Zain-Henry Chang

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Program Director | Strategic Business Director
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  • MarginalGains
    Strategic Business Director
    MarginalGains
    Dec 2025 - Current (11 months)
    Marginal Gains is a global strategic advisory specialising in business direction, transformation architecture, and high‑value commodity deal origination.

    We operate across EMEA, APAC, and North America, supporting organisations that require senior‑level strategic guidance, commercial structuring, and cross‑border execution.

    Our work seamlessly blends 25+ years of global program leadership with deep commercial insight, enabling clients to navigate complex transformation and high‑value commodity transactions with confidence.
  • Company name under NDA
    Cloud Assessment Program Director
    Company name under NDA
    May 2025 - Jul 2025 (3 months)
    Programme Overview:
    The Client has a legacy On-Prem VMware Estate and due to the Broadcom Licences expiring they have engaged me to lead the Program and analyse current On-Prem Costs, Costs to Migrate to Azure and Steady State Operational Costs.

    Key Responsibilities
    1. Working with an AVS Architect, Cloud Architect and Enterprise Architect
    2. Use RVTools and Dr Migrate as a baseline for the Server/Application Assessment
    3. Analyse the current existing VMWare environment in all locations
    4. Conduct interviews with Application and Technical Stakeholders to validate my findings
    5. Conduct High-level assessments regarding the future on-prem setup
    6. Create a High-level Migration Move Group Plan –
  • A
    Separation Program Director
    Aker SolutionsCognizant Oil and Gas
    Nov 2023 - Apr 2025 (1 year 6 months)
    Programme Overview:
    Aker Solutions, SLB and Subsea7 announced the formal creation of their subsea joint venture on 02nd Oct 2023.

    Aker Solutions requested I return to lead the Aker Solutions OneSubsea Joint Venture Programme. 214 applications were in scope for migration.

    Key Responsibilities
    1. Reporting to the Aker Solutions Transition Lead as the overall Programme Director whilst also leading the Application Workstream.
    2. I was accountable for delivery of the below workstreams.
    a. Application Separation/Migration
    b. Unstructured Data Separation (MS Teams, File Shares, Shared Mailbox and SharePoint) with the end target being to clone or split the data
    c. Infrastructure Decommission (20 G
  • A
    Global Program Director
    Aker SolutionsCognizant Oil and Gas
    Apr 2022 - Jun 2023 (1 year 3 months)
    Programme Overview:

    I was headhunted by Cognizant to spearhead a Global Business-Critical DataCenter exit Programme for Aker Solutions who are Headquartered out of Lysaker in Norway.

    There were circa 120 applications in scope of migration.

    Key Responsibilities
    1. Manage, direct and mentor a team of 60 on/offshore Programme resources for both Consultancy and the end client.
    2. Plan, assess the business application landscape with the focus on migrating 80% of the applications to Azure and the remainder to a Colo location in Norway
    3. Engage the stakeholders across the diverse business landscapes, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Operations and IT to ensure there is limited deviation from the proposed
  • I
    Hybrid Data Center Migration Consultant
    InfosysMercedes Benz CarsDaimler Trucks
    Feb 2021 - Mar 2022 (1 year 2 months)
    Programme Overview:

    In December 2020 Daimler and Infosys announced a strategic partnership to drive a global hybrid cloud-powered innovation & IT Infrastructure Transformation in the Automotive Sector.
    I was headhunted by Infosys due to my previous successful Global Transformation experience

    Key Responsibilities
    1. Organised the Global Migration Factory processes, framework and resource profiling
    2. ServiceNow discovery Tool implementation to create central EMEA CMDB
    3. I was tasked with leading the discovery, analysis and creating the migration planning for 30 high profile Datacentres (Formula 1 DC’s and the Maastricht (Contact Centres))
    4. Building four Edge Datacentres in Germany
    5. Men
  • E
    Project Manager - Software Engineering
    Experis ASAbbott Diagnostics Technologies AS
    Aug 2020 - Feb 2021 (7 months)
    Programme Overview: Merger & Acquisition, Quality Management System, Regulatory compliance (FDA and EMA), Software Lifecycle.
    Alere Inc were acquired by Abbott Technologies in October 2018 to become the world’s largest provider of point-of-care diagnostic testing systems. My role is to validate applications using a seven-phase software lifecycle process to ensure they are FDA and EMA compliant.

