Terry Valentine Email & Phone Number

Mentone, Victoria, Australia

Provision of Counselling services per www.tjvcounselling.com

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Started assisting on a Rotary project teaching blind children to swim then became AustSwim qualified (2017). An opportunity presented itself to teach mainstream school kids and also couple evenings a week in 2019 and got hooked.Mainly teach primary schools (Prep-Gr6) and after schools (predominately level where they learn good technique on freestyle.

Australia

• Reappointed to Board 26 June 2024Chairman Oct 2014 - Oct 2017 and Deputy Chair Oct 2017 - Feb 2020. Responsibilities included the setting of strategic direction and environment for growth which included the rebranding.
• Led the rescue of the organisation from closure following the Federal Government Christmas 2014 cutback announcement. Took charge of political lobbying which resulted in reinstatement of the 2014 cutbacks and more.
• Pulled together and set up program to change stakeholder and public perception. Rebranding (from Dads In Distress to Parents Beyond Breakup) and clearly stating values though Community Consultation Paper & Submission.
• Set the IT direction and processes to focus on core business and enable growth. A focus on secure low or no cost cloud based applications to eliminate administration was instigated to replace highly manual systems.
• Facilitator / backup facilitator (early years but still do 1:1 as required)

Melbourne, Australia

• TJV Consulting provides advice and consulting services to a range of clients who require strategic and project advice. Time was also spent on community projects.Assignments included:
• Consultancy to Kaiser Baas providing services related to strategic priorities, product development (licensing and adaption to Australian Market), distribution (outsourcing and off shoring), organisational structure and.
• Rotary community project involving securing sponsors and managing which featured in the press and received a club Presidential Award.

Melbourne, Australia

• Assigned to DEDJTR / DELWP (Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources / Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning) are the Victorian Government Departments responsible for the Powerline.
• Reinvigorated the stalled $200m Powerline construction projects through intensive project management and negotiation. Set up the programs project prioritisation in conjunction with the Emergency Services Commissioner.
• Submitted the detailed plan to allowed the Director to request treasury and Minister to bring forward appropriations and complete the program 3 years ahead of schedule.

Melbourne Airport

• Assigned to Melbourne Airport Responsibilities included managing a range of projects including Communication Room refurbishments, Enterprise Mobility Platform, Metering system upgrade and other projects with reporting.
• Identified and took action to prevent a major overspend risk on the new Data Communications facility project. Analysis and presentation resulted in contracts being immediately awarded which would avoid rework of fibre.

Melbourne (Victoria Australia)

• Responsible for several projects involving close collaboration with departmental managers in the planning, contract negotiation, implementation and operational integration within project constraints.Key achievements.
• Spearheading the establishment of a regional performance program to significantly improve overall IT performance. Assigned to critical project due to lack of progress. Conducted a project review and calculated the cost.
• Leading the re-initiation of the previously stalled Moe Call Centre Upgrade Project. The ~$1m project to upgrade the Avaya / Open Wave systems had been stalled for 3 years between AlphaWest and DHS. Project situational.
• Orchestrated the upgrade of organisational telephone systems within a pressured timeframe. EOFY funds were made available for phone upgrades (~$120k). Several offices with highest impact identified and created tender /.
• Assumed management responsibility and deploying an appropriate carer registry. Situational review showed project had stalled due to personality conflicts between project manager and the project team. Assumed control.

Melbourne, Australia

Consulted in business areas related to Import and marketing of products and distribution / logistics (outsourcing) and IT reporting areas

Gilze-Rijen (Netherlands)

• Accountable for successful delivery of a range of digital projects involving the coordination, resource management, scheduling, estimating, development, deployment, risk management and reporting.Key achievements and.
• Managed key Citrix Infrastructure Migration following the Ericsson takeover of Orange NL operations. Assessed the ability for the remote operation of the platforms via the Citrix system. Managed key software packaging.
• Streamlined and significantly improved organisational reporting interfaces; facilitated timely and accurate strategic business decisions. Review and analysis of current reporting systems within the Network Operations.
• Managed the relocation of data storage from Vodafone offices to the Ericsson Premises. Determined that a contract with Vodafone stipulated the relocation of data storage. Assessed the current system of ETL, Oracle.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

• Initially launched as Dutchtone and rebranded to Orange Netherlands, the company was established at a time of deregulation for the operation of a mobile cellular telephone network.
• Identified and rectified various issues which had resulted in less that optimal deployment practices of the 3G network. Result: Numerous changes where made at senior levels and organisational recommendations were.
• Increased the stability and usability of the Network Performance Management System. Result: Data loads increased from 83% with low system availability to over 99% with high availability. Orange Group received a Centre.
• Replaced the Network Performance Management System and ensured system capability for 3G deployment. Result: The upgraded produced was adopted by in excess of 20 companies globally.
• Oversaw the deployment of an accurate and user-friendly ticketing system. Result: The application was well received and remained operational, with minimal modifications, in the following years.
• Constructed a demonstration system which depicted the benefits associated with the establishment of a Business Objects system. Result: Enabled the adoption of a standard reporting tool which successfully interfaced to.

Melbourne, Australia

Stratford Traffic was established to distribute traffic survey equipment. Following a range of significant organisational changes, the company moved into Intelligent Transport Systems deployment. This role involved: the significant improvement of product sales, leading to increases in company value; the development and maintenance of key organisational.

Malaysia

Strarch International is a design and construction company which holds a range of unique patents that allowed the cost effective, timely and safe construction of large clear span buildings. This role involved the management of the client relationship, contractors and suppliers of a large hanger to store two 747’s in Malaysia. This project was successfully.

Galvin Construction Group was a 2nd tier building contractor that managed a range of medium size commercial construction projects. This project involved managing a large building in Fitzroy Street St.Kilda (Victoria Australia). The basement construction was considered innovative in its day but is now standard construction.

Australia

Project managed a range of projects at a FMCG Manufacturing plant in Wodonga Victoria including buildings and landscaping. Most challenging being the concrete roofing over large tanks (as given less than a week before a Christmas shutdown to organise when construction industry normally closed) and a project to plan the raising of a roof as larger machines.

Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia

The City of Moorabbin was a local government area located about 20km southeast of Melbourne. Responsibilities involved:* Management of the Employment Program - Designing, securing funding and running training programs (training over 150 participants and budget that became bigger than some of the municipalities departments).* Establishment of the Southern.

Benalla, Victoria, Australia

Crushing plant relocation from Thompson Dam to Benalla for the crushing of around 1m ton of rock for the Baddaginnie to Bowser, Hume Freeway bypass. (Performed as contractor under TjV Consulting)

Australia

As a graduate engineer did design work at head office with two significant site assignments.* North West Shelf Gas Pipeline project (West Australia under Fluor Maunsell joint venture) - Site Engineer Metering stations - Managed various inspectors and able to speed up this section of work.* Tieri township construction (Central Queensland Australia under.

Diploma, Counselling, Diploma Of Counselling

Advanced Studies, Accounting And Finance, Eligible For Admission To Ascpa

Activities and Societies: Triathlon Training The Additional subjects completed at RMIT/Monash University after the MBA allow admittance to.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Major In Finanace And Marketing

Activities and Societies: Triathlon Training

Bachelor Of Engineering, Civil-Structural