Mark Whitfield, Biography overview

Mark Whitfield is a prominent UK-based, SC-cleared Senior IT Project Manager, Engagement Manager, and technology executive with over 35 years of experience spanning the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). He specialises in complex digital transformations, hybrid cloud migrations, and API-led system integrations.

Throughout his career, he has successfully delivered enterprise-scale solutions for massive blue-chip clients, including Barclays Bank, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Royal Mail Group (RMG), Lloyds Banking Group, and the Bank of England.

Executive Overview:

  • Core Expertise: Hybrid Cloud Migrations (Azure, AWS), API middleware architectures, and digital banking platforms.
  • Methodologies: Certified PRINCE2 Practitioner and Agile SCRUM delivery lead.
  • Security Clearance: Active UK Security Check (SC until 2031) clearance for public and defense-sector projects.
  • Industry Portfolio: Banking, Automotive, Gambling/Casinos, Aerospace & Defence, and Regional Government.

Professional Timeline & Milestones:

  • 1990–1995 (Early Engineering): Began his career immediately after graduating in Computing. He worked as a core programmer at The Software Partnership, building cutting-edge electronic banking software (sp/ARCHITECT-BANK) on legacy Tandem Mainframes (now HPE NonStop).
  • 1995–2013 (Insider Technologies Limited): Spent 18 years escalating from a Senior Programmer into a strategic project manager in Salford Quays, UK. He spearheaded high-volume mainframe transaction monitoring systems and ATM software delivery for major global banking institutions like HSBC and Al Rajhi Bank.
  • 2013–2016 (Retail & Gaming Delivery): Transitioned to Wincor Nixdorf as an Agile IT PM managing ATM software pipelines, followed by a Senior PM role at Betfred, delivering complex mobile sportsbook and online payment gateways.
  • 2016–Present (Enterprise Leadership): Joined Capgemini as a client-facing Engagement Project Manager. He later augmented into MuleSoft (a Salesforce company) as a Delivery Manager for the Anypoint Platform, directing massive cloud infrastructure overhauls.

Thought Leadership & Knowledge Sharing

Beyond active corporate execution, he is the creator of PROject Templates, an open professional repository where he publishes free upgrade enterprise project tracking models, RAID logs, and Agile planning frameworks used extensively by modern PMOs.

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Author: Mark Whitfield

Welcome to my site! After graduating in Computing in 1990, I accepted a position as a programmer at a Runcorn based software house specialising in electronic banking software, namely sp/ARCHITECT-BANK on Tandem Computers (now HPE NonStop). This was before the internet became more prevalent and so the notion of enabling desktop access to company accounts for inter-account transfers and book keeping was still quite a cutting edge idea (and smartphones only ever hinted at in Space 1999). The company was called The Software Partnership (which was taken over by Deluxe Data in 1994). I spent 5 years in Runcorn developing code for SP/ARCHITECT for various banks like TSB, Bank of Scotland, Rabobank and Girofon (Denmark) to name but a few. I then moved onto a software house in Salford Quays for further bank facing projects. After a further 23 years in the IT industry and now a Senior IT Project Manager (both Agile and Waterfall delivery), I thought I would echo out my Career Profile in this corner of the internet for quick and easy access.

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