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Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand

Managing the Core Telephony Infrastructure replacement and call centre system upgrade.

Auckland

Achievements:- Competitive advantage achieved by relocating more than 800 staff and infrastructure into 14 separate sites allowing normal BAU operations after the Christchurch earthquake, three month target was attained in 6 weeks.Responsibilities:- Managing the delivery of integrated technology programmes and projects that support Telecom’sstrategic objectives within the consumer domain with an annual budget of over $40m- Providing leadership, strategic direction, team management, delivery management, changemanagement and risk management- Managing technical delivery with Business Release mangers to ensure a smooth transition and with the agreed quality, functionality, budget and timeframes

Auckland

Achievements:- Managed the Christchurch rise-up and Cure Kids telethons for Telecom- Successfully migrated the bulk of Telecom call centres to Manila and successfully delivered multipleproject on time and within budget and scope.Responsibilities:- Planning, controlling, and driving project outcomes within the (IT, Network, RNGT, UIP) technologyprogramme- Providing and delivering assurance to customers as programmes are implemented across the businessunits- Delivering projects within the Telecom environment ranging from $300k to $5m

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Achievements:- Co-founded this company which developed and sold recognition technology booths to the South AfricanPolice.- Designed, prototyped and developed the digital capturing kiosk, encompassing biometrics, fingerprints, facial recognition, iris recognition and digital photography of suspects, evidence and exhibits for government- Competing against IBM, Infosys and Sagem, won the contract to consult to the Botswana police on their new AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System)- Turnover was NZ$3.4m within two yearsResponsibilities:- Liaising with top government officials and selling the concept- Liaising with technical vendors to deliver the optimum product- Setting up information technologies to support the growth and operation of the business- Consulting to the Botswana Police Services on similar technology

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Responsibilities:- Technical Advisor to Alcatel Southern Africa, eBooth Solutions, Maxiprest, Stratex Networks, SupaQuickand other companies- Designing, setting up and installing disaster recovery procedures and setting up audit procedures forbackup, firewalls, help desks, LAN,WAN, database and security procedures- Analysis and Audit of Wan, LAN, RAS, network analysis, audit and optimization of WAN, LAN andInternet and policies and procedures- Computer and network forensic analysis and investigation for various government and privateorganizations- Project management of various projects and implementations- Managing several large and complex tender applications and bids for government and private sectors.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Achievements:- Project manager of the Y2K project and SAP installation- Installed the first Voice over Internet Protocol system in South Africa- Designed and implemented the network in the new Alcatel office, managed the construction and move to the new Alcatel officeResponsibilities:- Management of WAN and LAN, MRP/SAP system, E-mail, Internet, Intranet, RAS, help desk, hardware and software support, Unix Netware and NT system administration, database administration, backup and recovery, capacity planning, disaster recovery, daily operations- Staff and project management, change control, policies & procedures, ISO9000 documentation- Increasing ROI and decreasing running costs, business unit profitability and budgets- Negotiating service level agreements with outside agencies and vendors

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Pretoria Area, South Africa