Responsible for delivery of Agile projects within Software Engineering team of Business Technology. I am a direct lead of a large team and also operate the Scrum Master role of several streams of work. The teams work across a large variety of technologies, from C# .Net, MSSQL, Microservices, Azure Service Fabric, RabbitMQ, bash scripts, Linux servers, RESTFul Web Services. I work closely with the leadership teams within APAC and across the Global region.

IT Team Lead in Software Engineering. Leading a software development team, building and delivering enterprise grade software systems. Provide technical and team leadership through coaching and mentorship. I also excel as an Agile Delivery Manager and Scrum Master.Team Leadership- Ensure staff are engaged, developing their talent and achieving objectives through regular performance/catchup conversations- Provide both positive and constructive feedback on performance promptly- Ensure the internal technical resources are capable of delivering strategic objectivesStakeholder Engagement- Develop and maintain valuable stakeholder relationships- Apply strategies to gain commitment and foster collaboration across teams- Identify stakeholder issues and act appropriately to address them- Manage outsourced development agencies/contractorsService Delivery- Provide a high performance, high availability software services to our clients- Ensure service requests are resolved within agreed SLAs- Ensure system maintenance tasks are proactively performed- Allocate team resources to maximize organisational valueSmall Project Management- Plan, monitor and control small projects in order to achieve desired outcomes via compliance with project methodology standards- Provide regular status reports to senior managementSoftware Development & Architecture- Liaise with Senior management to provide technical insight into new industry developments- Ensure quality outcomes via compliance with development standards- Own and execute software architecture, within the remit of the Architectural Review Group- Seek internal and external opportunities to innovate- Assist with coding tasks as requiredAdministration- Manage and approve staff leave- All recruitment functions

Team Leadership- Ensure staff are engaged and achieving their objectives- Manage effective resourcing and staff performance- Provide constructive feedback on performance promptlyManagement- Manage the up time of the production environment, including incident, change and problem management- Support project managers needs on the implementation of solutions - Drive, support and measure the adoption of Continuous Delivery and DevOps Maturity across the organization- Work with other development team leads to allocate resources required to deliver on the roadmap- Help set project goals for team- Ensure project methodology is followed- Ensure all projects are completed on time- Manage and approve staff leave requests and manage attendance.Stakeholder Engagement- Develop and maintain valuable stakeholder relationships- Apply influence strategies to gain commitment and foster collaboration- Identify stakeholder issues and act appropriately to address them- Engage with internal stakeholders to support delivery of new products and services - Manage the project priorities with the relevant stakeholders and communicate timelines accordinglySoftware Development / Support- Ensure your team has the proper development processes in place:- Ensure architectural principles are being applied- Ensure appropriate design patterns are being used- Drive continuous adoption and integration of relevant new technologies- Ensure code is efficient, effective and maintainable- Ensure code reviews are done amongst the team- Ensure Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for the Core Systems are being met

Designed and developed a Tender Management website. Enables Purchasers and Suppliers to access a Portal to create and submit to Tenders. Includes forums, email notification and matching of Tenders based on Industry Category and Occupation. Written in ASP .Net C# with MSSQL backend. Built a team to complete the site and currently rolling out the site to Global clients.

Creating an Anti Money Laundering Microsoft CRM enhancement to be sold to Brokers / Lenders etc as part of the AML Compliance required by government department for these types of companies.Also built a Contractor's Compliance system use Microsoft CRM with an external web interface (using CRM API and plugins), and and targeted mobile (IPhone) site.

Currently focusing on ASP .Net C# Web Enabled Sales Analysis product.Ported Sales Analysis application to the Web. Looked after Internal networks, Wrote Corporate Web Site backend, many server side utilities, Manage Servers, Email, Recruitment and a Team Leader. Doing Delphi, ASP .NET C#, Javascript, a little ASP VBScript, MSSQL.Company has had a few name changes. Started off as South and Walker, then Decisions Made Easy. Decisions Made Easy was acquired by Nieslen in Dec 2005 and Nov 2008 was renamed to Nielsen Retail Direct Data Solutions.

Designed and Developed a Reverse Bidding Home Loan website service. Created Event management, Email notification, MSSQL backend database. Became a Team Leader and then IT Manager. Was the lead in a Security Audit by Accenture - going through all aspects of security - from code to physical. Managed ISP changes, links to Credit Reference checks, Digitial Certificates etc.Also was involved in the development of an Online Newspaper that also went to print called Australian Home Page. This site allowed anyone to add their own articles - and the selected few made it into the print version.

Backend Delphi development on Import / Export / Scheduling and some AM, OE, AR forms.

Started off with C programming on DSS systems dictionary functions, then worked on TCPIP layers for Client Server app. Wrote a Project Management system with our own Gantt Charts and Executive Information System in Delphi.