Victoria (OC.AU.VIC)

Minenco is a wholly owned by CRA, its core activities are the evaluation, design and construction of resource based projects from the initial study to the hand over of a completed project to the client. Developing an Underground Mining Database and mining estimates for a number of projects including Century and Dugald River lead-silver-zinc mines in Queensland, upgrade work for Kaltim Prima Coal and Kelian Gold, order of magnitude estimates for a number of capital and operating studies including Gag Island open cut mine and port, Tight Oil open cut/dredging oper

In NCR the Transition Manager introduces new Customers or new Technologies.

This has involved: introducing a new Contract for OCBC bank in Singapore.  Improving the level of Services to NAB Bank in Australia.  Developing new Software Tools for Project Management in two banks.  Setting up help desk systems, and introducing Smart ATMs. 

Optus / Singtel Manager, Project Services

• Managing the planning, costing and proposals and delivery of some 180 projects per annum
• Improving the ‘conversion rate’ of proposals into projects; improving the budget and schedule achievement; reducing the cost of proposal development; improving staff utilization; introducing improved processes, reporting, and templates; and ensuring profitability of the Projects.

Optus / Singtel ANZ Bank SRN International Program Manager

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

EDS Program Manager, Convergent Mediation

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