Giles Davis Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

In my role at Afterpay, I have the privilege to work with awesome people across multiple functions, giving me great exposure to numerous aspects of this dynamic business.I regularly work with Legal, Compliance, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Product & Engineering, Sales, Account / Relationship Management, Policy, Communications, Analytics and other stakeholders, and love the opportunity to lean into their worlds.Some examples of that work are below.US Pay Monthly - this… Show more In my role at Afterpay, I have the privilege to work with awesome people across multiple functions, giving me great exposure to numerous aspects of this dynamic business.I regularly work with Legal, Compliance, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Product & Engineering, Sales, Account / Relationship Management, Policy, Communications, Analytics and other stakeholders, and love the opportunity to lean into their worlds.Some examples of that work are below.US Pay Monthly - this year long program was from initial RFP process with bank partners, through to a Q4 CY22 launch of Afterpay’s first interest bearing product in market, allowing US customers to make purchases up to USD5,000 on a 6 or a 12 month loan term.Disputes Program – this was a significant uplift to how Afterpay handles customer disputes (e.g. “Goods Not Received”), resulting in much improved customer interface, better capability for merchants to respond and action disputes, and better ability to manage funds transfer depending on whether the dispute settled in the merchant or customer’s favour.US Credit Checks – this initiative from our Risk & Product teams allows Afterpay, during the US customer onboarding UX flow, to obtain the customer’s credit rating from an external credit bureau, and to use that in its determination as to the initial spending limit a customer can have. This results in both a better experience for our customers and also better risk / loss management for Afterpay.Shopify migration – A significant global change made by Shopify to their payments platform, resulted in all payment providers, including Afterpay, having to develop significant integration changes, and also require our merchants to follow explicit steps to implement those changes on their individual Shopify eCommerce site.I have also managed a pure Commercial project, that did not include Product changes, although confidentiality reasons prevent me from providing details. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Initial remit was to project manage the migration of a legacy brand onto MessageMedia’s NextGen platform. Starting on ‘Day One’ of Victoria’s COVID lockdown, I• Quickly built relationships and a ‘brand’ within the company despite working remotely• Worked across the business (Legal, Support, Finance, Tech, Product, etc) to define scope and schedule• Ensured we met required timelines and quality, resulting in a very successful migration of 23,000 accountsSubsequent remit… Show more Initial remit was to project manage the migration of a legacy brand onto MessageMedia’s NextGen platform. Starting on ‘Day One’ of Victoria’s COVID lockdown, I• Quickly built relationships and a ‘brand’ within the company despite working remotely• Worked across the business (Legal, Support, Finance, Tech, Product, etc) to define scope and schedule• Ensured we met required timelines and quality, resulting in a very successful migration of 23,000 accountsSubsequent remit to date has included• Programme management of the initial phases of migration of additional legacy brands• Defining and managing the Security ISO programme of work (with our Head of IS)• Working with Senior Leadership (CTO, CPO, Head of Engineering, Senior Product Managers) to define, plan and deliver a roadmap of initiatives for upcoming quarters Show less

Melbourne, Australia

With Xero closing its San Francisco development office, my role included• Forming a new team to take over responsibility for the UK Payroll product• Expediting the knowledge transfer from the San Francisco team in a short time period• Working with Product to define a delivery roadmap that would allow us to meet our April 2020 compliance objectives• Working with the team to define appropriate agile processes that enabled us to execute that roadmap.In Nov, I decided to… Show more With Xero closing its San Francisco development office, my role included• Forming a new team to take over responsibility for the UK Payroll product• Expediting the knowledge transfer from the San Francisco team in a short time period• Working with Product to define a delivery roadmap that would allow us to meet our April 2020 compliance objectives• Working with the team to define appropriate agile processes that enabled us to execute that roadmap.In Nov, I decided to take several months off work to prioritise other activities, a key one being to spend more time with my step-sons. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

iSelect helps millions of Australians each year to compare insurance, utilities and personal finance products. As the Senior Project Manager in the Project Management Office my role has included- leading a delivery team for our Movers initiative- project managing a technical compliance project- programme management of call centre operations initiatives

