IT Engineering Projects

Project Management Consulting

Consulting roles including:- Developing program plans for Micro Regional Television stations linked by fibre and satellites. (Now operational in East Timor)- Writing new Masters Degree Project Management course material that is used by 4 tertiary institutes- Reviewing and modifying the Project Management Processes for three companies

Telstra NBN Proposal Manager

• The National Broadband Network (Fibre To The Node Solution) was a project to introduce high speed internet to all Austalians.  It was reported at the time as being a $20BN+ network construction.  The Australian Governments final solution is reported as $34BN+.
• Managing the development of a fully costed response to a Government RFP for the $5+BN NBN Proposal. 
• Over 400 people performing roles on the Proposal

EDS Program Manager, Convergent Mediation

Centrelink  Program Office Manager, Centrelink Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)

• Set up a new IT Program Office for Centrelink.  Develop the SDLC for a Data Warehouse development with concurrent Projects. Set up the reporting and the Project Scope control. 

Director Telstra Data Warehouse Program

• Total accountability to Business Managers for the delivery of the $103M Data Warehouse Program of Projects.  Direct staff 28, contractor staff 80, 129 projects.
• Turned a 13 month late program around to 9 weeks ahead of schedule, $1.018M under cost, and with substantially increased customer satisfaction and risk profile. Worked with business to classify an additional $67M per annum of revenue or cost savings from changes to program.  Improved the overall business case for program.

Delivery Manager, (Program of Programs) Retail Architecture and Delivery

• Telstra is a Telecommunications Company
• Management of 8 Program Managers, 97 Project Managers, 160 projects and $400.66M p.a. in capital budget.

General Manager, Project Management, Infrastructure Services and Wholesale

• Creation of a ‘Centre of Excellence’ in Project Management. Management of 154 Project Management personnel.
• Chaired group responsible for determining the fiscal control of Telstra’s projects.
• Chaired Telstra’s cross company Project Management Council.
• Developed Special Interest Groups, a consolidated guidebook to Project execution in Telstra, systems engineering processes and procedures, and 14 Key metrics to project success.

Advantra (A Joint Ventrure between Telstra & IBM) was a company that pursued the outsourced Desktop & Network environment for companies.

Marketing and Business Strategy Manager

IBM Global Network (Ignition) Project Manager

Contract Acquisition (Proposal Development Department) Manager

Applied Technology Systems,