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Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

New Zealand

Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

Senior Technical B.A for the Energy Market Services division of Transpower. Projects included the Financial Transmission Rights (FTR - http://www.ftr.co.nz) project, FTR Rentals and Enterprise Disaster Recovery.My role however, encompasses a broad range of activities including Change and Release Management, Process Modeling, Testing as well as day-to-day B.A tasks. One of my key activities has been to use an Enterprise perspective as the basis for continuous improvement, including modeling how the inputs and outputs of our “daily transactions’ can be used for the ongoing benefit of the organisation.My Business Analysis ‘tool-set’ references the BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) practice standards, and includes a clear understanding of TOGAF Architecture and concepts. I use data modelling to communicate the commercial benefits of ‘boundaryless’ data flow.

Provide Technical Consultation and strategic advice to clients.Carry out high level design tasks, in particularly information architecture and taxonomyLiaise with stakeholders and obtain buy-in from governance groupsProvide Information Architecture analysis to organisational content

Wellington

Experienced in information modelling and Information Architecture as part of overall strategic business communication. Understands a range of digital and web based cultural environments. Excellent written, oral and visual communication skills, with experience in SharePoint 2007 & 2010, ASP, Php, HTML, CSS and Flash.

Production of detailed strategic documents containing information from diverse sources, repurposed to best fit the strategic needs of the organisation. Took ownership of all deliverables, creating solutions that can be implemented internally and by third party vendors. Ability to highlight and manage risks. Maintained balance of focussed project work as well as ensuring business-as-usual activity is completed.

Wellington

Key ResponsibilitiesProduction of detailed strategic documents, information architecture modelling, and solution design using information from diverse sources, repurposed to best fit the strategic needs of the organisation. Senior Strategic Advisor for recent New Zealand Fire Service web projects including: National Intranet, Public Internet, and auxiliary websites. Takes ownership of all deliverables, creating solutions that can be implemented internally and by third party vendors. Ability to highlight and manage risks. Maintains balance of focussed project work as well as ensuring business-as-usual activity is completed.Key AchievementsSuccessfully architected an entirely new Intranet solution which meets the key objectives set at the Steering Group level. Specifically, to deliver an intuitive navigation to 10,000 geographically and technically dispersed employeesProvided key information architecture resource to a number of projects that successfully reinforced an enterprise approach to content and resource management.

Wellington

Key ResponsibilitiesProvide strategic Internet advice to the CEO's office and the 8 primary business unit directors.Own the business requirements in terms of design, user experience, content and content management facilities and workflows, in line with the business case.Responsible as a key team member to implement an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Programme, requiring a change of Internet platform and overall direction.Provide technical expertise and business analysis to all Internet solutions.Take ownership of project deliverables as agreed with the NZFS Project ManagerManage and perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and audit activitiesEngage with vendor/s to ensure the functional/technical specification/s deliver the NZFS Business requirements, and sign-off on behalf of the business stakeholdersProduce, communicate and obtain buy-in to external and internal-facing site conceptsInstrumental in the successful migration and rebuild of the New Zealand Fire Service public website from open-source to the MOSS platformSuccessfully developed an internal business solution that was implemented by third party vendors.Instrumental in entirely new direction for complex intranet based on refined information and business model.

Hamilton

Web, Video Game & New Media SpecialistKey ResponsibilitiesLecturing at all levels of the degree programme including core compulsory papers at graduate and undergraduate levels.Research and publication of Internet, Web and Digital based interaction.Teaching and developing practical skills in the areas of digital communications web, interface design and conceptual development.Promoting integration of digital specialism's in web, animation video games and digital video.Key AchievementsMeasurable shift in skills among studentsImplementing university courses that were based on high degree of technical and skills based learning.

Hamilton

Key ResponsibilitiesReporting directly to Chief Operations Officer, this position was responsible for all software project management.Responsible for the sourcing, hiring and managing of software related sub-contractors.Delivered software development training sessions and seminars to software development companies in Australia, United States and Japan. Day to day management of the in-house software team.Responsible for Software and development and signing of Memoranda of Understanding and non-disclosure agreements.Involved in all aspects of web, video and multimedia productions, including creating proprietary software for which patents are now pending.Key AchievementsSuccessful development and implementation of strategic web initiatives.Measurable achievements in internal communication practices for Start-up Company based on open source platform.

Hamilton

Certificate In Training Course Completion, Ihedge Ftr Market Simulator

Electricity Hedging Software

Education record

FINANCE ESSENTIALS / TIME MANAGEMENT / DEVELOPING EMPLOYEES / NEGOTIATING / FEEDBACK ESSENTIALS / COACHING / BUDGETING / NEW MANAGER.

Business Analysis

2011: REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK EQUINOX IT TRAINING, WELLINGTON

Microsoft Sharepoint

2011: SPEAKER - NEW ZEALAND SHAREPOINT CONFERENCE WELLINGTON 2010: NEW ZEALAND SHAREPOINT CONFERENCE [ATTENDEE] WELLINGTON

Sharepoint And Infopath

2010: INFOPATH – MICROSOFT OFFICE INFOPATH 2007 ACE Training, Wellington 2010: SHAREPOINT DESIGNER ESSENTIAL SKILLS ACE Training, Wellington

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government