Melbourne, Australia

Foresight Digital (formerly Artlivemedia) is a digital marketing agency, based in Melbourne, Chicago and India, supporting SME and corporate clients in Australia and the United States. Services include Digital Analytics, Website Development, Organic Search and Digital Advertising.As the most senior team member, aside from the CEO, my remit included• Direct project management for key clients, including stakeholder management and budget responsibility• Uplifting project… Show more Foresight Digital (formerly Artlivemedia) is a digital marketing agency, based in Melbourne, Chicago and India, supporting SME and corporate clients in Australia and the United States. Services include Digital Analytics, Website Development, Organic Search and Digital Advertising.As the most senior team member, aside from the CEO, my remit included• Direct project management for key clients, including stakeholder management and budget responsibility• Uplifting project management and operational processes across the business• Mentoring and providing project support to team members Show less

Melbourne, Australia

My team of 8 direct reports (BA, Development, QA) are one of two teams with responsibility for enhancements to myob’s market leading accounting software product in the AU & NZ SME market.My day to day leadership sees me• Encouraging a continuous improvement mindset as we refine our agile delivery processes• Facilitating team and Product Owner discussions to ensure we are constantly focusing on where we can deliver the greatest value• Providing coaching and mentoring, to… Show more My team of 8 direct reports (BA, Development, QA) are one of two teams with responsibility for enhancements to myob’s market leading accounting software product in the AU & NZ SME market.My day to day leadership sees me• Encouraging a continuous improvement mindset as we refine our agile delivery processes• Facilitating team and Product Owner discussions to ensure we are constantly focusing on where we can deliver the greatest value• Providing coaching and mentoring, to support team members in uplifting both their technical and behavioural capabilities.This has seen my team playing a key role in three main releases, as well as driving a roadmap of improvements that aligns with business needs. The increased collaboration and engagement within the team is indicated by being ranked in the top 20% of Engineering teams in the internal Q1 2017 employee engagement survey. Show less

My team of 10, with additional onsite consultants, has responsibility for1. Delivering new solutions for BMW's AU & NZ's business, generally being a mixture of vendor systems and bespoke integration2. Providing a consistent release calendar of change requests to our systems3. Supporting Application Operations team in incident analysis and resolution4. Providing project management process and support to the business

Melbourne, Australia

Appster is a digital start-up, applying an Agile approach (Scrum) to the development of mobile applications (iOS and Android) with projects ranging from $100,000 to $350,000.My role included• leading & mentoring the team of Producers that collaborated on the weekly sprints• driving UX design with our offshore team• liaising with the India development teams• being the key contact for tier 1 clients.

Melbourne, Australia

Visionstream provides telecommunications design and construction services nationally for carriers and channel partners such as NBNCo. Bespoke work management systems are critical to support their operational projects. Part of my remit was to uplift the Agile processes that underpinned the delivery of changes to these systems. Applying best Agile practices and performing a SCRUM Master role was key to my success in turning around a failing project that was not delivering the required… Show more Visionstream provides telecommunications design and construction services nationally for carriers and channel partners such as NBNCo. Bespoke work management systems are critical to support their operational projects. Part of my remit was to uplift the Agile processes that underpinned the delivery of changes to these systems. Applying best Agile practices and performing a SCRUM Master role was key to my success in turning around a failing project that was not delivering the required functionality to schedule or budget. I successfully• Engendered a collaborative, disciplined approach with the client to ensure that every dollar spent was focused on an agreed backlog of priorities that added real value• Re-structured and re-energized the delivery team and applied supporting processes to allow productivity and quality to become consistently high• Ensured timely delivery of required enhancements• Applied financial rigor and transparency As a result, the business is now supported by an IT system that is fit for purpose, and it transitioned from a Development Project to BAU Support. Show less

Melbourne Australia

Commercial solar start up business.

Melbourne, Australia

As a Project Manager for the Global Development Technology Services business unit, the solutions I had responsibility for delivering were often either for global implementation, or for regions other than Australia. Publisher Online - complete re-design and development (Agile project). This solution allows external clients to manage print & eCommunication templates and subsequently trigger high volume production runs. It consists of a web front-end, external facing web-services, and… Show more As a Project Manager for the Global Development Technology Services business unit, the solutions I had responsibility for delivering were often either for global implementation, or for regions other than Australia. Publisher Online - complete re-design and development (Agile project). This solution allows external clients to manage print & eCommunication templates and subsequently trigger high volume production runs. It consists of a web front-end, external facing web-services, and integration with various internal systems. Responsibilities included• Supporting the SCRUM Master for a development team split across 3 AU sites• Improving the team’s Agile processes & efficiencies • Release management from initial planning through to Production implementationBroadcast Services - Global eCommunications product that interfaces to multiple internal systems and delivered (in 2011) over 50 million of emails, SMSes and faxes annually. Responsibilities included• Product Manager• Scope and schedule management of deliverables to internal and external clients• Stakeholder management• Vendor negotiations• Requirements and functional specification definition and subsequent QANorth America Investor Centre website – user-base of 3 millions. Responsibilities included• Multiple releases that combined a technology refresh with functional enhancements• Managing a team of 15 BAs, Developers and Testers• Stakeholder management• Coordinating the dependencies on other technology teams• Release managementMicrosoft’s Team Foundation Server - implemented across 30 development teams globally, standardising SDLC and product build processes and streamlining cross-team development. Responsibilities included• Documenting existing processes and toolsets• Defining the standard process and work items to be implemented in TFS• Driving collaboration and buy in of 30 Development Managers• Coordinating the rollout Show less

