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Sydney based Consultant and Senior Project Manager with over 20 years experience in the Telecommunications and Digital Online Media space.Owner and Founder of boutique consultancy and project management company "Melonspace" specialising in Telecommunications, Mobile, Digital Online, IPTV and Social Media delivery. In addition we provide consultancy to Start-Ups moving from concept through to delivery.Editor and founder of www.ideasspotter.com which officially launched May 2011. Spotting new business ideas & startups from around the globe.Thrive on networking with entrepreneurs on new concepts and ideas. Driving concepts and ideas to reality! Extensive Consultancy and Project Management experience at both start-up and multinational levels within the Telecommunications and Online Media industry.Thorough and extensive understanding of End-to-End (E2E) delivery of business concepts and products:Business concept initiation, Business case & funding, resource and vendor engagement (RFI, RFT & RFP), content acquisition & commercials, feasibility and prototyping, requirements and specifications, Design, Build, integration & test, operational handover and go to market delivery.Extensive experience in Infrastructure delivery from hardware procurement, design, firewalls, build, alarm, testing and operational acceptance. in Addition, Agile and hybrid methodologies.Vendor procurement experience in managing and driving vendors from RFI stage through to operational delivery. Major vendors that I have engaged and managed on projects include: Accenture, Wipro (India), Nokia, Ericsson, Global Cable & Wireless, LogicaCMG Ericsson, Hutchison, Vignette, Grundy, Sony, Disney and Warner, Netgem (France), DWS Compuware, Hyro, Massive interactive, HWW, NineMSN, Chief Entertainment, Gambit, Net Ventures, MIA. Samsung, Accedo, MNET, AMDOCS, Changing Worlds, RIM, SMS Consulting, Ooyala.com, 3 wks, Foxsports.Specialties: Project Management and Consultancy in:IPTV & Devices UI development – Digital Devices and OnlineMobile Product development - 3G & Content ServicesIT - CRM, Order Management, OSS, Billing, ERP(Finance) & ReportingNetwork & IT Infrastructure Web Development & SecurityDevelopment methodologies – SDLC & AGILEProject Management methodologies & lifecycle– PMBOKSocial MediaEntrepreneurshipBootstrap & StartupsVideo & photography production and post
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Digital Project ManagerTpg TelecomSydney, Nsw, Au
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Senior Project Manager - Digital Customer ExperienceCoates Sep 2024 - PresentMascot, Nsw, AuManaging and delivering major Digital Transformation initiatives for Coates -
Senior Digital & Data Project ManagerNews Corp Aug 2021 - Jul 2024New York, New York, UsProject managed major Technology, Digital Data initiatives for News CorpKey Achievements:July 24 - News Corp 1st Party data Customer Data Platform (CDP) platform (ActionIQ), implemented and configured ingestion of new data to enrich addressable audience data for customer care and ad sales teams.14 May 24 - News Corp Intent Connect Data Ad sales platform CX revamp implementation and showcased at News Corp’s Annual 2024 D_Coded Sales Eventhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/vudoo-video_news-corp-australias-2024-dcoded-activity-7197040690462146560-XTkF/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop25 Mar 24 - News Corp Commercial Customer Data Platform (CDP)(Cookie-less solution) project. Project won the 2024 Adobe Experience Maker of the Year Award APAC at Adobe Summit in Las Vegashttps://www.adobeexperienceawards.com/stories2024# 30 June 23 - News Corp Mobile app Transformation - move to new scalable mobile platform and CX improvements for greater engagement and personalisation across all News Corps Mobile Masthead and Lux brand apps1 Mar 23 - News Corp new Commercial Customer Data Platform (CDP) powered by Adobe Experience Platform. Major Data Migration and Transformation Project. Integrated for the first time News Corp, Realestate.com.au (REA) and Foxtel audience data utilising cookie-less solution. Largest implementation of a CDP in Australia and for Adobe Globally. -
