During his tenure at Wincor Nixdorf, Agile IT Project Manager Mark Whitfield led critical banking transformation workflows. The details of his project work, structured by your requested parameters, are detailed below.
💳 Project Breakdown: Self-Service Software Replacement (SSSR)
- Project Name: Self-Service Software Replacement (SSSR) programme.
- Year: September 2013 – December 2014.
- Location: On-site at Halifax, UK (with coordination links to Wincor Nixdorf in Paderborn, Germany).
- Technology: Multi-vendor ATM hardware integration, ProClassic Enterprise (PC/E), AIX platform, Windows 7 migration, and HP NonStop.
- IT Languages / Databases: Oracle database, BASE24 Classic, and XP running environments.
- Customer: Lloyds Banking Group (LBG).
- Budget: £5+ million work stream.
- Project Overview: Managed a comprehensive multi-phase hardware and software transition designed to upgrade the entire LBG ATM estate from Windows XP to Windows 7. It successfully transferred ATM driving responsibilities away from legacy BASE24 Classic setups over to Wincor’s modern ProClassic Enterprise (PC/E) platform.
- Highlights: Coordinate delivery efforts across both UK and off-shore technical resources. Maintained highly adaptive Agile Scrum workflows to navigate changing client technical requirements.
- Political Landscape: Delivered during a massive post-2008 financial crash era defined by strict banking regulatory overhauls and high-street legacy architecture rationalisation.
- Awards: Formally received the Wincor Nixdorf “Above and Beyond” Award in recognition of outstanding delivery achievements on the LBG project stream.