Consultancy supporting Australasian companies with programme and project management, operational optimisation and business development services. Engagement examples listed below

Retail, ERP and DC Projects

Responsible for Programme Management of; Workforce Management, HRIS and ERP systems upgrades for Visionwest and for supporting Home Health Care Division organisational restructuring and process improvements.

Responsible for establishing and leading the PMO supporting business transformation; organisational restructuring, Logistics consolidation and driving group-wide ERP and systems transformation. Ngahuia Group is NZ's leading footwear retailer, owner of R Hannah & Co Ltd and Number 1 Shoes Ltd, trading three retail footwear brands - Hannahs, Hush Puppies, Number One Shoes.

Responsible for DeployPartners NZs operational and project delivery including IBMs Netcool platform and Netscout's ISN, PFS, nGeniusONE and NBA produsts and for Zenoos.

Business Case and Highlevel Design for an organizational wide replacement of their Operational Support Processes/Systems and for Project Managing upgrades to GIS (Smallworld) and Asset Management Platforms and Process.

Stood in for National Operations Director as Project Manager of the Successful Tender for the National Telehealth Service Contract (Telehealth Call Centre)

Business Planning, “NewCo”: Responsible for development of the product plan, technology roadmap and validation of Business Case for the launch of a nationwide IT services company for Offshore investors

Led the combined Gen-i, Microsoft and Citrix team that created Gen-i’s Desktop as a Service (DaaS) Win8.1/Win7 private cloud services providing the NZ Government with improved desktop security, quality and interdepartmental collaboration at reduced infrastructure cost.

PMO and Design Manger on Downer Australia’s National Broadband Network Z5 tender response winning $450M worth of business. Established PMO and engaged and established Kordia Australia as Downer’s design partner.PM of Business Process re-engineering project improving productivity and halving delivery time by optimising end to end delivery workflow and introducing ESRI and digital tools for Technical & Asset Services division Downer Australia.

Established a PMO and led team that deployed 60+ WCDMA cellular mobile sites for Huawei / 2Degrees NZ.

Business Development Manager Ultrafast Broadband, Downer NZ: Established and lead joint venture with Electrix NZ that successfully secured engagements from a number of potential Fibre Network Operators.Programme Manager Sunrise, Downer NZ: Lead the team that designed and built 400+ WCDMA cellular mobile sites for Telecom NZ. Within 6 months the profitable project was delivering 25 times Downers normal capacity.

Restructured and returned to profitability Ericsson's Transmission Services Programme responsible for the Design and Build of Vodafone NZ's Cellular Transmission and Access Networks. Reengineered project processors, renegotiated supplier contracts and restructured team

Programme Manager, Hewlett Packard [EDS] NZ: Rescued project, restructured EDS’s 130+ enterprise programme team and successfully upgraded 5000+ desktops across NZ and Australia. In parallel centralised 400+midrange servers to EDS's Data Centres and successfully migrated and upgraded Fonterra’s SAP platform.

Project Manager IBM NZ; Managed the Design and Development of Security & System Management Tools for AirNZ. Successfully upgraded AirNZ e-Business Portal and Data Warehouse

Hong Kong based consultancy supporting the technology sector with Business Development, Programme and Project Management and Operational Support services.ENGAGEMENTS (sample)** Sales and Bid Management @ IBM Hong Kong: Led e-business solutions team that secured multimillion dollar Cathay Pacific Web Hosting contract for IBM HK.** Sales and Bid Management @ NewCo Hong Kong: Led team bidding on a "Build, Own and Operate" power supply agreement in Sri Lanka. Created “NewCo”, led… Show more Hong Kong based consultancy supporting the technology sector with Business Development, Programme and Project Management and Operational Support services.ENGAGEMENTS (sample)** Sales and Bid Management @ IBM Hong Kong: Led e-business solutions team that secured multimillion dollar Cathay Pacific Web Hosting contract for IBM HK.** Sales and Bid Management @ NewCo Hong Kong: Led team bidding on a "Build, Own and Operate" power supply agreement in Sri Lanka. Created “NewCo”, led contract negotiations and secured multimillion dollar venture capital commitments. Show less

Officer of Company. Grew the AsiaPac business from nothing and in 18 months secured $8M of commitments to contract and established a pipeline in excess of targets. Opened the HK regional sales office; personally prospected for business, cold calling, developing sales strategies, setting up distribution channels and recruiting / leading a sales team of four.

National Manager Technical Services; For identifying and driving new IT services operations, for National TCV, Revenue and GP. Lead technical services team of 70+ application, systems and network engineers.* Earned revenues greater than $6M exceeding target GP* Established a JV between, Nortel, AT&T, Lucent and IBM GS NZ.* Achieved operation cost targets by restructuring the National Technical Services Team and rationalising operations centres changing from being “Site Focused” to… Show more National Manager Technical Services; For identifying and driving new IT services operations, for National TCV, Revenue and GP. Lead technical services team of 70+ application, systems and network engineers.* Earned revenues greater than $6M exceeding target GP* Established a JV between, Nortel, AT&T, Lucent and IBM GS NZ.* Achieved operation cost targets by restructuring the National Technical Services Team and rationalising operations centres changing from being “Site Focused” to “Competency Focused”.* Commenced DBA practice Show less

Programme / IT Operations Director (1994 / 1997). Responsible for BSS operations and for the delivery of complex programmes of work for TNZL or its customers. Examples;* Nationwide deployment of CATV capability including broadcasting and operations centre, Call Centre, IT support systems and all outside plant for Telecom NZ. Capex greater than $170M, 10 direct reports, 700+ personnel. * Lead Consulting Team providing profitable SI services to PCCW (HK). $4M in services, 6 direct… Show more Programme / IT Operations Director (1994 / 1997). Responsible for BSS operations and for the delivery of complex programmes of work for TNZL or its customers. Examples;* Nationwide deployment of CATV capability including broadcasting and operations centre, Call Centre, IT support systems and all outside plant for Telecom NZ. Capex greater than $170M, 10 direct reports, 700+ personnel. * Lead Consulting Team providing profitable SI services to PCCW (HK). $4M in services, 6 direct reports, 40+ personnel.* Established an international SI Practice. Introduced Project Office and consulting methodologies for external customers.* A $34M initiative re-engineering the business processes and IT systems used for the delivery and storage of all network call and activity records including the delivery of a data warehouse, decision support and billing systems. Show less