Swindon, United Kingdom

ESRC provides funding to UK academia for research grants. Grants are applied for via the Joint electronic Submissions website. My role had two aspects:1. Testing and ensuring that new website functionality met our business and technical requirements. This role required a project management bias2. Agreeing the requirements of our back office systems to integrate with the website, and coding and running the User Acceptance Testing phase of this project

Bristol, United Kingdom

1. Project Manager (team of 10 web & database developers) for the Analytics website, coordinating input from stakeholders based in UK, North America & Australia. From the point that I took control, every project deadline was met2. Development Analyst responsible for re-design of Employee Share Plans product, resulting in the most bug free release ever for this application

Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Supported 300 end users across 10 sites on a range of applications, including Visual Basic 6 front ends with SQL Server 6.5 back ends using ADO on an NT4 platform. Responsibilities included1. Prioritising issues according to business impact2. identifying solutions and enhancements and delivering any subsequent coding, testing and deploymentsSupport calls dropped significantly as a result of changes implemented.

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

I worked in a small team of developers, liaising with end users to define business requirements for a front office system for real estate agents.I created functional specifications and developed the code, in Visual Basic and SQL Server.

Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

My primary responsibility was providing training for a team of inexperienced Visual Basic developers. To provide guidance and to ensure continuity of standards, I developed coding standards, project lifecycle documentation and a Visual Basic course consisting of documentation, example code and test applications. My secondary role entailed providing development support to existing systems.

Sydney, Australia

I worked on a project to replace a legacy database of public service providers. I was responsible for the requirements analysis for the replacement system, documenting the functional specification and User Interface and then writing the required code in Visual Basic 6, linking to an Informix database via in-house dlls.A contract extension was offered, but working holiday visa restrictions meant that it could not be accepted.

Bristol, United Kingdom

In a hands on role, I managed a team of 15 consultants and developers on a £5m project. I was responsible for the successful upgrade and development of a project management / costings business system solution used within the UK Ministry of Defence, by 5000 users across numerous NT servers.The project involved upgrading Commercial Off The Shelf packages to the latest versions, upgrading the NT platform to 4.0, SQL Server from 6.0 to 6.5 and Visual Basic and Visual C components from… Show more In a hands on role, I managed a team of 15 consultants and developers on a £5m project. I was responsible for the successful upgrade and development of a project management / costings business system solution used within the UK Ministry of Defence, by 5000 users across numerous NT servers.The project involved upgrading Commercial Off The Shelf packages to the latest versions, upgrading the NT platform to 4.0, SQL Server from 6.0 to 6.5 and Visual Basic and Visual C components from versions 4 to 6.There were also numerous new development requirements from the client to be delivered in tandem with the upgrade. This required liaising with the client to develop requirements and functional specifications, and then delivering the Visual Basic and SQL Server development. Show less

Chippenham, United Kingdom

NMR Software Solutions provided solutions to agricultural and food supply chain management markets. I was Development Lead on various applications utilising Visual Basic, SQL Server and Access.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Team member, coding and testing enhancements to a pricing system used to generate quotes for customers of Nuclear Electric Ltd. This was a Visual Basic 4 front end interfacing with an Access database and Excel files producing reports through Word on NT4 / 3.51 platforms.I also led a small team on an Access project for Thames Water. The database maintained data used in submissions to the Water Services Regulation Authority (OFWAT) for long-term expenditure plans.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Laserform was the market leader for electronic forms packages in the UK legal market.I was responsible for all aspects of the development lifecycle of our case management package; from the initial analysis (liaising with external clients) and specification through to programming and testing. The Visual Basic and Access database system integrated with Word (using OLE) and WordPerfect (using DDE).

Bsc, Information Technology

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