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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

• Own all aspects of IT across the Acquire Learning portfolio of companies in Australia and the UK including Education (3 Providers), Career1/LUX, G1X, and Compare Courses
• Own strategic long- and short-term planning to achieve company objectives, along with day-to-day tactical initiatives to ensure smooth business operation
• Servicing 800 employees across Australia and the UK with 20 permanent IT staff plus contractors
• Own Group IT budget of $10m annually
• Upon taking on the role, immediately executed cost out and productivity measures, achieving a monthly saving of $200k.
• Implemented several growth/productivity projects including a telephony/dialer solution, company-wide analytics and business intelligence, in-house ownership of all Web presence for improved responsiveness, development.

Melbourne, Australia

• Set IT vision & strategy for commercial front end systems across GE Capital International including 1- and 3-year road-maps and simplification execution strategy
• Own execution and delivery for key regional solutions including CRM/Account management, Business Intelligence, Master Data Management, auto-decisioning technologies, security products and cloud solutions
• Own budget, forecasting and vendor management for all commercial front end projects and operations across Asia and Europe, including 55 staff and $10MM Opex
• Created GE Capital’s first global cloud solution, servicing 4000 users and ~30 businesses across CRM, Business Intelligence, Master Data Management and related technologies
• Integrated 15+ key technologies into a seamless user experience led by Salesforce.com, driving $1bn in revenue growth year on year
• Created a truly global Center of Excellence, including 55 staff across various technologies and operations spanning all time zones

Melbourne, Australia

• Set IT vision & strategy for commercial and consumer systems across GE Capital Asia (350 applications) including 1- and 3-year road-maps and simplification execution strategy
• Own execution and delivery for key regional solutions including CRM/Account management, Business Intelligence, master data management, auto-decisioning technologies, security products and cloud solutions
• Own budget, forecasting and vendor management for all business solutions IT projects and operations in Asia, including 20 staff and $5MM Opex
• CRM, Account and Opportunity Management: Consolidated 18 GE businesses, 12 functions and 2000 users across Asia Pacific into a single Salesforce.com cloud platform. This delivered $2M cost out per annum by.
• Created the region’s first commercial data warehouse and business intelligence solution, targeted at sales rep, team, and overall business performance metrics; delivering 20% reduced deal cycle time, +18% account.
• Delivered auto deal decisioning technology to Capital Japan business, resulting in $2M cost out, +40% uptake on credit requests through online channels, turning a loss-making business profitable again.

London, United Kingdom

• IT Leader for GE Corporate Finance Bank: Owned all aspects of IT for this business including setting strategy, budget/forecast ownership, IT risk and audit, people management, disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Program Leader for CRM GE Capital EMEA: Owned the strategy and execution for the rollout, simplification and enhancement of Siebel CRM and related technologies
• ITO PMO Leader: Ran the PMO function for all front-end projects across Capital EMEA, averaging 50+ projects per year
• Created and executed an IT strategy for the Corporate Finance Bank aimed at addressing key gaps in automation whilst leveraging the best of GE’s scale. This included delivering document management and digital.
• Delivered auto-decisioning for the Distribution Finance business leveraging a combination of technologies (Siebel, Pace, Filenet), resulting in $2M annual cost out and $100M volume growth
• Delivered a solution to handle contract renewals/extensions for the Fleet business, resulting in $2.2M annual growth

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Max Masterclass

Corporate Innovation: Strategies For Leveraging Ecosystems

Implementing Enterprise-Wide Transformation

Organisational Design For Digital Transformation

Design Thinking

Senior Executive Communication

Advanced Information Management

Advanced Manager

Inclusive Leadership

Foundations Of Leadership

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb), Commercial Law

Bachelor Of Commerce (Bcom), Managment/Economics

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