Mark Jennings Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Following the sale of Lonely Planet from BBC Worldwide to private ownership, relocated to a new Nashville office. Reporting directly to the CTO/CIO, responsible for Lonely Planet’s critical application environment and leading global technology teams across Melbourne, London and establishing a new US-based technology team covering software development, (front and back end, primarily Ruby on Rails), web operations, mobile developers (iOS and Android), QA and project managers.Transformed previously isolated technology teams in Australia and UK into a collaborative team with interrelated projects and shared goals with responsibility for lonelyplanet.com and Lonely Planet’s content management and editorial systems. Led greater alignment in processes across all teams with fully automated deployment multiple times daily, focus on automated testing and standardised agile processes.Achievements:* Working closely with new CEO & CTO, delivered on a technology roadmap and team transformation plan aligning technology with business strategy of new Lonely Planet owners* Managed global technology team transformation to deliver on technology vision, bringing together previously siloed technology groups into a collaborative team using standardised processes* Led project to set the remote working practises that allowed for greater flexibility for development teams globally* Designed and implemented consistent incident management and reporting ensuring greater transparency and accountability of technology* Led analysis and RFI selection process for a PCI-DSS compliant eCommerce solution for lonelyplanet.com.Responsibilities:* Leadership of Lonely Planet’s 50+ global technology group across Australia, UK & USA consisting of team leads, front end developers, Ruby and Java developers, web operations, QA and project managers* Weekly prioritisation and sprint planning meetings, daily stand ups and fortnightly retros.

London, United Kingdom

Lead of the Online DevOps team dedicated to the delivery of lonelyplanet.com, managing the ongoing recruitment and succession planning needs of the team.Responsible for the management of the Online IT budget and the relationships with our technology partners including CDN, website hosting and external development. Achieved significant cost savings through new contract negotiation and changes to products and services.

Bbc Media Centre, London

One of eight employees relocated from Melbourne to London to restart the Lonely Planet Online team within BBC Worldwide.Part of the small team successful in delivering the IT transfer and setup in London within 100 days. Following, I was responsible for the ongoing delivery of IT services to the wider Online business. I also took over responsibility for a number of technology contracts and management of the Online IT budget.From London, led recruitment of Software Engineers in Ruby, Java and UI to form part of small DevOps team. I drove significant process change within the DevOps team aimed at delivering better product more quickly through continuous deployment and a better understanding of customer behaviour through real time user metrics and application monitoring. I have also continued the drive for website performance, a key requirement in all new projects.

Melbourne, Australia

In addition to existing Service Delivery responsibilities, designed and implemented new Change Management processes and procedures to facilitate organisational and technical advances including the DevOps movement, continuous integration and continuous deployment.

Melbourne, Australia

Consulting with SMEs with limited in-house IT expertise to provide strategic advice and implementation as well as IT management and support.Worked across industries including manufacturing, chemical storage and waste management.

Victoria, Australia

Bachelor Of Information Technology, Bachelor Of Information Technology

Bachelor Of Technology (Aviation), Aviation, Pilot Training

Attained Private Pilot License in 2001. Completed Commercial Pilot License course in 2003. Flew the east coast of Australia in a Cessna.