Darren Deason Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Microsoft Practice Consulting Lead (South Region) and Microsoft-certified Power Platform Solution Architect and Functional Consultant. Involved with Power Platform solution delivery for the following customer solutions; ● Wilson Parking - Site Accounting Application (Dynamics 365 - FO + CE, Power Apps, Power Automate and SSRS Reports) ● Victoria Police - Power Platform Governance Advisory (Power Automate Desktop and Power Pages)

Melbourne, Australia

Director and Senior Consultant at Projectiv Pty Ltd in Melbourne. Projectiv specialises in the delivery of custom enterprise-scale Productivity and Data solutions on the Microsoft 365, Azure and Power Platform. With comprehensive Microsoft solution implementation experience across many government departments and large private enterprises, Projectiv focuses on helping your team become more efficient and effective, and maximising your investment in Microsoft technology.I also developed the Metrics365 (http://www.metrics365.com.au) productivity suite for Power Platform Development Teams.Projectiv has been involved with the successful implementation of productivity and BI solutions for the following organisations across Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide; ● Department of Defence (Canberra) - Resource Matrix solution (Project Server, SharePoint Server, Power BI Report Server and Nintex Workflow) ● Medibank - Portfolio Management solution (Project Online, Power BI, SSIS Data Integration, SSRS Reporting) ● Energy Australia - Portfolio Management solution (Project Online, Power BI, SSIS Data Integration, SSRS Reporting) ● ActewAGL (Canberra) - Portfolio Management solution (Project Online), Reporting solution (Power BI / SSIS / SSRS), Business Process Automation solution (SharePoint Online / Nintex Workflow) ● Icon Water (Canberra) - Portfolio Management and BI solutions (Project Online, SharePoint Online, Power BI Premium, Azure Data Factory, SQL, Oracle) ● Jemena - Resource Planning Tool (Power Apps, Azure SQL, Dataverse, FinanceOne) ● SA Power Networks (Adelaide) - Data Integration and Reporting Platform (Power BI Premium) ● KPMG - Project Management solution (MS Project / Project Online / SharePoint Online) ● Australian Tax Office / DXC (Canberra) - Contract Management System (Power Apps / Power Automate / Power BI / Azure SQL / SharePoint Online) ● ON CALL - Project Management solution (Project Online / SharePoint Online / Power BI)

Victoria, Australia

I was State Manager for the Victorian office at Sensei Project Solutions APAC (IPMO joined forces with US based Sensei Project Solutions in February 2016). I was involved in; pre-sales, marketing, product innovation, company strategy, project management, business consulting and technical delivery activities. Sensei is a Microsoft Gold Partner in the Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) professional services industry. I was solution architect and lead consultant on all Victoria based engagements across the following technologies; Microsoft Project, SharePoint Online, Project Online, Power BI, SQL Server (SSIS / SSAS / SSRS), delivering solutions to the following customers; ● University of Melbourne - Project Online Portfolio Management and Power BI solution ● China Light and Power (Hong Kong) - Project Online Portfolio Management and Power BI solution ● City of Port Phillip - Project Online Portfolio Management and Power BI solution ● Swinburne University - Project Online Portfolio Management and Power BI solution ● Officeworks - Project Online Portfolio Management and Power BI solution ● Department of Education and Training - Project Online Portfolio Management and Power BI solution ● Australian Pharmaceuticals Industries - Project Online Portfolio Management and Power BI solution

Victoria, Australia

EPM Partners (PMO 365) is a Microsoft Gold Partner. I was involved with pre-sales, marketing and the technical delivery of Microsoft based Productivity, BI and Project Management solutions. This included the following Office 365, SQL, Power BI, MS Project / Server/Online and SharePoint Server/Online customer solutions; ● AGL (ISG & Energy Services) ● Asahi Beverages ● Australia Post ● City of Port Phillip ● Citywide ● Coliban Water ● Department of Education and Training ● Department of Justice ● Gippsland Water ● La Trobe University ● Melbourne Water ● NEC ● Port of Melbourne ● Specsavers ● Tabcorp ● Tennis Australia ● Victoria University

Victoria, Australia

OBS (Empired) is a Microsoft Gold Partner technical consultancy. I was responsible for leading the Enterprise Project Management (EPM) capability practice within OBS. This included the management and delivery of the following MS Project / Project Server and SharePoint based customer solutions; ● Department of Treasury and Finance ● Heinz ● Newcrest Mining ● Siemens ● TruEnergy ● Victorian Bushfires Restoration and Reconstruction Authority (awarded the "Community Excellence" MS Partner of the Year 2010)

Melbourne, Australia

Equipe Internet Solutions was a Web Design and Hosting Business for small to medium sized businesses. Through Equipe I also operated as an independent consultant for various contract roles at the following organisations; ● Seek: Project Server 2007 Implementation ● Newcrest Mining: Project Server 2007 and SharePoint Server 2007 Implementation ● Strategic Data Management (SDM): Project Server 2007 Implementations at Connex & Solar Systems

Melbourne, Australia

Avanade is a joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture. I was involved in the pre-sales and delivery of custom and configured Microsoft technology based Enterprise solutions. I also led the Avanade APAC EPM practice, dealing frequently with the Seattle office defining the EPM best-practices (processes, technology and people initiatives). The customer delivery work included projects based in; Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Philippines, China and the USA; ● Australian Tax Office (Canberra) - Project and SharePoint Server Portfolio Management solution ● Internal Accenture (Seattle, Dalian, Manila) - Various C#.Net Business Applicaitons ● Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006 - Project Server Portfolio Management + SSRS BI solution ● Lochard - C#.Net Airport noise pollution analysis application ● Optus (Sydney) - Project Server Portfolio Management + SSRS BI solution ● National Australia Bank (NAB) ● Telstra - C#.Net and MS Customer Care Framework legacy application automation solution

Melbourne, Australia

During the dot.com boom PowerServe International was a consulting services company delivering innovative web solutions - Microsoft ASP / ASP.Net / SQL / Vignette. Key Projects included the following; ● National Australia Bank - Vignette and SQL Server Intranet solution ● ING Direct - Custom ASP.Net and SQL Server Intranet solution ● City Link / Transurban - Custom ASP.Net and SQL Server Customer Portal solution ● AFL Website - Custom ASP.Net and SQL Server Web App solution ● Set for Study - Vignette and SQL Server Web App solution

Bachelor Of Computing (Information Systems), Information Technology

Victorian Certificate Of Education (Vce)