David Awatere

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Bulk infrastructure deployment @ Crown Infrastructure Partners
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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.

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Crown Infrastructure Partners

Crown Infrastructure Partners

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Bulk infrastructure deployment
David Awatere Work Experience Details
  • Crown Infrastructure Partners
    Engineering Program Manager (Water Infrastructure Program)
    Crown Infrastructure Partners Sep 2021 - Present
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Three waters program being established to deliver clean drinking water infrastructure to locations nationwide. This program support role:- Delivered stakeholder engagement,- Delivered integration with other CIP programs,- Oversaw high level design for potential B2B system to support the program,- Developed resource options for the program.
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  • Crown Infrastructure Partners
    Engineering Program Manager (Regional Infrastructure Community Engagement)
    Crown Infrastructure Partners Jun 2021 - Present
    Auckland, New Zealand
    CIP supports the New Zealand Government in the development of investment plans to address digital inequality. This role:Delivered stakeholder engagement with regional groups,Provided data and analysis to assist regions in the identification of investment opportunities,Provided Government agencies with digital inequity data and analysis,
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  • Crown Infrastructure Partners
    Product Director
    Crown Infrastructure Partners Sep 2017 - Present
    Auckland, New Zealand
    This role managed numerous governance and regulatory projects including:- Oversight of the evolution of UFB product,- Regulatory oversight of matters relating to the wholesale service agreements or variations to the partner agreements,- Partner management,- Project governance (Project Control Group - Steering Group for two of the four partners),- Industry engagement,
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  • Crown Infrastructure Partners
    Engineering Program Manager (Nationwide Bulk Infrastructure Delivery Program)
    Crown Infrastructure Partners Jan 2019 - Present
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Crown Infrastructure Partners (formally Crown Fibre Holdings Limited (CFH)) was established to oversee the New Zealand Government's nationwide investment into fibre & 4G/5G broadband infrastructure.This large program involved publicly funded deployment of internet, collaboration, security and safety related technology infrastructure to more than 600 locations across the country.This role delivered the:· Business case, budget formation, policy establishment, cabinet paper drafting, PMO establishment, funding agreement, procurement (market outreach, tender, evaluation, selection), pilot program,· 20+ subcontractors,· Overall program contract performance, contract outcomes, and budget,· Technical authority delegation,· Program reporting including ministerial, board, quarterly, annual.· Program governance.
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  • Crown Infrastructure Partners
    Project Lead Developer
    Crown Infrastructure Partners Nov 2018 - May 2022
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Led an agile scrum implementation (2 week sprint cycles, 4-6 sprint backlog items, 2018 - current) of an ERP using: 1. Google: sheets, forms, drive, big query, data studio, app script, GCP VM's, Google maps API, 2. Low code internal app from appsmith.com (in Docker) plus a POC with retool.com (on-prem), 3. Microsoft Dynamics (Power Automate only - not power apps) and Azure.The ERP delivered inventory management, order management, change management, payment request management, UAT management, partner management, web maps, dashboards and audit functions.The ERP system was integrated with multiple agencies plus more than 12 partners including pipelines for required data and dashboards for insights and reporting.
  • Crown Infrastructure Partners
    Engineering Program Manager (B2B Implementation)
    Crown Infrastructure Partners Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
    Auckland, New Zealand
    This leadership role delivered a B2B web based procurement system for Crown Infrastructure Partners including client application, order management, test readiness, UAT, payment requests, payment approvals and change management including advanced real time reporting and integration with multiple govt and non-govt partners including several Government agencies and ministries.Specifically the role: - Conducted process analysis, design and improvement initiatives,- Led teams of cross functional resources resulting in the successful delivery of the project,- Established the acceptance criteria and UAT plan,- Led engagement with external vendors to evaluate, select and execute on deliverables,- Drove a consistent project/engagement experience for our internal customers,- Worked collaboratively with the other internal projects to leverage shared technology and knowledge,- Delivered and managed multi-stream technical engagements with partners and internal customers,- Created and delivered executive level and detailed status reports that properly communicated the project’s progress and key metrics tailored to the audience,- Managed the financial budget for the project,- Provided guardianship of project delivery quality leading the scope definition and statement of work development,- Defined and implemented simple and agile processes to enable consistent high quality delivery with excellent internal customer experience, and performing regular quality reviews with out internal and external customers,- Owned the customer satisfaction results, feedback, corrective actions and distributed learnings in a way that continually increased customer satisfaction for this project and others,- Documented and used the completed project and inclusive lessons learned, to communicate and educate the broader team engaging on similar projects at Crown Fibre and later Crown Infrastructure.
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  • Superapps.Ai
    Founder
    Superapps.Ai Jan 2001 - Present
    Auckland
    Boutique web development initiative focused on data driven applications
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  • Crown Fibre Holdings Limited
    Director Of Products (Sr. Project Manager)
    Crown Fibre Holdings Limited Sep 2012 - Aug 2017
    Auckland, New Zealand
    This role managed numerous governance and regulatory projects including:- Oversight of the evolution of UFB product- Regulatory oversight of matters relating to the wholesale service agreements or variations to the partner agreements.- Partner management.- Project governance (Project Control Group - Steering Group for two of the four partners).- Industry engagement.
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  • Crown Fibre Holdings Limited
    Technical Project Manager (Sr. Regulatory Manager)
    Crown Fibre Holdings Limited Aug 2011 - Aug 2012
    Auckland, New Zealand
