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Brisbane, Australia

Focused on providing you organization in Education, Not For Profit or SME, extreme customer service with unlimited support including ALL your project work for one simple monthly rate. Our business model makes it impossible for you to resist the temptation.

Australia

Acting in the IT Director role as a cover during the college process of employing a fulltime person to the role. Transitioned to the permanent role. Completed 12 month term to return back to consulting.

Brisbane, Australia

Responsible to the Principal/CEO for the implementation and management of ICT across the College. Provide strategic leadership of personnel, technical and program management.Leaverage the ICT resources of the College to delivery outcome in line with best practice.

Driving the engine room of Azentro to deliver customer excellence and developing very future solutions that meet the needs of our clients today.

Brisbane, Australia

SSA Schools consists of St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School and St Margaret's Anglican Girls School in Brisbane. The IT Services team has 11 staff looking after the resources across the two schools in a newly formed IT Shared Services model. The schools operate as seperate businesses with a common Trust relationship.The goal of IT Shared Services is to gain economy of scale, efficiency and to provide cost savings through larger volume purchases.The combined enterprise has approx. 2000 laptops/desktops with 240 staff and 1,700 students.

As per previous role with responsibility across all markets within the payments business including Strata, Education, Real Estate, Child Care, SME and General Business.

Heading up a new division of Stratapay to deliver fee payment services into independent and private schools across Australia.Major focus in BDM and relationship development with business manager and bursars within the schools.

Channel Manager Northern Region (ACT, NSW, QLD, NT)Specialising in the sales of security solutions in the 802.1x and RADUIS area. Additionally working with remote control suites offering secure audited access.

Qld

Employed initially by Rentworks to take over the QLD state sales role. The company was then acquired by Allco Finance and subsequently became Alleasing.

Gold Coast

Albury, Australia

The specific duties conducted in this position (and the previous position held in the similar role at Charles Sturt University) are extremely broad based and varied given my sole responsibility for all computer related tasks on both campuses. Many areas within the summary include my role as the project manager and implementer. A summary is provided as follows:Extensive experience with network operating systems and hardware. - Design, installation and administration of electronic mail systems.- Supplier liaison/negotiation and purchasing responsibility.- Identifying spec power, telephone and data requirements for new campus development.- Technical support and input for research projects.- Recommendation of standard HW and SW.- Fault finding and resolution in coaxial cabling systems.- UnshieldedTwisted Pair cable and Fibre Optic cable.- Cisco routers and Wide Area Network systems, specifically AARnet/Internet.- Exposure to administration of Unix systems.- Installation and configuration of numerous software packages, both networked and stand-alone. Packages included all major Microsoft, Borland and WordPerfect systems.- Training of staff and students in usage of computer hardware and software.- Tutoring in computer fundamentals to first year computer students.- Knowledge of TelecomISDN.- Telephone PABX.- Video conferancing.- Advising staff and students on purchase of personal computing systems and packages.- Assist staff and students on purchase of personal computing requirements.- Keeping abreast of ongoing software development.