DAD People
Selected Digital Apps Delivery Global Consultants
Graham Duncan Murray - UK Based Founder and CEO
Graham has almost 40 years IT and Business experience gained working and living in the UK, USA, Middle East, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. From Contract Logistics in the UK, Oil & Gas in the UK, UAE, Kuwait and Saudi to Utilities in Eastern Australia, Mining in Western Australia, Airlines in Hong Kong and Healthcare in Qatar, Graham has delivered Services and Solutions to Customers and worked with some of the world's giants in SAP, Oracle, IBM, Atos, Al Abbas, NEC, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Kuehne + Nagel, Cathay Pacific and Hong Kong Airlines. Graham's roles have covered Consulting Delivery, Sales and Customer Relationship Management. Very much a people person, father of 4, Graham likes to lead by example and holds strong values in Honesty, Integrity, Belief and Pioneering.
UK - Logistics
Graham returned to the UK in 2017 after 20 years abroad and joined KN Drinks Logistics as a Programme Manager. Within 3 months Graham was promoted to Business Systems and Programs Manager and at the beginning of 2019 Graham took on the role of Head of Programme for Kuehne + Nagel UK wide, expanding the role to cover major Programs across the vast UK Network covering Drinks, Foods, MoD, Pharma, Retail & Technology and Aerospace.
Hong Kong - Airlines and Cargo
Graham twice relocated to Hong Kong, first from Perth, Australia with Oracle to join Hong Kong Cargo Terminals Limited then to return a second time to Cathay Pacific.
Graham was provided by Oracle in the role of Executive level Director at Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (HACTL). He worked on a program to transform outdated Real-Time Systems onto modern Technologies and Application Systems using Oracle's Fusion Middleware and Java Application Software. Graham managed teams of Program and Project Managers introducing Standards, Procedures and Techniques in line with modern day Infrastructure, Middle Ware, Programming Languages and Methodologies. Graham was chairman of the Steering Committee reporting to the Board of Directors consisting of multiple stakeholders from various companies.
Graham was Program Manager for the Design and Implementation of real time connectivity between ground and air during all stages of flight on Cathay Pacific's fleet, working closely with Engineering, Flight Operations, Pilots, GM's, Directors and the CEO. When Cathay Pacific took delivery of their first Airbus A350 Aircraft Graham was on board from Toulouse, France, delivering the plane into service at Hong Kong International Airport. An experience not to forget. Graham also took on the role of Account Manager for the Enterprise Solution Center, managing a portfolio of programs across many lines of business at Cathay City.
Part of the Digital Transformation at Cathay Pacific involved frequent work with the Pilot community to understand their needs, whether it was upgrading the cockpit to become paperless, transmitting Tech Logs in real time or integrating Cabin Systems, Graham often flew in the cockpit to gain an understanding of the communications between Ground and Aircraft Systems and the impact on Aviation equipment. Graham also evaluated differing technologies on board aircraft for connectivity suitability.
Hong Kong Airlines were struggling to organize the company to deal with new fleet type arrivals, implement IT Solutions, Integrate Departments and in general struggled for IT to have a voice in the Board. Graham joined as Deputy GM and successfully selected a Vendor Solution for a fully integrated Flight Operations system following multiple global site visits to evaluate solutions in operation at various Airlines. Hong Kong Airlines took guidance from Graham and created the role of IT Director with a voice in the Board.
The Middle East - Oil & Gas, Petrochemical and Healthcare
The Middle East was quite an experience for Graham. Delivering solutions to the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical giants across the region included EPPCO, ENOC, ADCO and ADNOC in the UAE, KOC, KPC, KNPC in Kuwait, SABIC in Saudi Arabia as well as Al Abbas in FMCG, Qatar Petroleum in Healthcare and Design of the IT Newtwork Infrastructure for the Education City at Qatar Foundation.
Graham spent 1 year in Kuwait City responsible for a Program of works to implement Oracle eBusiness suite for several of Kuwait's giants: KOC, KPC, KNPC. Very demanding clients who, during design phase, requested that we disengage with their resources and just implement our product. A greenfield in every sense !