Senior Project ManagerCoca-Cola Amatil Mar 2021 - Jun 2021Uxbridge, West London, GbCoca Cola Amatil IT Digital Strategy and Delivery team, execute and deliver Digital solutions to key business stakeholders, Sales and Marketing and brand partners of Coca Cola Amatil.Lead and managed the implementation of the Digital Asset Management (DAM), Product information (PIM) and syndication platform project which integrated with varies partners and customer eCommerce channels Eg: SKU Vantage, GIS, Amazon, varies sites and apps. With 30 beverage brands across the Coca Cola Amatil organization, the project required high level of stakeholder management and change management due to the introduction of new ways of working in managing digital assets and product information across the organisation internally and externally (wholesale & retail).Key Achievements2021 – Digital Asset Management Implementation Projecto Managed, executed and completed RFI tender process which included 12 vendorso In collaboration with business and IT stakeholders, vendor was selectedo Completed Business Case and submittedDue to the Coca Cola Europe Partners acquisition of Coca Cola Amatil, this project was put on hold. -
Senior Project Manager (Anz) @ AdobeAdobe Aug 2018 - Feb 2021San Jose, Ca, UsAs part the Adobe APAC Global consulting team based in Sydney, I lead and managed multi faceted virtual onshore and offshore teams to deliver Adobe Experience and Marketing Cloud Enterprise solutions to key Adobe clients across ANZ region in Govornment, Financial, Insurance, Media and Retail sectors.Adobe suite of products and solutions covered:CMS - Adobe Experience Manger (AEM)EDM - CampaignData & Personalization - Analytics, Target and Audience ManagerInfrastructure - Adobe Managed Services High level partner and client stakeholder management required. Ensuring projects are delivered to clients based on Adobe best practise. -
Senior Project ManagerTelstra Feb 2018 - Aug 2018Sydney, Nsw, AuManaging the delivery and support of Telstra Media & Marketing Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Content Management System (CMS) program of work for Telstra Media and Marketing which supports Telstra's key Entertainment sites and products such as Telstra TV, Telstra Foxtel Self Serve Portal, Media Home page and the entertainment Offering platform. All hosted, supported and managed on the AWS cloud. -
Mobile Apps Program ManagerOptus Jan 2015 - Feb 2018Macquarie Park, Nsw, AuProgram manage the e2e delivery of the Digital Apps Program within the Consumer Digital Sales & Service Business Unit of Optus which supports a 2.1m active My Optus App user base. Lead and mentored dedicated app team of 75 team members consisting of Digital PMs, BAs, CX, UX, designers, Architects, developers & testers. Establish, manage and execute program governance for the delivery of 20 planned and inflight initiatives as part of the Digital apps program/roadmap. Support and ensure continual improvement and efficiencies of team based on Agile execution. Stakeholder management and communications at Director and VP level. Vendor management of 4 to 6 key vendors for development onshore and offshore Eg: AMDOCS, WIPRO, Tech-M, PEGA. Delivery based on SAFe and Hybrid Agile. Project managed numerous projects where resourcing constraints occurred.Key Achievementso 13 enhancement releases of the My Optus App – Personalisation, PEGA integration, Analytics, Payment gateway integration, SDK implementations with various 3RD Party providers, o Established and implemented Test Automation for Mobile app testing of My Optus Appo Migration of My Optus App Infrastructure from Mascot data centre to AWS – Dec 2017o Delivered AI personalisation (Behavioural) user profiling for targeted