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Rouse Hill, NSW, AU

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• PiPware Solutions is a joint venture business between BSC Global and Partners in Performance International. PiPware Solutions develops, sells, licenses and maintains a continuous improvement software suite 'WiredUp'.
• Appointed as CEO shortly after starting with Partners in Performance reporting to the Partnership Board
• Restructured the business operations and improved processes to better serve clients
• Moved all costs from JV partners to the business to create visibility of actual financial performance
• Manage the delivery of technical debt and feature enhancement improvements to improve client experience
• Restructured go-to-market strategy to enable lower price entry and expansion of wallet share over time

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Appointed in the Digital Capability Practice at Partners in Performance responsible for a suite of client-facing SaaS applications that provide Continuous Improvement, Project Management, Sourcing and Capital capabilities and help clients improve business performance.Appointed CEO of the PiPware Solutions business shortly after start.

Sydney, Australia

• Established a new office in NSW, set up operational infrastructure and recruited a multi-disciplinary team to support regional SaaS ERP customers, expand into the NSW & QLD markets and grow revenue for Annexa.
• Achieved year on year operating profit growth of 21% (FY19), 13% (FY20) and 29% (FY21) by building a high-performing team, delivering to expectations, establishing excellent customer relationships and winning new and.
• Developed a competency framework to be used for recruitment, training and development, performance appraisal and promotions. The framework has been implemented in professional services with plans to roll it out across.
• Established strategic partnerships with Pivot2 Solutions, ELMO, Stampli, Lightspeed and other vendors in the Oracle NetSuite ecosystem to provide customers with additional capabilities where NetSuite had gaps such as.
• Served on the executive leadership team and contributed to organisation-wide operational and strategic initiatives.

Sydney, Australia

• Worked alongside Lead Technology Advisory Partner to establish a SaaS practice providing ERP and CPM solutions to the market.
• Worked with Marketing to update and re-write marketing material and web content to align with Grant Thornton branding. Worked with a marketing specialist to develop keywords and phrases for SEM purposes, monitored.
• Grew practice through solution selling to both existing Grant Thornton clients and new clients. Client industries included Not for Profit, Financial Services, Hospitality and Tourism, Digital, Education, Manufacturing.
• Grew revenue from existing clients by leveraging relationships to understand their strategy and offering additional services and products to meet specific requirements.
• Served on Technology Advisory leadership team reporting on and representing the SaaS practice.

Sydney, Australia

• GENERAL MANAGER
• Led C9 Solutions subsidiary of Consult Point Group in delivering ERP and CPM SaaS solutions to customers.
• Built multi-disciplinary team with skills in ERP, Financial Planning, software development and project management to deliver solutions and other projects for customers in several industries. Managed day-to-day.
• Re-developed sales methodology to uplift the effectiveness of new business engagements. Used solution selling methods to generate new business.
• Built strong customer relationships to ensure requirements are met and opportunities for repeat business are identified and actioned.PROGRAM MANAGER
• Consulted to and developed technology transformation strategies for clients working closely with c-suite and subject matter experts.

Balmain, Sydney, Australia

• Led ICT business unit consisting of IT Operations, Business Systems, Software Development and E-Business functions.
• Led multi-million dollar Technology Transformation initiative involving ERP replacement, E-commerce web replacement, development of a bespoke SaaS portal and development of bespoke business management applications.
• Managed on-shore suppliers including Fusion 5 and off-shore suppliers including Tech Mahindra to deliver various project activities as part of the transformation program.
• Served on the executive leadership team.

Midrand, South Africa

• Headed up shared services ICT business unit providing information technology services, systems and applications to both businesses.
• Built a high-performing team consisting of IT Operations, Business Systems and Software development.
• Led Technology Transformation program to replace legacy BPX systems with SysPro ERP, Translution warehouse management and DataTrax direct selling system with integration to uplift and optimise organisations technology.
• Managed on-shore partners SysPro, EOH and others and off-shore partners InfoTracs to deliver various project activities as part of the transformation program.
• Served on executive leadership team.

• Held leadership roles at Careways and Virtual-e-Solutions
• Held technology roles at Debis IT, NMA Corporate Fund Managers and Telkom SA
• Completed military service

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