·As Chief Applications / Integrations Architect capability I was responsible for an extended team of 12 architects focused primarily on the Bank of Queensland but also leveraged across other industries and accounts.·Responsible for all aspects of Enterprise Architecture within the team ensuring all designs are consistent with the requirements of the TOGAF framework.·As Head of Solutioning I was responsible for ensuring all commercial deliverables (estimates, Statements of Work, Proposals etc.) were in line with Corporate Financial targets and existing contract definitions.·Part of bid teams during RFI / RFP responses·Liaise with the broader CT community to ensure optimal use of my team.·Worked on several key projects including the National Payments platform, Lending Program, Investec integration.·Design authority at Architect Review Board for any design deliverables for the Bank of Queensland – ensuring designs followed the customized use of TOGAF employed by Bank.·Technical approver in the Applications Assurance forum, assessing all significant Australia and New Zealand deals. ·Approver at the Sales Account Review board, reviewing any commercial documents delivered to the client (Proposals, High Level Estimates and Cost Models etc.) ·Acted as direct interface to a variety of stakeholders across the Bank’s business and IT teams and global HP teams. Typical involvement was to drive consensus between all stakeholders by explaining complex technical concepts in a way the particular audience could understand and ultimately to drive and delivering solution / business outcomes.·Involved in pre-sales / discover activity on many initiatives helping to develop concepts and helping my team to think creatively about the solutions they were developing.·Creation of new sales proposals including cost / benefit analysis and vendor selection with risk, issue and constraint identification.

·As leader of the Architecture and Business Analysis capability I have a team of 10 Solution Architects that are focused primarily on the Bank of Queensland but also leveraged across other industries and accounts.·Liaised with the broader CT community to ensure optimal use of my team.·Worked on several key projects including the National Payments platform, Lending Program, Investec integration and ADI Hand back.·Design authority at Architect Review Board for any design deliverables for the Bank of Queensland – ensuring designs followed the customized use of TOGAF employed by Bank.·Technical approver in the Applications Assurance forum, assessing all significant Australia and New Zealand deals. ·Approver at the Sales Account Review board, reviewing any commercial documents delivered to the client (Proposals, High Level Estimates, Cost Models etc.) ·Part of the team that successfully rebid for the Bank of Queensland outsourcing contract (Project STAR) and subsequently delivered the new ITIL based Service Delivery model.·Acted as direct interface to a variety of stakeholders across the Bank’s business and IT teams and global HP teams. Typical involvement was to drive consensus between all stakeholders by explaining complex technical concepts in a way the particular audience could understand and ultimately to drive and delivering solution / business outcomes.·Personally involved in the design / delivery of many IT projects working with collaboratively with vendors as needed to develop solutions.·Involved in pre-sales / discover activity on many initiatives helping to develop concepts and helping my team to think creatively about the solutions they were developing.·Creation of new sales proposals including cost / benefit analysis and vendor selection with risk, issue and constraint identification.

·Developed key offerings and go to market strategies for HP's Financial Services industry business including a vendor partnership to develop a SWIFT for Corporates offering.·Development and sponsorship of the future state Enterprise Architecture in alignment with the program and organisations business objectives and incorporating industry trends and directions ·Proactively identifying opportunities to transform the IT environment, improve Operating Models and drive efficiencies.·Developed business strategy for the Applications team to achieve corporate Goals.·Ran Tech Lead forums to encourage the sharing of ideas, industry direction and innovation

·Responsible for the Corporate Portfolio of applications. I ran a team of Subject Matter Experts, System Analyst and PMs responsible for application integration and development and delivery.·My team were responsible for delivering solutions in accordance with solution designs.·In order to adhere to strict SLAs continuous improvement was sought to streamline and approve all applications in the Portfolio.·Building and maintaining trusting relationships with Business Leaders and vendors.·Ensuring delivery and management of services in accordance with the ITIL framework, (change management, Incident Management, Problem Management)·Fostered a close knit and high performing team ethic that was highly regarded by the customer Stakeholders.

·Technical Leadership for the Corporate Portfolio of applications. Responsible for ensuring solutions were delivered as designed, mentoring the team on technical matters.·Responsible for working with Solution Architects to develop solutions for the portfolio.

·SWIFT and UNIX Subject Matter Expert in the Application Services Team.

·Lead Consultant across the Europe and Middle East SWIFT catchment area. This work involved pre-sales, technical consultation, and training of Financial Institutions in these regions.

Senior UNIX / Middleware specialist. This was a contract position whilst on a working holiday in Australia.

Senior System Administrator for the CREST Securities system and CGO2 Gilts systems.Technical Consultant for all the City of London Banks that were customers of SWIFT.

Developer in the Securities and Stockbroking area of the business.