marketing and content relevance utilising PEGA on the My Optus App - September 2017o 11 new feature releases for my Optus App – 2016 to 2017o CMS migration from Vignette to AEM for Apps – Sept 2016o Establish new initiatives and prioritisation forum for new App initiatives 2016o My Optus App release frequency from quarterly to monthly - 2016o My Optus App Digital transformation/integration from Legacy to new BSS stack - 2016o Prepare Business case submission and approval for My Optus App 2016 AOP CAPEX $6.95mo Implemented My Optus App refactoring to support Universal which reduces from 4 My Optus apps to 2 apps supporting mobile and tablet - 2015 -
Online Senior Project Manager - Contractor/FreelanceOptus Dec 2013 - Dec 2015Macquarie Park, Nsw, AuContractor accountable for the delivery of the Online UX, designs and content management solutions for the Online Sales and service portal (optus.com.au) for new Optus products.Achievements:1) Launched new Optus NBN site. Provides Optus consumer customers the ability to purchase NBN Broadband plans online. http://www.optus.com.au/shop/broadband/home-broadband - May 20142) Implemented varies optus.com.au site updates and enhancements for the Optus Fixed Products Portfolio online - 2015
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Program Manager - VideoNews Limited Dec 2012 - Dec 2013Sydney, Nsw, AuManaging the News Limited video program of work impacting the various News Limited online channels such as The Telegraph, Herald Sun, Courier Mail, The Advertiser, Perth Now, The Australian, News.com.au, 10 Regionals sites, Carsguide.com.au and numerous life media sites Eg: Vogue.The program role involved:- Initiate and manage project teams for delivery- Engage and seek resources- Governance structure and standards- Funding- Prioritisation and collaboration with key stakeholders- Innovation and collaboration- Stakeholder management and communicationsManage the overall delivery of the video roadmap.Key Achievements:Launched Video subscription across all News limited Metro and regional websites as part of the News + brand June 2013Launched Foxsports Premium Video across all News limited Metro and regional websites as part of the News + brand July 2013Migrated News Limited Metro and regional websites Sites from "The Platform" video player to the Ooyala player - Oct 2013Launched the new video hub gallery across all News Limited Metro and regional websites - Nov 2013 Eg: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/video -
Senior Project Manager - Outbound Email Marketing/ Privacy & SecurityTelstra Apr 2012 - Dec 2012Sydney, Nsw, AuIn Dec 2011, Telstra was exposed to a Privacy and security breach with one of their major applications supported and hosted by US vendor RightNow. In an immediate response, the Telstra board initiated a Privacy Remediation program to remediate all Telstra applications off the RightNow platform.As part of the Telstra Privacy Remediation Program, I was assigned as senior project manager to remediate the Telstra outbound email marketing applications hosted and supported on the RightNow platform.The scope of work involved the design and development of a new outbound email marketing solution. Major part of the project also involved building a new hosting platform of 28 virtual servers to support the new marketing outbound email application with full Telstra operational acceptance for hosting and supporting the application internally in Telstra.Project was executed based on an Agile methodology with a team of 20.As the program was high profile with Telstra Board visibility, weekly steering committee meetings and high level of stakeholder management at Director level was imperative.From a financial management perspective, managed a substantial budget and assisted Program Director with Business case collation and submission for program funding requiring Telstra CEO level approval due to the substantial level of funding required.Project was delivered into pilot November 2012.
