Damian Willingale

Consultant

Profile

A technology leader with over 25 years experience of digital transformation, change management, IT department and programme leadership. Damian works with organisations to help them define and build teams that are capable of executing their business and technology strategies to meet company objectives.

 

Prior to joining D-Drop Consulting, Damian worked with a number of organisations: Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts, Whitbread, Value Retail and Picsolve International, to drive quick and foundational changes to their business by leading in the development and deployment of new technology. 

 

These roles involved responsibility for digital transformation, legacy system modernisation, application and infrastructure consolidation and portfolio management. He has led several initiatives in the development of new products and built high calibre teams to accelerate delivery to market. Having started his career in business, Damian has always focussed on ensuring that technology and technology teams are aligned with the goals of the business, to drive revenue and profit.

Damian demonstrated great skill in bridging business and technology in a way that fostered commitment and collaboration across the teams in Lille in the delivery of new products and solutions. Damian demonstrates excellent judgements in his decision making and is someone you can rely upon to deliver

Mark Cox, Co founder of PerformHQ

An expert at aligning technology roadmaps to business strategy and articulation of complex issues to executives. Engaging at both a strategic board level yet able to become hands on when needed, Damian enables businesses to confidently execute projects in the face of significant technical uncertainty.

Damian is reliable, trustworthy, strong in business engagement and was someone that l looked towards for leadership and clarity

Alex Thomson, CIO, Value Retail

Living just outside Milton Keynes, Damian also supports clients in and around London, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. He is highly ethical with a passion for business improvement.


Keen to ensure the business derives maximum value from any investment in technology, and that it extracts maximum value from existing systems – Damian delivers value from day one!


When not working, he likes to spend time with his wife and two children. He also likes running and indoor rowing, having recently completed a half marathon and a marathon distance in both disciplines. His charitable interests centre primarily on raising money for Diabetes UK and JDRF following his daughter’s Type 1 diagnosis in Dec 2017. Damian is very passionate about recognising their ongoing efforts in this field and for helping thousands of people like his beautiful daughter.

Case Studies

New digital image processing platform

A challenge in re-engineering legacy systems built with outdated technology via the use of a new design framework within an existing team structure.

Global Salesforce implementation

Review and consolidation of global Salesforce implementation, making recommendations and then delivering better overall solution and ROI

Enterprise-class cloud infrastructure transformation

Leading public sector outsource organisation needed to transform from multiple physical data-centres to best in class cloud based services.