    Key Responsibilities
    • Working with a team of ten personnel
    • Project was behind schedule and I was engaged to ensure the Programme milestones were met.
    • Project planning of seven phase software lifecycle process
    • Gathering business and user requirements by meeting with stakeholders

    Project Constrain
  • L
    Senior Programme Manager
    Luminor GroupTata Consultancy Services
    Jun 2019 - Oct 2019 (5 months)
    Senior Programme Manager

    Blackstone have purchased the Nordea and DnB share of Luminor Bank which has resulted in a major Carve-Out Programme whilst also creating a New Bank in Estonia.
    I ran the Migration Team (known as the Go-Live Team) both on and offshore.
  • A
    Lead Project Manager
    Aberdeen Standard InvestmentsCognizant Professional Services
    Aug 2018 - Apr 2019 (9 months)
    Programme Overview: Infra Separation, Application Financial Analysis and Application Migration to Cloud
    As part of the Senior Management Team working on a complex Infrastructure Separation Programme, my role was to run the Cutover Workstream and to deputise for the Programme Director when required.

    Key Responsibilities
    1. Analyse Infrastructure and Application landscape for the source and target estate. Confirm the list of applications and servers in the scope of Cutovers to the cloud.
    2. Allocate resources to create design documents, analyse infra and application data and plan for Cutovers.
    3. Run Cutovers for all applications to the cloud
    4. Liaising with Software and Hardware licensing teams to optimis
  • B
    Programme Manager
    Bombardier Transportation GmbH
    Oct 2017 - Jun 2018 (9 months)
    Programme Manager

    Bombardier Transportation: Berlin - Germany, Montreal - Canada, Bucharest & Brasov – Romania, Derby – UK, India – Bangalore, Calcutta and Hyderabad,

    My remit is to transition all Bombardier Transportation Applications worldwide to IBM Global Technology Services seamlessly, which is part of a $700 million 6-year Service Management agreement.
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions GmbH i Gr
    EU Infrastructure Planning Lead
    Cognizant Technology Solutions GmbH i Gr
    Oct 2016 - Jul 2017 (10 months)
    EU Infrastructure Planning Lead

    Cognizant Technology Solutions GmBH/ Allianz Global Investors: Frankfurt - Germany, Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad, Pune - India, San Diego, Phoenix and New York - USA and Hong Kong.

    I was headhunted by Cognizant to spearhead the European Migration Execution Workstream as part of a Global Datacentre Transformation Programme for Allianz Global Investors.
  • Cognizant
    Lead Project Manager
    Cognizant
    Dec 2015 - May 2016 (6 months)
    Lead Project Manager

    Cognizant / Standard Life: Edinburgh - Scotland and Boston - United States

    As part of the IS Transformation programme, my role as Lead Project Manager was to Project Manage, lead and mentor a team of 5 projects managers/10 SME’s and was accountable for all migration-related activity.
  • BOMBARDIER Group
    Senior Datacentre Programme Manager
    BOMBARDIER Group
    May 2015 - Nov 2015 (7 months)
    Senior Datacentre Programme Manager

    Bombardier Transportation: Berlin - Germany, Derby – UK, Various locations in North America and Asia

    As part of the Focus IS programme my role as a SSenior Datacentre Programme Manager reporting directly to the Focus IS Project Director was to migrate a suite of business-critical applications from disparate Datacentres / Local Computer rooms to two custom-built Datacentre’s in Germany (Dusseldorf and Frankfurt) using Prince 2 methodology,
  • Cognizant Technology Solutions
    Datacenter/Infrastructure Project Manager
    Cognizant Technology Solutions
    Aug 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year 5 months)
    Datacenter/Infrastructure Project Manager

    Orkla ASA / Cognizant: Oslo - Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland

    Reporting to the Transformation Programme Manager my role was to spearhead two key Datacentre exit/ relocation Application migration & Database consolidation projects across Scandinavia.
  • Axa Tech Japan
    Programme Manager
    Axa Tech Japan
    Nov 2011 - Nov 2012 (1 year 1 month)
    Programme Manager

