· Consulting and contracting roles in public and private sector organisations specialising in: Procurement Specialist - 8 years- Full lifecycle of procurement for organisations (State and Local Government and private sector). Develop, prepare and evaluate RFTs, RFPs, RFx. – including using SCM0020 and LGPA panel contracts- Working with stakeholders to identify newer products and services that meet business needs- Work with organisations to respond to RFTs, RFPs, RFx. - Securing funding from joint Federal and State Government initiatives- Post Tender and Contract review and benefits realisationProject Management (business/client side roles) - 5 years- Project management, including budget and resource management.- Work with stakeholders and suppliers to ensure successful implementation of projectsBusiness case development and business process improvement – 2 years- Develop business cases for venture capital and Government funding applications- Work with clients in the business process improvement sector for Health services- Assist with Lean workshops and development of change management proceduresRisk and Information Security Management / Business continuity plans – 2years- Worked with NSW Government agencies to develop gap analyses and remediation plans- Developed governance procedures - Developed business continuity plans and disaster avoidance strategies and manage risk.

Full Procurement Cycle for Department of Education's Outside of School Hours Care (OSHC) program - Provide specialist, procurement licensing services for Shared Use of Schools to inform procurement planning and sourcing decisions and deliver cost effective, value for money outcomes in accordance with relevant legislative requirements and NSW Government procurement objectives.Manage the tender sourcing stage including procurement planning, development, and risk managementactivities to meet business and operational needs and deliver best practice procurement outcomes.Work with stakeholders (deparment's contract managers, senior management, school principals) to develop tender documents, release tenders, respond to supplier's clarifications, lead the evaluation of tender responses, prepare tender evaluation report and notify tenderers) Also worked with stakehoders to develop Expressions of Interest for the supply of land for new schools.

Work with stakeholders in a specialised ICT team to develop procurement strategies and documents for ICT services.

Full life cycle of requests for tenders for a range of services across NSW; including Customer Flow Management system for NSW Service Centers, Cash Handling for Service NSW and Digital Birth Certificates - (part of a small team).

Consulting services to support and run IT procurement services, provide a WAN strategy, standardised WAN services across the city, migrate data to cloud type services, mobile telephony services and a range of IT services during the Council’s transition period as they moved to an agile work environment. In general, the work was conducted on site 3 days per week and WFH 2 days per week, for 2 resources and included the following activities;• Develop and release RFTs, RFQs and proposals for IT products and services, including managed IT services.• Develop draft contracts including SLAs• Liaise with stakeholders (Council transiting to agile work practices) • Assist program manager with tracking various budgets.• Work with suppliers for the provision of IT services.All tenders and contracts completed and were handed over to the incoming full time staff.

Project manage the installation of the IT network for a number of agencies that were becoming part of Department of Industry. The focus was on stakeholder engagement, project budgets and reports and enabling temporary IT solutions for staff being relocated temporarily.

This assignment was to project manage the implementation of an IT network for Orica. BT had been successful in tendering to provide IT services (global) to Orica/IXOM. BT had selected Telstra to implement services. I was engaged to manage this process including:• Work with various stakeholders to ensure that the IT network, delivered by a range of technology solutions, was implemented in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. • Manage contracts, budgets, third party suppliers, Service Level Agreements and gather necessary information for the successful roll out of services.

• Developing major IT and telecommuications tenders and contracts for across Government Tservices ($320Mpa).• Preparing Ministerial briefings, media launches, strategic advice and briefings for senior management.• Making various presentations to suppliers regarding the processes of Government.• Providing strategic and operational advice to Government agencies regarding IT and Telecommunications initiatives.• Reviewing Government agency business cases.• Working on across-Government Business Continuity Planning strategies.• Representing OICT on high level steering committees and Business Continuity committees.• Participating in and forming various working parties and committees.• Monitoring and dealing with the media.• Evaluating and assisting with regional telecommunication initiatives.• Liaising with Telecommunications suppliers.• Managing and coordinating various Government telecommunications contracts and initiatives. • Negotiating commercial and legal terms for the trial of new and innovative services.• Assisting regional areas to tender and evaluate local offerings.• Developing models for mobile telephony tenders, timed local calls and other offerings.

Business analysis, policy formulation and business case development for rail services within NSW. Work with other State Government Rail representatives to identify efficiencies through collaboration. Work on pricing models for passengers and freight services.

Flight service similar to air traffic control in regional areas. Additional duties include pilot briefing, weather observations, navigation equipment monitoring and reporting and providing important information to pilots/