Creation and Management of a Project Management Office (PMO) to oversee the bid process through to implementation of Projects, ensuring that all projects adhered to Corporate and IT Strategies, whilst setting timescales and ensuring expectations were correctly set for the Royal Commission of Jubail, Yanbu and Riyadh.
Graham managed a joint venture Implementation of SAP ERP, SAP Maintenance and Meridium Asset Performance Management software for Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC). Teams were assembled from the USA, MIddle East and Saudi Arabia. Stationed in Yanbu in the North West of Saudi on the Red Sea. Conditions were extreme but results were significant for SABIC.
Graham managed a Program for ADCO and Oracle to develop extensibility software which allowed Oracle clients to modify core system functionality without the need for developers. The teams were located in Denver, Aberdeen, and Dubai. This also involved inplementation of Oracle's eBusiness Suite as well as Supply Chain and Warehouse Management.
Emirates Petroleum Products Company Limited is where it all started in the Middle East for Graham. Brought in from the UK by Oracle Graham implemented Oracle's eBusiness Suite, Supply Chain, order Management, Warehouse Management, Human Resources and Payroll systems. This included implementations at EPPCO's Star Mart's which were retail shops at their Fuel Stations.
Successful at EPPCO Graham moved on first to ENOC to implement similar solutions before vbecoming Oracle's Program Manager for the Middle East region, implementing Oracle's eBusiness Suite, Supply Chain, Order Management and Warehouse Management software.
Qatar Petroleum engaged with Graham to evaluate the World's leading providers of Healthcare software. The Top 50 were invited to Tender with a Long List of 10 being selected for further evaluation, with the final 3 successful vendors hosting site visits to highlight and demonstrate the benefits of their solutions for QP's Onshore and Offshrore Clinics.
Graham was engaged by Qatar Foundation to draw up the IT Network Infrastructure Strategy for the Education City, now an Icon for Qatar. Starting from scratch, in the desert, the Education City grew at enormous pace and the technology for the Schools, Universities, Campus and Accommodation all required latest technologies to be implemented. A truly transformational program.
Australia: Oil & Gas, Mining and Utilities
Graham was asked by Oracle to return to Oracle in Perth, Western Australia and went on to have two spells in Australia, both around 3 years, the second in Brisbane before returning to Perth. Graham had several roles which saw him working across the Country in Queensland, New South Wales, Southern Australia and Western Australia.
Reshaping of the NEC IT Solutions practice across Australia, responsible for defining the practice structure, building customer and vendor relationships, engagement and alignment of strategies with Major Vendors as well as management of all NEC resources across Australia. Graham provided leadership and guidance to the National Delivery Team and the PMO in securing ITIL status, associations and memberships as well as partner status accreditation. Implementations included Oracle’s eBusiness Suite of Financials, HR&Payroll as well as Peoplesoft.
Responsible for the delivery of the Upstream Portfolio of Programs and Projects for Origin Energy, working with and managing the PMO, Business Partners and Program Managers in association with other Delivery Managers in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. The Upstream Portfolio of Programs and Projects covered all aspects of the Upstream Business (Capital Projects, Finance, Oracle ERP, Land Management, Asset Management, Production, Maintenance, Geophysics, Petroleum Engineering, Hydrocarbon Accounting and Exploration) with over 40 Projects in total.
Graham was Portfolio Program Manager with responsibility for delivery of Facilities Engineering and Integrity Management portfolios into INPEX flagship Ichthys LNG project. Graham looked after preparation of Master Data through third party software, NRX Asset Hub into SAP Plant Maintenance, Asset Performance Monitoring solutions from Meridium including Functional Safety, Corrosion & Erosion, Inspection Management & Reliability and other solutions from Intergraph for management of Engineering Drawings and Data, integrating all solutions using both standard connectors and non standard solutions.
Graham was the Strategic Account Manager for Oracle at the Government of Western Australia for a Shared Services program, responsible for generating revenues for Oracle by selling services and solutions into the account and managing teams across several lines of business. Graham assisted Sales Teams and Clients on contractual agreements securing over AUD 20M annual business, transformed a failing program into a reference account, sold Oracle Services to the Government, delivered projects with higher than expected margins, managed outsourced resources in the Philippines and India and performed Project Health Checks at other Client Sites for Oracle.
