Christopher Benson Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I really enjoy helping companies streamline their processes, implement systems to achieve operational efficiency and enhance communication and collaboration across their organisations.- Business process improvement through requirements gathering, modelling, analysis and strategic guidance.- System implementation and support across marketing, sales, project management, event management, member management, customer support and financial analysis.- Staff training and support, including business process mapping, staff user manuals and customer guides.

Camberwell, Victoria, Australia

Initially engaged as an external consultant, I was tasked with implementing a new project management tool for the tracking of commercial and residential solar projects.Following successful completion of this project I accepted the role of Head of Business Systems to provide ongoing support in the area of business process improvement and systems management.

Melbourne, Australia

carbonTRACK is an energy management and Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider. Our technology is applied along the electricity value chain. It gives utilities elaborate demand response mechanisms to increase grid efficiency, and allows electricity end-users to reduce waste and increase the effectiveness of self-generation sources such as solar. carbonTRACK brings a building’s energy sources and the appliances to one single platform. It makes buildings energy efficient and at the same time prepares homes and businesses for the Internet of Things, battery storage, and electric vehicle control. carbonTRACK offers unique solutions in residential, commercial, aged care, supply chain and cold storage logistics, transport, and home automation.We distribute through B2B channels, mainly via electricity retailers, utilities, and solar installation businesses. carbonTRACK offices: Melbourne, Australia; Los Angeles, California; Johannesburg, South Africa, and Nairobi Kenya.

Melbourne, Australia

M+W Group is a global leader in the design, engineering and construction of high tech facilities and major complex projects. We have extensive in-house technical resources combining process, mechanical and electrical engineering, technology integration, lean construction and commissioning expertise. Our unique combination of high-tech engineering and excellent project management help our customers to reach their goals and to strive for new horizons.Since 1912 M+W Group has been at the forefront of engineering advanced design and construction solutions. Today, with over 6,000 technical professionals operating in over 30 countries worldwide, we have the expertise to deliver the most complex projects to the most exacting performance standards.

Melbourne, Australia

True Value Solar Commercial is part of the M+W Group; a global leader in engineering, construction, project management and advanced technology facilities, with a heritage spanning over 129 years. M+W has evolved to become a pioneer of the solar industry being responsible for the planning and construction of 40 PV plants around the world, and retail direct to the public through True Value Solar.

Melbourne, Australia

EngageForGood is a full service digital agency providing strategy, design and development services.

HelloMedical built a Social Network system that aimed to connect medical practitioners and researchers while also providing a platform for integrating new applications and tools. This along with additional "Member Services" of website design, video production and online communications formed the scope of services offered by HelloMedical.

Melbourne, Australia

AT2 is Australia's busiest and most-used online casting system, accessed daily by hundreds of casting directors, talent agents and actors, models, extras and children.AT2 is currently used in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and South Africa to cast major commercial film, theatre and TV series production.

As Portal Coordinator for the University of Western Australia I was responsible for guiding and facilitating the uptake of the portal within the university community. I was required to assist with the implementation of the staff and student web portal through the identification of a governance framework and the development of management policies and guidelines.The MyUWA web portal was developed using BEA (Oracle) AquaLogic Interaction 6.5 with portlets being developed in-house. Various systems were integrated into the portal providing ‘dashboard’ reporting functionality for users, including systems such as WebCT, Callista (Student Management System), Student WebMail, and various Library systems.I was responsible for the development of marketing and communications plans for the portal launch and ongoing promotions, the creation of Development Guidelines governing technical and design specifications, Content Management Guidelines for various content managers across the University, provision of portal support and technical and functional guidance to the University developer community.

The National Native Title Tribunal contracted me as Project Manager to manage the design and development upgrade to their website and content management system. As a part of the final solution for the Tribunal MOSS 2007 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 were selected.The National Native Title Tribunal is a Federal Government Agency that is required to conform to accessibility, useability and AGLS metadata requirements. Therefore I was required to ensure that the new website development adhered to these requirements, as well as to the existing Corporate Brand Guidelines while considering the Cultural and Political sensitivities.

As Project Manager within Vivid Group it was my role to manage internet development and digital marketing projects. Within specified budgets I was required to undertake requirements analysis, document all aspects of the Project and coordinate with the production team for all design and development work.

I worked for Gruden for 9 months during my years leave from CBS IP. During this time I was required to manage a range of web development projects working very closely with the development and design team. Gruden’s partnership with PTG (Performance Technology Group) exposed me to the world of the psychology behind user interface design.

Perth

Having graduated from my Bachelor of IS degree, I commenced work with the Curtin Business School within the International Programs division. My role initially required me to develop ad hoc database applications for the management of student records and administrative resources. I was also required to liaise with Application IT Services to extract student enrolment and financial data from existing management systems for the creation of audit reports for the International Programs division.In the role of Systems Manager I worked with a small team of developers to introduce ColdFusion and to manage development of an Intranet environment, integrating a suite of in-house online applications including a Travel Management, Online Course Applications, Timesheet Tracking, Enrolment and Financial Reporting and Letter of Offer administrative processing.

Perth, Australia

Water Quality Monitoring on the Swan and Canning Rivers and Data Management

Bachelor, Information Systems

Bachelor, Environmental Science