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Website Author IT Career Timeline Breakdown
Mark Whitfield is a highly experienced IT professional with a career spanning over 30 years, transitioning from a technical programmer to a senior digital engagement and project manager. His expertise is rooted in HPE NonStop (Tandem) systems and has evolved to encompass complex Agile and Cloud delivery across diverse industries.
Early Technical Era (1990–1995)
Following his graduation in Computing in 1990, Whitfield began his career as a Programmer at The Software Partnership (later Deluxe Data).
- Focus: Electronic banking software, specifically sp/ARCHITECT-BANK on Tandem Mainframe Computers.
- Key Work: Developed code for major banks including TSB, Barclays, and Rabobank. This included early digital innovations like voice-driven phone banking and inter-account transfers before the internet was widespread.
Growth and Product Management Era (1995–2004)
Whitfield joined Insider Technologies Limited (ITL) in 1995 as a Senior Programmer.
- Focus: Platform health and diagnostic software for HPE NonStop systems.
- Key Projects:
- Co-developed diagnostic plug-ins for the Reflex monitoring suite.
- Managed the first HP OpenView Operations (OVO) Smart Plug-In certification for the NonStop platform in 2002.
- Consulted for CRESTCo (Euroclear) in 1997, conducting benchmark testing on new S7000 nodes.
Strategic Leadership and Project Management Era (2005–2014)
During this decade, he transitioned into IT Project Management, focusing on high-value financial transaction tracking.
- Focus: Waterfall and Agile project delivery for payment systems and banking infrastructure.
- Key Milestones:
- 2011: Led a massive transaction tracking project at Al Rajhi Bank (Saudi Arabia), parsing terabytes of tape-archived data into a normalised SQL database.
- 2013–2014: At Wincor Nixdorf, managed a £5+ million project for Lloyds Banking Group to migrate ATM driving responsibilities from legacy systems to AIX-based Oracle technologies.
Senior Digital Engagement Era (2014–Present)
Since 2014, Whitfield has focused on senior-level digital transformation and engagement management.
- Betfred (2014–2016): Served as Senior Digital Project Manager for online and mobile platforms (iOS/Android), managing fraud detection and payment gateway integrations.
- Capgemini (2016–Present): Joined as an Engagement Manager (SC cleared).
- Focus: Managing large-scale Agile and Waterfall digital projects across aerospace, defence, and government sectors.
- Notable Projects: Leading a £13.5m programme to migrate 130 UK government applications to the cloud (AWS/Azure) and delivering real-time airspace monitoring apps for air traffic organisations.
