I first ‘met’ Dave over a conference call where I remember the atmosphere was not so great between organisations at the time.

The project had hit some sticking points and some serious obstacles needed to be overcome. The first few interactions with Dave were difficult (not because of Dave himself) but because the project priorities were not aligned and there was some serious work to do.

Dave was more than willing to work with me to rectify these issues (ones that all projects go through at some stage or another) and invested much personal time in ensuring that we were aligned so we could work with each other. We developed plans, reporting and a mutual understanding of one another’s priorities, agendas and issues and a wonderful working relationship was born.

It would have been most unusual if I wasn’t speaking to Dave daily if not twice daily and I genuinely feel that the dedication to the cause and Dave’s natural ability to understand, articulate and deliver was a credit both to himself and the client he was working for.

The simple explanation is that Dave ‘just got it’. He understood priorites, internal pressures, delivery, inplementation, testing, code defects, mis- aligned requirements – and this for me made things easier as I could have an open, honest and often fun call/meeting with Dave because he understood! I was impressed with Dave, especially his ability and calibre and feel that whilst ‘on the other side’ I learnt much from him. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Dave for any project/programme/delivery role as I know he would do just that – DELIVER!