Responsible for managing the software applications within the business.Including:- Managing application roadmap- Managing the design, development, testing and implementation of new applications- Managing the design, development, testing and implementation of integrations between applications via API's- Support and maintenance of current applications and integrations- Management of Training including building online material and delivery to business members- Management of Reporting / BI including requirements and building / delivery to business / clients - Management of application partners- Business case development- Team / Project Budget management- Risk / Issue management- Change management via CAB process- Managing and developing a high performing and engaged IT team including BAs, Software Developers, Trainers, Report / BI Developers and Support Analysts

Responsible for delivering business improvements via technology.Key Projects:Management of the design, build and delivery of a new recruitment solution built on top of Microsoft Dynamics 365. Key Goals - Modern UI, Increase productivity, Improve candidate data quality and Improve candidate search. Management of upgrading CMG's Payroll Billing solution to FastTrack360. Key Goals - increase automation, reduce error rates and comply with Single Touch Payroll (STP).

Role and Responsibilities:Responsible for the management and implementation of a candidate on-boarding portal for the staffing services business. The projects key goal was to remove the manual paper based registration of 30,000+ candidates per year and have this replaced with a self service portal. Project was successfully delivered early 2015.Key Duties:Plan, lead and manage the overall project.Management of stakeholders - including offshore development partner, operations, IT, legal, risk, marketing, training and support.Budget, risk / issue, change and communication management.Technologies / Methodologies used:Prince 2, ITIL, HTML 5 – Responsive design (PC, Mobile, Tablet), .Net, Microsoft SQL Server, Biztalk, Microsoft CRM, Microsoft AppFabric

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Role & Responsibilities:Manage the product development team of 35+ internal staff including business analysts, testers, developers and project managers. Extended team management responsibility for outsourced partnersDefine product requirements for new and existing products to suit industry, legislative and technology changesDevelop and maintain product road map based on companies strategy/visionResearch new markets / countries to take products intoAnalyse, establish and maintain partner relationships to complement the product solutionsServe as the solution expert to establish credibility with prospective clients and the industry. Including assisting in sales presentations, tender responses etc.Management reporting of team budgetPrepare and report department to the boardManage resource planning including setting / changing prioritiesA member of the business strategy management team, which involved setting and evolving the businesses future directionAnalyse and kept the systems up to date with payroll / finance legislation for Australia, New Zealand, and the Nordics including tax rates, superannuation, GST, KiwiSaver, payment summaries, guarantee salary, performance pay, electronic reporting etc.Release managementManage and evolve development processesFull HR responsibilities for teamKey achievements:Researched, designed and managed the development of an international recruitment, time and attendance, leave management, rates/award interpreter and billing system to be used across multiple counties in Europe paying in excess of 15,000 payees a monthManaged and designed the rebuilding of the Australian and New Zealand payroll system in new technologyDevelopment and implementation of a new product development life cycle to build new products. This was a mix of agile and waterfall including SCRUM. Established channel and outsourced partner agreements for the provision of best of breed technology partners to support Global expansion

Role & Responsibilities:HR Management of the product development team up to 25 staff. Including business analysts, testers, developers, and project managersManagement reporting of team budgetManage resource planning including setting / changing prioritiesProject Management of product development Management and responsibility of the product development life cycle from concept to deliverySet technology strategy in line with technology enhancements- VB6, .Net 1.1 – 3.5, WPF Set enhancements to the systems based on client’s enhancement requests, future direction of the business, technology enhancements and new salesPre sales with large prospect clients, including proposals, demonstrations etc.Ran forum presentations of new upgradesFull HR responsibilitiesRelease managementEnterprise Application IntegrationAnalyse and kept the systems up to date with payroll / finance legislation for Australia and New Zealand, including tax rates, superannuation, GST, KiwiSaver, payment summaries, electronic reporting etc.Key achievements:Took our SME applications and upgraded them into enterprise systems running on SQL Server. Used by clients who have over 500 staff, across 100 plus offices, paying 15000 payees a week across Australia and New ZealandDesigned and managed a complex awards interpreter which automatically determined how to pay a payee and change the client based on a timesheetManaged the development of a hosted applicant tracking system.Researched and established a software partner to provide resume parsing technology to enable candidate records to be created automatically via their resume.Implemented Microsoft Team Suite 2005-2008 to manage product life cycle.Implemented Microsoft Share Point for document management.

Role & ResponsibilitiesDesign, develop, test and support of custom software working on client’s siteKey ProjectsDesigned and developed a SME recruitment payroll, billing and full finance system to complement the front office recruitment system. This enabled the company to stop doing custom software and become a product company for the recruitment industry.Client specific development projects including Telstra, Victoria Police, ICI Pharmaceuticals, ATS Travel, and Australian Tree Management.Took the technology from VB3 to VB6