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Metro South

Development of a Detailed Business Case for the Logan Hospital Expansion, in conjunction with Building Queensland. This business case was submitted to the Cabinet Budget Review Committee. (CBRC). • Understand and articulate the need for the proposed investment, in alignment with corporate strategy.• Gather inputs from multiple areas and stakeholders, including business, domain architecture, delivery, support and operations and PMO. Review and ensure the accuracy and consistency of the inputs. • Understand and articulate the need for the proposed investment, alignment with corporate strategy, options for delivering on the need, project scope, project management strategies and delivery plans, ensuring any assumptions are clearly documented.• Coordinate the estimation of whole of life operational and capital costs (including planning, delivery, operating and maintenance costs), and economic and financial benefits of the investments.

Brisbane, Australia

Program Manager for BAS Modernisation. This is a business transformation program, encompassing business and organisational change, implementation of a HRIS solution and replacement of legacy systems

Brisbane, Australia

Project Director for the Asbestos Information Management Solutions project. Working with multiple government agencies to ensure business continuity for asbestos information management. Implementing business change and process improvements for data storage with individual agencies.

Brisbane, Australia

Project Manager for a secondary storage records management project. The project is responsible for reviewing current secondary storage holdings and appraising and sentencing records in the office environment, in readiness for staff moving to 1 William Street accommodation. This project is also a change management / business process improvement initiative. The biggest component of this project is implementing change across the department, and building capability within the business units. The project includes: • Project management documentation following Prince2 methodology• Implementation of policies and procedures• Business readiness assessment• Current state analysis• Change management strategy • Transition and future state including organisational, business unit and staff level changes including:o Awareness of the need for changeo Identification of discrepancies of business processes as three records management systems are used across the departmento Implementation of standardised business processeso Training for different levels of userso Implementation of super users across the department • Stakeholder engagement including communications strategies• Use of focus groups and forums for consultation and feedback• Training needs analysis and development of training materials• Procurement of an online training package• Business process improvement, which includes changes to business processes and training

Brisbane, Australia

• Current state analysis• Liaison with DSITI in relation to the whole of government panel arrangement for PIaaS• Facilitated meetings with ICT Managers across the department to discuss changes required including, human resources implications and changes to business processes for ICT staff and clients requiring printing services• Review of other government agency implementations and issues / benefits achieved• Reports and recommendations based on my findings, including financial and business process improvements

Brisbane, Australia

The ICT contestability projects for Queensland Health, were based on The Commission of Audit report which clearly states that ICT services should go through a contestability process, where Government tests the market to ensure it is providing the public with the best possible solution at the best possible price.

Brisbane, Australia

High level leadership, management, coordination and direction to teams delivering project products and services.Provide analysis and quality professional advice across a broad spectrum of ICT disciplines to business system owners, sponsors and line of business managers on emerging business needs, system requirements and ICT enabled business solutionsLead the successful delivery of complex ICT enabled projects and sourcing arrangements, undertaken by the Branch on behalf of Clients, within the agreed time, cost and quality tolerancesLead the implementation of frameworks, methodologies, processes and competencies to deliver ICT enabled business solutions

Brisbane, Australia

Management of analysts and architects in relation to development of Enterprise Architecture for the department, across the following domains:• Strategy, Business, Information, Application, Technology