Graham was the Oracle Program Manager responsible for the implementation of Oracle's eBusiness Suite for Barrick Gold, the world's largest Gold producer. Kalgoorlie, home of the Superpit, the largest mine in the Southern Hemisphere is where Graham managed the implementation of Finance, Maintenance, HR and Payroll. This was the world's first successful implementation of Oracle R12 Finance and Maintenance, a huge success for Oracle. A truly amazing experience in the wilderness of Australia's outback. The featured Hotel is where Graham stayed, some 800 miles inland form Perth, Western Australia, a mining town resembling something you would see in a Cowboy movie.
Singapore and Hong Kong: Communications and Telecommunications
Graham relocated with Oracle from Dubai, UAE to Singapore
Internet Communications
Graham provided expertise in Project Management to Oracle resources and advised Sales Teams on Oracle’s latest selling Tools and Techniques. He assisted clients entering into Oracle’s Marketplace Exchange for B2B.
Telecommunications
Graham completed a Feasibility Study for Philippines Long Distance Telecommunications (ePLDT) in the Philippines to connect any device to any service, ensuring that the strategy enabled the people in the Philippines affordable access to Mobile Phones and Solutions.
Telecommunications
Graham managed the program to transition PCCW in Hong Kong to become the world’s first to self Host Oracle’s Marketplace Exchange.
Kathleen Phillips - USA Based Senior Program and Project Professional
Mark Kerry - UK Based Senior Project manager
Kathleen is a creative, innovative, motivational, technical and results-oriented Program Manager driven by challenges requiring exceptional problem-solving and critical thinking skills to deliver people, process and/or technology solutions which result in enhanced customer experiences, increased revenues and/or cost reductions. Over 25 years of senior leadership and program management successes on both the customer and supplier sides of the business, have provided an excellent basis for understanding business problems to design, develop, implement and support solutions to those problems. Kathleen has exceptional cross-cultural and cross-organizational influencing, management and communication skills to facilitate the articulation of complex problems and IT solutions to business and IT leaders at all levels within the organization.
Mark is a Cranfield trained logistics project manager with over 25 years’ experience in the role. He works to Prince2 standards and specialises in WMS implementations, host systems, warehouse control systems and carrier management systems integration.
Mark can lead workstreams through concept of operations, concept of system and solution design documentation. He is experienced at leading teams through proof of concept, integration design, system configuration, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, implementation and hyper care, all supported by solid documentation.
Mark has worked with TNT fashion group, DHL, Travis Perkins, RS Components, M&S, Debenhams, Abercrombie & Fitch, Clipper Logistics, (Head of Solutions for 4 years) Kuehne + Nagel to name a few. While specialising in WMS & WCS work Mark has also been lead PM for several site start-ups including fit out and general build. He is very experienced in e-com fulfilment process design and returns management handling.
Michael Dodd - Philippine Based BUsiness and IT Executive Advisor
David Gault - Hong Kong and Oman Based Business Continuity Manager
Michael has completed engagements across a broad spectrum of Information Technology in Airlines, Banking and Consulting. He has contributed to his clients by adding value to the business bottom line.
His strength is delivery; delivering “projects” on time and on budget with staff satisfaction and business case achievements tracked and realized.
He has senior level experience working with both Supplier and Customer organisations and is able to add considerable value to whatever engagement he takes on because of the depth and breadth of his working experiences.
Having worked in the UK, Canada, Australia, and Asia Pacific in South Korea, Malaysia, and Hong Kong as well as on including short term engagements in the Philippines, India and Singapore Michael brings a wealth of knowledge and cultural understanding to his clients.
For a Customer organization: by example, he has conducted project health checks, risk assessments, writing and managing EOI and RFPs, assessing business case viability, directing change management programs, established project governance structures and leading RFP negotiating teams.
For a Supplier organisation, again by example, his experience covers all stages of RFP qualification assessment, build and response to a customer as well as how to ensure consulting teams deliver to meet client goals and objectives.
