Sharon Sumner

Sharon Sumner

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Sharon Sumner is an award-winning Microsoft technologist, dynamic speaker, and dedicated…

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    Casper365

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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    Orwell

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    Cambridge

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    London, United Kingdom

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    Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

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    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Licenses & Certifications

Publications

  • A Guide for Intranet Managers: 5 Simple Tips for Reviving an Ailing SharePoint Intranet

    CIO WaterCooler

    A SharePoint or Office 365 intranet is an incredibly powerful tool for driving collaboration and boosting productivity in your organisation. Without proper guidance, management, and time investment however, it can quickly be abandoned by users in favour of workarounds that help them to just get things done...

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  • Poor IS Governance: A Recipe for Chaos

    CIO WaterCooler

    You can’t effectively implement brand consistency without first establishing some clear brand guidelines, and the same rule applies to Information Systems. Deploying information management systems without any guidance on how and when to use them is a surefire recipe for chaos.

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  • The New Cloud Strategy Smart Businesses are Adopting

    CIO WaterCooler

    Moving to “the Cloud” is far more of a transition for a business than it initially seems, and it took the IT world a while to get used to the new model of working.

    I’m not talking about the virtualisation of your servers from on site to a “private cloud” or data centre, but about the real cloud based IT model...

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Projects

  • Major Investment Management Organisation - SharePoint 2013 solution design, development, and migration

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    SharePoint Consultant / Developer - Creating and deploying a complex SharePoint solution for the administration of investment and asset management clients. Incorporating BA, Design, Information architecture and development of complex workflows and business process integration using OOB SharePoint features and third party tools. Planning and deploying migration of developed farm to SharePoint 2013

  • Audible UK Ltd - SharePoint business process consultancy

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    SharePoint solution consultant and developer for internal business process SharePoint 2010 project

  • Cambridge Educational Institution - SharePoint Consultancy and Migration to Office 365 SharePoint Online from Livelink

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    SharePoint consultancy for a large educational institution in Cambridge, including SharePoint information architecture design, SharePoint project management, user training, and ongoing support. This project also involved the implementation of Office 365 SharePoint Online and the migration of large volumes of data from Livelink into SharePoint Online.

  • CVC Capital Partners - SharePoint project management, business requirements analysis, and process development

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    SharePoint 2013 On-premise and SharePoint Online consultant, Business Requirements Analysis and SharePoint 2013 process development Project Management.

  • FitFlop Ltd - SharePoint Online consultancy, and Office 365 pilot and migration

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    SharePoint Online consultancy and portal development. Office 365 identities, Single Sign On and exchange migration support. Continual SharePoint portaldevelopment

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  • Green Investment Bank - SharePoint Online and Office 365 Consulting, Information Architecture, and Support

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    Green Investment Bank required a solution for managing large volumes of complex and sensitive data, and multiple high value projects, while adhering to strict legal requirements for security, traceability and conformance.

    Delivered an extended proof of concept for a SharePoint project management system to give users access to a clear overview of ongoing projects and their statuses, and associated information/documentation, in one simple, rollup, RAG dashboard. Leveraged SharePoint search…

    Green Investment Bank required a solution for managing large volumes of complex and sensitive data, and multiple high value projects, while adhering to strict legal requirements for security, traceability and conformance.

    Delivered an extended proof of concept for a SharePoint project management system to give users access to a clear overview of ongoing projects and their statuses, and associated information/documentation, in one simple, rollup, RAG dashboard. Leveraged SharePoint search features to surface informatio where it was needed and reduce email clutter. Designed information architecture to create a consistent look and feel to the environment. To address security and compliance concerns, we demonstrated the rigorous levels of security within Office 365 and the range of ways in which data can be effectively monitored, managed and audited, to ensure high level compliance requirements are consistently met.

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  • Hain Daniels Group - SharePoint consultancy, development, deployment, training, and support

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    SharePoint 2013 key internal business process design, development and deployment. SharePoint 2013 Business Analysis, Consultancy, Development and Solution Deployment including User Training. SharePoint Support.