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Senior Project Manager - Iptv / Mobile / Online (Multimedia)Telstra Dec 2008 - Apr 2012Sydney, Nsw, AuContracting to Telstra as Senior Project Manager on a number of high profile projects in the multimedia space.3G Mobile and Online Bigpond Content Key Achievements:Delivered a number of Telstra mobile and online Bigpond content products to market.1) In Sept 2011, delivered a RSS Aggregator solution for Telstra Media. Central RSS Aggregator and mashup portal for content produces to manage incoming RSS feeds and mashup into new RSS output feeds for Telstra Media Bigpond mobile content sites.In addition required the design and build of new supporting infrastructure for model and production environments based on VM Ware hosting solution.2) Sports “Footy” branded mobile and content package – Dec 20083) Sports content re pricing pack for Mobile – Jan 2009IPTV Key Achievements:1) Feb 2011 managed the technical delivery of Bigpond Movies rental widget on Samsung devices.2) In July 2010 reporting directly to the Program Director and GM, delivered Telstra’s first IPTV product to commercial launch, the “Telstra T-Box” (Telstra Digital Set Top box) within 6 months. Complex integration delivery comprising of a number of Telstra Bigpond content products and platforms Eg: BPMovies - Music - Sports - TV Live video streaming - IPTV - Electronic Program Guide (EPG), PVR and CPE. In addition managed and delivered the supporting IT infrastructure for the T-Box at Haymarket data centre in Sydney.Refer to: http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/tbox-unveiled-as-telstra-spruiks-superfast-broadband-20091119-inqp.html
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Senior Project Manager - Web SecurityOptus (Singtel) Jul 2006 - Jul 2008Macquarie Park, Nsw, AuWeb access Management, Shared Services - Reitz Program Office (Sydney) Technical Project Manager Web security (Netegrity/CA) development - ContractAccountable for the delivery of web access/single sign-on management functionality based on the Netegrity/CA solution to support the re-design and new selfcare functionality for the Optus.com.au & Optus.Zoo web site (Reitz program).Reitz program implemented Customer Selfcare services to the Optus.com.au and OptusZoo.com.au portals. Functionality delivered included Purchasing and ordering Optus products and services online, view customer Bills etcClose working relationship with Program Integrator Accenture.Delivered the web security functionality for the Reitz Program (OPTUS.COM.AU re:design) for R1 which launched Jan 07Completed and delivered a number BAU enhancements to the solution during 2007 - 2008
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Project Manager - MultimediaTelstra Bigpond Apr 2006 - Jul 2006Sydney, Nsw, AuSenior Project Manager Bigpond movie downloads/ Bigpond Music downloads/Australian Idol– Web & Application development - 3 month ContractProject Manager accountable for the delivery of existing Bigpond Movie & Music downloads websites onto the Intel ViiV and Microsoft Windows Media Centre platforms. ViiV is a PC Windows XP based system running operating Intel ViiV & Windows Media Centre platform with output displayed onto a TV. Benefit to Telstra bigpond once project delivered is that Customers will have access to Bigpond Movie and music downloads via not just via the web channel but also via the ViiV solution through their TV screens using a flash UI.Project Manager accountable for the delivery and launch of the Australian Idol 2006 website and Telstra Mobile WAP portal.
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Senior Project Manager - Application DevelopmentEricsson Nov 2005 - Apr 2006Kista, Stockholm, SeContracted to Hutchison 3G Mobile Network based on the Hutchison Managed Services (HMS) arrangement with EricssonDelivered the customer mobile experience performance measuring application for 3G Products. Application development based on Windows client and SQL server architecture (Client vantage windows application solution). Windows based application, which executed test scripts to emulate 3G mobile phone users accessing 3G Content & applications on the live production environment. Application captured response times for web reporting and provided alarms to HP Openview with identified alarms based on testing of 3G Content. -
Senior Project Manager - Product Development / Regulatory & ComplianceEricsson Nov 2004 - Dec 2005Kista, Stockholm, SeContracted to Hutchison 3 mobile based on the Hutchison Managed Services (HMS) arrangement with EricssonDelivered and launched a number of key mobile network products to market for the 3 Mobile brand:a) Launched International 3G MMS Roaming with 20 International 3G Mobile carriers – December 2005b) Launched National 3 Content Roaming on Telstra 2.5G – August 2005c) Launched International mobile 3G Data Roaming with 3 international 3G & 2.5G Carriers for 3 Brand – September 2005d) ACIF C518 Compliance received from Regulatory body for 3's 3G & 2G Mobile network – Auditor Price Waterhouse Coopers. NOTE: First 3G Carrier to receive ACIF C518 compliance hence 1st project manager in Australia to deliver ACIF C518 compliance for a 3G Network
