Dean Forbes
Director at Brand Dean
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDean Forbes is an experienced service delivery and programme manager with over a decade leading complex IT transitions and building delivery models for clients including Unilever, Deutsche Bank and Transport for London. As founder and Director of Brand Dean and a long-term senior consultant, he combines hands-on delivery experience with interim leadership across large-scale change, release and deployment capabilities. He is skilled in stakeholder engagement and thrives in both structured and ambiguous environments, bringing accredited training in PMP recovery, Prince2, ITIL and board governance. Unusually for a delivery leader, he also holds training in counselling and negotiation dynamics, which he leverages to defuse conflict and accelerate stakeholder buy-in. Based in London, he focuses on practical, auditable solutions that align technology, process and people.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Negotiation Dynamics Programme, Negotiation Dynamics Programme at University of the WitwatersrandEndorsed by IOD (Institute of Directors), Endorsed by IOD (Institute of Directors) at Corporate Governance, Directorship and Board EffectivenessEducation - Professional, Vendor and IndustryUCL Advances & Mobile Monday Mobile Masterclass, UCL Advances & Mobile Monday Mobile Masterclass at Mobile Academy 2013PMP CPD, Rapid Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects, PMP CPD, Rapid Assessment and Recovery of Troubled Projects at The George Washington University - School of BusinessLeadership and Management, Business/Commerce, CPD Business Course, Leadership and Management, Business/Commerce, CPD Business Course at UCL, London United KingdomCounselling and Psychotherapy Training, Transactional Analysis - Eric Berne, Counselling and Psychotherapy Training, Transactional Analysis - Eric Berne at The Link CentreEngineering Background
Github Skills (27)
cnc-machine10
stm32f49
laser-cutting9
bluepill9
cnc9
jupyter-notebook9
hal8
2d8
svg8
servo8
python7
cnc-controller5
effort5
webgl4
gcode4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
deanforbes/Staubli_RX60L
May 2018 - Jan 2022
Contributions:3 releases, 66 commits, 49 pushes in 3 years 8 months
yazici/Yaskawa_Motoman_YRSV3_J30
May 2018 - Aug 2018
Yaskawa_Motoman_YRSV3_J30
Contributions:16 commits in 2 months
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