Belinda Ralston Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Au

tikpay is building a modern ticketing and payment solution for transport operators & authorities. We grow revenues, lower costs, enable operator collaboration and delight travellers by reducing friction in transport payments. Our mission is to enable travellers to pay for transport however, whenever, wherever ... easily.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

PaperCut software is the global market leader in print management software, developed in-house in Melbourne. PaperCut helps over 77,000 businesses in 180 countries reduce print waste, increase security, and minimise their cost of printing. Traditionally an on-premise solution, PaperCut has recently launched a SaaS B2B cloud solution which was my main area of focus.Below is an overall summary of my contributions:• Product lead for the cloud Partner & Sales Enablement team, leading: • The creation of the add-on infrastructure & program which allows 3rd parties to develop add-ons for our cloud-native products • SaaS subscription strategy & implementation for "PaperCut Hive" sold through a partner channel • Trials & sales for "PaperCut Pocket", our direct-to-market cloud product • Trials & sales reporting & dashboards for our cloud products • Implementation of analytics & release note tools; Google Analytics, Amplitude & Beamer • Customer printing sustainability program - "PaperCut Grows"• Promotions committee member • Co-ordinated PaperCut's first in-house Product Management Summit with internal & external speakers• Represented PaperCut at the Leading the Product conference

Sydney, Nsw, Au

In December 2018, HROnboard was acquired by ELMO Software. In July 2020, after an 18-month earn-out period, the HROnboard team officially transitioned into the ELMO eco-system.During this time, I continued my responsibilities as Head of Product & Development for HROnboard as well as leading the transition from HROnboard's perspective.During this transition, I was involved with:• Change management & communications• System migration co-ordination into ELMO's chosen toolset (Google Workspace, Slack, Confluence etc)• Product direction & strategy

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

HROnboard was a market-leading digital employee onboarding product that facilitates amazing new starter experiences from offer to first anniversary. As Head of Product, I provided leadership and direction to the product & development teams, consulting actively with cross-functional colleagues (Sales; Marketing; Project Delivery, Support) as part of the senior leadership team) to continually develop the product roadmap and cement HROnboard’s position as a market-leading SaaS offering.Facilitated acquisition and retention of enterprise clients through effective prioritisation of new product features to maintain “Best of Breed” status within the Australian HR tech market:• Analysed customer requests and insights from Delivery, Support, Customer Success & Sales teams to drive a data-driven approach to development planning • Championed an agile, customer-centric approach to developing the system configuration to meet the challenges of different industry sectors, multi-site operations, franchised businesses and complex enterprise clients• Continued to improve & manage the stability of the platform as the user base grows and the platform undergoes new challengesManaged a team of 10, across the Product, Development & DevOps teams, building capability and fostering active collaboration and knowledge sharing across the teamFacilitated year on year growth to 250+ enterprise clients and annual re-occurring revenue of $5MRepresented HROnboard at external industry conferences and engaged the team in industry networking and professional development at the annual Product Camp Unconference and Leading the Product Conferences in Melbourne.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Managed a Product team of 3, Associate Product Managers & a UX designer, building capability and fostering active collaboration and knowledge sharing across the team.Led strategic planning, in collaboration with Sales; Development; and Delivery teams, to develop product roadmap in line with emergent global trends and customer insights.Provided leadership, direction & development to the Product team in the development and delivery of the product roadmap, working collaboratively with the development team to share knowledge and insights, articulate user stories, coordinate release management and ensure seamless delivery.Developed and embedded best practice, Agile delivery methodologies, documenting and standardising process to drive a consistent approach across the Product Management team.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Managed and developed the HROnboard software during a period of rapid growth and high volume workloadPlanned and executed code release process; coordinated testing, writing new feature specifications and maintained the products roadmap

Ringwood, Vic, Au

Managed the Product Professional Services team (5) responsible for implementation and support in regards to Navigo’s HR Products (OrgPlus Desktop; OrgPlus Enterprise; Planning@Work; HROnboard and Visier)Provided leadership and direction to the Implementation & Support team ensuring a customer-centric approach to service deliveryBuilt the delivery processes for HROnboard’s initial configuration for enterprise customersInfluenced the acquisition of HROnboard brand name and software code by Navigo from the creators and co-developed the product strategy and roadmap.Managed the development team for Navigo’s HROnboard product; executing the strategic roadmap, articulating user stories and designing UI mocks and new features for upcoming sprints.

Ringwood, Vic, Au

Managed the Professional Services team (8) responsible for implementation and support in regards to Navigo’s HR Products as well as our HRIS Professional Services for Alesco customer’s.Developed and embedded best practice, process improvement & documentation to drive a consistent approach across the Operations team and optimise the quality of work delivered in customer engagements.

Ringwood, Vic, Au

Conducted business analysis and requirements gathering to implement organisational charts and workforce modeling using Navigo’s OrgPlus products.Installed the OrgPlus Enterprise software on client servers (Windows Server) and wrote scripts in PLSQL to extract data from their HRIS into OrgPlus Enterprise charts.Designed and delivered training workshops for client organisations to establish internal capability with regards to OrgPlus and HROnboard and enable seamless integration and optimal utilisation of products.Managed consultancy assignments with serval large financial institutions to support large scale organisational change and workforce transformation projects:Applied expert knowledge of Navigo product features and capability to deliver org. charting and enable enterprise-level workforce planning and organisational design

Ringwood, Vic, Au

Delivered first line customer support for Navigo's OrgPlus products and services.

Templestowe, Vic, Au

Website development for 3 different sites, one using Joomla CMS eCommerce with a large amount of customization.Event managed a number of International HiFi shows for SGR Audio, including the Melbourne Audio Show, Munich High End and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).Managed accounts receivable, accounts payable & payroll bookkeeping using Saasu and submitted BAS statements.Managed this role on a part-time basis while working at eSITE.CONNECT and Navigo.

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Progressed into management and leadership position; responsible for production and service teams working across multiple projects and client engagements.Also prioritised new features & bugs based on customer priority for the development team and some UI design for the admin screens.

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Implemented online stores based on the company’s proprietary e-commerce solution, managing end to end client engagements ensuring seamless implementation and service continuityFacilitated training workshops for client stakeholders to facilitate seamless integration and optimal utilisation of the new eCommerce siteManaged this role on a part-time basis concurrent with undergraduate University studies (Bachelor of Software Engineering)

Established a freelance software development company and secured 2 key clients.Designed and coded the user interface and reporting layouts for HeartSmart Diagnostics Tool using XAML (Windows Presentation Foundation) for a client in the biomedical technology industry.Designed and coded the interface for the LMS (Lift Monitoring System), in XAML for a client in the lift product manufacturing industry.Negotiated a profitable sale of the business in 2008

Bachelor Of Engineering, Software Engineering

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