About

Andrew Celi

Welcome Management Consulting Services was setup in early 2022, following a pivotal ten years of my career working at the intersection of technology design and development, solution delivery and operational transformation; the idea was to provide consulting support for scaling technology platforms, engineering practices, product operations and improving focus, execution and governance, the latter being relevant for when compliance to frameworks (SOC2, SOX, etc.) was among the business requirements. What attracts me most was the opportunity to support strategic execution and decision-making, while helping translate key objectives into execution; I bring to the table the ability to strike the right balance across technical feasibility, business impact and organisational readiness, while enabling those in leadership and executive positions to make more informed investment decisions. I am particularly motivated by environments that value systems thinking, the ability to transform with technology and data insights, as well as exercising collaborative influence.

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Here are past examples of systemic transformations:

2021/22: Lean-Agile Compliance Implementation

From a “zero-structure” scenario to full attestation of operational compliance with highly recognised standards (e.g. SOC 2 and ISO-27001) and allow smaller companies to engage with larger customers; one fast-growing start-up ensured a multi-million dollar seed funding round soon after a lightweight implementation of SOC 2 operational standards proved to early investors the solid grounds upon which the company was growing!

2021: Dynamic Product Delivery Model

Design and implementation of a purposely-made lightweight SDLC to also allow for reactive context-switching between Scrum or Kanban delivery methods based on upcoming roadmap items and nature of development work (e.g. Market-Event Release, Front-End Vs Back-End engineering).

2020: Iterative Risk Management Framework

Sprint-based (1-month cycles) reviews and updates of operational risks and constraints; this was engineered to improve operational resilience in presence of impactful events such as Covid-19.

2019: Graduates Enablement Framework

For up-skilling software engineering graduates on technologies relevant to the longer-term product strategy; this included coaching on Agile ways-of-working, time management and work prioritisation, all in the context of a distributed engineering environment.

2019: Hybrid SDLC Methodology

Hybrid approach to the SDLC by combining upstream Scrum-based Product Design & Planning with downstream Kanban-based Engineering workflow, all to populate the backlogs with better defined product features, then followed by a CI/CD approach to software engineering and delivery to reduce cycle times.

2014: ITIL-Agile Professional Services Delivery Methodology

Designed with Scrum iterations governing the Service Transition phase of an ITIL-based delivery model; this methodology, coupled with an innovative approach to internal resourcing of InfoSec implementations across an EMEA-wide theatre, contributed to a 300% increase in revenue in just 3 years, topping $30M/year at the end of 2014.