Don Sharp Email & Phone Number

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

COO for the Western States of Australia - WA, SA, NTfor TTC - The Testing Consultancy✰ Leading the new high standard of Testing Consultancies✰ Member of the Australian Leadership team, empowered to move mountains to help Clients✰ Bringing the global best practices of TTC within local reach✰ Supporting discerning Clients with a genuine, collaborative outcomes approach✰ Finding and developing Top Talent in the Quality/Testing space✰ Making sure my People enjoy every day as part of a supportive community of Practitioners!

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

- Senior Team: key member of the senior team that ran WA- Client Solutions: truly understand the challenges facing clients and align them to Planit services- Business Proposals: responded to RFx, write proposals, present up to Executive level- Lead Staff: mentoring, training, motivating and problem solving- Practice Lead: Agile practice lead for WA- Strategic Delivery: personal involvement in strategic delivery process reviews and coaching- Network: expanded Planit's network and brand through networking, presentations and publications- Thought Leadership: stayed at the forefront of Quality delivery practices

Perth, Australia

- Significant engagements at Woodside, Fortescue Metals Group, Edith Cowan University, Curtin University, Murdoch University, Western Power, Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety, WesTrac, INX, City of Perth- Ultimately responsible for creating, owning and delivering bespoke complex client bids at and above organisational C level within global organisations- Agile Practice Lead for Western Australia- Manages teams with a span across the globe (e.g. head of testing) when required, including responsibility for the recruitment process and daily management of one quarter of all WA staff- Setting and implementing Test Policy across global organisations and implementing strategic risk mitigation within global complex programs of change- Represents Planit at national and international events eg. DDD conference annually, Salesforce Quokka Dreaming conference, SIGiST forums- Day to day management of one quarter of WA's client accounts and consulting across all areas of the Planit Service portfolio - Successfully completes client engagement, (consultancy, programme, departmental or organisational level projects) from outset to completion- Engaged, highly driven, collaborative, dynamic, reliable and knowledgeable leader within Planit and active within the Testing Industry at a Global level

Hand-picked 2IC to the CIO and leader for the Strategic Planning, Development and Governance department that brought together several sub-departments and I.S. subject matter experts to govern and continually improve all I.S. delivery for business enablement. Responsibilities included Enterprise architecture, Applications architecture, Information Security, Testing services, Quality assurance, R&D/innovation, Cloud administration, DevOps and Strategic planning.-- Key Achievements -- Developed an enterprise Digital Business Transformation Strategy with review of current state, vision of future possibilities and a transformation roadmap in order for RWWA to survive and thrive in a highly competitive sector. Resulted in multi- million dollar investment and resourcing Working with CIO, within 1 year oversaw a complete renewal of the IS Division structure and processes, with a resultant increase in deployments to Production of 100% Authored a comprehensive I.S. Strategy outlining direction for the coming 2-3 years in areas such as cloud adoption, automation, development and testing practices, API strategy, DevOps, agile practices, software and service provisioning Performed extensive HR work developing and promoting Enterprise values and behaviours, co-creating a high performance reward and recognition program, being a culture ambassador, key representative in negotiating tri-annual enterprise Staff Agreements, helping design and oversee development of new staff amenities Designed, led and ran RWWA’s inaugural Hackathon after first achieving CEO and Executive buy-in and sponsorship. The outcome was a highly successful live demonstration of 10 breakthrough business opportunities including 2 that went straight into project approval and delivery  Created a central hub for R&D and Innovation for RWWA, where new concepts and opportunities could be properly researched to determine their value

Hand-picked member of the CIO’s Management team, responsible for a department of 20-30 Testers who performed all functional and non-functional testing. Quality was critical as these 24x7 real-time, distributed systems turned over billions in revenue each year and on the busiest days could lose up to $80,000 turnover per minute of downtime. Manager Testing Services oversaw all data, environments, test tools, policies and processes used for testing.-- Key Achievements -- Created a professional and cohesive Testing team that ensured 7 years of quality delivery of IS systems for customers via 24x7 channels, greatly improving customer experience and ultimately contributing to the business increasing revenue from $1b to $2b Successfully prepared systems for the biggest turnover day each year - Melbourne Cup. 3 consecutive years prior to taking up the role of Manager Testing Services, system outages on Melbourne Cup day occurred costing up to $80,000/min. The changes implemented resulted in no outages over the next 7 years Created a professional and cohesive Testing team of 20-30 that ensured 7 years of quality delivery of IS systems for customers  Introduced Test Automation tools, exploratory testing and test tools that dramatically reduced repetitive work and costs, while allowing much faster speed-to-market for changes. Some resultant savings reduced months of effort to a few hours, while some daily 2-hour tasks were reduced to less than 5 minutes, fully automated Co-led the introduction of Agile delivery practices to the delivery teams, changing the paradigm for how testing was conducted and governed, resulting in improved business collaboration and customer outcomes Created a Testing Community that had daily communication and regular social and knowledge-sharing events where best practices, tools, data and environments were shared effectively resulting in greater levels of employee motivation, engagement, commitment and retention

Building VMWare images, servers, PCs and appliances such as web terminals for a range of project initiatives.

Ascot Racecourse

Performed most functions of an IT Manager including evaluating/buying/installing/configuring/managing/supporting all I.T. equipment such as server rooms, racks, cabling, servers, PCs, firewalls, enterprise management suites, security suites, switches, routers and VPN devices across a multi-site network.-- Key Achievements -- Rebuilt the entire network across several locations including new cabling, desktop PCs, notebooks, servers, routers, switches, firewalls and all associated operating systems and software Designed and oversaw the construction of a new computer suite from bare bricks to fully equipped data centre Migrated half the IT services and infrastructure to another location Implemented enterprise systems management software including licence management, software distribution, remote desktop Implemented and administered a multi-site Microsoft network including Exchange server Delivered customer support for all staff at 3 sites to high levels of satisfaction

As Above

Developed an Automated test suite comprising hundreds of tests for a smartcard ticketing system.Worked with Sony in the R&D of the world's latest and greatest smartcard technology.Helped develop Quality procedures and processes as the company sought ISO 2000 accreditation.Helped create the Prototype Workgroup.

Cio Leadership Development

Certified Advanced Test Manager - Istqb

Certified Agile Scrum Master

Certified Agile Project Management Practitioner, Dsdm - Atern

Bachelor’S Degree, Bachelor Of Commerce - Majoring In It

Activities and Societies: Helped re-form and run the Race Relations Council for Curtin University. Included core units - Law, Management.

Certified Agile Tester