Michael Wade Email & Phone Number

Geelong, Vic, Au

Pentridge, Coburg

Melbourne, Australia

Responsibilities included:• The Coburg Initiative (TCI) Project Manager, including delivery of the Coburg Structure Plan project vision and implementation including the management and sale of key Council land parcels via EOI / RFP and s173 / s177 agreements.• Project lead for Council air rights land sale projects (apartment, mix-used developments), including responsibility for procurement of consultant services and contract management.• Primary contact point and relationship manager for all major Coburg Activity Centre stakeholders, including internal Council Planning Department, Pentridge developers, Coburg Traders Association, Victoria Police and internal operational departments. Responsible for working across Council to seek improved outcomes for the Coburg Activity Centre.• Lead driver and stakeholder for place activation projects delivered within the Coburg Activity Centre. Including liaison with internal Arts and Culture, Economic Development, Urban Design, Open Space Maintenance and Social Development teams.• Management of Moreland Level Crossing Removal projects, including liaison with State Government and agency stakeholders for design, costing and scope agreement.• Project board member for Coburg Activity Centre major projects.

Project management, economic development, events, marketing and communications work within the City, Economy and Places Branch at Moreland City Council.Responsibilities included:• Project lead for business and community engagement programs.• Delivery of Economic Development marketing and communications collateral.• Delivery of business networking events and training programs.

Parkville, Melbourne

Sessional tutor for Urban Governance, Master of Urban Planning.

Melbourne, Australia

Contract role as a statutory project planner.

Melbourne, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Project Manager of a national (200 site) rollout of Wi-Fi units into Adshel infrastructure.

Melbourne, Australia

iD Signs, part of HSJ, is a leading provider of branding, signage, metal and timber fabrication and digital print products and services in Victoria and across Australia, primarily to the residential housing sector.Responsibilities included:• Account management for leading housing providers worth $1m + p.a. • Management of project teams and construction crews (3 - 10 staff and sub-contractors)• Management of contracts, tender / EOI preparation and submission• Costing, estimating, quoting and maintaining profitability for prospective jobs / projects• General management of factory and plant and scheduling workflow for all jobs and projects• Streamlining and assessing company and supplier processes and project delivery proceduresAccomplishments included:• Part of a three person management team, which trebled sales within a three year period• Managed the re-branding of 20 ARC retirement villages after Stockland / ARC merger • Introduced project management principles into the business, for example, work breakdown structures, project timelines / milestones and issues logs• Managed and reviewed internal workflow processes, implementing new job management system, for quoting, purchase orders, job logging and archiving

Melbourne, Australia

Responsibilities included:• Establishing and building client relationships• Managing multiple sales targets for 35 corporate supermarkets• Delegating responsibilities to two staff members

Osaka, Japan

Responsibilities included:• Coordinating group activities and lessons for up to 20 students, facilitation of discussion groups• Writing student reports and new client assessments• Chosen representative by school for sales / demonstration lessons for prospective students

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities included:• Coordinating up to 15 staff for venue set-up and event delivery

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities included:• Managing events and conferences - event budgets up to $100k• On-site event management, branding, venue layout and contingency planning• Multi-tasking and managing four or more events at any one timeAccomplishments included:• Successfully managed various British Council events including a British Library event, for 300 people, in Glasgow, Scotland

Master Of Urban Planning, Land Use Planning And Management/Development

The course work and numerous case studies of the masters covered subjects including strategic and statutory planning, land use and urban.

Graduate Certificate Of Business, Project Management

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services