Robert Barr Email & Phone Number

Canterbury, New Zealand

Hawkes Bay

I began by assessing the existing Asset Management System; this lead to running an RFP and associated eveluation of proposals, leading to selection, design, integration and implementation of a full ERP solution.As an engineer I love to build things and solve problems. But excellent design is critical - to give users practical, elegant and coherent solutions that work, I must - visualise and describe the helicopter view necessary to define our infrastructure, mobile, applications and integration strategy; - procure solutions that meet both strategic and tactical needs while delivering exceptional value over their lifetime; - work with users, business leaders and project managers daily to understand their needs, goals and pain-points - understand and communicate the solution strengths and weaknesses, and convince stakeholders of the optimal solution that meets all objectives.

Christchurch

Personal pursuits and short-term engagements

Christchurch

Responsible for market research, market identification and product development for new products for the NZ Electricity and fintec sectors

Christchurch

Focusing on ICT for the Energy and Wealth sectors, working on digital strategies, products and solutions, reference and enterprise platform architectures, technologies and methodologies. Developing .NET/MSSS based digital solutions, and platform component (CRM, ECM, ESB, CMS) integration. More recently working with Dynamics 365 solutions.

Worldwide

Responsibilities:* Company-wide business continuity policy and procedures, and ensuring recovery plans across business units and worldwide facilities are in place and viable.* BCM awareness, culture and readiness, in particular understanding of enactment roles and responsibilities during an event, access to tools and information, and any necessary training * Regular exec review of BCM events, impacts and continuous improvement of control measures* Risk identification, impact analysis, control strategy and design* BCM test program, including design and execution targeted and non-targeted event simulations

Development Manager, Solution Architect and Development Lead roles on projects across a wide range of commercial and government sectors.

Yorkshire, Uk

Architect, analyst, product owner and eventually implementation coordinator, working on-site at a major UK Building Society, on their replacement Branch Automation System, this highly successful solution solved the transaction integrity issues that plagued it's predecessor, saved heaps in lifetime costs, and is still running today with little modification.

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Division lead for Retail and Internet Banking solutions, a team of eight developers. Includes delivery of two of the world's first secure internet banking solutions.

Ipswich - Martlesham Heath

Focus on rollout of client-server architecture and tools, £250k budget

Santa Cruz And Paris

Livingston In Scotland

Physics And Electronics

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