Chris Hardy Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Australia

Position centred around Systems Engineering and Requirements Management consultation by providing guidance and insight to methodologies and working practices.This included the role out of processes and tools to customer organisation.Key projects:Requirement Manager for Cross River Rail (2020 - Present) • Transportation sector• Lead the requirements assurance activity across the project lifecycle, from business requirements to contract award, in collaboration with the package teams• Strong focus on safety, risk and scope management• Provided impact analysis of change within and across contract packages• Stakeholder engagement• Development and management of Requirements Verification Traceability Matrix (RVTM) • Development and management of Hazard Analysis reports• Produced traceability reports detailing team status• Assisted in defining and allocating scope across the packagesRequirement Manager for Sydney Metro (2016 - 2019) • Transportation sector• Jointly lead the Requirements Management practice as part of the Customer and Operations division• Lead the requirements assurance activity across the project lifecycle, from business requirements to contract award, in collaboration with the package teams• Strong focus on safety, risk and scope management• Provided impact analysis of change within and across contract packages• Fostered external stakeholder engagement• Development and management of Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) • Produced traceability reports detailing team status• Collaborated with the Central Station design team on the formulation of the system and contract requirements including participating in workshops with external stakeholders • Devised and implemented an analysis tool to assist in the review and re-formulation of requirements statements • Assisted in defining and allocating scope across the packages• Participated in the rescoping activity for a significant component of the project

Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra

Role involved working with customer to implement tools and recommend preferred practice. Lead team members through the requirements processes via training, workshops and mentoring. The role also involved collaborating with customers and sales teams to provide proposals for tool and process implementation. The proposals included detailed activities, infrastructure requirements, deliverable content, project scheduling and costing breakdowns.Customer specific projects and implementations have spanned many different sectors including: Defense Banking and Finance State and Federal Government Transport infrastructure Retail Entertainment Medical Natural Resources Solutions have involved many different IBM Rational tools and integrations.Key projects:Enterprise Architecture Project for Australian Department of Defence (2013 - 2014)• Defence Sector• Migrated and restructured a large volume of enterprise architecture projects to the DoDAF v2 framework• Created the EA web site and associated reports • Lead user mentoring and training process Requirement Process Consultant for New South Wales Transport (Formerly RailCorp) (2011 - 2014)• Transportation sector• Lead a project which consisted of an assessment of the customer's current requirements management practice, cumulating in a report outlining recommendations for tool and process improvements specifically in risk management. • Performed enterprise wide upgrade of the requirements management tool implementation and the migration of reporting to Rational Publishing Engine• Tailored requirements templates to the customer needs and the management of the phased roll out of the solutionEnterprise Architecture Project for Chevron (2011)• Resources sector• Produced a tailored Enterprise Architect (EA) framework based on stakeholder and organisational needs• Developed and lead end user methodology training• Developed process and infrastructure to support organisation wide userbase

Melbourne, Australia

The position was primarily focused on the Defence sector.Responsible for the solution design and implementation of projects against designated plans using a system engineering approach. Devised solutions using hardware and software and dealt with a high degree of detailed user requirements and constraints. This required the implementation of a requirements management system, the detailed analysis and assessment of the scope and functionality and the development and management of Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).The position also involved supervising and guiding the development of Technical Specialists within the organisation.Key projects:JP2048 Landing Helicopter Dock Project• Lead the requirements management activities using DOORS• Liaised with defence and subcontractor stakeholders• Supervised a team of testers in the role of Verification and Validation Manager• Quality Assurance coordinatorAutomatic Identification Technology (AIT) for Small Arms and Associated Items (SAAI)• Developed the detailed conceptual design of the system and associated processes• Lead the requirements management activities for the project • Produced the design and documentation using DoDAF ED framework and the Enterprise Architect Tool from Sparx Systems

Melbourne

Telelogic has now been aquired by IBM

Melbourne, Australia

The consultancy role involved working closely with the relevant stakeholders to develop the best practice solution for a given organisation. The position included the following roles and responsibilities:• Technical Presales (developing, presenting and managing end to end solutions)• Facilitating methodology and process architecture workshops• Building and documenting detailed customer specific implementations• Demonstrating and presenting a tool-based solution as part of the sales process. • Involved in the tender response and analysis process Key projects:Enterprise Architecture Project for Australia Post (2008 – 2009)• Retail sector• Produced a tailored Enterprise Architect framework based on stakeholder and organisational needs• Developed a portfolio and reporting strategyEnterprise Architecture Project for Coles (2008 – 2009)• Retail sector• The project involved the elicitation of requirements, design, development, implementation and testing of a tailored application focused Enterprise Architect framework within the IBM Rational System Architect tool• The project also involved extensive tool customisation to provide customer specific automated user functionalityRequirement Process Consultant for GE Money (2007 – 2008)• Banking and Finance sector• Elicitation of requirements, design, development, implementation and testing of a tailored requirements management process• The project also involved extensive customisation of the DOORS application to generate customer specific metrics.Requirement Process Consultant for Victoria Work Cover (2006-2009)• Government sector• Elicitation of requirements, design, development, implementation of a tailored design process based on a UML/Use Case approach, utilising the DOORS• Created customisation of the DOORS application to generate use case reports

Melbourne, Australia

Work involved designing and testing embedded software for telecommunication system using specialised design tools in a UNIX environment, implementing software test procedures, software specification development and performing multi-function test procedures on simulated and target AXE telephone exchanges. Addition roles have included, Quality Coordinator, Requirement and Configuration Manager, Test Leader and Team Leader, as well as taking on the role of Fire Warden and Diversification Contact Officer

Brighton, United Kingdom

Work involved designing and testing embedded software for telecommunication system using specialised design tools in a UNIX environment, implementing software test procedures, software specification development and performing multi-function test procedures on simulated and target AXE telephone exchanges. Addition roles have included, Quality Coordinator, Requirement and Configuration Manager, Test Leader and Team Leader, as well as taking on the role of Fire Warden and Diversification Contact Officer

Meng., Manufacturing System Engineering

2-Year Degree/Masters Project: Error Detection And Correction In Digital Information Using Microprocessor Controlled Software. The project.

Beng. Hons., Electronic Systems And Control Engineering Sandwich Degree

2-Year Degree/Masters Project: Error Detection And Correction In Digital Information Using Microprocessor Controlled Software. The project.