During my time at ING DIRECT, I have Project Managed several small to medium sized projects raning in value from $50,000 to $2,500,000. The majority of projects have involved one or more external vendors such as CCK (Treasury), Rubik (Collections), eftpos, Visa, SPS/First Data (card switch), ABnote (card producer) and ACI (Risk) leading to vendor management being one of my major strengths. In addition to Project Managing the various initiatives, I have also been involved in activities such as:- the introduction of a Head Office compliance framework for incoming and outgoing payments-undertaking the Conceptual and Feasibility phases of the Treasury replacement project- providing input to Project Management practise improvements exercise.

As Relationship Manager I was responsible for acting as the IT interface with the Finance / Risk / Treasury and HR business departments for their IT requirements and systems improvements and day to day business.

Project Manager for the implementation of TCS BANCS at one of the TCS Financial Solutions clients in Australia. The responsibilities involved Project planning, Test / Implementation Strategy definition, Test planning , people management and co-ordination between Onsite / Offshore development centres.

With the acquisition of FNS and TKS by Tata Consultancy Services, I became responsible, as Head - Bid Office Commercial Banking for the design, implementation and management of the Bid process for all Commercial Banking products for all geographies.Responsible for the timely preparation of all responses to Requests for Tender/Information/Proposal. This included the coordination of required activities with Alliance Partners to ensure all Requests meet the required standards and were delivered in the required timeframes. This resulted in having to travel to different countries to work with partner companies in the completion of the required responses. I worked with Pre-Sales in preparation and presentation of proposals to potential clients and worked directly with and for potential clients in influencing their selection process and preparing required RFI/RFP documentation.

Key Purpose To undertake business consultancy or Project Management roles as required, both within FNS and between FNS and any potential/existing users of the BANCS Retail Banking Deposit, Loans, Payments and Card Management products.

To ensure the effective, timely development and implementation, to the customers satisfaction, of all required developments for the nine Colonial retail banking applications under my control. Successfully managed the development/implementation of all required Alltel conversion activities for the applications under my control for the Commonwealth Bank take over of the Colonial State Bank. This involved liaison with EDS, Colonial and Commonwealth Bank business representatives and third party software houses. Acted as Supervisor to staff providing technical direction, quality control, training and development including the setting of objectives and conducting annual appraisals and recruitment.