David Witney Email & Phone Number

Australia

Back at the black n gold, so many memories both to remember and to create in a journey to put customers at the centre of everything at cba and ensure a great place to work for my colleagues.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Finding ways to create the desirable and achievable futures for ourselves, our organisations and communities.

Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Working with the amazing clients of Epic Agile to make positive change, helping organisations to be adaptive

Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia

Helping Optus to grow and change through it's people for better customers and business outcomes

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Yes I am working on a better business name.Consulting on project, process and practices for companies and teams wanting to work in agile projects.

Helping digital teams to deliver

388 George St Sydney

Yep I am back at IAG - iteration manager for major program that's now ramping up.

Iteration manager for commercial acceleration team and general agile enabler for pmo

388 George St Sydney

Now working at IAG in Direct insurance on environment projects. Iteration Management and Agile Coaching.

60 Margaret St Sydney

Working with policy and workers compensation business and technical services on agile projects. Also helping out with agile and lean management techniques for BAU

50 Bridge St Sydney

The Bupa Australia Web transformation project brings together all of the Bupa Brands (MBF, HBS, MC) under one website as part of teh Bupa Brand launch in Australia. Working with a team of 50 to 150 as the project has traveled through different phases of delivery as an agile pilot project for a large multinational corporation I have been able to introduce some agile practices in a challenging environment for agile.With Phase 3 now delivered and work tapering off to more… Show more The Bupa Australia Web transformation project brings together all of the Bupa Brands (MBF, HBS, MC) under one website as part of teh Bupa Brand launch in Australia. Working with a team of 50 to 150 as the project has traveled through different phases of delivery as an agile pilot project for a large multinational corporation I have been able to introduce some agile practices in a challenging environment for agile.With Phase 3 now delivered and work tapering off to more manageable load I am coming off this engagement and looking for new challenges shortly.Agile, Jira, Java, Opentext, Vignette, Scrum, .Net Show less

Sydney - Various Locations (Distributed Team)

Agile project manager and Scrum coach – process and practice establishment.Working on establishing project management practices in an agile space for a cloud computing solutions company.Rightscale, Amazon EC2, Rackspace, Jira, force.com

Community Engine is at the forefront of providing sites and services through its product range to community focused businesses. As Production Manager I have been in charge of introducing new approaches to projects in a traditional waterfall company moving more into the agile space. Community Engine is leveraging web 2.0 and other emerging community engagement tools to be the best provider of engagement and growth of online community sites in Australia.Clients range from financial… Show more Community Engine is at the forefront of providing sites and services through its product range to community focused businesses. As Production Manager I have been in charge of introducing new approaches to projects in a traditional waterfall company moving more into the agile space. Community Engine is leveraging web 2.0 and other emerging community engagement tools to be the best provider of engagement and growth of online community sites in Australia.Clients range from financial institutions and government bodies to clubs and media as well as a strong representation in events and radio.Using a mixture of scrum, Prince II and PMBOK techniques with an eye on Agile philosophy to better equip Community Engine for the challenges ahead. Show less

on all technical projects relating to online development and infrastructure.GraysOnline is Australia's largest online auction company, the new website went live in May 2009.Most recently I have been employing scrum and agile methodologies in project management to help deliver the new www.GraysOnline.com web site recently showcased at Remix Australia. This rebuild/redesign included:Adding site search (Endeca guided navigation), Buy Now (non auction purchases) using… Show more on all technical projects relating to online development and infrastructure.GraysOnline is Australia's largest online auction company, the new website went live in May 2009.Most recently I have been employing scrum and agile methodologies in project management to help deliver the new www.GraysOnline.com web site recently showcased at Remix Australia. This rebuild/redesign included:Adding site search (Endeca guided navigation), Buy Now (non auction purchases) using MS Commerce server 2007,Updating the design to change the brand and take best advantage of the new features added through better look and feel and navigation techniques.This project also took the opportunity to upgrade the site changing to ASP.net 3.5 for all pages, previously being mostly classic ASP.The project team consisted of internal and contracted resources including developers (both local and remote), architects, testers, designers and performance experts. The team utilised scrum methodologies in an agile development environment. A tight control on scope of iterations was managed with the product owner ensuring that quality was a high priority to delivery of the project.Technologies used includedTeam Foundation serverVisual StudioMS Commerce Server 2007SQL .Net 3.5Endeca Reason for leaving - Position made redundant at end of site re-build, IT restructure and goals for agile practices in place achieved. Show less

