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Beverly Hills, California, US

El Segundo, CA, US

Mascot, NSW, AU

• Qantas Airways is an Australian airline operating international and domestic services, 30000+ employees and recognized as the safest airline in the world. My primary responsibility is to execute the Qantas Group vision.
• Executed the group vision and technology strategy services, innovation, and transformation across the Americas region ($9.5M budget)
• Implemented biometrics boarding technology (facial recognition), resulting in decreased boarding time by 30% (24 minutes - 360+ pax)
• Reduced IT operational run costs by $1.2M, negotiating vendor and service management contracts and consolidating infrastructure
• Transforming engineering maintenance workforce environment from paper to digital improving productivity by 65K+ hours year

Mascot, NSW, AU

• Own the prime responsibility for ensuring effective delivery of IT services to all Qantas Offices for The Americas.IT Services include End User Computing, Data Network, Voice System, Mobile Technology, Application.
• Collaborated with business units to delivery tactical and strategic IT initiatives to achieve business objectives
• Implemented 180+ push-to-talk radio devices across 250+ staff members; streamline devise use and reduced costs by $.5mil
• Reduced costs by $700K and improved business contingency and disaster recovery by executing hosted unified communication services
• Streamlined business processes by deploying collaborative tools and technologies; slashed storage costs by $2mil per year.

Mascot, NSW, AU

• Ensured consistent IT service within Qantas Engineering, Aviation Service, Crew, Flight Training and Flight Planning businessesAccomplishments:
• Completed GAP analysis on A380 engineering maintenance support project, resulting in reduced costs by $.7mil+ within the cross-vendor support environment.
• Responsible for deploying the most complex and largest IT transformation project for Qantas Engineering, working with IBM and Tata consulting services. The roll out Maintenix application was a transformation program.
• Oversaw the transition to apple devices across organization, reducing infrastructure and support costs of $1.2M saving per year
• Managed the transition of application support from in-house to outsourcing, resulting in $1M+ of operational savings per year.

Macquarie Park, NSW, AU

• Fujitsu Australia is one of the largest technology service providers in Australia, providing managed services, infrastructure services, storage and consulting. My primary responsibility was to manage services delivered.
• Managed interface from customer relations and operations to ensure 100% delivery of service level agreements
• Negotiated a 3-year, $13.5M maintenance contract with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for end user computing
• Reduced maintenance cost (device swap-out, improving warranty claims) by $400K over a 3-year span
• Developed and maintained relationships with internal business units and 3rd party vendors to drive organizational efficiency

Education record

Itil V3, Itil Practitioner - Agree & Define

Itil V3, Itil Practitioner - Support & Restore

Masters In Business And Information Technology

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Business Information Systems, Marketing & Accounting