Professional Profile:A trade qualified ‘carrier-grade’ telecommunications technician, with three decades vast experience, A highly motivated and experienced telco senior network engineer, leader and manager with a breadth of technical knowledge and operational experience across First Nations & the Telco ICT industry.Qualifications in Business, Management (AIB Post-Grad), ITIL, Technology/Networking Engineering & Executive Leadership (UNSW AGSM).People Leadership:With 18 years experience in direct leadership & people manager roles clearly demonstrates strong leadership. Recognised to be highly effective leader. Possess an innate ability to build high performing teams via strong communication, participative approach and coaching. Relationship Building:Someone known to remain calm when dealing with difficult adverse situations. Develops and maintains relationships with people at all levels. Identifies and respects all stakeholder requirements, even when somewhat challenging or at odds with own group needs, always seeking the win/win outcome. Consistently generating trust via continual delivery on agreed actions. Communication Skills:Excellent communication and presentation skills. Capacity to convey complex ideas to a variety of stakeholders in varied forums. Delivered presentations to large audiences, workshops, smaller groups, vendors and outage room forums at all levels of the Telstra organisation. Also responsible for various written communications in the form of – process changes, organisational construct changes, stakeholder notifications & communications, external submissions, change advisories, formal process documents and briefing packs.Specialties:Senior leadership roles Incident/Assurance, Problem/Change Management. IT-Transformation/Process, Transit and IP Network Manager, Network & IT Automation.Furthermore been involved with Indigenous initiatives working member of Indigenous Reference / Focus Groups, focussing on recruitment, retainment, career progression of Indigenous employees in addition to Indigenous cultural & community initiatives. Senior Executive - Aboriginal Health & WellbeingAspirations:I know the absolute value of connectivity & digital enablement, interested in management, technology & passionate about indigenous affairs & utilising technology to add value to the community & business world alike. I would like to continue to work in senior exec roles within the First Nations or ICT realm, furthering my professional development, working strategically & tangibly changing outcomes for my people & community.