Clare Gregory Email & Phone Number

Perth, Wa, Au

San Jose, Ca, Us

Program Manager in the Workplace Solutions organization, with a focus on the program elements related to experience design, workplace design and operations of our program management office. Our focus is the modernization of our portfolio. - Program management across real estate, workplace design, build and operations - Implemented the Global Program Management Office and Global Design Management Office in support of the strategy for the portfolio- Partnering with HR and IT on policy changes inline with company approach to hybrid (Space policies and HR policy)- Change Management for hybrid behaviour

San Jose, Ca, Us

IT Manager leading a small team responsible for the delivery of 2 large scale programs; - Workforce Transformation - X-functional program focused on new ways of working

San Jose, Ca, Us

Program manager in the EMEAR Regional IT team, responsible for: - Planning and Strategy - Portfolio Management - Business Operations (Budget, Workforce strategy, Governance and team operations)

San Jose, Ca, Us

Deliver and support people/ workforce planning process and related activities across the IT organization. Responsible for - Inserting people planning into the investment and strategic planning processes - Ensuring headcount requisitions are aligned to strategic people plans - Collaborating with functional teams to ensure the process is lightweight and easy to adopt, providing immediate business value

San Jose, Ca, Us

Member of a small and focused Business Operations team supporting the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Cisco. Core team responsibilities:• Planning and Strategy • Governance through Portfolio Quarterly Checkpoints• Workforce Strategy

San Jose, Ca, Us

IT Business Operations support for SVP of Communication & Collaboration IT organization. Our organization consisted of $300m annual budget, 750 employees globally, and 1,500 contractors.- Managed Workforce Strategy Program. Provided structure for leadership discussions, data for decision making and managed end to end program.- Assisted with Qtrly CIO Checkpoints to include Portfolio Review, Services Review, Architectural Review, Organizational Health.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Release Manager for Collaboration Platform within Cisco, involving cross-functional and global teams of over 100 people and multiple technologies. Key Responsibilities:- Release Planning and Scope Negotiation- Collaboration and Communication with Stakeholders and Release Team- Risk Management- Architecture Alignment- Management of Release Go Live Activities- Mentored Junior PMs and trained 2 to CAPM

San Jose, Ca, Us

Responsible for managing the delivery of new web 2.0 applications across Cisco using agile project methodology. • Managed integration and change process with dependent applications.• Managed development team using agile SCRUM methodology to deliver quality applications to timeline.• Responsible for client communications and managing stakeholder expectations.• Managed three projects concurrently with a total budget of $3 million and team sizes between 5 and 16 in fiscal year 2009.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Responsible for managing projects, a global communications strategy, evolving a prototype for a new IT service tracking tool and several IT events. • Managed vendor teams on 20 workplace projects - new office build-out and expansion -and two major Wide Area Network projects in Europe, encompassing 21 Cisco offices. Managed escalations and critical issues.• Created a Client Communications Planning Package for a global team of PMs.• Developed an education plan about IT services and applications for 1,500 clients in Cisco Latin America sites to increase the productivity of staff in the region.• Evolved a concept of a single search tool for critical office information from a site audit into a prototype adopted by the organisations leadership team.• Managed the budget, logistics and client communications for multiple internal IT events over an 8-day period in Latin America, attended by 130 staff.

IT Implementation Project Manager (March 2005 – April 2006)Responsible for managing the implementation of technology that resulted in staff changing communication work practices.• Co-managed the strategic planning and operational activities to distribute video telephony cameras and associated software to 25,000 Cisco staff at 50 sites in 21 countries.• Managed Cisco IP Communicator (an internet technology) deployment at European and African sites to over 2000 staff. Strategic Program Support (February 2003 – March 2005)Reporting into a team of 5 program managers I was responsible for delivering small projects and administrative support for IT programs.• Delivered training and communications plan for 7,500 clients to increase awareness and understanding of the implementation of a new voice messaging technology.• Edited and published the Global Organisation’s monthly e-newsletter, supplying information on over 70 projects to the IT Infrastructure Management Team. • Created and maintained an on-line tool that allowed PMs globally to coordinate project schedules and resources.