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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Wollongong, New South Wales

For various confidential clients, provide a wide range of 'hands on' practical, as a subject matter expert (SME), implementations on how to get ideas, complex policy and strategies into delivery programs and projects. o Expert portfolio/project/program management (3PM) experience. Takes complicated out of complexity, strategically and operationally. o Utilising 'hands on' expertise champions of appropriate risk, governance and oversight management, based on appropriate leadership, metrics, Earned Value Management (EVM), (from operational to Board levels), whilst reducing costs and improving efficiencies, enabling benefits and value (for money) outcomes to be realised.o Provides advice to taking complicated out of complexity, strategically and operationally. A well-qualified and experienced Systems and Design Thinking expert and naturally considers situations holistically. o Provides project and program leadership in establishment of physical and virtual Enterprise (EPMO), national and international Project/Program Management Offices (PMO).

Williamtown, New South Wales

o Within Australian Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG), and a world-leading advanced program, delivered wide range of expertise in areas of governance (assurance and accountabilities, high-level planning, metrics and reporting), engagement with prime contractor, and mandatory compliances to organisation's HQ, (understanding how operational technology requirements impact risks, costs and ability of prime contractors to actually deliver).o Building trust-worthy relationships to improve customer-supplier engagement performance – delivering required outcomes and sustainment, with multi-disciplined military/APS/contractor delivery teams.o Successfully scheduled and managed de-scoping of a major upgrade to FOC, realigning reduced budget, with a challenging practical view focused on ‘value-for-money’ – quality, schedule and budget, from delivery lifecycle stages to IOC, constrained by prime contractor’s diminishing skilled resources, impact on risks, costs and ability to deliver as planned. o Resurrected CASG governance policy as a focused foundation for appropriate and practical program oversight, and delivery by prime contractor – reframed focus to ensure timely delivery, within scope. o Simplified EVM-based metrics to appropriate ones, supporting practical governance, assurance and reporting – simplifying existing complicated requirements and processes – monitoring deviations. o Delivered improved SPO governance of program/project competency (skills) framework for use by managers of projects/programs, and staff to help determine their career upskilling direction/updating.

Woolongong, New South Wales

o Working for a number of confidential projects, utilising a wide range of 'hands on' practical, as a subject matter expert (SME), implementations on how to get ideas, complex policy and strategies into delivery programs and projects. Utilising expert portfolio/project/ program management (3PM) experience.o Provided project and program consultation in establishment of physical and virtual enterprise, national and international project/program management offices (EPMO and PMO).

Sydney

o Practical, systemic management problem-solver, and holistic thinker. Provides very pragmatic, sage, and implementable ideas/advice to strategic change initiatives, with a national focus:o Revised and redesigned national decision-maker major public infrastructure delivery reporting, with systemic, holistic and practical key financial and progress/performance metrics - improving risk management, Earned Value Management (EVM) and benefit realisation/ business-case validity.o Took an international perspective to determine why businesses are attracted to establishing themselves around taxpayer-funded major infrastructure developments. Aim was to better understand how to improve utilisation and development benefits for surrounding geographical area (creation of a new 'new city').

St Leonards, Sydney, Australia

o Introduced and established a practical PMO management and major project leadershipo Re-engineered organisation’s PMO contract capacity and capabilities; improving governance, reporting metrics/dashboard, risk management and standardised program delivery controls, with greater operational accountability. Improved sub-contractor delivery performance to completing six weeks early, with increased profitability. Established contingency delivery strategies to minimise risk impact. Exceeded contract expectations.

Sydney, Australia

o Led improvements in Agile and Predictive ICT enabled management practices, governance and risk management, benefit realisation and earned value (EVM), to deliver successful outcomes.o Redesigned delivery frameworks and tools, enabling buy-in from core delivery management community. This transformed delivery governance, practices and processes, reporting metrics, benefit realisation and earned value (EVM). Produced better contractor and ICT project delivery (Agile, Hybrid, Predictive) environment.o Resolved gaps in implementation knowledge, governance, risk and financial management. Chaired/ participated in major ‘post-implementation reviews’ (PIR). Produced better contractor delivery infrastructure.

North Sydney, Australia

o Led the redesign of new transformation delivery framework and tools. Improved Agile and Predictive ICT enabled management practices, governance and risk management, benefit realisation and earned value (EVM), to deliver successful outcomes. o Created and implemented an innovative comprehensive, and resilient, competency framework, adaptable for a range of three-level program and project delivery management structures with improved skill focus.

