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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Promoted into this newly created role, I provide leadership and strategic direction for the largest portfolio in the business. I am accountable for delivery of client services and all major supply contracts through a mixture of employees and subcontractors. With over 100 personnel in my division and several dozen vendors to manage, I play a crucial role in optimisation and process improvement.

Melbourne, Australia

As a member of the senior leadership team, I play the lead role in developing business strategy through innovation and product development. I am accountable for IT strategy, project management, and leading a software engineering team in a DevSecOps model.By applying skills in vendor management and business analysis, I reduced IT OPEX by more than 30%. This achievement took place whilst concurrently reducing risk and improving IT services continuity by migrating platforms from on-premises to cloud-based and virtual solutions. I delivered several new technology innovations, improving the quality of user experiences and driving a reduction in expenditure in other departments of approximately 15%.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As the Director and GM I have P&L accountability for a budget in excess of $25m. I am accountable for leading and coaching leaders in each of the FES departments, with accountability for customer service, technology and innovation, QA, finance, marketing and business development, a mechanical workshop and all service delivery. By April 2019 I delivered profitability growth above 5% year on year, leading to the largest net result in the organisation's history.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Supervisor in the Department of Computing & Information Systems.Supervisor of penultimate and final year undergraduate students and masters students undertaking projects in Software Engineering. In this role I am both a mentor and a teacher to students as they apply their knowledge in a practical environment.The projects teach technical and managerial skills in software engineering, including quality process design, business analysis and project management. The students undertake software development projects for clients in a real-world environment, completing the software development lifecycle by undertaking requirements elicitation and analysis, software design, software development and integration, testing and product release.By engaging with students in the classroom, in workshops and in real-world scenarios I impart technical knowledge as well as mentor students through the projects. As an experienced educator I've been directly involved in the design and evolution of the curriculum into the University's “Melbourne Model” course structure, having also received an Excellence in Tutoring Award in 2009.

As a member of the department’s History Team, I led several projects to preserve and promote the history of computing at the University.Using my project management and technical expertise I collaborated with staff and students in the department and engaged with external providers to lead projects including:- Digitisation of the collection of historical artefacts- Deployment of new web-based tools- Creation of a cultural collection museum, with both real and virtual displays to engage with the wider public community

Faculty Of Science

IT Manager & CIO in the Faculty of ScienceIn the newly created role of IT Manager, my responsibility was to transition and transform IT services from a localised and dispersed operation to a centralised and coordinated service centre. Establishing a new operating model with over 30 IT professionals reporting through to me, I initiated and delivered the consolidation of infrastructure platforms and put in place new governance and policy frameworks.By providing support to over 800 staff and several thousand students across 10 departments, I led services that enabled scientific research, medical research, clinical health care and education. The IT services included: * Core systems infrastructure and network management* Backup and disaster recovery* High-performance computation (HPC) services* Workspace and mobile computing support* Vendor and contract management* Licensing and procurement* Project management* Software development and integration* Infrastructure hosting, utilising both virtualisation and cloud services* A/V and event supportAs the division’s practice leader in IT, I was responsible for the service design and delivery, establishing SLAs and defining IT strategy for the general manager and executive director. I managed and mentored staff, and was actively involved in stakeholder engagement.I was a member of the University’s IT strategy committee, and a member of several IT boards and major enterprise projects.

Manager in the School of Engineering IT department.As the senior leader for all digital platforms in the Melbourne School of Engineering, my role was a hybrid role of service delivery manager and software engineer. I lead project management and customer engagement on all software projects, and was responsible for the operational environment for software and web platforms.Leading a specialist team of 5 staff, with additional project based contractors, I successfully delivered new innovative platforms to support teaching initiatives and marketing campaigns. Our team consistently delivered projects on-time and within-budget, implementing new solutions from the concept stage and integrating off-the-shelf products in Linux based environments.Key responsibilities:* Service delivery management* Project management for all new software solutions and digital platforms* Requirements engineering, business analysis and solution design* Software development and integration of off-the-shelf packages* Design of hosting platforms and virtualisation environments* Management and supervision of staff and external contractors

Senior Software Engineer in the Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering.As a leader in the Technical Services team I provided technical expertise in software engineering to support the academic endeavours of the CSSE Department. I supervised and mentored several full-time and casual staff in undertaking several teaching and administrative related IT projects, advancing a positive culture of engagement and close collaboration with the academic community.At the conclusion of 2007 as part of an organisational restructure of the School, our team was combined into a newly established School of Engineering IT services unit. I was appointed to a new managerial role, supervising a larger team and delivering projects to a larger customer base.

Web Developer in the Information Technology Services Division (Central IT Services for the University).As a member of the "Campus Wide Information Systems" team I was responsible for developing, integrating and maintaining software, and providing end user support to staff across The University of Melbourne. Our solutions included the integration and deployment of administrative enterprise tools, the University's first web content management system, backend integration systems for the University's web presence, new library services and teaching related applications.

Developer and Help Desk for the University's Learning Management System (WebRAFT) in the Information Technology Services Division (Central IT Services for the University).WebRAFT was the University's first learning management system - essentially a content management system with a number of specialised teaching tools integrated to the platform. My role primarily involved maintenance of the existing applications and providing first and second-level support to students and staff across the University.

Help Desk officer in the Department of Computer Science & Software Engineering.The Help Desk provided first-level IT support to students and staff in the Department. In addition to my front-line support duties, I held responsibilities for maintaining the online user documentation and providing after-hours lab supervision.

The Melbourne PC User Group is a non-profit organisation supporting members with interests in a wide range of computer and electronic related activities. At the time of my involvement in the Internet Admin Team there were over 7,000 club members.The Internet Admin Team provide systems infrastructure administration and support services to the club. As a team of volunteers, we support services including dial-up internet, server infrastructure, web hosting and email.

The Melbourne PC User Group is a non-profit organisation supporting members with interests in a wide range of computer and electronic related activities. During my term of office the group's membership was in excess of 7,000 people.With its mission of members helping members, my election to the management committee came at a pivotal time for the club when significant strategic change was needed. Over the two-years of my volunteer appointment we stabilised the finances, reinvigorated training services and relocated the club to improved and more sustainable facilities.

I served as the club's Vice President for six months during my elected term on the management committee.

The company was called "Web Design Group" (WDG) at the time I was employed there. I held a contractor position in the web publishing team to develop the new Ford South Africa website.

Posgraduate Diploma, Management

Bachelor Of Engineering (With Honours), Software Engineering

Vce