Having developed the technical, business and soft skills during my career I quit working for Schneider Electric to run my own businesses. You can find those business areas below.Small Business Areas- Career Advise- Teaching Online- Industrial AutomationMy passion is using Technology in Education as well as helping people succeed with their personal goals by leveraging off my own experience. I am certified technical trainer, career advice professional with a huge… Show more Having developed the technical, business and soft skills during my career I quit working for Schneider Electric to run my own businesses. You can find those business areas below.Small Business Areas- Career Advise- Teaching Online- Industrial AutomationMy passion is using Technology in Education as well as helping people succeed with their personal goals by leveraging off my own experience. I am certified technical trainer, career advice professional with a huge amount of experience in IT, Business, Education and Industrial Automation. Show less

After Schneider Electric's acquiring Invensys and after the standard waiting period the company was integrated. At this time a new Global Software team was created were an opportunity arose to manage one of the three global training teams. I was asked to run this team and I accepted the offer of the APAC Technical Software Training team. The core responsibility was to manage the APAC Software training as well as the Citect branded products globally. I also then increased my responsibilities… Show more After Schneider Electric's acquiring Invensys and after the standard waiting period the company was integrated. At this time a new Global Software team was created were an opportunity arose to manage one of the three global training teams. I was asked to run this team and I accepted the offer of the APAC Technical Software Training team. The core responsibility was to manage the APAC Software training as well as the Citect branded products globally. I also then increased my responsibilities to take over the Citect products training content development team as well as delivery.Skills Developed- Technical - Training Content Development, SCADA Software, MES Software, Networking, Database Administration, Virtual Machine Technologies, Cloud Based Online Training, Reporting Software- Global Marketing Campaigns- Global Sales - Revenue Generation / Forecasting / Reporting / Pricing and Discounting- Lasing with Global Business Units- Managing the Technical Software Training Team- Managing the Citect Training Content Development- Managing Training for new Software Releases- Global Customer Service- Development of Training Competencies for all Sales Channels & Internal Staff Schneider Electric then made a reverse acquisition of AVEVA (UK) and in exchange for gaining majority ownership of the company moved the Global Software team to AVEVA in 2018 just after my leaving the company. Show less

Due to excelling at my job with Schneider Electric I was promoted to run the National Technical Training team. In this role I had 3 core areas of responsibility: Grow the Customer Technical Training Business, Develop Academic Partnerships, Increase Internal Technical Competencies. During this role I grew the customer training revenue to a record high of $1.5 million in revenue. I created an Academic Partner Program and grew the program with Tafes, Registered Training Organisations… Show more Due to excelling at my job with Schneider Electric I was promoted to run the National Technical Training team. In this role I had 3 core areas of responsibility: Grow the Customer Technical Training Business, Develop Academic Partnerships, Increase Internal Technical Competencies. During this role I grew the customer training revenue to a record high of $1.5 million in revenue. I created an Academic Partner Program and grew the program with Tafes, Registered Training Organisations, Universities and Private training organisations from a few scatter licenses to over National Network or Academic Providers using our Hardware and Software. This included Hardware Labs at ECU, Griffith University, Sydney University and many more. I also worked with internal departments to develop skills matrix tools for Internal staff and ensure each new technical staff member received on boarding and continued education on our technical products and services. I worked with HR in reviving the Graduate Program and connecting them with the Academic Partners I had developed. I created, managed and ran a truly online Virtual Classroom system using Cloud Based Virtual Machines.Skills Developed- Technical - Instrumentation, PLC Hardware and Software, SCADA, MES, Reporting, Sensors, Drives, Networking, Telemetry, Database Administration and more- Negotiation and Influencing- National Marketing Campaigns- National Sales - Revenue Generation / Forecasting / Reporting / Contract Management / Pricing and Discounting- Training Innovation - Managing the National Technical Training Team- Customer Service / Dispute Resolution / Client Management- Customer Technical Training Delivery- Custom Training Content Development- Training Asset Management & Logistics- Working with Sales Channels to Develop Technical Competencies- Technical Hardware and Software Training Delivery Show less

This role was the same role I worked for with Citect but just with a name change after the merging of Citect into the parent business Schneider Electric.

