The solutionĬhris’s first task was to hire programme leads to build a strong management team to manage and run the portfolio of projects. He is thus well versed in dealing with challenging programmes and senior stakeholder scenarios. Previously, Chris was a partner running the global systems implementation practice for PA Consulting. Recent clients include nPower, Royal Mail, Shell and Thames Water. He is a highly experienced programme director with a first-class track record delivering large-scale IT-enabled change programmes for blue-chip companies. The candidateĬhris Harden was engaged as interim IT programme director. The deadline for the deal to be completed was March 2019, giving only seven months for the delivery of the programme the CEO, Stephen Murdoch said, “ this was a highly-challenging timeframe for a transaction of this type”. The development of the TSA’s and the Migration plan involved close liaison with lawyers representing both Microfocus and SUSE and with the IT programme being at the hub of everything, excellent stakeholder management and communication skills were required to liaise across both Microfocus and SUSE management and executive teams. The IT programme required a heavy-weight IT programme director to manage and lead a globally distributed team of project and programme managers, internal technology specialists and third-party consultancies to deliver the separation activities. Micro Focus turned to Odgers Interim to find an interim IT programme director that could successfully manage the IT carve-out from the company. The scope of the IT programme therefore involved separating the existing IT systems, creating a number of detailed Transition Service Agreements (TSA’s) and developing a migration plan which outlined how data and services would be transitioned from the Microfocus systems to the newly built EQT system when it was ready. However, in order for the deal to complete in a timely fashion and not wait for the new system to be developed, Microfocus agreed to make changes to their own internal systems to enable SUSE to operate as an independent business, while sharing the broader Micro Focus environment The buyer, EQT, did not have their own existing IT solution capable of running the SUSE business and so needed to develop their own system which would clearly take some time. The IT workstream was at the hub of the programme with all other workstreams having major dependencies on it for their success. The sale of SUSE required an extensive carve-out programme to be created involving some 20+ multi-disciplinary workstreams across various geographies. EQT plan to grow the company as an independent business.
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In July 2018, MFI announced its first major disposal - the sale of the open–source software provider SUSE to private equity firm EQT Partners for an enterprise value of $2.5 billion. The company has tripled in size in the recent years by acquiring a number of technology businesses including HPE Software. The $2 billion group is both the seventh largest software company in the world and the largest technology company listed on the FTSE. Micro Focus International plc (MFI) is a leading, global infrastructure software company. Paul Wright, Head of the Technology Practice at Odgers Interim, speaks to Chris Harden about his recent assignment leading a technology separation programme at Micro Focus international plc for their largest ever asset sale The Challenge
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