Sydney, Australia

o Corporate consulting as a trusted adviser and delivery subject matter expert, across Australian utilities, government departments and large companies – enhancing delivery performance, risk management and governance.

o Re-engineered/transformed a key strategic infrastructure portfolio and program selection model - improved financial (including introduction of Earned Value Management (EVM) as a management focus for governance, planning and progress reporting) and risk-based priority and management selection (as a unique executive dashboard). Future-proofed strategic planning aligning it to corporate/ operational portfolio and reporting, for and in PPP/Alliances (based on main and sub-contractor utilisation).o Transformed construction bid for a major South Australia wind farm.o Improved budgets, planning, scheduling, monitoring and governance. Introduced more appropriate delivery governance and reporting metrics – improved risk management awareness and issue resolution.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Strategic Consultant and Adviser to senior executives. * Provided practical direction and ‘wise and systemic counsel’ to senior executives; health care; financial institution/funds management and construction industries.* Delivered major program and technology enabled strategies, improved reporting, governance and risk management processes, understanding systemic decision-making.* Facilitated and provided practical advice to, sponsors, senior program/project managers.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

ROLE AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES* Leadership and direct management, with full Profit (Net, 50%) and Loss responsibilities for complete organisation, introducing practical governance and risk management, improvements in delivery performance, ICT infrastructure development and content, and course structure and customer's-customer' expectation content (pedagogy).* Developing and delivering new, world-leading end–to–end technology–enabled, online profit-driven, international award-winning, commercial business. ACHIEVEMENTS* Developed and introduced a new post–graduate degree program – change–managed from old program to new (in-flight transformation) – diluting risk from three delivery channels to fourteen.* Introduced a systemic (holistic) perspective to product delivery: a ‘customer’s-customer’ view; with a strong team focus to the program, through effective and innovative use of online technologies.* Delivered a new global governance infrastructure to raise quality outcomes and deliver on student expectations.* Won two international Project Management Institute (PMI in the USA) Professional Development Awards for Content and [Means of] Delivery.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Major Banking and Finance – Large Scale ICT Outsourcing Management.ROLE AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES* Key executive for delivery engagement and project/program management between CBA and outsourcer EDS ($450m+ annual technology–enabled project spend).* Consolidate PMO-based project/program delivery processes of a major Bank M&A. * Across the Business Units/PMOs, provided management advisory/consulting help with technology–enabled Delivery Risk Management, Governance, Processes and Procedures, Metrics, reporting systems, and development of an integrated competency framework.* Developed and introduced major outsourcing engagement framework, improved delivery risks for a $450m technology project/program spend – became delivery framework for $1.5B Which New Bank program, a major technology change initiative.* Introduced new reporting rigour – reducing delivery risk, rework, and failure costs (approximately $150m per year). Improved operational PMO communications.* Conceived, led, and managed an online portal (‘PROJECT CENTRAL’) delivery of ‘across–business’ project–program information and reporting infrastructure and to improve effectiveness of Project and Program Management Offices, Processes and Procedures.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

A private real estate agent and large-scale developer * Led and delivered an innovative e–commerce infrastructure. Providing thought leadership and change management solutions; created e–business and technical direction for overseas markets – delivered a practical range of options.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

A small and established transport application development company.* Led and managed the research and development of a major technology upgrade of Booking and Dispatch system with integrated Track and Trace, nationally, on time, scope, and budget. * Delivered a new wireless (with early SMS technologies) Booking and Dispatch system – on time, scope, and budget.* Introduced concept and design (in an R&D environment) mobile online data communication (wireless packet–switching) system.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Responsibility and leadership/management for all operational technology (from vehicle through to back-office/ ERP systems) worldwide. * Led, managed, and internationally negotiated an A$70m global innovative technology–enabled business program (across multiple–national business units and international suppliers/providers, including FX considerations through TNT Treasury), reduced payback period from eighteen to nine months with a 20% improvement on business efficiencies; introduced new high–margin, premium service, business opportunities. * Developed systemic (whole–of–life) equipment idea to reduce CapEx and OpEx, as provider of bar–code equipment; recycling functioning equipment into secondary markets, as one–generation obsolescence (enhancing return–value/reducing CapEx).* Conceived and delivered global Internet strategy. Persuaded senior executives and operational managers to adopt the ‘new’ and potential (then) e–business opportunities associated with online service provisions and operational efficiencies. * Business Process Re-engineered (BPR) solutions improving profit margins and savings (as a major part of a program quadrupling margins). Improved major project and program management processes and procedures across the global business.* Extracted non–value operational process inefficiencies which delivered commercial and competitive improvements across UK and German markets.