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Senior IT PM with 23 years’ as PM for large projects (35 up to $15M) in telecoms infrastructure & UC in a large organisation. Developed BCDs (20+) from $2M to $15M. Worked with vendors (23 years) doing tech evaluations, product design & configuration._________________________________KEY ACHIEVEMENTS★ Successfully delivered the first national Telepresence UC solution for Telstra generating approx. $25M of new revenue in 3 years★ Led a team to address IP Telephony platform Session Border Controller growth & stability issues - achieved a 60% improvement in SBC stability & doubled TIPT platform capacity_________________________________PROJECT MANAGEMENT► 20+ years in project management, delivered 35 projects up to $15M for 800k users► Expert in UC, VoIP & Telco Networks, Network Security, Cloud, Product Development,and application projects► Dip. Project Management, PRINCE2 Foundation, Agile Lean Practitioner, PMBOK, Scrum, PRINCE2► 20+ years engaging with execs up to Executive Director level► Led cross-functional teams up to 35 including 30 onshore & 5 offshore resources. Used formal communication to stakeholders to ensure performance► 20+ years working with vendors (Cisco, Broadsoft, Microsoft, Oracle, Vmware, Redhat, Infosys, Wipro, Genesys, Dimension Data, and IBM)► Leads governance with senior executives, external vendors, and government regulatory agencies, participates in steering committees► 20+ years in change management deploying services for internal & external parties► Budgeting/forecasting for capital, resource planning, managing budgets to $2M OPEX & $13M CAPEX► Author of 15 BCDs for Managed Services, UC, TIPT (VoIP)► Developed 7 technical (PoCs) for Lync, Cloud Call Recording, Cisco Global UCaaS valued between $1M - $15M

Listed skills include Information Technology, Stakeholder Management, Requirements Analysis, Agile Project Management, and 21 others.