Advance Thinking provide staffing-as-a-service solutions, focusing on Delivery Agility Transformations.As a senior consultant specializing in Project Management i work with various clients and apply my specialized skills and knowledge to assist clients in making the best possible business decisions. I am able to provide oversight and leadership in executing projects from planning thru to completion

As the Program Manager for the IT Remediation program, responsible for the AUSPAC Tech Debt – this includes our measure of ‘End of Life.’We were able to reduce our Tech Debt of End-of-Life applications from 35% down to 25%.Implemented Role Based Access Controls across various key applications.Completed Data Masking on all our test environments for our Crown Jewel applications.Improved the IT Security Vulnerability pipeline between Security/Application/Infrastrutre teams.Created an ongoing organization process where applications can be assessed for their ‘Value At Risk’ which contributes to.

As a Senior Project Manager at Latitude Financial Services, I am currently working within the Digital & Technology business unit.I was leading key projects in relation to regulatory and compliance requirements.Worked with key governing bodies to ensure our product offerings were updated to meet the on going change responsible lending landscape - across AU and NZ

As a Senior Project Manager at ME Bank, Cuong has been managing the major Core Banking Upgrade project; Cuong has been required to ensure this project is setup for success by building the team that will be able to deliver within the complex environment.During this time Cuong has also been able to manage multiple other projects: Internet and Mobile Banking Monthly releases; PegaCS Upgrade; Collaboration Tools implementation; Readerboard Refresh; ESB Upgrade evaluation.

As a project manager working within the DOCS (Digital and Online Channel Services) division within NAB.; I was put in charge to bring improvement to the environment services space within both IB asset and NABC assets.Some Key achievements were the IB platform upgrade (WAS855), IB Batch upgrade, NABC Env Services, Monthly releases for both IB and NABC assets, implementation of DevOps practices, SHA2 cert upgrade, AWS Migration; and mapping out road maps for the DevOps team. I was required to lead the team to building and implementing the new IB and NABC environment within the organization for both test and production; as well as planning out the future for new team, budgets, recruitment, forecasting, and resourcing planning.

The DWS Group brings together the best minds in Customer Experience, Technology & Strategy to help Australia’s businesses and Government innovate and deliver excellenceAs a consultant specializing in Project Management i worked with various clients and applied my specialized skills and knowledge to assist clients in making the best possible business decisions. I am able to provide oversight and leadership in executing projects from planning thru to completion

As a project manager at ME Bank, managing the major Internet Banking Upgrade; Cuong has been required to ensure this huge project is kept on time, and has the correct resources when required.During his time at ME Bank Cuong has been able to complete such initiatives and projects as: Internet Banking Upgrade, DataMart, Workplace Banking Kiosk.He latest engagement was as the Deployment and Environment Services (DES) Project Manager within ME Bank's Transformation program, playing a vital role in ensuring the infrastructure required to deliver is in place in a timely manner utilizing a team of 20+ including on/off shore staff.

As a release manager for the Galaxy Macau project team based in Macau, servicing the opening of the Galaxy Casino; Cuong was responsible, to ensure that all deliverable's were completed on time, without the lack of Quality.Cuong was working with technical teams from all over the globe to ensure that the co-ordination of their tasks was to the project plan.

Being the senior PM for the Kings Group, while also managing the internal software development team. I am able to work with new projects constantly, and am able to see positive changes within the business once these projects are completed. These projects can range from 2 week projects up to 6 month projects with varying monetary values.

Being the IT Manager for Blue Circle, was the next step for myself coming from a systems administrator background. It was a very big role to fill, however with the support of the senior management of the business this was done successfully. I was able to introduce IT to become a service provider and generate revenue for the business using the IT skill set.Some major archeivements were, but not limited to: the setup of the new Altona warehouse, setup of the new Sydney site, Relocation of the head office, retender of the entire Data/Voice contract

As the Network Security Team leader, Cuong was required to manage a small service desk that worked on a 24/7 calender, to ensure that all business critical applications were supported.This covered, businesses over in UK, US, as well as Australia.Working with Linux based systems, using token authentication technology.

Vibrant IT Solutions was a small suburb based company which specialises in support for small to medium businesses. They provide both hardware and software development support.Cuong was responsible to provide reliable and improved support to the clients that used Vibrant IT Solutions. Working with a small service/support desk, Cuong had to ensure that all request were completed and new server / pc builds were as specified.

Being the single point of contact from an IT perspective, Cuong managed the entire IT infrastructure for Strive Simpsons, he worked with graphic designers to ensure that all web based applications were deployed correctly.Supporting a business of 20 staff, and ensuring all business applications were stable.Worked with some of Strive Simpson's major clients to ensure that projects/request were completed on time

As systems support for Swinburne Uni, Cuong's responsibility to ensure all systems were up and running for both students and teachers. Cuong was part of a team which managed over 2000 users, mainly focusing on the Glenferrie Campus.