Stuart was engaged by the Office of the CIO (OCIO) within NDIA to head up the core business system program of work. Initially, all NDIA’s core system work was outsourced to Services Australia (formerly DHS). Stuart reinvigorated the stalled portfolio and the relationship between the two organisations to establish an effective high quality high-cadence delivery operation to meet the demands of the growing NDIA Business. Stuart worked with the NDIA Business, OCIO and Services Australia to introduce a strong high-cadence delivery model between the business and the delivery teams that resulted in a monthly release program of over $25m being delivered each year. Key achievements within the Portfolio have been: • Recovery and establishment of a high-cadence delivery model with NDIA’s primary IT Services Provider – Services Australia• Digital Strategy enablement: Establishment of an integration/API framework so that NDIA partners can interact digitally with NDIA and NDIA’s mobile platform can integrate with NDIA core systems. This was an IBM Connect (APIC) framework integrated to NDIA’s core SAP CRM and services in excess of 1m transactions per day across NDIA’s Digital Partners. • Implementation of NDIA first integrated web-based application - a major challenge in the Federal Government context• Accelerated (4 months) establishment of a fully integrated and secure Salesforce/MuleSoft platform inclusive of real-time data replication services with the legacy Services Australia SAP CRM environment.• Establishment of enterprise Salesforce and MuleSoft platform management and Release management functions.• Delivery of system/platform resilience programs across NDIA Core Business Systems• Delivery of Data Migration strategy and solution for 2 million customers to support Pilot and Go Live • Strategy development and program delivery execution of NDIA’s Core System Pilot (Nov 2022) and National Go Live (Oct 2023) programs.

Stuart was engaged as part of a new Transformation team to establish and drive the Transformation at Vocus. Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and with a dotted reporting line to the Head of Transformation and as part of the Transformation Office this role was strategically critical to ensuring successful delivery of Vocus’ transformation agenda. Stuart was responsible for working with the CTO to design, analyse, plan, govern and oversee the successful delivery of the Technology transformation and business as usual portfolio of programs and projects.Stuart’s portfolio successfully delivered ● Establishment of a portfolio and project governance processes across the ICT service teams comprising 500+ delivery personnel ● Initializing and executing four main Transformation programs: 1. NOC consolidation2. PCI compliance3. MPLS integrated network4. Terrestrial network upgrade totaling ~$20m

Stuart was engaged at Toll to design, create and implement an Enterprise PMO strategy to provide the organization with the capabilities to shape, balance, enable and deliver the enterprise project portfolio inclusive of the major Transformation programs. Toll is a highly federated business which made the establishment of enterprise-wide initiatives and functions very challenging. Despite this Stuart developed effective strategies and approaches inclusive of cross-organization relationships to effectively establish the function. Responsibilities● Build acceptance of EPMO across the organization, including with Senior Executives● Create a lean team and build credibility and connections across IT and the business● Rebuild the operating model and commence work on creating the EPMO● Present to the business and IT to reach agreement on the portfolio composition and priority● Develop EPMO Community of Practice and implement associated suite of tools and templates● Direct governance of Digital program and Mobility programs as part of the Operational Program Control Boards of these major programs● Managed development of $80m business case for 10,000 user Mobility programAchievements● Streamlined active projects by 75% resulting in a more focused and sustainable portfolio● Implemented portfolio analysis and status reporting to the Board● Implemented portfolio and program governance frameworks● Implemented integrated planning, monitoring, dependency management across a highly federated enterprise landscape● Implemented an enterprise program and project portfolio shaping and prioritization review process

Langdon’s is a 160 year old Australian company specialising in the sourcing and provision of high quality ingredients, services (including third party logistics (3PL)) and niche food products to food manufacturers throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region. Responsibilities included:• Development and agreement on an IT Strategy and Delivery Management approach• Hiring of new personnel• Negotiation of services contract with their Warehouse Management System provider• Development of a BI Strategy

Oakton's Managed Services business provides Application and Infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS) services to a portfolio of 23 clients spanning a variety of Victorian based government and private sector organisations, the largest being a major financial services account. Team services spanned: Online, Packaged Applications Support, Middleware Support, DWH/BI support, Database Administration, Service Desk and Service Delivery.Responsibilities:● Manage a team of approximately 60 staff (30 in a major financial services account)● Stabilise the business and establish a base for growth● Implement a delivery status dashboard for all accountsAchievementsWithin 18 months, the Victorian Managed Services division had a healthy and growing client base, the delivery status of all accounts was “green” and the sales pipeline had doubled (to over $20m).

Responsible nationally for establishing and running Oakton’s Commercial and Delivery Assurance (CDA) function that ensured appropriate commercial and delivery oversight were applied to all Oakton projects. Responsibilities● All commercial delivery and governance for 1200 staff spanning 5 cities including India● Management of a team of 7 Commercial Managers● Established the CDA function and a delivery assurance process (nationally)Achievements● Establishment of Oakton’s Enterprise Risk Management policy and process ● 50% reduction in project write-off’s and achievement of no “red” projects

This role had a dual focus as both the National Services Development Manager for Project Management Services as well as the Victorian Service Line Manager for Project Management Services.Responsibilities● Provision of strategic direction for the Project Management Services offering nationally● Development of market offerings and management of all IP for the service line● Operational responsibility for the Victorian business with a P/L of $8m● Sales planning and presales support, including sales collateral● Resourcing for a team of approximately 25 staff● Delivery assuranceAchievements● Developed and implemented robust Project Services methodology ● Built Victorian business to a group of 25 staff● Developed 4 project management service offerings, including Oakton’s renowned PMO Establishment and PM Method Development Services

As a sessional Convenor/Lecturer in the ICT Faculty at Swinburne University I present a unit in Systems Project Management. This unit is offered to students completing the MBA and MISM masters degrees at Swinburne.It is aimed at professionals who are "mid-career" with relevant experience and seeking to gain deeper understanding of project management in large/complex systems/IT based projects in order to further their careers and be more efective in the project management aspects of their jobs. Presenting this unit is very rewarding for me in terms of student interaction and being able to share the many years of "experience" I've had working in IT and delivering or rescuing complex projects.

Initially joining SMS as a mid-level Consultant then quickly moving to Project Manager, taking the lead on a number of key engagements for the company, projects included:● Global Project Manager, Downstream Digital Business (BP)● Systems Development and Support Manager, BPO & AMS Service Provider (UCMS)● Project Director, BPO & AMS Service Provider (Virtual Communities)