Ray Schmidt - Ict Project Manager [Aus-Melb] Email & Phone Number

Australia

Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Velocity Manager of many National Australia Bank (NAB) application migrations to Azure the cloud:
• Single point of contact for application migrations, conduit between NAB asset teams and Microsoft migration teams from start to completion.
• Identify and champion blockers to migrations, raise issues and risks with PMO.
• Provide feedback and escalation channel for NAB Asset Teams.
• Work with NAB asset teams to plan migrations.
• Keep asset teams informed of regular updates of impacting cross program developments.

Melbourne, Australia

• Project agile managed the digital transformation migration of legacy and strategic system data analytics to the cloud (PaaS Azure) providing cost reductions, scalability and performance benefits impacting over 30.
• Managed a feasibility and assessment study selection between AWS and Azure products to business requirements and available project budgets.
• Project management and leadership of strategic and legacy system data migrations to the PaaS cloud; key component Azure (ADLS, databricks, datafactory, event hub, key vault, active directory, monitoring, diagnostics.
• Performed the role of iteration manager and scrum master, conducted agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, retrospectives, backlog grooming and sprint planning; setting goals.
• Utilized Jira for detailed analysis and tracking of epics, stories and tasks towards achievement of the MVP.
• Established a centralized Confluence repository for the project, design documentation and deliveries that provided the ongoing source of truth for the initiative team; the management team and for near-real-time.

Melbourne, Australia

• Project agile managed the delivery of SEN (SDN Evolution Network), to replace the NII (Network Intelligent Infrastructure) with a software defined flexible backbone infrastructure that permits staff or applications to.
• Delivery of a high profile and agile new ways of working (NWOW) 'light house' initiative; of the many challenges and lessons learnt whilst innovatively adopted Agile/DevOps that utilized software defined and open.
• The initiative was organizationally assigned to a very structured and entrenched waterfall driven environment; the challenges arising of agile delivery and monthly reporting within the expectations of waterfall.
• Responsible for project management delivery in accordance to DevOps/Agile/Scrum; as a servant leader, also performed the scrum master role.
• Conducted daily stand-ups, planning; reviews, backlog grooming, retrospectives; issues and risks management with the multi-disciplinary team to develop solutions whether technical or the NWOW.
• Reported and daily tracked sprint deliveries, managed team escalations and blockers.

Melbourne

• Project Manager - Security/Compliance
• Responsible for the Project Management of the security/compliance component to the Telstra (CISCO) Symphony Program; Network Functional Virtualisation (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN).› The program provides.
• Project management in accordance to Telstra Development Process (TDP); utilized Telstra Integral* Plus financial management system; project management reporting via the Telstra EPM system; milestones, risks and issues.
• Conducted detailed impact assessments, prepared and achieved approval of the detailed schedule, scope, cost and budget.
• Project Management teaming and leadership; managing issues and risks; stakeholder management reporting and managing expectations.
• Project plan and delivered the PacNet integration with Telstra security operations; underpinned L2-DCI.

Melbourne, Australia

• As part of the NBN; Telstra needed to migrate existing customers and their services in preparation for the fiber optic roll-out and be able to match addresses of interest from internal source systems against NBN Co’s.
• Responsible for delivery of many multiple concurrent initiatives from within various NTT pipeline streams through the defined project life cycle stages from initiate to deployment; and post production warranty support.
• Responsible for Initiative financials including establishment and vendor management of Accenture SOWs (FieldGlass and Meridian), payment of invoices and management of budgets; project accounting monthly accruals.
• Initiative teaming and leadership of multiple systems and diverse cross functional teams; conducting workshops; managing issues/risks/changes, resolving conflicts and management of stakeholder and client expectations.
• Hybrid agile and waterfall approach in accordance to the NTT delivery framework.

Mornington

• Responsible for the development and implementation delivery of the FMPML prioritised initiatives into Episoft (post go-live) on behalf of the following programs:› Partners in Recovery (PIR)› Access to Allied.
• Partnering with the South Eastern Melbourne Medicare Local (SEMML); ratified and established a governance (SEMML/FMPML) approved single prioritised Episoft product backlog for delivery.
• Provided end user level 1 & 2 support; troubleshooting and Episoft administration of end-users.
• Prepared the FMPML prioritised initiatives Business/Functional Requirements documentation (including: Flexible Funding, Alerts, Exit Process); performed functional acceptance testing.(Casual/Temporary Assignment)

• The project management delivery of ERP initiatives including:› Invoicing Engine Overhaul (This was considered by Lumo/Agility as a significant project delivery in terms of scale, value add and testing).› National.
• Progressed and delivered projects tailored in accordance to PMO framework and processes.
• Stakeholder and vendor management to achieving successful production deployment and business operational adoption, managed outcomes exceeding expectations and business benefits.