David is a very experienced and established Crisis Management, Pandemic Response Planning (SARS and COVID-19), Crisis Communication, Risk Management, Emergency Response Planning and Business Resilience professional.David has been involved in the coordination and management of two aviation accidents in Asia. He coordinated the SARS and COVID-19 corporate response for 2 international airlines. Highly respected in the aviation sector and has multi-industry experience. Has over 20 years of solid international experience and exposure in the development of Pandemic Response Plans, Crisis Management Plans, Crisis Communication strategies, preparation of Business Continuity strategies, advisory roles, delivering specialist Crisis Management training and workshops. Regularly works alongside C-suite Executives on Crisis Management Leadership coaching and decision making.
Anand Bakshi - India Based Senior Project Implementation Manager
Janita Hogervorst - UAE Based Business Consultant
Anand is an experienced executive able to set a vision for business and technology professionals that pushes the team to achieve beyond their own expectations. He creates an environment of trust and tolerance of risk that enables an open, honest and collaborative approach to complex problem solving of ambiguous challenges. Anand has nearly 20 years of IT experience helping leading European, USA and global clients to define and achieve their digital transformations, including application modernization and cloud, managing intelligence sector engagements which includes digital technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics Process Automation, Data Analytics, Blockchain and DevOps tools.
Janita is an excellent negotiator in a variety of fields, people skills, increasing company profits and growth. Janita Communicates and influences at all levels.
Janita has experience in reviewing, analysing and leading contract negotiations within varied sectors in large corporations, she has participated in compliance reviews and commercial escalations. Created terms and conditions contained in RFPs, best and final offers and other documents required to be submitted as part of the competitive bidding process through implementation of the process to effective manpower required to complete the project. She has cultural and ethical awareness globally. Janita identifies customer needs and provides innovative cost effective solutions. She establishes effective relationships within the client business and supplier/partner environment. Janita is a conscientious, customer/client focused planner and evaluator.
Brian Horn - Senior SAN Specialist
Liam Ryan - Hong Kong Based Senior Program Manager
Brian is a highly dynamic IT professional with international experience in the IT industry. He has a track record of designing, developing, and implementing creative, client-pleasing solutions to complex business problems. He has expert operational knowledge of SAN infrastructure, Data Centre, and enterprise-level backup technology. Brian has a proven track record in leading pre-sales technical/functional support activities to prospective customers while ensuring optimal client satisfaction. He has an exceptional ability to understand and interact with clients as well as prepare proposals, responses, and contracts.
Liam is a dynamic, energetic, and highly experienced professional with a solid background and substantial knowledge in Program Management, sales roles and other Business Management duties.
Liam is highly skilled in business market with solid history of success, including oversight of multimillion-dollar projects. Industrious and creative program manager with over 15 years of experience in the global high-tech business market overseeing complex launches. Proficient in coordinating and providing guidance to teams, to maintain long-term quality service and achieve objectives. Steadfast leader, mentor, and coordinator with track record of steering improvement in projects, building and guiding top-performing teams, and optimizing internal operations. Talent for cultivating and supporting team relationships, along with the ability to manage large groups remotely.
Amen Lueng - Hong Kong Based PMO Analyst
Mark Schonfrucht - South Africa Based Senior Developer
Amen is an experienced PMO Analyst. She has very strong project coordination skills through her knowledge and experience with PMO activities. She possesses excellent organizational skills to ensure tasks are prioritized and completed in time. Her close attention to detail has resulted in meticulous and accurate work. Amen is also able to effectively communicate to all project stakeholders at all levels in order to ensure consensus and positive outcomes. She speaks fluent English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.
Mark has a wealth of experience gained in Europe, UK and South Africa. Mark is a dedicated and exceptionally talented Developer who has worked on various Development and Applications Implementation projects for over 40 years. Mark is the one you can rely on when Technical issues require a strong mind.
Contact Info
Telephone:
+44 207 101 3219
Email: digitalappsdelivery@gmail.com
Registered Address:
3rd Floor Office, 207 Regent St, London, England, W1B 3HH
UK Head Office
14 Stanford CLose, Hampton, Middlesex TW12 3XZ
Scotland Office:
6 Cunninghar Road, Newmachar, Aberdeenshire, AB21 0NZ
Digital Apps Delivery, registered as a limited company in England and Wales under company number: 12625498. VAT Registration Number 87877 24800