Responsible for strategy, leadership, and effective operation of Group Technology and Operations functions.

WHO I AM:■ Director in KPMG IT Advisory■ Over 20+ years of IT experienceWHAT HAVE I DONE:■ Group Manager, Infrastructure & Operations, for Australia’s leading renewable energy business■ Acting-CIO for national constructions, resources and services company employing 600+ people.■ Acting-CIO for a leading Australian multi-specialist infrastructure consultancy servicing the transport, industrial, mining, energy, food & beverage, and community sectors.■ Delivered comprehensive strategic IT reviews to a range of Tasmania firms.■ Business case development for IT-related investments and projects.■ Embedding of IT governance models in Government agencies as well as private firms.■ Director of IT and Operations for betfair.com for six years, arriving from Betfair UK and building the Tasmanian operations centre from scratch, hiring 130 people in the process.WHAT ARE MY TOP 10 EXPERIENCE AREAS:| Designing and building systems that DO NOT fail| Strategy - Establishing Vision and Direction| Roadmap Planning - Data Driven, Results Orientated Execution| ALL things Digital| IT Governance and Risk Management| Enterprise Architecture| Change Management| Portfolio, Program and Project Management| Team Leadership - Building Talent| Organisational Influence and CommunicationAbove all, working with C-level management to scrutinise the SUPPLY of IT services whilst at the same time enforcing good and meaningful governance, and challenging Boards, to ensure those accountable for IT are able to reliably articulate DEMAND.

Arrived in Tasmania in January 2006 and spent the first few months finding an office and constructing plans for a new Data Centre and Call Centre. Employed the first team members and took the first call on Australian soil in May 2006. Followed-up by the first "bet" being traded on Australian soil in August 2006. Infrastructure build was performed and coordinated in the UK, using newly-employed Australian staff, before being air-lifted to Hobart. Stayed on as Director of IT and Operations overseeing a staff of 130 and managing the largest computing facility in the state.