JAROD GILLESPIE

PROJECT TIMELINE

25
Total Projects
1.5M+
Fibre Premises
1M+
IoT Premises
£250M+
Contract Value
2015

Career Start - BT MSL Apprentice

ADSL NRSWA

BT Managed Services | Hull - Apprentice developing project management and engineering skills in NRSWA diversionary works.

2018

Hull & Driffield - KCOM FTTP

FIBRE 95K PREMISES

Planning & Design Consultant | KCOM - TUPE from BT MSL. Led planning for Driffield (KCOM's first venture outside Hull). Managed £1.5M+ diversionary schemes and reconciled 80+ NRSWA schemes to close sale of national network to CityFibre.

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2019

York & Dewsbury - FibreNation

FIBRE 120K PREMISES

FTTP Network Planner | FibreNation - Managed full-fibre design/audit in York, Dewsbury and surrounding regions. Resolved historic infill issues and created OR PIA Network Adjustment process.

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2020

Yorkshire - CityFibre Acquisition

FIBRE 15K RFS

Lead Network Planner | CityFibre - TUPE post-FibreNation sale. Delivered 15,000+ homes RFS. Secured PIA "Path to Collaboration" status. Produced 10km+ backhaul designs connecting FEX sites. Resolved MDU deferred areas.

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2021

Hull Phase 1 - Connexin Architecture

FIBRE £80M FUNDING

Network Design Specialist | Connexin - Designed foundational E2E Fibre Architecture and Backhaul for Phase 1-4 deployment. Co-developed NEC4 Design & Build Contract. Secured £80M funding. Reported directly to C-level and investors.

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UK-Wide - Netomnia Scale-Up

FIBRE 40K/MONTH

Network Planning Lead | Netomnia (Remote) - Managed 3x principal design partners delivering 40,000 planned premises/month (~15,000 serviceable). Daily liaison with CEO and Department Heads. Provided UK-wide site support.

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2022

Multi-Region - MS3 Networks Design

FIBRE 353K PREMISES

Head of Design & GIS | MS3 Networks - Directed design delivery for 353,000 premises at £2M budget. Built team of 9 utlising ArcGIS (AGOL/Pro). Implemented E2E Design process using CI and Kanban. Led offshore partners delivering 25,000 RFS premises/month. Deployed PostGIS for analytics to spot new builds.

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2023

Strategic Return - CityFibre Sale

FIBRE BDUK £58.6M

Head of Strategy & Delivery | Connexin - Rehired to stabilize planning function. Absorbed Fibre Design, Wayleave, and PIA Admin teams. Retrained staff and secured BDUK Lot 10 (£58.6M TCV) eventually securing CityFibre asset sale.

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2024

Water Sector - IoT Transformation

IoT LPWAN 1M METERS

Head of Strategy & Delivery | Connexin (Current) - Key bid leader securing £263M+ across UK Water Utility sector for over 2M Smart Water Meters. SME on financial models with CAPEX/OPEX dependencies for positive IRR/EBITDA. Taught Academy courses on Fibre and IoT LPWAN.

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2025+

Strategic Infrastructure Leadership

IoT SCALE-UP £93M PIPELINE

Head of Strategy & Delivery | Connexin (Current) - Continuing strategic leadership across Fibre and IoT sectors. Primary customer and local authority liaison. Leading subject matter expert on Fibre and IoT LPWAN technologies. Active £93M+ tender pipeline management.