Directed and managed sales to State Government, Universities and Local government. Led a team of 30,direct and indirect, to drive significant sales operating within budget expenses of $2.5M pa and an annual revenue budget of $60 million.• Won the provision of all communications for a major city council constituting 120 locations and 8,000 network devices across a five year period, resulting in production of $10Mpa in revenue. • Created national facilities management centre in Qld, employing 250 staff and supporting a contract for managed services for $24Mpa in services for Qld Government. •Won a major telecommunications contract worth $117.5M with Qld Government for an extensive range of communication and Network services in 1999 and a further contract for $210M in 2004.•Developed a service delivery network infrastructure in 30 regional and rural towns in Queensland completed Jan 2005 on time and within budget.•Presented with Managing Director’s award for best people manager in Optus 2004, elected member (by ICT industry) and Treasurer of the Qld Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) for 20 years.•Elected Member of the “Queensland Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Workgroup” representing the AIIA.•Managed the recruitment of 20 new hires and drove effective speed to competency throughout probation periods, resulting in 95%+ retention success against industry specific standard of 28%.•Maintained a cohesive, motivated and highly effective sales team during a period of market volatility by maintaining regular and impactful communication and recognising and rewarding team on achieving milestones.•Increased sales performance of up to 120% year on year through the implementation of new sales structure and performance measurements across sales teams.Optus prior roles were as Startegic Account Manager and Sales Manager Major Accounts which include Thiess, Boeing, Virgin Blue, Suncorp and Mt Isa Mines

AIIA nominated member of the Queensland Government ICT Workgroup

Responsible for company development and sales achievement managing a team of professional IT staff throughout the development of managed services and third party support of hardware throughout Queensland.