Meet Barry Sacks

Barry is a Pelicam Managing Practitioner and has been working with Pelicam for two years. Barry has led a variety of interesting programmes, typically assisting clients to be successful by overcoming the challenges of delivering through multi-sourced partners.

He recently completed a challenging assurance assignment for a large insurance organisation where through the implementation of the Pelicam Health Check recommendations the programme will be brought back on track.

“Being independent to the organisation and by using the tools and techniques provided by  Pelicam’s unique Health Check toolset  I was able to interview over forty stakeholders in just a couple of weeks asking them the difficult questions necessary to really understand the cause of their issues. This would be extremely difficult to achieve as an employee”.

“I very much enjoy working with Pelicam. I appreciate having such a strong peer network of like minded and experienced individuals providing a forum to contribute to and learn from. The Pelicam Practitioners really do demonstrate excellence in Programme and Project Management and it is amazing what can be achieved, and the value you can add to your clients, when you work within a team of such people. I also enjoy contributing to Pelicam’s special interest groups and supporting Pelicam to raise awareness of Project Intelligence such as at the recent Best Practice Showcase event in London where I facilitated two very lively sessions.”

Other recent assignments that Barry has been responsible for include:

• The insight, analysis and recommendation for global resource optimisation on behalf of a blue chip client supporting all service delivery capabilities including insource, nearshore/offshore captive, and outsource partners (identified $34m of additional optimisation benefit)
• Delivering the portfolio of Web-based business & consumer facing programmes for a major FS provider integrating their back-office systems to online financial services and insurance solutions globally (reducing contract acquisition and approval duration from days to real-time)
• Programme definition for an innovative online “self-serve” strategy for a global insurance business supporting their strategic business transformation from primary channel (call centre) to online channels.

Barry is married to Tracy and lives in Hampshire. They both enjoy travelling, recently completing an unforgettable trip to the South American rain forest and Galapagos Islands, as well as the occasional mad moment such as jumping out of a plane strapped to a skydiver for charity.