Responsible for the strategy, operations, architecture, support and budgeting of a busy IT DepartmentKey AchievementsBusiness TransformationLed the technical stream of a four-year Business Transformation Program that successfully helped to redesign the Sales, Membership, Operations and Finance functions, migrating them onto digital, cloud-based platforms.Cloud MigrationDeveloped a cloud first strategy and migrated all enterprise systems, e-commerce and digital platforms, data warehousing and infrastructure to the cloud.Information SecuritySubstantial uplift and improvement to the company’s security posture to increase the protection of employees, stakeholders, systems and data from security threats. Implemented the Australian Cyber Security Council’s Essential Eight maturity model to Level 3. Introduced the Zero Trust Security Model with multi-factor authentication, endpoint detection and 24/7 monitoring amongst many other initiatives. Redeveloped and rewrote the Business Continuity Plan to meet the challenges of the changing business environment of cloud-based systems, digital technologies and remote working arrangements.

Management of a strong Applications Development Team including Developers, Business Analysts and Quality Assurance Test Analysts. Led the development of many applications through project scheduling, resource planning, software specifications and management reporting. Provided application lifecycle management for the operation of production systems. Also responsible for the financial management of the applications budget.Key AchievementsAn Adaptable Architecture to Empower the CompanyMigrated from a single proprietary vendor with a whole suite of complex, enterprise applications to smaller, robust open source applications. Adopted an architectural strategy of simplicity, adaptability and modularity utilising Python, PHP, Wordpress, MySQL, MongoDB, VueJS, ReactJS, Linux and Docker.This reduced costs by over 60% for licensing and maintenance. It also allowed a continuous integration platform to be developed that delivered business value more quickly. Lead times for user stories on the customer and member portal were reduced from three months to three weeks.Agile Adoption to Drive ChangeIntroduced agile principles and practices into the IT Team to improve quality, transparency and engagement. Through the delivery of successful projects, agile concepts proved to be highly effective with far reaching benefits that delivered real business value.The most significant achievements were collaboration and alignment of outcomes that helped to deliver a number of major projects. Working software was delivered early and the change in team culture was tangible as each team member became more accountable and adopted more responsibility in their commitment to the success of each project.

Full stack developer specialising in J2EE based applications. Responsible for building enterprise systems utilising web frameworks, object relational mapoping solutions, databases and service oriented architectures. These high-quality solutions enabled new revenue lines, innovative digital platforms and large volume data analysis. Key AchievementsE-Commerce Platforms for new revenueCollaborating closely with the Sales Directors, an e-commerce platform was developed for the sale of Licences to the Education and Media sectors. Open source tools were used to build a light-weight and flexible online platform that integrated with internal SaaS applications. These systems processed the lead, dispatched the order and invoiced the customer without manual intervention.For the Media sector, the platform integrated with major national web media content providers, offering their readers the opportunity to license online content automatically.In the private education sector, institutions were able to buy new Licenses and renew quickly online, opening up a new market of over $6m in revenue with little overhead and operational costs.New Development PracticesJava was a new platform introduced into the organisation, quite different than the incumbent technologies. This allowed for many new practices to be introduced. These included test driven development that had an immediate impact, reducing the number of defects in production. New metrics were introduced that measured the increase in quality improvements in the Quality Assurance Team.Also a new repository management scheme was as well as a continuous integration policy that allowed for better Release Management. A weekly automated, deployment cycle was established to replace lengthy bi-monthly routines that were executed over a whole weekend. This substantially reduced time to market for new initiatives, particularly those focused on the education market.

Development, maintenance and support of a high traffic J2EE online platform delivering consumer services for over 100 sites including e-commerce, mobile and media content delivery.Key Achievements• Systems analysis and re-design of the J2EE architecture to improve performance and availability of all services increasing page impressions from 5 million to 8 million per month.• Created a CMS to publish over 100 micro-sites through media channels requiring minimum maintenance for a small team with limited cross-functional resources. This allowed for the rapid publishing of many different sites during the Australian Idol competition.

Development of dynamic and interactive online applications and tools for graduate students and academics in partnership with various faculties and schools.Key Achievements• Technical Lead for the UK Online Technical Team in the eChina-UK eLearning Programme working in the UK and China to design and develop innovative e-learning applications for Chinese students.- Developed online tools for a cross-disciplinary program to educate graduate students in statistical techniques and research methodologies• The first online data mining application of historical Roman texts, inscriptions and relics, mapped utilising GPS built on a J2EE platform with an Oracle database.

Developed database driven web sites to deliver online courses for Higher Education and adult learners in internet and foreign language skillKey Achievements• Developed internal administration applications to automate many administration processes, such as student management, tutor marking and assessment reporting.• Created interactive tools to allow Spanish language students to practice dialog within a course page.• Web site development for a variety of public service and educational organisations

Research, analysis and implementation of business requirements and processes to create proposals and strategies for IT projects, systems and improvements.Key Achievements• Designed, developed and implemented an international fulfilment operation to distribute sales and product literature for a multi-national chemical company.• Redeveloped a large sporting membership platform onto a database driven client/server system.