Various web development, management and Business Analysis / Project Management; Consulting and developing web based solutions (CMS, CRM) for small to medium scale business, consulting for clients primarily but not exclusively using .net-based technologies. Business Analysis, Agile (Scrum) basics and Project Management inspiration taken from PMBOK and BABOK books of tricks. Contracts included:Twisted Pear concepts- Various projects

Representing IASP product to Sydney clients, gathering user requirements and developing business rules for site development working as the bridge between clients and technical development team.IASP is a web development and design company providing sites with content management, relationship management, e-commerce and Internet Marketing

Started as a developer for MyCareer, asp, vb, vbscript all very ugly. Then through natural attrition became Classifieds Technology Manager, as the team and the sites grew, the role was split between Sydney and Melbourne (Seth Yates in Melb) then on the virge of a new dawn decided to leave - I was replaced by 3 other IT managers for Drive.com.au, MyCareer.com.au and Domain.com.au.

Management and ongoing development of Drive.com.au, Domain.com.au and Mycareer.com.au. Ensuring business goals and objectives met and driving technical innovation.Duties included but not exclusive toProject management/Business Analysis and delivery of multiple concurrent projects with time and budget constraints working in coordination with multiple business stakeholders and technical divisions.Design, systems admin, print (Fairfax papers and classifieds), marketing, sales, business… Show more Management and ongoing development of Drive.com.au, Domain.com.au and Mycareer.com.au. Ensuring business goals and objectives met and driving technical innovation.Duties included but not exclusive toProject management/Business Analysis and delivery of multiple concurrent projects with time and budget constraints working in coordination with multiple business stakeholders and technical divisions.Design, systems admin, print (Fairfax papers and classifieds), marketing, sales, business managers, core systems (payment gateways and reconciliations) etc.Provide reports/communications to upper management on project progress and site performance as well as staff issues and recommendationsSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO) to ensure sites are consistently listed at top of search engine listingsUse of project management tools - UML, rational rose (adapted version) and MS project.Build and maintain relationships with external clients and vendors. Introduce and maintain specific SLA's ensuring quality, reliability, service and support at optimum levels.Managing Team of 12+ developers, webmaster, systems administrators and Database Analysts, looking after educational and equipment needs as well as team motivation, performance reviews and mentoring/peer review systemsCommunicate diverse and complex ideas both with technical and non-technical business and technology groups.Introduce and implement new technologies (eg. .net ) Ensure systems are maintained and robust (infrastructure needs) of all frontline Microsoft technologies - foresee and plan for growth and spikes in internet use as well as malicious attacks.Provide input into company direction and strategic/operational planning and technical directions Show less

Responsible for development and maintenance of ITJobs web site. Also involved in ongoing development of sister site MYCareer.com.au, including regular maintenance and upgrades to design and backend architecture and function. Member of the classifieds development team responsible for MYCareer, ITJobs, Drive and Domain web sites. Technical lead and design consultant on 'GROK' development IT supersite, incorporating ITJobs, and other key resources for IT professionals.

In charge of Development Internet/Intranet (IIS) and Network (LAN, NT) team. Main duties included project management, design, installation and maintenance of E-Commerce web site from conception to completion, including registration and live transaction data storage and integration (Visual Basic, COM, SQL, ASP, JavaScript, HTML,and Flash). Software application design and implementation for internationally distributed Access Database development (Visual Basic for Applications, MS ODE tools)… Show more In charge of Development Internet/Intranet (IIS) and Network (LAN, NT) team. Main duties included project management, design, installation and maintenance of E-Commerce web site from conception to completion, including registration and live transaction data storage and integration (Visual Basic, COM, SQL, ASP, JavaScript, HTML,and Flash). Software application design and implementation for internationally distributed Access Database development (Visual Basic for Applications, MS ODE tools) for managing event registration and analysis. General hardware and software trouble shooting and help for staff. Installation, configuration of software / hardware. Maintenance of LAN including ISDN router (ascend Pipeline 50). Design of promotional materials including press and magazine articles for publication. Sites developed include Seminars.net and EventNet.com.au as well as Secure.seminars.net (secure e-commerce server). Show less

Responsibilities included -maintaining operation of LAN and implementation/maintenance of E-Commerce and other web solutions. Development environment included HTML, Visual Basic, SQL and JavaScript. Some notable sites include Greengrocer.com, Microsoft in Australia, Exanet systems and Wholesale Direct.

Overseeing all aspects of computer controlled building automation systems including access control, environmental control and lift control interface.