Alan Mccabe Email & Phone Number

Milton, Qld, Au

In my career at the head of Roubler's technology arm I have:• Provided IT direction and high level strategic advice to the CEO and Board of Directors• Overhauled the software development and deployment processes to align with best practices• Managed service delivery for major implementations in the government and commercial spaces in Australia, Singapore and South Africa• Mentored people and maintained final accountability for hitting a variety of operational goals to satisfy both internal and external stakeholders• Managed resources and budget across all technical areas of the business

Sofia, Bg

While at Software Group my contributions included:• Executing long term technology strategy to ensure effective delivery of diverse, large-scale technology and projects worldwide• Bringing together teams from multiple departments and countries to delivery on time and on budget • Leadership and mentoring of management staff, who are in turn responsible for respective operations and staff in eight countries• Stakeholder management for large customers in the Pacific and south-east Asia• Working with Project Management staff to ensure adherence to established procedures, appropriate prioritization of work and successful hitting of delivery targets

Belfast, Gb

As COO I was responsible for operational issues throughout Fern's worldwide business. My responsibilities in this position included: • Software development management for the flagship “Abacus” software, which was independently as the leading microfinance software in regional studies• Management of the technical team and coordinating delivery of the solution across multiple countries, environments and organizational cultures• Acting as conduit between the technical and business sides, identifying the needs of large customers (e.g. national commercial banks) and balancing those within our development roadmap• Developing and maintaining organizational, strategic and tactical directions and implementing plans across multiple offices in different countries• Marshalling limited resources to the most productive uses with the aim of creating maximum value for the company’s customers and stakeholders• Large scale budget and resource management

Belfast, Gb

My role as the Managing Director - Asia/Pacific coincided with the company's rapid and successful expansion in the region. Among my duties and accomplishments were:• Honoured with the Qld Young Entrepreneur of the Year award during this time for the success of the Australian company and level of export achieved• Responsibility for architecture and development of Fern Software’s primary core banking solution• Overseeing operations in the five regional offices, reporting directly to the CEO while leading and mentoring management staff in those offices• Responsibility for all income and expenditure for the Asia/Pacific region• Mentored senior programmers and database developers and intervened technically where appropriate

Belfast, Gb

Starting on the growing development team I moved towards lead developer organically before taking a more explicitly managerial role. My duties in this position included:• Completing software development tasks and project management based on internal strategic directions balanced with requirements from external customers• Strongly contributing as one of the lead developers on the company’s flagship “Abacus” core banking software• Mentoring a group of software developers, ensuring adherence to development processes and high quality results

Townsville, Queensland, Au

Originally within the Department of Computer Science, this was later restructured to the School of Information Technology. I had a very active role throughout my tenure at James Cook University, completing my PhD while on staff. My lecturing role included the following duties: • Actively participate in the leadership group advising on policy and procedural improvements• Design and deliver courses in software development, database technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other topics, throughout undergraduate and postgraduate levels• Oversee delivery at other James Cook University campuses and sometimes other external institutions• Develop assessment material and ensure accurate and consistent grading across multiple sites• Publication of several academic articles on topics such as machine learning and artificial intelligence• Supervision of research and higher degree students

Doctor Of Philosophy, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

Bachelor Of Science Honours, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

Postgraduate Certificate Of Microfinance (Distinction)

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