  • Hamlin / LittleFuse - SharePoint Migration to Azure

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    Project Management of SharePoint 2007 migration to Azure cloud environment.

  • International Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology Development Organisation - SharePoint Office 365 Consulting, Development, Intranet, Project Portals, External Sharing Sites, Data Rooms, and Business Process Automation

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    Development of the company portal for a large, international pharmaceutical/biotechnology development organisation in Cambridge. Project included the development of the corporate portal, including intranet, project portals, data rooms, secure external sharing sites, business process automation, and full, in depth SharePoint and Office 365 auditing via Power BI.

  • Light Blue Optics Ltd - SharePoint Online Intranet

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    SharePoint 2013 Online / Office 365 Consultant - Business Analysis and delivery of SharePoint Online Collaboration focused Intranet & Extranet.

  • London Fire Brigade - Deployment, configuration and training for a SharePoint Online collaboration portal & project management solution

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    Deployment, configuration and training for SharePoint Online project management solution for collaboration portal. Development of extensive SharePoint Online internal portals and public facing website with SharePoint collaboration driven functionality

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  • Mercedes Benz Financial Services - SharePoint Consulting, Infrastructure Planning, Business Process Improvement, Training, and Support for SharePoint 2013

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    Ran an interactive requirements gathering workshop with representative champions from each department, to help Mercedes-Benz Financial Services understand their SharePoint data management and business processes, and determine a SharePoint information architecture that would support their ways of working.

    Delivered training for SharePoint Admins and departmental champions, to empower them to take ownership of their environment, and use their knowledge to grow the environment beyond their…

    Ran an interactive requirements gathering workshop with representative champions from each department, to help Mercedes-Benz Financial Services understand their SharePoint data management and business processes, and determine a SharePoint information architecture that would support their ways of working.

    Delivered training for SharePoint Admins and departmental champions, to empower them to take ownership of their environment, and use their knowledge to grow the environment beyond their initial requirements, in accordance with company best practice.

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  • Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Organisation in Cambridge - Office 365 SharePoint Online Consulting, Information Architecture, and Development

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    A partnership relationship providing SharePoint Consulting for a large pharmaceutical/biotechnology research organisation based at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge. Project includes consultancy and development of their Office 365 SharePoint Online environment to facilitate collaboration, enhanced version control, document management, and project portals. Delivering and implementing a strategy for information architecture, site structure, governance, permissions models, and scalability.

  • Private Education Provider in Cambridge - SharePoint Support

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    Support via remote access for 1200 users in on premise SharePoint 2013. Ongoing contractual managed support.

  • Reed Exhibitions - SharePoint 2013 On-premise installation Project Management

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    Project Manage the SharePoint 2013 Design, Deployment and Training of the team at Reed for SharePoint 2013 on Premise Dev, Test and Live environments.

  • St John Ambulance - Office 365 SharePoint Online Intranet Feasibility Study

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    Feasibility study for migration from SharePoint 2010 on premise to Office 365 SharePoint Online. SharePoint consultant for process improvements and solution updates on existing SharePoint Intranet for 20,000 + Users and SharePoint consultancy and project management for future SharePoint Online migration / hybrid projects.

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  • Westminster Foundation for Democracy - Office 365 and SharePoint Information Architecture, Business Process Automation, Migration, and Training

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    This project involved the design and implementation of the information architecture, permissions models, workflows, and data surfacing for Office 365 SharePoint Online. Deployed workflows to automate business processes, and migrated data from SharePoint, Huddle, and shared drives into the new SharePoint structure. Delivered relevant training for admins, end users, and champions, and ongoing support.

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Honors & Awards

  • Microsoft Regional Direcor

    Microsoft

    The Microsoft Regional Directors program recognizes industry professionals for their cross-platform technical expertise, community leadership, public speaking experience, online influence, and commitment to business results. I have been invited to be a part of this program to share my commercial expertise with Microsoft senior teams.

  • Microsoft Business Applications MVP

    Microsoft

    Microsoft Business Applications MVP award
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