Provide leadership in forming the appropriate project team in order to meet the project's objectives;
Ensure a proper and effective resource allocation across the projects;
Responsible for leading, managing and evaluating the performance of the project team;
Contribute for the set-up and management of the PMO;
Ensure customer’s Quality and Project Management methodologies and processes are applied to the proper level of rigor and utilized to facilitate successful project delivery;
Perform financial analysis, reporting, forecasting and planning activities such as weekly reporting, monthly reporting & analysis, quarterly forecasting & annual budgeting;
Maintain project schedule, action items and issues to ensure all work is defined, start and end dates solidified, risks identified & mitigated and tasks assigned and managed to closure;
Responsible for the pre and after sales of the projects for the client BNP Paribas;
Maintain invoicing activities and ensure payments settlement in timely manner according to the contracts and purchase orders;
Conduct project closure activities to formalize and communicate the project acceptance, handover documentation and ongoing activities to accountable teams and complete a post-implementation review to identify areas of improvement.

Senior IT Specialist / Project Manager

Sistemi Informativi

January 1999 to January 2009

Full-time

Rome

Italy

I started working at Sistemi Informativi as developer and business analyst for the client BNP Paribas in Rome, participating in various IT projects. My responsibilities were expanded with the time arriving to the point where I was delegated to manage teams and projects mainly within the banking sector.
Stakeholder management with Internal and external clients to ensure that expectations are managed;
Facilitate workshops and discussions to effectively gather requirements and achieve a joint understanding of needs;
Management of risk, issues and dependencies;
Develop, define and execute project plans, project scope, activities, schedules, budgets and deliverables;
Production of functional design documentation from business requirements;
Direct IT development teams and get the best out of developers by communicating priorities, objectives and expectations around deadlines;
Ensure all requests for development changes are recorded for monitoring/tracking;
Responsible for monthly financial forecasting, and recording of any project expenditure and reviewing against forecasts;
Complete thorough acceptance testing in order to meet the requirements of the specification;
Conduct project closure activities to formalize and communicate the project acceptance, handover documentation and ongoing activities to accountable teams and complete a post-implementation review to identify areas of improvement.

Education

ITIL Foundation

CSPO - International Scrum Product Owner

CSM - Certified Scrum Master

MPM - Master Project Manager

PROSCI - Change Management

PMP - Project Management Professional

Data and Systems Analysis - Honours

Computer Engineering - Honours

Business Administration - Honours

Skills

IT Infrastructure

Good
Software Development

Expert
Application Development

Good
Data Network

Good
Business Intelligence

Intermediate
Technical Support

Good
CRM

Good
Data and Systems Analysis

Good
Service Integration

Advanced

Project Management

Expert
Change Management

Advanced
Business Analysis

Good
Finance Management

Advanced
Budgeting

Advanced
Scheduling

Advanced
Stakeholders Management

Advanced
Risk Management

Good
Agile

Advanced
Waterfall

Expert
IT Business Strategy

Good
PMO

Good

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Technology & Business Leader

Portfolio Delivery Performance Lead

Senior IT Project Manager

Senior IT Project Manager / Account Manager

Senior IT Specialist / Project Manager

Certification

APMG International

Certification

International Scrum Institute

Certification

International Scrum Institute

Certification

AAPM - American Academy of Project Management

Certification

Prosci

Certification

PMI

Bachelors

University of Oxford

Master Degree

Universita La Sapienza

MBA

University of Northampton

IT

Project Management

Professional