Linda Dallimore Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Auckland, New Zealand

Programme delivery. Leading and shaping business-led programmes and initiatives, including establishing a data products ecosystem across Westpac New Zealand, new business operating models, data governance, technology platforms and data/software/platform engineering to support the creation of a series of reusable assets.

Auckland, New Zealand

3-month secondment/assignment to lead the creation of a business case for Data Products across Westpac New Zealand, as part of a business strategic review process competing for funding. Change Management in the data sphere, across data quality, data governance, data risk burn-down and capability, education and maturity uplift.

Auckland, New Zealand

Composing music for orchestras and chamber ensembles. My music explores textures, colours, and often draws inspiration from personal experiences, the environment, and social and political topics.My compositions have been performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Albany (NY) Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Ensemble Klangrauschen, B3:Brouwer Trio and the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. I have participated in several festivals across Europe and the US, including the Aspen Music Festival, SICPP (USA), Etchings Festival (France), UPBEAT (Croatia) and VIPA Festival (Spain). I hold a Master of Musical Arts in composition at Yale School of Music, where I studied with Christopher Theofanidis and Martin Bresnick. As an alumna of Berklee College of Music, I majored in composition and flute performance. I also hold a Master of Music with first class honours supervised by Eve de Castro-Robinson, alongside bachelor degrees in Arts and Commerce from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. I'm a member of the Composers Association of New Zealand and represented by SOUNZ centre for New Zealand Music and APRA AMCOS.

Auckland, New Zealand

Local & international product development focus for a division of Mercury Energy. Business cases to support product positioning, pricing and channels. Go-to-market planning and execution. Collaboration with senior leadership team, legal, sales, IT and product delivery teams, ensuring approval, sales and marketing of new products. The division was then sold to Intellihub and the role became change focused. Designed and executed company rebrand, built consensus and delivered new company look & feel, to a short sale-related deadline. Agile practice and scrum master experience.Key Achievements: - Writing commercialisation business cases and gaining approval by senior leadership team - Planning, designing and presenting communication and engagement activities to all staff - Product design work with agencies and multiple internal stakeholders. Research, documentation and readiness for CEO & leadership team international scoping trip with potential customers and vendors - New website design, project management, testing and implementation- Change management leadership. Navigation through complex situations- Leading design and communication of new brand, employee values and staff engagement strategy- Successful rebranding to Intellihub delivered on time and to budget- Reported to Head of Strategy & Development. Trusted senior member of product team; substitute agile scrum master

Auckland, New Zealand

Delivering the vision and strategy for the corporate sponsorship portfolio and corporate entertainment. Business development, relationship and contract management. Sponsor acquisition. Staff development and coaching.Key Achievements:- Sponsorship and Corporate Entertainment targets exceeded. Developed business partnership strategy and implemented recommendations- Pivotal role in acquiring new leading international brand platinum level sponsor, Crystal Cruises

Sydney, Australia

Managed change for a large-scale (Australia wide) business transformation program, changing the roles of ~80 employees. Change delivered successfully, within timeframe and to budget. Planned and delivered communication and engagement activities to support change plan.Key Achievements:- Creation and approval of change and communication plans to support new target operating model- Implementation of change communications and staff engagement plans with senior leadership teams Australia-wide- Change implemented successfully both strategically and tactically, in collaboration with multiple teams; positive qualitative and quantitative feedback from stakeholders- Support, stability and continuity within agreed change context provided at a time of considerable flux within business and project

Sydney, Australia

Change management leadership and applied commercial critical thinking across a team of product managers. Working collaboratively with the team to ensure local product strategies are aligned with regional and global models. Commercially focused consulting, strategy development and change execution to improve product penetration, usage and revenue across product portfolios. Senior member of corporate product team, liaising closely with regional heads of product to ensure alignment with product strategies.Key Achievements:- Offered role by business partner given success in prior roles. Asia-Pacific recognition for thought leadership in commercialisation; other HSBC sites directed to copy and implement model- Strong, successful partnership with HSBC Marketing team, resulting in out-of-plan budget allocation, marketing and sponsorship activities. Initiation and success in winning the Australian Banking & Finance 2012 Best New Online Bank Offering of the Year Award

Sydney, Australia

Principal change consultant, responsible for the project portfolio and end-to-end change for the Commercial Banking division. Overall relationship manager between IT, operational and business areas. Proactive business change consulting to increase revenue, optimise customer experience and drive cost efficiency through changes to people, process and technology. Diverse clients; ~350 employees across multiple areas. Simultaneously acted as primary IT Service Delivery escalation point for ~200 employees. Key Achievements:Lead change consultant and primary driver of the successful initiation, business case approval, project implementation and benefits realisations for several important initiatives, including:- Commercial Credit Card proposition - USD $5.6M business case endorsed by Asia Pacific regional leaders. Product launched to market on time and on budget- New Business Banking proposition, including significant people, technology and operations changes. Supported change from inception to delivery- Led and authored a report endorsed by CEO and executive leadership team, to overhaul payment clearing. Development and approval of USD $3.5M business case- Senior role with direct engagement with CIO and business heads. Positive feedback received. Invited by Head of Commercial Banking to join strategic leadership retreat offsite as valued business partner, with visiting global head of Commercial Banking, in recognition of the above achievements

Product co-owner and business project work-stream work to develop and launch a new high-profile credit card in the Australian market (the Woolworths Everyday Money Credit Card). Product construct, customer acquisition planning, budget formulation, campaign execution and review. P&L management exposure. Development and management of the product pipeline and lifecycle, maximizing profitability and customer experience. Review and approval of all product related collateral, including legal and regulatory documents.Key Achievements: - Successful relationship building, forging strong commercial and collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders- Project leadership role across customer communication elements, including collateral creation and delivery channels

Sydney, Australia

Commercial review, strategy formulation, business case development, project management and benefits realisation for eChannels. Market assessment of new channel propositions, acting as channel champion and managing alignment to regional and global trends. Ongoing channel management and optimisation, with a strong focus on customer experience. Staff development and coaching.Key Achievements:- Successful project benefits realisation; increased channel usage from 21% to 40% during 2007- Effective project management, communication and relationship building within diverse team spread across five countries- Strong stakeholder liaison across business and IT to effect change

Project Management of finance stream of large program. Successfully implemented new finance systems (General Ledger, Payroll, Reporting, Assets) and supplier contracts in a very tight timeframe. Key Achievements:Project delivered on time, plan and budget. - Effective problem solving skills in keeping project deliverables on track in face of obstacles; Proven ability to work well under pressure- Demonstrated leadership and management during uncertain transition into new ownership, with conflicting stakeholder requirements

Master Of Musical Arts, Music Theory And Composition

Master of Musical Arts at Yale School of Music, Yale University, Connecticut, USA. Awarded the John Day Jackson Prize for outstanding.

Master'S Degree, Music Theory And Composition

Studied on a part-time basis whilst working full time with Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra

Music Theory And Composition, Music Performance

Undergraduate study majoring in Composition and Flute Performance. William Maloof Award Winner – Composition Achievement (2015) Joseph.

Bachelor’S Degree, Commerce, Management Major

Senior Prize in Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Arts, Psychology Major

Senior Prize in Psychology