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Business AnalystOptus Business 2005 - 2005Carrum Downs, Vic, Au -
Senior Business AnalystOptus Feb 2004 - Nov 2004Macquarie Park, Nsw, AuSenior BA - 3G Mobile Program (Permanent) – Personalisation & Presence for 3G mobile and Web.Accountable for the capturing business requirements for Personalisation and presence functionality for 3G Handset and webThe delivery of this project was to provide users with the ability to personalise the look and of their UI, the services they wanted to have displayed and the alerts they wanted to have sent for Web and 3G handset.Key Achievements: a) Approved Business Caseb) Agreed and Signed off Business requirement specificationc) Compliance Matrix completed and signed offd) Draft Solution design
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Project Manager - 3G Mobile Product Development3 Mobile Jul 2002 - Feb 2004London, GbJoined Hutchison as a 3G mobile startup prior to their commercial launch. 3 mobile was the first 3G Mobile network carrier in Australia.Delivered a number of 3G network and content products for 3 Mobile commercial launch as a new startup 3G carrier:a) Delivered a number of 3G content products for Handset - October 2003b) Worked on 3G Entertainment product - “ShowBuzz” content product for on web portal Solution design stage – Jan 2004c) Delivered 3G “Gameday” Flash Application product on device & web portal (XML and HTML) on time and within budget – 4th Feb 2004 -
It Project ManagerTelstra Jun 2000 - Jul 2002Sydney, Nsw, AuManagement of IT Planning at the program office level for a Business Unit of Telstra Retail, which comprised of 9 major IT development programs supporting 5 key core business processes.Key Achievements:a) Managing $12m of IT Capitalb) Established IT Governance Committees to enable Stakeholders to priorities initiatives and helped guide the allocation of Capital for IT Development.c) Implemented business signoff processes for unplanned new IT initiatives impacting the Customer Care Business Unit.
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It Endorsement Manager - Product DevelopmentTelstra Dec 1997 - Jun 2000Sydney, Nsw, AuThe Telstra Product Development process was an integrated model for delivering new Telstra Products and Services to the market place. Within the model are specific stages and principles that must be delivered and endorsed prior to launch. To ensure delivery and endorsement, a Product development Forum existedKey Achievements:a) Implementation of IT signoff process to the Telstra Product Development Forumb) Endorsement of over 6o new product and service initiatives with an IT process and development focus.
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Business Analyst / Consultant - Product DevelopmentTelstra Feb 1992 - Dec 1997Sydney, Nsw, AuThe Telstra Product & Process Model was a key corporate process for introducing new Products and processes into the Telstra Environment. I provided IT Consultancy/ Business analysis to new Telstra Product initiatives in developing system solutions utilising Telstra Core systems to support the 4 Core Process - Service Activation, Billing, Service Assurance, and Reporting.Key AchievementsDeveloped and implemented end to end IT System specifications for the following Telstra products:-1. Speakeasy2. ISDN3. DDS4. Talkabout5. Spectrum - Intelligent Network6. Corporate Virtual Private Network (CVPN) - Intelligent Network7. International Virtual Private Network (IVPN) - Intelligent Network8. Hybrid Centrex - Spectrum Gateway - Intelligent Network9. Callex, - Intelligent Network
Tony Separovic Skills
Entrepreneurship
Mobile
Mobile Applications
Start Ups
Agile
Telecommunications
Digital Media
Software Project Management
Entrepreneur
Sdlc
Social Media
Mobile Devices
Internet Product Development
Project Management
Agile Methodologies
Program Management
Management
Pmo
Product Development
Crm
Project Delivery
Stakeholder Management
Vendor Management
Software Development
Solution Architecture
Project Planning
Testing
Business Analysis
Data Center
Leadership
Web Analytics
Agile Project Management
Email Marketing
Strategy
Product Management
Web Development
Business Process Improvement
Integrated Marketing
Governance
New Media
E Commerce
Web Project Management
Managed Services
Digital Strategy
Project Portfolio Management
User Experience
Mobile Marketing
Mobile Technology
Content Management
Information Architecture
Tony Separovic Education Details
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Australian Institute Of ManagementProject Management (Aipm) -
St Puis X College
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