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ICT Consultancy Solutions - Cyber focused Project Delivery, Business Analysis, Bid, Contract and Risk ManagementGo forward focus on Regional Edge Computing , Smart City, Data Analytics, Cyber Security in the IoT's Multiple ICT contract works delivered into corporate clients spanning Rio Tinto, Australian Retirement Trust (QSuper/SunSuper merge), Energy Queensland, Powerlink, Queensland Health, CITEC, SPARQ Solutions, Nexon Asia Pacific , UXC, Telstra, Fujitsu, Brennen IT, TPLConnect. Work Examples:- Business Analyst in Identity and Access Program for Global Mining company- Delivery Lead for Identity and Privileged Access project streams - Superannuation sector ICT merger - Lead Business Analyst in Energy sector - BCP, Cyber Security Strategies and Cyber Uplift Programs, Data Governance strategies, Operational Technical authoring and Business Analyst projects.- Multiple Health sector bid response projects for Technology, Services and maintenance supply - South East Queensland and Sunshine Coast Region Data Center Development projects - Health sector BPR project - Energy Sector security and Office 365 projects- Govt Agency Unified Communications pilot deployment project - Smart City Network design quality review - SFIA gap analysis and Whole of Government supply capability development - Business Strategy/Change plan project

Design and deploy SharePoint based national Contract Management Framework and Project Management Office. Facilitation of business case and budget approvals. Facilitation and delivery of policies, processes, procedures, templates, training.

Foundation Chief Information Officer of Australian e-Commerce and Mobile Banking start-up QPAY (now SQID Payments). SQID has grown to a next phase with national merchant contracts with Westpac and international contracts and joint venture agreements in Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia) and India. Manage and direct IT team. Define, lead and manage ICT strategies. Establish mobile technology platforms in support of business plan Vendor contracts - market analysis and establishment.

Project manager for Request for Tender projects for the evaluation, negotiation, and contract establishment of Voice (Fixed and Mobile) and Data (Carriage and Video-Conference) Services for Queensland Health and other State Government departments. Combined value of $80M over 4 years. Established and operationally managed contracts introducing Vendor Management Framework and engagement model in line with industry best practice.

Worked within business specialist team to deliver large scale business improvement initiatives. Lead and managed a team of senior Transition (eg Project) Managers to ensure successful migration of clients to Optus Managed Services Products or Whole of Business model.

Management of the TFM (Telecommunications Facility Management) contract and relationship. Management of CSC Support Service contract (hardware and software) .The TFM was a 5 year $6 million contract with Optus-Singtel for the provision of telecommunications and project services to internal client base, which in turn supports external community client services.Manage the Infrastructure Services - Communications (Voice and Data) Services and Projects group. Project Director for the SDN (Service Delivery Network) project (Integrated Voice/Data/Video network to 18 Primary Hospitals - $20M budget) and WAN Upgrade project across 19 health districts.

Line and staff management responsibility of internal Senior Technical Consultants, project management, and external Project Director(s), Vendor and Project Contract staff.Management oversite for Voice and Data environments spanning customer base of 4,700 staff, 100 PABX systems, 10 IVR systems, 120 Automatic Teller Machines, and 150 Branch, 10 Metropolitan District and Regional office locations (Qld, NSW, Vic).Deployed new strategic PABX Platform, incorporating 9 CBD and 150 Regional sites, including two major Call Centres (500 + seating capacity). Involved 5000 customer handsets and delivered enhanced technology base to support a core business strategy.Project Director for merged group WAN Review and Re-design. Involved re-design and consolidation of Metway Bank, Suncorp, and QIDC networks, resulting in a $300k pa savings

Supervise and control Network Management Group.Provide Data Communications network architectures, planning, installation, maintenance, support, and security of University and Research Park, within a LAN and WAN environment.Co-ordinated hardware configurations, change control, software, and documentation for backbone University UNIX network, databases and computing system platform integration project.