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Hi, I’m Mark Bishop, a seasoned Project Manager with a track record of delivering complex IT and data-centre programs across Banking, Insurance, Media, and Education. I excel at bringing structure, stakeholder alignment, and pragmatic execution to multi-site initiatives, ensuring on-time, on-budget results with minimal business disruption.
I thrive in fast-paced environments, manage diverse teams and vendors, and translate technology challenges into clear business outcomes. I’m Prince2 certified and comfortable leading governance, risk management, and budget control while maintaining transparent communication with executives and frontline teams.
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Senior Project Manager - Data Centre – Migration at Intertek
May 1, 2025 - May 1, 2025Led global data centre migrations in Houston and Singapore, coordinating storage, databases (SQL/Oracle), applications, firewalls, load balancers, tape libraries and data migration activities. Established governance, budget control, and vendor coordination to minimise business disruption with zero downtime.
Senior Project Manager at Hampshire Constabulary
June 1, 2024 - June 1, 2024Spearheaded relocation of central IT infrastructure, rollout of a new team phone system, and data centre consolidation to improve cost efficiencies. Directed planning, governance and stakeholder communications to ensure smooth delivery.
Senior Project Manager – Hitachi at Hitachi (Swisslinx)
March 1, 2023 - March 1, 2023Remote application readiness initiative; defined scope with Country IT Manager, ensured business continuity and represented application readiness within the country deployment organisation, implementing wave-focused governance.
Interim Project Manager at RPC Legal
February 1, 2022 - February 1, 2022Led IT aspects of office fit-out and relocation projects; supervised data cabling, BT links, equipment procurement, and Teams AV setups to achieve project milestones.
Interim Project Manager at Chaucer Insurance
October 1, 2021 - October 1, 2021Managed a mid-flight London office fit-out focusing on AV (Crestron & Poly) installations; coordinated third-party vendors and procurement for timely completion.
Programme / Project Manager at DLG Insurance
May 1, 2021 - May 1, 2021Led UK-wide Service Transitioning Program migrating 14,000 users to Windows 10 & MS Office 365; managed 12,000+ users across 40 sites; built inventory with BAs; oversaw EUC desktop migrations.
Project Manager at AIG Insurance
September 1, 2018 - September 1, 2018Imposed structure for a network upgrade project across EMEA; managed remote third-party supplier, delivering equipment upgrades and improvements in user experience.
Project Manager at Jefferies Bank
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018Spearheaded a Data Centre migration with new and existing core infrastructure; ensured uninterrupted application performance through failover and disaster recovery testing; relocated primary service locations and performed end-to-end testing and governance; managed USD 2.4m budget across multiple workstreams.
EMEA Project Manager at Telecity / Equinix
February 1, 2017 - February 1, 2017Led a program to replace aging CISCO equipment in EMEA with Juniper solutions, from high-level design to successful customer migrations.
Programme/Project Manager at AIG Insurance – Corydon
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015Oversaw 93 sites across 27 countries; WAN enhancements and data centre migrations; led separation of divested sites and discovery/separation of applications for streamlined migrations.
Flinders University – Network Refresh Programme at Flinders University – Australia
March 1, 2014 - March 1, 2014Managed network refresh: 18km fiber, remediation of 146 Comms Rooms, 46 campus buildings, 2000 wireless APs; upgraded Cisco core; IT fit-outs for new facilities post-refurbishment.
Global Programme/ Project Manager at AEGIS – Media
March 1, 2013 - March 1, 2013Global infrastructure workstream lead within the IT Transformation program; managed cross-functional projects and vendor engagement with Tata.
EMEA Project Manager at AIG – Insurance
June 1, 2012 - June 1, 2012Global Services portfolio across Europe; Lead Project Manager within Business Operations for a Global Data Centre consolidation program.
HostWorks – Web Hosting and Digital Media Solutions at HostWorks
August 1, 2011 - August 1, 2011PM delivering critical hosting and digital media services for Seek, AMG, AHL, Codan and AusPost; dedicated project management support.
EMEA Deployments – AIG at AIG – Croydon
March 1, 2011 - March 1, 2011Managed portfolio of 20+ projects across EMEA (WAN/LAN/Telephony/Firewall) with 93 sites in 27 countries.
Senior Project Manager at Cullum Capital Ventures
December 1, 2009 - December 1, 2009Senior PM/IT Manager working across infrastructure-focused projects and operational issues within the insurance sector.
Credit Suisse – HP onsite at Credit Suisse
December 31, 2007 - December 31, 2007HP onsite migration; governance of 40,000 Active Directory accounts across 50+ sites; application consolidation and data migrations.
Credit Suisse Desktop Support at Credit Suisse
December 31, 2004 - December 31, 2004Desktop support role supporting user devices and helpdesk functions.
Credit Suisse Desktop Support Manager at Credit Suisse
December 31, 2003 - December 31, 2003Managed desktop support team and service delivery for end-user computing.
Schroders & Co Limited at Schroders & Co Limited
December 31, 2000 - December 31, 2000Support Analyst providing IT support across the organization.
Towergate / CCV Insurance Operations Overhaul at Towergate / CCV Insurance
December 31, 2009 - December 31, 2009Led operations overhaul and IT integration initiatives within insurance operations.
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Prince2 Certified Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025Industry Experience
Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Education, Telecommunications, Software & Internet, Professional Services
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