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Huskisson, New South Wales, Australia

Deliver technical SCUBA instruction and skippering services on the New South Wales South coast.

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Providing personalised executive advisory services on IT governance, management and transformation to public sector entities across the Pacific region.

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Providing strategic research, analysis and advice to enterprise C-level executives with specific emphasis on the adoption of digital technologies in the public sector

Canberra, Australia

I am proud to be leading a group of highly professional teams that design, deliver and support the core technologies that underpin quality public services in the ACT. Not only are we providing great capabilities today - but also ensuring we have the right strategies to take advantage of major technology shifts into the future and ensure that Canberra remains ones of the best cities in the world to live, work and visit.Ensuring that the ACT government continues to provide world-class services in areas as critical and diverse as education, health, justice, transport and social welfare is a privilege.

Canberra, Australia

As Principal Analyst in Ovum’s Australian Government practice I undertake a wide and active research function within an international public sector analyst team to deliver:• Strategic business technology advice to public sector clients• Technology management research products and report• Thought leadership speaking engagements, forums and workshops. • Senior executive mentoring, liaison and support• Bespoke consultancy services for government agenciesMy breadth of practical experience across the ICT landscape, including data analysis, networking, IT security and enterprise integration allow me to provide advice that bridges the gap between strategic vision and tactical delivery. My current special interests are mobile devices, the transformation of government services and delivery to remote locations and marginal groups.

Canberra, Australia

I had executive responsibility for the leadership and strategic direction of the IT function. In addition to technical service delivery responsibilities included team leadership, staff development and contract management through a multi-sourced outsourcing strategy. Notable outcomes include:• Improved business alignment, service effectiveness and consistency through development of Enterprise Architecture and ICT Strategy• Improved organisational communication through redesign of online presence based on best-practise user-centred design paradigm.• Assured service continuity through successful negotiation and transition of outsourced services contract• Improved governance of information systems by developing lifecycle management approach, including closure and decommissioning.• Improved reliability, security, cost-effectiveness and environmental performance through ownership and delivery of IT service transformation project.• Delivered first secure “BYOD” mobile solution through advocacy, internal lobbying and project sponsorship.

Canberra, Australia

With responsibility for IT strategy and innovation within a major government department I led a team that:• Developed an ICT Strategic Plan for cost-effective corporate ICT investments.• Raised network audit compliance across 100+ business systems. • Improved workplace flexibility though innovative, secure, remote working solutions. • Improved provisioning efficiency for new projects• Reduced environmental impacts through infrastructure virtualisation.• Improved project delivery through enterprise project management architecture

Canberra, Australia

I had leadership responsibility for the delivery of the IT transformation programme within a private educational institution that:• Improved core business effectiveness through implementation of holistic Student Management System, including user requirements identification, product selection, business process change, legacy data migration and ongoing support.• Improved core business process efficiency through integration of administration (financials, records, assessments) with resource provisioning and statutory reporting systems. • Improved workplace flexibility through introduction of ubiquitous multi-campus wireless and secure remote access solutions.• Improved management reporting through integration of legacy systems with new infrastructure and development of business appropriate performance metrics.• Improved audit and security profile through best-practice change management process improvement.

Noumea, New Caledonia

I had leadership responsibility for the development and delivery of a Pacific-wide IT function encompassing multiple remote geographies to:• Provide strategic IT advice to senior management• Develop, implement and monitor ICT budgets at strategic and operational level• Create, develop and manage Information Technology and Communications Unit, comprising IT professionals and support staff, in two countries.• Provide personal development and career support for IT staff.• Supervise service development and support for LAN and WAN.• Represent organisation on IT issues in international forums• Manage ICT support service provision for international bilingual conferences

Noumea, New Caledonia

Provide technical development and support for scientific and operational computer services.Provide strategic advice on IT investments.

Honiara, Solomon Islands

• Deputy Manager of information technology program.• Senior analyst for Corporate Data Review, undertaking re-engineering using data-modelling techniques to implement client-server solutions.• Provision of information technology advice, including the development of Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) using satellite-tracking systems.• Representation of Agency at international forums.• Implementation of Pacific-wide heterogeneous electronic mail network, • Research and development of integrated spatial databases.

Hobart, Tasmania

I had responsibility for the management and development of integrated computing facilities, including the provision of ICT support services for high-level international multi-lingual conferences (English/French/Russian/Spanish)

One Tree Island Research Station, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland

I had overall responsibility for the management and development of remote marine research station on the Great Barrier Reef.

Mba, Technology Management

MBA Technology Management

Bsc(Hons), Marine Biology And Ecology

Activities and Societies: SubAqua ClubBSc(Hons) Marine Biology and Ecology