Gavin Baxter Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, VIC, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Excited to have joined Vicinity Centres, to learn about a new business in the world of real estate development and management for retail centres and mixed-use development. I’ll be helping to uplift the Architecture capability and supporting the business and technology teams with strategic planning and execution.Owning some of Australia’s leading.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Changed roles and focus as part of our Digital, Technology & Data change program and Post26 strategy to lead and establishing a broader Engineering capability - working with my talented team to create enterprise.
• Refreshed technology modernisation strategy and roadmap within the enterprise Post26 Strategy, including a prioritised 4-year investment plan to support the execution
• Strategy imperatives: Customer & Employee experiences, leveraging data and AI, simplifying and modernising technology enabled by cloud and cyber security threats
• Key role in developing a technology cost transparency model for cost show back and charge back to business units
• Supported enterprise regulatory initiatives, such as audits and compliance for Financial Services and Digital ID products, Security of Critical Infrastructure Act (SOCI)
• Facilitated EGM technology governance and investment planning

• Excited to have lead the delivery of technology back into our Deliveries and International business teams, supporting them with the transformation of our Deliveries network and growth of International. Partnering with.
• Managing Investment planning, Strategic workforce planning, Technology Investment Governance and Training
• Led the technology due diligence in several merger and acquisition activities, including divestment planning and execution of 3PL Warehouse Business review & consolidation
• Delivery and architecture support for Product Simplification transformation and creating unified digital customer experience across Small Business and Merchants
• Worked closely with business to enable innovation initiatives such as, robotic automation, IoT asset tracking, Video ML, digital twins and safety initiatives
• Managed mission critical customer and operational solutions across cloud, on premise (DCs) and edge operational technology at over 450 facilities (metro & remote)

• Moved focus to Enterprise technology strategy and architecture, leading the technology strategy update and investment planning.Key Achievements:
• CTO function: Developed and maintained strategic plans and technology roadmaps for the enterprise working closely with EGMs and CIO leadership team
• Uplifted Architecture framework across – Business capability modelling, architecture documentation: solution building blocks, innovation, governance tieringActed as GM Technology - COO & International from March 2020.

Melbourne, Australia

Head of Strategy & Architecture covering Operations for Parcels, Letters & Mail, and International services

Melbourne, Australia

Chief Architect for eCommerce Delivery, covering Parcels, Letters & Mail

Melbourne, Australia

Joined the Australia Post Architecture team working in Parcel Services...

Melbourne, Australia

Architect working with StarTrack and Australia Post Business and IDT teams to develop strategic IT plans and solutions for the combined P | StarTrack business, before moving to permanent role with Australia Post IT.

Melbourne, Australia

Gavin was a Senior Consultant at Oakton, where he has worked for over 8 years.During this time he has predominately worked in the Transport and Logistics industry domain, covering International and Domestic operations for some of Australia's leading transport companies.Gavin has also completed consulting assignments with leading Victorian Universities and.

Melbourne, Australia

Lead Architect acting for Australian air Express (AaE) in the merger of AaE and Qantas Freight, following Qantas’ 100% acquisition of the AaE Business. This involved working with executives, senior leadership teams and QF Enterprise Architects to transition AaE Systems and IT Services (Infrastructure and Networks) to Qantas Enterprises.

Melbourne, Australia

Lead Program Architect for the new airline freight management and linehaul system for AaE’s Domestic and International operations. Working closely with senior Qantas and AaE executives and leadership team to deliver a complex, core system replacement involving multiple package, integration and infrastructure vendors, located interstate and overseas.

Gavin was Consulting Lead for a scoping phase initiated by MPL to define the current architectural state of the MPL systems. The team, consisting of senior application and technical architects, developed legacy system decommissioning and integration options to new core membership and claim systems, including SAP C&D package as part of the Business Renewal.

Melbourne, Australia

• Gavin was a Consulting Principal at Fujitsu Australia, for over 9 years. Working in a variety of roles and projects covering:
• Strategic Consulting, Strategy & Planning
• Solution Architecture
• Systems Integration
• Package Tender Preparation, Selection and Implementation
• Software Design and Development

Melbourne, Australia

Gavin joined Aspect as a graduate programmer and progressed through to a senior analyst. During this time, he worked in various industries and project roles. Gaining experience in systems delivery, package development and deployment (Aspect developed and sold several packages) and application portfolio management.