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As Global Chief Technology Officer, I led the executive technology leadership for this global organisation, and I was responsible for the entire technology ecosystem. Overseeing a team of over 850 people within a $650m revenue business, I drove strategic technology initiatives focused on transforming product and platform engineering.Key focus areas included increasing product delivery speed, scaling teams and processes, and enhancing software product quality and resilience. Through a comprehensive modernisation of our product and technology operating model, we delivered material technology uplift, transformed technological capabilities, and built an innovation-driven team with a strong focus on outcome-based delivery approaches.As a member of the executive leadership team and executive risk committee, reporting directly to the Board, my comprehensive technology portfolio encompassed:- Global Product Engineering, Architecture and Platform Engineering- Enterprise Information and Cyber Security- Strategic Technology Project Management- Cloud & On-Premise Infrastructure and Operations- Workplace and Corporate TechnologyPrimary responsibilities included:- Designing and executing a holistic product and technology transformation- Establishing robust technology governance frameworks- Managing the global technology budget- Driving strategic vendor relationships- Ensuring enterprise-wide technology and product innovation while maintaining effective risk managementWhile in this role I was nominated to the Top 50 CIO awards several years running due to transformative technology innovations within the company, including cloud and software modernisations and outcomes that delivered global and remote/hybrid work and collaboration capabilities.Iress is an ASX-listed software and data product company used by over 10,000 businesses and 500,000 users globally, with teams and offices across Asia Pacific, North America, Africa, the UK & Europe.

As a member of the Executive Leadership Group, I led the IOOF group technology capability. A key decision maker in the technology product and platforms strategy, I played a critical role in the organisation's mergers and acquisition activities.A significant achievement was developing an innovative in-house superannuation administration and investment platform, built using modern microservices and event-driven architecture. This ground-breaking approach:- Enabled rapid, modular development and deployment- Improved system scalability and resilience- Allowed for more flexible and responsive technology solutions- Reduced dependency on monolithic legacy systems- Created a more agile technology infrastructure for future innovationMy responsibilities encompassed:- Leading platform and product rationalisation and transition programs- Technology architecture, software development, corporate technology & technology support- Developing the in-house superannuation administration and investment platform- Managing vendor-provided platforms- Overseeing infrastructure, risk, security and governance frameworksI was responsible for providing comprehensive technology capability and support for over 2,000 staff, ensuring robust technological infrastructure that underpinned the organisation's financial services delivery.Key achievements included strategic technology leadership during significant corporate transformation, developing critical technology platforms, and maintaining a secure and efficient technological ecosystem that supported the organisation's core business operations.IOOF (now Insignia) is one of Australia's largest financial services companies offering a full range of financial products and services, including financial advice, platform management and administration, investment management and trustee services.

Bluedot Innovation is an Australian-based technology and solutions company that specialises in high precision location-based services and payments.

This role transitioned into the CIO at IOOF, following the merger of IOOF, AWM and Skandia.

Across various hands-on leadership roles, I was responsible for all software-based technology, utilising centrally managed infrastructure services. I was the key technology member for the region, ensuring our business was well integrated with the global organisation, aligned strategically and enabled local adoption of global solutions while also building local capabilities. Across the broad business of corporate & government ratings, structured finance, fund data and research some key responsibilities included:- New product development- Maintaining existing products and services- Manage and enhance our high-performance/high-volume data platform and products- Internal IT support and workplace technology services- Vendor relationship management- Create leverage by enabling and supporting a high-performance teamExamples of technologies employed include:- Java- Forte- Spring- Oracle- Solaris- Apache FOP (and many other modules)- DocumentumS&P acquired ASSIRT Research from Asgard, a data and research company shortly after I joined.

Established in 1994, Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) Limited is the second largest finance subsidiary after its own German parent company.I was initially employed as a technical consultant working on the the core underwriting platform.I took on a technical leadership role and led large technology change across the dealer-facing platform as well as the underwriting back office system. This included a significant re-writes of both technology platforms. Additionally, material upgrades of the underlying infrastructure required modernisation of the build and deployment processes across the IBM p-series and Wintel-based infrastructure.Technologies employed include:- Forte- Java- C- Oracle- IBM AIX- XML and XML pipelines- The earliest versions of Spring

As a consultant I worked across several client organisations, from local government to financial services business.A significant amount of my time was spent as an analyst/programmer designing and building key components of a large-scale superannuation and investment platform. During this work I was also appointed as a technical team-lead responsible for a small team of 5.Technologies employed as part of either building or maintaining systems across clients included:- Forte- Java- Sybase- Oracle- Solaris- C- VB6