    CFH was a small team of ex industry executives, experienced banking and legal professionals who oversaw the structural separation of Telecom NZ into Chorus NZ and Spark NZ. CFH was a New Zealand Crown-owned company, listed under Schedule 4A of the Public Finance Act 1989. The project ran from 2011 till Dec 2021 with CFH responsible for ensuring Government policy as set out in the contracts with four UFB partners including Chorus was properly implemented.This role:- Produced the industry wholesale service agreements for the Crown's Ultra-Fast Broadband initiative.- Oversaw specific contract milestones relating to regulatory obligations set out in the NIPA (the agreement between Telecom NZ and CFH acting on behalf of the Crown.- Supervised product price and non price related policy matters for which CFH held oversight with industry including product: - Maximum prices that wholesales were permitted to charge, - Services levels for which wholesales must meet else remedies imposed, - Non discrimination terms, - Limitations for all derived products to operate at Layer 2 only.The project leveraged the combined international experience of the core team including Singapore FTTH, Etisalat FTTH, several US operators and South African operators.
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  • Etisalat
    Management
    Etisalat Dec 2008 - Aug 2011
    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    Executing variety of business functions for Etisalat Abu Dhabi:A restructure of the Etisalat professional services practice: - Recruitment of technical consultants (high performing CCIE's, MEF, PRINCE2, PMP and Microsoft) into the new practice; - Relationship management with key clients (including Abu Dhabi Education Council, Ministry of Education, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Abu Dhabi General Services Company); - Development of the internal business processes with sales and service delivery; - Development of consulting process and tools; - Supplier management (including Cisco expert CCIE level resource, Microsoft and Huawei); - Contract development, execution, management; - Coaching and mentoring project managers, consultants and team of CCIE engineers.Successful implementation of the largest professional services infrastructure contract by Etisalat Abu Dhabi:- Major positive media announcements and reputation gains for Etisalat and it's government stakeholders;- Materially exceeded all expectations of financial performance for the division; and- Developed capable teams to leverage Etisalat's strategic relationships throughout the UAE and the 17 operating countries.A consumer television project exploring options for the evolution of the Etisalat media portfolio:- Re-negotiation of regional broadcast and on demand deals (Etisalat was operating in 18 countries at the time),- Re-development of the digital recorder user experience and improving conversion options for the video on demand store; and- Supplier management (Huawei and various software sub contractors).
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  • Telecom New Zealand
    Consulting Engineer
    Telecom New Zealand Oct 2007 - Dec 2008
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Telecom Consulting Engineers help Telecom people solve challenging technology related problems within an agile scrum environment, that fall outside the day to day business as usual activities.This involves the coordination of technology related activities, providing integrated, balanced and aligned technology views in support of our Group wide business objectives.The role reports to the GM of Group Technology position which is responsble for technology governance and strategy for the Telecom Group.
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  • Telecom New Zealand
    Marketing Manager
    Telecom New Zealand Sep 2006 - Oct 2007
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Led a network, IPTV and video on demand system scoping exercise for a Telecom entry into the Television business. Completed proof of concept and business requirements development. Prepared business case for board approval. Regulation of Telecom resulted in this project being postponed.
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  • Telecom New Zealand
    Research And Development
    Telecom New Zealand Jan 2005 - Dec 2006
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Developer working in a collaborative team delivering agile prototypes feeding into the product and technology strategy.The team of 8 FTE operated in an agile framework similar to modern scrum with a product backlog essentially a list of bright ideas, a product manager, and development resources (I was one of these) who collaborated to produce product increments. Regular sprint reviews and retrospectives helped the team optimise the backlog and evolve our way of working.
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  • Orange
    Principal Consultant
    Orange 1999 - 2004
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Expert level asia pacific consultant - ex Auckland fly in to large bids or highly sensitive build contracts to save. One of 42 certified internet experts in NZ at the time meant a lot of zero notice travel, international experience in high pressure environments for mostly Hong Kong, Singapore and US based deals.
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  • Equant
    Project Manager
    Equant Apr 1996 - Jun 1999
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Formally SITA ITS. Project manager responsble for the implementaiton of the ATM backbone, campus Ethernet LAN and flight information communication system at the Auckland International Airport. Managed a team of cable technicians, network engineers, pre-sales and operations.
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  • Royal New Zealand Air Force
    Avionics Engineer
    Royal New Zealand Air Force Jan 1991 - Mar 1996
    Ohakea, Wanganui-Manawatu, New Zealand
    Security clearance (cryptography)Communications Squadron, Whenuapai, Auckland75 Squadron, Ohakea, Palmerston North (Skyhawk strike wing)Deployment countries Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand.2 Squadron, Hobsonville, Auckland (Iroquois Rotary Wing)Exercise STARFISHMulti-national exercise involving Five Power Defence Agreement countries (NZ, Australia, UK, Singapore and Malaysia)Exercise STARFISH 9233 ships, 47 aircraft and 3000+ personnel including:8 x No. 75 Squadron Skyhawks2 x No. 5 Squadron OrionsFollowed on from VANGUARD 92, and preceded ADEX 92Exercise VANGUARD 1992Korat, Thailand - September 1992No. 75 Squadron SkyhawksRTAF F-16's and F-5 Tiger II's100+ RNZAF personnel
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David Awatere Skills

Telecommunications Ip Integration Program Management Pre Sales Product Management Strategy Broadband Project Management Iptv Voip Network Architecture Contract Management It Strategy Strategic Planning Managed Services Service Delivery Computer Network Operations Cloud Computing Network Design Solution Architecture Networking Firewalls Management System Deployment Mobile Communications Go To Market Strategy Disaster Recovery Telco Sip Sms Account Management Contract Negotiation Provisioning Process Improvement Mobile Devices It Service Management Cisco Technologies Mpls Routers Enterprise Software Data Center Ict Unified Communications Wireless Professional Services Ethernet Business Case Voice Over Ip Internet Protocol

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