• Senior Leadership Team member as Group Technical Architect, leading various business transformation initiatives.• Introduced automation with Power Automate for improved efficiency.• Established and chaired the Solution Design Authority.• Represented IT within the Business Transformation Committee.• Implemented Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for operations staff.• Employed mainstream technologies to drive solution delivery.

Spearheaded and Developed Business, IT and Security strategies for small to medium businesses• Lead and facilitated business workshops to determine current and desired future state• Successfully ran discovery sessions of systems and processes to develop strategies and project portfolios• Reviewed and audited current security posture; reported and advised.

I was seen as the authority in the following: Lead and Developed Solutions, Business Cases, Strategies and Roadmaps for Telstra Purple Customers• Immersed myself and my team in customer environments to develop customer journey maps that then aligned to short-term and long-term work packages• Support stakeholders to understand the objectives of the engagement (multi-industry nationally)• Drove analysis of functional and non-functional requirements• Provided “Statements of Work” aligned with objectives• Authored and authorised responses to Requests for Information (RFIs) and Requests for Proposals (RFPs)• Directed “In-Scope” requirements and presented outcomes to the Customer/ Stakeholders using both written and visual models• Provided architecture roadmaps and strategies (written and visual) using industry accepted modelling tools• Communicated and presented roadmaps to stakeholders for endorsement• Managed internal governance requirements and sought approval• Managed internal services and resources to align with the delivery requirementsSample Outcomes: Delivering exceptional results for Telstra and their Customers • Successfully presented a five-year strategic plan with costings to Local Government • Delivered a replacement Internet Managed Solution to the Department of Education• Identified data driven metrics for a large ReBar organisation to drive increased profitability by leveraging analytics data• Analysed software application for customer effectiveness and success and provided changes and roadmap to address limitations or failings in the product• Successfully analysed, solutioned and costed the cloud adoption strategy for a large gas and mining firm

Lead the following Public Safety initiatives: Researched and developed a Geospatial Disaster Management Solution• Identified solution options and components• Successfully developed a prototype leveraging OpenData• Investigated requirements with Public Safety Services and Local, State and Federal Government stakeholders• Presented and sought approval from Enterprise Architecture (EA) governance bodyDeveloped a Roadmap for the ‘000’ Service (Emergency Service)• Sought to understand the current state and limitations in the system and processes• Worked with stakeholders to develop requirements • Facilitated solution provider feedback and demonstrations• Captured roadmap in business and technology formats• Presented and received approval from Enterprise Architecture (EA) governance bodyKey Achievements: Disaster Management Solution and ‘000’ Roadmap• Prepared and delivered a working prototype to stakeholders • Provided the most favoured solution to stakeholders ‘000’ Roadmap• Captured and presented a feasible future state ‘000’ solution roadmap

Lead the Enterprise Architecture function: Delivered strategies and roadmaps for the Pursuits team (Enterprise Customer Accounts Team)-• Respectfully challenge Spark Digital customers regarding their current and future state directions; focusing on cost, suitability and interoperability Sample Achievements: • Developed key relationships for Spark Digital with Enterprise Customers through the demonstration of meaningful strategies and roadmaps that improve their current state (cost and function)

As the Head of Architecture and as the Lead Enterprise Architect:• Established and developed the Tower Insurance Group ICT Architecture team• Owned the Architecture governance and framework• Provided CIO council as well as covered the CIO role when absent• Invested and developed meaningful relationships with the four different business pillars• Initiated and developed a Group wide ICT strategy and roadmap• Later in my tenure I added the Enterprise Programme Office to my portfolio and presented project proposals and reports to the Executive Board• Implemented and directed the use of modelling tools within Tower i.e. Archi (Archimate)• Advanced the development of business specific ideas through to solutions• Provided architectural governance to the Group• Worked with the Executive through the divestiture of three of the businesses within the groupSample Achievements: • Developed strong trusted relationships between the business and IT• Rationalised spend within IT through standardisation and challenging outdated methods• Migrated legacy systems to fit for purpose architectures with suitable business aligned service level agreements (SLAs)• Successfully provided dependencies and costs for the divestiture streams without compromising business as usual or market reaction