Having worked as a Software Developer and having proved to myself and my peers of my ability to excel technically I was looking for my next challenge. I accepted a job with Citect an Australian Industrial Automation Software company that had recently been acquired by a Fortune 500 Company. I delivered the technical training for two states where I ran the training business. During this time I made the largest single trainer revenue ever for the business at $400k in one year with the highest… Show more Having worked as a Software Developer and having proved to myself and my peers of my ability to excel technically I was looking for my next challenge. I accepted a job with Citect an Australian Industrial Automation Software company that had recently been acquired by a Fortune 500 Company. I delivered the technical training for two states where I ran the training business. During this time I made the largest single trainer revenue ever for the business at $400k in one year with the highest sale of $86k in one transaction which to my knowledge has still not been beaten.Skills Developed- Technical - PLC Programming, SCADA Software, Instrumentation, Telemetry, Software Configuration Management, Networking, Client Support, Database Maintenance, Reporting and more.- Technical Training- Logistics- Asset Management- State Wide Marketing- Client Management and Retention- Customer Service - Direct Customers / System Integrators / Partners- Sales - Revenue / Lead Generation / Forecasting / Reporting- Develop Internal Technical CompetenciesAt the end of 2008 Citect stopped being a separate legal entity when it was merged into the parent company Schneider Electric a Fortune 500 French Global Company. Show less

Having proven myself and excelled as a software developer for RACQ I was looking for a bigger challenge and went to Dialog where I gained experience working on many small projects for their clients. The projects lasted from a few weeks to a few months going in and supporting their local teams to fix problems. I worked full time for Dialog and they contracted me out to their ClientsSkills Developed- Technical Skills - Software Development, Database Design and Development, Testing… Show more Having proven myself and excelled as a software developer for RACQ I was looking for a bigger challenge and went to Dialog where I gained experience working on many small projects for their clients. The projects lasted from a few weeks to a few months going in and supporting their local teams to fix problems. I worked full time for Dialog and they contracted me out to their ClientsSkills Developed- Technical Skills - Software Development, Database Design and Development, Testing, Fault Finding, Documentation, Networking, Software Design and Architecture- Project Management- Customer Service- Quoting and Tendering Show less

While working at RACQ I also taught nights and weekends and on my holidays teaching Web Development for QANTM college now part of the SAE institute after being acquired.Skills Developed- Technical - Web Development, Macromedia Suite of Products, Database Design and Development- Teaching Small Groups- Customer Satisfaction- Small Business Management

The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland responsible for the state road side break down service and insurance provider. I worked as a Software Developer for the Road Side team where I developed software to track their road side vehicles and distribute jobs using VB6 applications and Data Radios. While there I was part of the team that upgraded their system to MS .Net using Mobile Data.Skills Developed- Technical Skills - Programming(VB6/.Net), Database Design and Development… Show more The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland responsible for the state road side break down service and insurance provider. I worked as a Software Developer for the Road Side team where I developed software to track their road side vehicles and distribute jobs using VB6 applications and Data Radios. While there I was part of the team that upgraded their system to MS .Net using Mobile Data.Skills Developed- Technical Skills - Programming(VB6/.Net), Database Design and Development (Oracle, SQL Server, Access), Web Development(ASP), Networking, Server Operating Systems (Linux, QNX, Windows Server & Clients), Software Design and Architecture, Documentation- Project Management- Client Management- Team Work Show less

Propeller Dynamics creates electronic propeller inspection equipment and I was responsible for upgrading their legacy software to a new version. Specifically from old versions of Visual Basic to VB6.Skills Developed- Technical - Programming, Database Design and Development, Testing, Release Management, Legacy Software Maintenance and Upgrading, Client Support, Software Design and Architecture- Project Management- Team Work- Customer Service

While furthering my education I contracted as a web developer for many clients running a small business.Skills Developed- Technical - Web Development / Database Design and Development / Graphics Design- Customer Service- Small Business Management- Marketing

I started working from 15yo while at school and progressed into a Management Position after school.Skills Developed- Customer Service - Dispute Resolution / Customer Satisfaction- Managing Staff - Hiring / Firing / Performance Management / Dispute Resolution / Leadership- Operations - Stock Control / Banking / Rostering / Local Marketing / Cleanliness / Health and Safety