Ryan Stanford Smyth Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

South Africa

Midrand, South Africa

105 West Street, Sandown

Accountable & responsible for the planning, leading, and successful end-to-end delivery of innovation projects (large Information Technology projects) within the Nedbank Group. This includes ensuring that the project team adheres to the Group's projects framework which is based on IBM's Rational Unified Process. I was responsible for the planning and managing of the project budget, project plan, regular communication with project stakeholders (including the deployment of influence… Show more Accountable & responsible for the planning, leading, and successful end-to-end delivery of innovation projects (large Information Technology projects) within the Nedbank Group. This includes ensuring that the project team adheres to the Group's projects framework which is based on IBM's Rational Unified Process. I was responsible for the planning and managing of the project budget, project plan, regular communication with project stakeholders (including the deployment of influence, negotiation, and conflict management skills), ensuring adherence to project governance, facilitating meetings, reporting on progress against the plan, sourcing and coordination of project resources, validating, monitoring, and controlling of project activities; evaluating and managing vendors, managing expectations, risks, issues, and dependencies.Key focus areas: Team leadership. Developing and maintaining great relationships. Being the voice of reason. Ensuring alignment with stakeholders. Show less

3Rd Str, Iq Business Park, Sandton

Since Nov 2014, Responsible for delivery of projects, including, pro-active management of client, formulate project requirements, plan and document project approach, regular communication with stakeholders, manage project scope, resources, and budget, put together the project charter/plan, manage all resources, manage risks, issues, and dependencies within project constraints, ensure quality deliverables, tracking and reporting of project status, coordinate workshops and client meetings… Show more Since Nov 2014, Responsible for delivery of projects, including, pro-active management of client, formulate project requirements, plan and document project approach, regular communication with stakeholders, manage project scope, resources, and budget, put together the project charter/plan, manage all resources, manage risks, issues, and dependencies within project constraints, ensure quality deliverables, tracking and reporting of project status, coordinate workshops and client meetings, etcetera. Project customers: National Airways Corporation (NAC); City Property; Sasol; JDA; HTN Attorneys; Umgeni Water; TradeReach; Rand Merchant Bank (RMB); Standard Bank; Absa Wealth; AVI; City Power Johannesburg (Programme Manager); Umgeni Water.Since Jan 2007,Development of software and database-based enterprise applications; lead the development team on the project; document technical, functional, and non-functional aspects of a to-be product; client expectation management; risk and dependency identification; solution design; product quality assurance; business process analysis and documentation; proof of concept design; mentor & coaching; code reviews; establish code standards and technical quality processes.Project customers: Astute FSE; JDA; AMH; AngloGold Ashanti; SABMiller; African Bank; Nedbank Personal Loans; MultiChoice; Edcon; Microsoft (SA). Show less

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration // Maj: Management, Project Management

Awarded the Theo van der Vyver (top Economics student) and the Top Project Management student trophies. Completed Bachelor of Business.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Information Technology

Started degree at UNISA, completed at SBS.