With over three decades of experience in the telecommunications industry, I am a highly skilled management professional with a demonstrated ability to convert complex projects into successful outcomes. My expertise lies in managing large-scale projects across various sectors, such as 4G and 5G towers, data centre, service desk, fiber infrastructure, and digital solutions.In addition to my project management skills, I possess a range of other capabilities, including extensive sales, policy, business case, R&D, recruitment, build, operate, and transfer experience. As an adept negotiator, I have successfully closed intricate agreements with both public and private organisations. Furthermore, I have a proven track record of selling high-level consulting services to a diverse range of industries, such as energy, mining, insurance, banking, and airlines.My extensive experience in managing complex projects extends from the initial business case stage to the recruitment, build, operate, and transfer phases. I have worked internationally in various locations, including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, China, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Australia, and New Zealand. Notably, I have delivered New Zealand's fiber-to-the-home project, separating Telecom NZ into Spark (retail) and Chorus (wholesale), and provided quasi-regulatory government oversight of wholesale operators from 2011 to 2021.In Abu Dhabi, I successfully completed an emirate-wide Telecoms project, implemented an ITSM Service Desk, and recruited a professional services team of ITIL Solution Architects and CCIE's. At Telecom NZ (now Spark), I delivered a marketing IPTV business case, provided oversight to Enterprise and Solution Architects and invented a technology method on behalf of an R&D team.As a qualified avionics engineer, I have experience maintaining various platforms in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, including the McDonnell Douglas A-4K Skyhawk (75 Squadron Ohakea).I am a decisive, creative, and agile individual who is motivated by new ideas and driven by results. I have a strong sense of duty and responsibility, and I value autonomy, brevity, punctuality, preparedness, and directness. Additionally, I respect other personality types and am committed to working collaboratively to achieve successful outcomes.
Listed skills include Telecommunications, Ip, Integration, Program Management, and 46 others.