SAVE THE CHILDREN 1919 Year founded
$ 2bn Save The Children ' s approximate revenue
17,000 Number of employees
weeks . We had to fix that .” The answer was a follow-the-sun model . “ The infrastructure ' s all in the UK serving globally , but we ' ve got people in Asia , people in Africa , Europe , Latin America who we started cross training to fill those gaps .”
In line with that , the organisation has set up tech hubs globally . “ In my team , there ’ s only one or two people left in the UK , with about 200 people around the world in different countries . It ’ s a federated model with about 85 in my wider team and the rest run by country offices .” We already had a technology Hub in Nairobi and opened a second in Q4 2019 in the Philippines to better serve our Asia users . “ We had been operating for about two months when the Philippines Government shut the country down due to Coronavirus , and they ’ ve been working from home ever since . So we had quite a difficult start , but the business and the members are recognising the value of doing it . And then we are also trying to expand our capability in Latin America . It ’ s one of our smaller operations , but time-wise , it gives us really good coverage .”
EXECUTIVE BIO
GERRY WATERFIELD
TITLE : DIRECTOR OF IT GLOBAL OPERATIONS
COMPANY : SAVE THE CHILDREN INDUSTRY : CHARITY LOCATION : LONDON
Gerry is a highly experienced
Technologist who is able to adapt to technology and business trends . He is experienced in Satellite , Robotics and Semiconductor manufacturing , through to implementing large changes in the Media , BPO and NGO sectors . Organisations he has worked for include the Daily Mail , Serco , Texas Instruments and Save the Children .
He is a problem solver with a wealth of experience in change , innovation , software development and service delivery , which has allowed him to consolidate systems , people and businesses to provide simpler , streamlined and cost effective solutions to meet the demands of the organisation . He possesses a proven record of accomplishment delivering “ digital enabled business transformation ”.
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