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Beaumaris, Vic, Au

With 70,000 members and hundreds of employers, this project focuses on assuring that resilient people, process, suppliers and technology underpin the entire member experience. An opportunity to drive business improvements, and to surface in a succinct way the critical operations of a superannuation fund in terms of reliance on trustees, administrators, clearing houses, custodians, investment managers, insurers, banks and technology service providers.

Advance Thinking provide staffing-as-a-service solutions, focusing on Delivery Agility Transformations.As a senior consultant specialising in Project Management I work with various clients, applying skills and knowledge to assist clients in making the best possible business decisions. I am able to provide oversight and leadership in executing projects from planning through to completion.

Australia

Business and Technology change management, launching GMCU's home loan products into the Mortgage Broker Distribution Channel.

Delivery of improvement initiatives focused on strengthening cybersecurity risk management, addressing CPS234 obligations and uplifting third party risk management. Outcomes impacted:-- Information Security Policy Framework- Security Controls- Governance- Operational 'run' and 'change' playbooks- Security culture

With a solution ready to go, and a business ready to take ownership, this transition steered the innovative POLi Payments platform onto the New Payments Platform and PayID. An impressive and dedicated small team bringing safer real time account to account payments to the expectant and demanding eCommerce sector.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Risk management so often triggers the 'so what?' question. With an energetic and capable team it's possible to help customers address or control their pressing concerns in the right way.

Melbourne, Australia

How does an organisation address the inevitability that technology becomes obsolete? The fact that support gets sunset? The nature that each technology component presents a different concern? With a well-suited partner, and a willingness to experiment, it's possible to link investment needs, engineering demands and risk exposure together in a way that addresses asset lifecycle management.

Helping to create the right environment for great technology people to thrive. Working with customers, partners and vendors to upgrade legacy applications and infrastructure across multiple business divisions.

Canary Wharf

You can learn from working in a largely unregulated technology environment. A faster pace of delivery (data centre migration) with energetic and enthused colleagues.

Melbourne, Australia

With the need to fix audit and security driven requirements, this was an assignment where influencing skills were paramount. Over time, with adjustment and adaptation, a bank wide problem was overcome.

In the context of a business continuity and disaster recovery transformation, I was fortunate to work with a tremendous team that gelled to become a well-oiled change and release engine. A real journey of learning in encouraging people to self-organise and trust.

Security and Lifecycle Management.

Infrastructure and business services projects.

Infrastructure and business services projects.