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Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Setting the strategic direction for all-of-government digital products and commercial services managed by the Digital Public Service Branch. Key activities include reviewing the Telecommunications-as-a-Service panel agreements, designing a replacement for the Infrastructure-as-a-Service panel agreements, defining the sourcing strategy for cloud services, and the developing a roadmap for the govt.nz online directory of public services.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Developing a consolidated work programme for the Government Chief Digital Officer that aligns individual activities with the wider strategic context.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Managed a portfolio of all-of-government programmes, including: investment and assurance for payroll systems, recruiting and growing digital graduates, improving digital inclusion, and identifying lessons learned from the digital response to COVID-19.

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Established a programme of work to provide oversight and management of improvements to government payroll systems.

Wellington, New Zealand

Led a team of digital specialists to develop the initial draft of the Strategy for a Digital Public Service, which replaced the 2015 Government ICT Strategy

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Worked alongside a large number of New Zealand public sector agencies to help them navigate adoption decisions for cloud services. Led engagements at both senior executive and practitioner levels, published guidance on cloud business models, and presented at numerous conferences and fora.

Welllington, New Zealand

Led an eighteen-month programme to accelerate the adoption of public cloud services across government by addressing a range of policy, security, commercial barriers. The Programme was delivered in collaboration with security agencies and other agencies across government, and unlocked massive demand to use cloud services.

Wellington, New Zealand

Provided thought leadership for ICT policy and strategy for the New Zealand government, including: re-framing the government’s ICT strategy in the context of driving innovation, negotiating cloud computing policy settings, and advising on outsourcing arrangements for ICT services.This required extensive stakeholder engagement and distillation of diverse perspectives into policy settings for senior executives and ministers.

Wellington, New Zealand

Provided a mix of commercial advice and project management for outsourced ICT services, including: data centre and utility computing services, human resources information services, and desktop computing services. Pioneered the use of “supplier panels” as way to drive competitive tension for these outsourced services and the use of “early market engagement” to validate the capability and capacity of suppliers to meet public sector requirements.

Wellington, New Zealand

Delivered a wide range of ICT projects, including: standards for online identity, software licensing negotiations with Microsoft, IT infrastructure builds, and redevelopment of the government intranet. Managed project teams and relationships with agencies and industry.

Master Of Arts, Information Management

MA by thesis: 'From Icons to Ideas: Diffusion of the Post-Custodial Paradigm within the New Zealand State Sector'

Post-Graduate Certificate, Information Management And Systems

Specialisation: Electronic recordkeeping and archiving.

Bsc, Statistics And Operations Research