Tony Baird Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Business owner and operator of a sole trader property maintenance business

Melbourne, Australia

Hong Kong: Project Management Consultant for the Hong Kong Jockey Club.Melbourne: Project Management support for Jemena and TRU Energy. Strategy & Plan for Desktop to the Cloud at DSE.

As Director of the IT Program Management Office at Adecco Australia, Tony lead and supported the delivery of a suite of significant IT transformation projects supporting Adecco Australia's continuing business success.

Tony had full accountability to deliver eco-Kinetics business success to the Northern Territory. Eco-Kinetics are one of Australia’s largest providers of renewable energy solutions for the enterprise (utilities), commercial and domestic energy markets. Key activities included :• Customer relations.• Sales and Marketing• Promotion and Advertising.• Engineering.• Finance.• People Management.• Administration.

As the Country Manager Tony managed the Australian operation of REXco Australia. The Renewable Energy Exploration Company (REXco) is an Irish company whose focus is early stage project development for large renewable energy power stations, meaning that REXco’s prime activities include:• Research and demonstrate the renewable energy capacity of potential sites.• Research and prove the capacity of local infrastructure including grid connection, gas, water, and other resources at potential… Show more As the Country Manager Tony managed the Australian operation of REXco Australia. The Renewable Energy Exploration Company (REXco) is an Irish company whose focus is early stage project development for large renewable energy power stations, meaning that REXco’s prime activities include:• Research and demonstrate the renewable energy capacity of potential sites.• Research and prove the capacity of local infrastructure including grid connection, gas, water, and other resources at potential sites.• Research the regulatory environment in Australia to ensure all relevant legislation, policies, guidelines, permits and similar at federal, state and local level are understood and complied with. • Ensure that social, indigenous and environmental requirements are assessed and addressed.• Secure local development partners.• Plus a number of other commercial activities. Show less

Tony's main activities in this role were to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of:1) Ericsson’s contracted Operational Readiness items.2) National Radio Access Network (RAN) acceptance based on jointly agreed acceptance criteria

Melbourne, Australia

As the Program Director Tony was responsible for managing the full lifecycle of Telstra’s deliverables for the M2006 Commonwealth Games. Key responsibilities included:1) The contracted telecommunications technology streams comprising voice, data, video, security, mobile, wireless, media/broadcast, WiFi and web hosting.2) Commonwealth Games Helpdesk3) Ensuring key core team members (x8) were in place with full accountability for their portfolios. 4) Ensuring all necessary… Show more As the Program Director Tony was responsible for managing the full lifecycle of Telstra’s deliverables for the M2006 Commonwealth Games. Key responsibilities included:1) The contracted telecommunications technology streams comprising voice, data, video, security, mobile, wireless, media/broadcast, WiFi and web hosting.2) Commonwealth Games Helpdesk3) Ensuring key core team members (x8) were in place with full accountability for their portfolios. 4) Ensuring all necessary communication forums were in place.5) Managing the overall Commonwealth Games risk & issues registers and ensuring successful mitigation of the identified risks and management of all significant issues.6) Ensuring all contracted commercial agreements & variations were proactively managed with clear understanding & agreement by all parties.7) Ensuring all invoicing and billing took place in a timely and professional manner, with customer agreement.8) As the Accreditation Liaison Officer, ensure all staff & subcontractor security accreditations were undertaken.9) At the conclusion of the Games, facilitating a Commonwealth Games learnings capture. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

A variety of senior roles including:Oct. 2001 - May 2005: National Business Manager.Jul. 2000 - Sep. 2001: CDMA Program Manager.May 1998 - Jun. 2000: National Project Manager, CDMA BuildMar. 1996 - Apr. 1998: International Project Manager

Key accountabilities included:1) Cellular network planning & design, site acquisition & development, equipment installation & commissioning, network optimization, operations & maintenance, support and IT environment establishment for the GSM network. 2) Tender issue to four GSM suppliers and six microwave suppliers, assessment of responses, recommendation preparation, and vendor contract preparation and issue. 3) Full Capex and Opex budget preparation and business plan inputs.4)… Show more Key accountabilities included:1) Cellular network planning & design, site acquisition & development, equipment installation & commissioning, network optimization, operations & maintenance, support and IT environment establishment for the GSM network. 2) Tender issue to four GSM suppliers and six microwave suppliers, assessment of responses, recommendation preparation, and vendor contract preparation and issue. 3) Full Capex and Opex budget preparation and business plan inputs.4) Creation of the engineering and operations teams for the project including preparation of all job descriptions, advertising nationally and internationally, interviewing, documenting and appointing the majority of the initial network operations team of 20 staff. Show less

Masters (Honours), Sustainable Energy

Advanced Diploma Of Project Management, Project Management

Bachelor Of Engineering, Communications & Electronics