Ashley Pratt Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Victoria, Australia

Victoria

Narre Warren, Victoria, Australia

- Providing leadership, guidance and drive to a dedicated team of infrastructure and systems architects - Evaluating and recommending technical solutions that deliver strategically aligned outcomes, while encouraging collaboration, innovation and sustainable solution design- Assisting other business units to implement technology initiativesAchievements:- Successfully managed program of work for the award-winning major infrastructure program and workplace transformation at Bunjil Place ($125 million cultural precinct)- Responsible for establishing the City of Casey’s IT architectural standards and configuration.- Successfully designed, monitored and maintained the Disaster Recovery Strategy and Business Continuity Plan.

Narre Warren, Victoria, Australia

- Leading operations, strategy, projects and programs - Consulting and negotiating with clients, members of the public and other employees to create buy-in, enthusiasm and commitment- Managing and monitoring departmental budget Achievements:- Successfully managed the design, implementation and rollout of one of the largest LoRa WAN IoT Networks in the City of Casey.- Participated in the Smart Cities Innovation Accelerator run by the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH), an invitation-only program for senior-most executives in the public sector.- Regularly invited to represent the City of Casey at industry events, including delivering expert presentations at the city level at least four times per year.

Narre Warren, Victoria, Australia

- Managing the effective, efficient and reliable delivery of network infrastructure and technical support functions for 1500 users across four major sites and 70 remote sites- Managing and monitoring an annual budget of $10 million ($5 million capital expenditure and $5 million operating expenditure) - Leading and managing a team of 27 permanent and temporary staffAchievements:- Successfully led the IT team through a significant organisational redesign process- Successfully managed a number of major projects- Responsible for overseeing the delivery of key IT strategies- Led the adoption of managed services for laptop rollout services and backup as a service model (BaaS) as well as leveraging cloud technologies for web security and threat protection.- Represented the Council on the Municipal Association of Victoria Technology Executive committee.

Melbourne, Australia

- Leading the development of Casey’s ICT Operating Model, including operations, strategy and policy development - Providing end-to-end management of technology fit-outs on major programs of workAchievements:- Successfully led the development of ICT facility requirements for Casey’s $125 million Bunjil Place cultural precinct, including negotiating and collaborating with Tier 1 builders, electricians and other teams to ensure timelines and budgets were met.- Received a national award for the Bunjil Place program of work.- Collaborated and developed new device catalogue for Casey’s laptop fleet to support a flexible working model.

Melbourne, Australia

- Providing specialist technical expertise regarding system and process improvements- Managing the implementation of new corporate systems and major upgrades, including vendor management- Providing specialist GIS skills and developing systems, maps and layers and mobile modulesAchievements:- Successfully resolved complex corporate application software issues to ensure user requirements were satisfactorily met and engaged external application support providers where in-house skills were not sufficient to deal with issues.

Melbourne, Australia

Victoria, Australia

- Managing the rollout of new hardware, SOE and applications - Managing a team of five direct reports, and providing leadership, direction and third level support for IT team members- Liaising with all levels of management across more than 50 sites

Melbourne, Australia

- Establishing and growing a business that specialised in technical support for a range of organisations- Providing expert advice to business on appropriate and effective technology solutions- Planning and implementing core technology systems- Performing a range of business administrative tasks, including invoicing, quoting, financial management and GST reporting

Diploma Of Management, Project Management

Diploma Information Technology Networking, Information Technology

Advanced Diploma Of Computer Systems Engineering (Partially Complete)

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