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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Worked across a range of industries providing IT services.

Australia

Buller Ski Lifts is one of Australia’s premier ski resorts servicing approximately 500,000 skier visits annually.IT/IS Manager – Responsible for management of IT infrastructure and associated software systems used for business operations and for the resort management software system including ticketing and customer management. Role included:• Management and maintenance of fibre and copper network• Purchase, Installation / configuration and management of multiple Windows servers• Management of Cisco switches• Management of VMware infrastructure• Strategic systems planning and disaster recovery solutions• Budget management and control• Management of MS SQL server databases• Creation / modification of SQL queries and stored procedures• Database reporting (Reporting Services, Crystal Reports, Report Builder, Excel Pivots)• Troubleshooting of hardware and software problems• Evaluation of new software systemsResponsible for the design and upgrade of existing resort management software and the introduction of a new resort management system including RFID access control with responsibility for all the software systems operations. Introduced a virtual server environment to aid efficient replacement of existing standalone servers.

Australia

Intouch Technology held a leading position as Australia's premiere supplier of Resorts & Attractions Management Software and was installed in the majority of the Australian ski resorts and a number of high profile ski resorts in North America and New Zealand.• Business analysis for systems configuration• Account management (including North American, European and NZ customers)• Sales presentations• Software system needs analysis• System documentation• Advertising, selection, interviews and recruitment of new staff• e-commerce system design & development• TCP/IP networking installation and configuration• SQL database administration• Database report creation for business operations & decision making• Data migration from other systems• Equipment selection and procurement• Hardware and software installations and configuration• Design and delivery of internal and external training material• Customer training• Troubleshooting and technical support

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Contracting to PBR, a manufacturer and supplier of braking systems to the local and international automotive industry.Involved in the modelling and structural performance analysis of various brake designs under differing load conditions using Finite Element Analysis. Managed the Computer Aided Engineering department including contractors. Supporting role to the manager of the CAD department including maintenance and support of Unix workstations and CAD department's TCP/IP network.Senior Engineer - Responsible for the management and administration of a Unix based TCP/IP network running engineering software on thirty Unix workstations as well as carrying out design stress analysis of braking components. Tasks included:• Advising senior management on system planning and utilisation• Stress analysis and design change recommendations• Overseeing and directing CAE department employees• Recruitment and management of staff• System capacity planning for both software and hardware• Operating system installation and maintenance• Network and system troubleshooting• Storage management• Disaster recovery planning• System backups on a number of different UNIX platforms.• Designing and writing various shell scripts for administration tasks, including a full backup and restore script and real time messaging system

Australia

Design Technologies is a small international company which develops and supports engineering software for manufacturing industries and also provides design consultancy services in the computer-aided engineering field.Senior Consultant – Providing computer-aided engineering / Unix systems administration contracting services to manufacturing industry including PBR Automotive which designs and manufactures aluminium and cast iron automobile brake systems.• Provided technical input to development of proprietary CAE software• Customer technical training and support• Pre and post-sales support. Training and presentations to prospects and customers• Hired and supervised contract employees for the CAE department at PBR Automotive• Expanded the CAE department in a contracting role until being offered full time employment at PBR to manage the CAE department

Invetech Operations is Australia’s leading technology consultancy involved in new product development, manufacturing improvement and strategic planning. Clients include Shell, Pacific Dunlop, Leica Instruments, BHP and Gadsden.Mechanical Engineer - Performed engineering design and analysis to client requirements for consumer product and packaging development. Responsibilities included:• Finite element modelling and analysis, solids modelling, computer-aided mechanisms modelling and stress analysis• Component design including plastics injection moulded products• Project management• Resource allocation• Budget and progress control• Client liaisonI ran a project to modify a car baby seat and reduced injection moulded mass by fifty percent while maintaining compliance with Australian Standards.Ran and participated in many varied product design projects with multi -disciplined teamsAttended a course titled “The Art of Consulting” to better understand how consultants should liaise with clients and what is important when focusing on project management.