    Axa Tech Japan – Tokyo Japan, Paris France, Bangalore India, Philadelphia United States, Melbourne Australia and London England

    My role at Axa-Tech Japan has been the toughest challenge technically and culturally (I moved to Japan) to date.
    My remit was to own the migrations of the Like for Like applications and E-commerce websites from the Axa Japan Datacentre located in Melbourne, Australia to two Datacentres in Singapore.
  • Transport for London
    Infrastructure Programme Manager
    Transport for London
    Sep 2010 - Nov 2011 (1 year 3 months)
    Infrastructure Programme Manager
  • National Trust Information Services and Systems
    Technical Programme Manager
    National Trust Information Services and Systems
    Dec 2009 - Jun 2010 (7 months)
    Technical Programme Manager

    National Trust – Information Services and Systems

    Reporting to the Head of Solutions Delivery I was engaged to lead the due diligence and construct a business case for a proposed Application Migration and Data Centre move in Wales to a new outsourced Data Centre in Berkshire.
    The Data Centre in Wales hosted the E-Commerce websites for the Trust and the resource base consisted of permanent staff and 3rd party vendors located in England and Wales.
  • R
    Technical Programme Manager
    Reed Elsevier Technology Services
    Mar 2009 - Dec 2009 (10 months)
    Technical Programme Manager

    Reed Elsevier Technology Services

    A challenging role reporting to the Director of Project Management EMEA and Global VP of Data Centres. The position required adept interpersonal and project management skills to liaise with the project board, senior IT management and senior business stakeholders. The resource base were located in the UK, USA, Amsterdam and India.
  • easyJet Airline Limited
    Infrastructure and Technical Project Manager
    easyJet Airline Limited
    Jun 2008 - Mar 2009 (10 months)
    Infrastructure and Technical Project Manager

    A fast paced role, requiring tact and diplomacy reporting to the IT Portfolio Manager.
    I was tasked to complete two projects, both running in parallel. The first was to refresh and rebrand MOSS 2007 application.
    The second was to upgrade the underlying easyJet.com environment prior to a new deployment of a web 2.0 version of easyJet.com. Permanent staff and 3rd party vendors were fully engaged on both projects.
    The programme used Prince 2 and Agile methodologies.
  • London Metal Exchange
    Infrastructure Project Manager
    London Metal Exchange
    Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 (1 year)
    Infrastructure Project Manager

    A significant role, reporting to the Head of Implementation, requiring a range of interpersonal and project management skills to work across 4 teams and utilise a resource base of permanent staff and independent contractors.

    My role was to provide Project Management expertise to a number of business critical projects using Prince 2 and ITIL methodologies.
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    Project Management Apprenticeship, Project Management
    British Aerospace
    Sep 1987 - Sep 1992 (5 years 1 month)
  • I
    Icknield High School, Luton Beds
    Icknield High School Luton Beds
    Jan 1979 - Jan 1982 (3 years 1 month)
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  • D
    DC Build and Migrate
    Aug 2013 - Aug 2014 (1 year 1 month)
    The scope of the DC Build / Migration was to exit and consolidate 3 Regional Data Centres in Norway, Sweden and Denmark to 2 Data Centres in Oslo. Applications, servers (inc. associated infrastructure) for 22 customers across Scandinavia were in scope for migration. This involved workshops to “sell” the new solution to the customers
  • S
    Sandakerveien 56 (S56) Data Centre Exit
    Aug 2013 - Oct 2013 (3 months)
    I lead the S56 Data Centre exit, which was a critical project due to the moving of Orkla and other Orkla companies within Oslo to a new HQ in Skoyen. The timelines were very aggressive with a fixed end date of October 31st 2013.
  • R
    RDC (Regional DataCenter Migration) Project
    Nov 2012 - Nov 2013 (1 year 1 month)
    My remit was to technically direct the servers,databases, applications and infrastructure from the two Axa Life Japan Data Centres located in Melbourne, Australia to two new build Data Centres in Singapore.
  • C
    CAD DMS
    Sep 2010 - Nov 2011 (1 year 3 months)
    Commission all virtual servers, storage and load balancers for a centralised CAD system. Comprising of development, test, pre-production and production environments into three Data Centres.