Niall M. Reynolds
Niall M. Reynolds
http://tacaintl.com ***
Construction Economist, PQS, BSc., M.A.
Enterprise
Niall has managed many aspects of procurement and process improvement as it relates to large international capital projects from ‘Buy-Out’ to the adjustment of ‘Procure to Pay’ processes and systems in relation to changes in contracting strategy.
Large International projects are awash with data and Niall has worked with many teams in order to improve data analysis and provide insight and not hindsight when it comes to project reporting especially in the new area of Data Visualisation.
Professional Services
Niall has acted as Interim Manager while projects were waiting for key staff to be recruited or as more often the case released from other assignments. He has carried out operational assessments / audits on all aspects of project controls on large capital projects.
Finance
Coordinated the preparation $Bn + estimates for capital projects. Prepared viability / comparison reports on bids received not only for project work but also from professions services.
Personal Development / Monitoring
Provided training for personnel new to the project controls aspects of capital project management. Coached and mentored key personnel in this area.
Designed, developed and deployed process and system change initiatives including running User Acceptance Testing (UAT) sessions and training workshops. More recently developing a range of online / on demand training sessions
Positions held to date
Niall has many years of professional experience holding senior staff positions as outlined below. See below for details of Niall’s positions held to date.
- Founder/Owner/President of TACA International
- Consultant Subject Matter Expert for www.enstoa.com
- Finance Controller – Intel in Phoenix, USA
- Regional Cost Contracts Mgr’ – Intel based in Singapore
- Senior Cost Contracts Manager -Intel based in USA
- Cost Contracts Manager – Intel based in Ireland
- Contract Administrator for LMB on EuroDisney based in France
- Consultant to MEW Kuwait on large infrastructure projects
- Senior Project Manager – SPS on Whitbread’s City of London HQ
- General Manager and Director Scandinavian, Norema A/S subsidiary in Ireland
- Professional Quantity Surveyor – ORHT -Ireland
- Construction Cost Auditor – Shaw & Hatton for Chevron in Scotland
- Contracts Engineer – Shaw & Hatton for Shell in London
- Cost Engineer – Scotland
Qualifications
Diploma in Construction Economics – Degree equivalent from College of Technology (CoT)
B.Sc. (Surv). Externally awarded by Trinity College, Dublin University in recognition of CoT’s Diploma
M.A. (Honoris Causa) from Trinity College, Dublin University
Professional Associations
Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Resigned 2014)
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Resigned 2010)
Member of the Association of Cost Engineers (Current)
Member of the Disputes Resolution Forum (Current)
Major system / applications used
- Solomon, now Microsoft Dynamics SL by Microsoft Business Solutions
- Primavera Unifier
- EcoSys
- Panoptra
Enterprise
Niall has managed many aspects of procurement and process improvement as it relates to large international capital projects from ‘Buy-Out’ to the adjustment of ‘Procure to Pay’ processes and systems in relation to changes in contracting strategy.
Large International projects are awash with data and Niall has worked with many teams in order to improve data analysis and provide insight and not hindsight when it comes to project reporting especially in the new area of Data Visualisation.
Professional Services
Niall has acted as Interim Manager while projects were waiting for key staff to be recruited or as more often the case released from other assignments. He has carried out operational assessments / audits on all aspects of project controls on large capital projects.
Finance
Coordinated the preparation $Bn + estimates for capital projects. Prepared viability / comparison reports on bids received not only for project work but also from professions services.
Personal Development / Monitoring
Provided training for personnel new to the project controls aspects of capital project management. Coached and mentored key personnel in this area.
Designed, developed and deployed process and system change initiatives including running User Acceptance Testing (UAT) sessions and training workshops. More recently developing a range of online / on demand training sessions
Positions held to date
Niall has many years of professional experience holding senior staff positions as outlined below. See below for details of Niall’s positions held to date.
- Founder/Owner/President of TACA International
- Consultant Subject Matter Expert for www.enstoa.com
- Finance Controller – Intel in Phoenix, USA
- Regional Cost Contracts Mgr’ – Intel based in Singapore
- Senior Cost Contracts Manager -Intel based in USA
- Cost Contracts Manager – Intel based in Ireland
- Contract Administrator for LMB on EuroDisney based in France
- Consultant to MEW Kuwait on large infrastructure projects
- Senior Project Manager – SPS on Whitbread’s City of London HQ
- General Manager and Director Scandinavian, Norema A/S subsidiary in Ireland
- Professional Quantity Surveyor – ORHT -Ireland
- Construction Cost Auditor – Shaw & Hatton for Chevron in Scotland
- Contracts Engineer – Shaw & Hatton for Shell in London
- Cost Engineer – Scotland
Qualifications
Diploma in Construction Economics – Degree equivalent from College of Technology (CoT)
B.Sc. (Surv). Externally awarded by Trinity College, Dublin University in recognition of CoT’s Diploma
M.A. (Honoris Causa) from Trinity College, Dublin University
Professional Associations
Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Resigned 2014)
Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Resigned 2010)
Member of the Association of Cost Engineers (Current)
Member of the Disputes Resolution Forum (Current)
Major system / applications used
- Solomon, now Microsoft Dynamics SL by Microsoft Business Solutions
- Primavera Unifier
- EcoSys
- Panoptra