Melbourne, Australia

• Project Management (Agile) and Support Services to the City of Melbourne - 'Health Services System Replacement - Finance' expedited project delivery based upon Agile concepts; i.e. user stories that amounted to the.
• Project teaming and leadership of Business - SMEs, BAs, Testers and Vendor; Change and Defect Management utilizing HP - Quality Center.

Melbourne, Australia

• Manufacturing Sector - Joint Strike Fighter; Vertical Tails - Project/Development
• Six Sigma and Quality Management System (QMS); Business Process, Procedure and Work Instruction developments and improvements.
• Excel and Visual Basic specialized coding automation solution developments.
• Manufacturing ERP (ECi - M1); Test Cases, Acceptance Testing and progressing Defects with the provider.

Melbourne, Australia

• Project Management of multiple project initiatives in accordance to the Catholic Education Office – Melbourne, PMO project management methodology.
• Project Management of the following:› Catholic Integrated Online Network (ICON) selected projects:» IDAM» Cloud Computing and Messaging» School Improvement Planning » Core Data Center project initiatives; (DNS.
• In a Business Analysis capacity, preparation of requirement functional/specifications.
• Applications include Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Ektron (Content Management System)

Melbourne, Australia

• Project management; planning, execution, control and closure of vendor provided software developments, enhancements and integration projects; contract management in accordance to the payment schedule; responsible for.
• Generation of Proposals, Order of Magnitudes, Quotations, and Statements of Works.
• Developed and fostered a cooperative working relationship with Telstra; according to Provider Engagement and TDP.
• Management of defects and release fixes/patches during Telstra Acceptance Testing.

Melbourne, Australia

• Project management delivery of multiple concurrent Firm Fixed Price and Time & Materials projects from inception to closure.
• Products include: ENMAC, SmallWorld and WiMAX Smart Meters.
• Leadership of virtual project teams shared across timezones, multiple projects and clients. Contract management delivery, client and 3rd party providers to the prescribed exit criteria and therefore payment schedules.
• Prepared and project managed change requests, statements of work, quotations and proposals; responsible for Project Budgets and P&Ls.

Melbourne, Australia

• Project management of cross business multiple product development and cost reduction initiatives.
• The project management, development and deployment of BSS, OSS and business processes to sales, service delivery and network operations adopted as BAU.
• Project planned, executed, tracked and controlled to the business case; managed stakeholder expectations.
• Guided, mentored and coached project team members during the project life cycle and deliverables.
• Project management of impacts and changes to lines of business, systems and applications; adopted as BAU.

• Project Management of multiple concurrent projects in accordance to PRINCE 2; including migration from the legacy Novel file and printer server and the launch of the MS Outlook Web Access.
• Process improvements and administration the Information Technology Division change and release management operating model and processes.
• Contributed towards the policy formation of the Information Technology Division interaction model and associated tools/templates.

Melbourne, Australia

• Multiple project management deliveries of a wide suite of cross business unit, Information & Communication Technology based projects, from technical and complex to a large program of work.
• Project teaming and leadership, chairing meetings of more than ten personnel of a virtual project teams.
• Relationship management of project stakeholders, clients, vendors, suppliers and the project team; managing expectations and maintaining rapport; milestones and go / no-go decisions.
• Adherence to the product development life cycle operational model and the standardised project management framework, policies, work-flow, tools, and processes.
• Project Management of small to larger scale projects, types include;› RFT› Web› Product Development› Infrastructure› Processes› Networks
• Telstra (TDP and Rapid Delivery), PMBOK, SDLC and Systems Engineering.

Melbourne, Australia

• International Private Lines
• Based upon products and marketing strategic drivers championed and steered projects from inception to launch. Mitigation of assigned project manager escalated issues, risks and negotiation with clients and stakeholders.
• Based upon the Products and Marketing business cases, represented projects at various investment forums securing resources and consequently project establishment.
• Provided tactical and strategic guidance to project solutions (network, systems, processes and platform) in support of the business case.
• Detailed product cost and price modelling; net present value, internal rate of return, discounted cash flows, return on investment and earnings before interest and tax.
• Project Management of product development initiatives; development and deployment of the wholesale Telstra IPL international business process (service pre-qualification, activation, billing and assurance). Provided the.

Melbourne, Australia

• Corporate Professional Engineering Development Programs,› Corporate Early Development of Professional Engineers Program; mentoring, job rotation, field visits, and short courses.› Master of Ceremonies and Management of.
• Administration of business unit cost recoveries; Approximately 3000 staff attendee days / year.
• Liaisons and promotional of professional learning within the Telstra business units, professional and industry associations, learning institutions and providers.
• Telstra representative and management of public presentations and displays.
• Management of recruitment, selection and placement of engineering undergraduates and professional engineers on behalf of business units.
• Instructor lead/presented the 'Orientation' and 'Technology Overview' short courses to Engineering Undergraduates on behalf of Business Units.

Graduate Diploma, Management

Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering, Electronic & Communication

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