Experience

Milestones Technology Group

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Jul 2017 - Present

  Aidan joins MTG to drive the business growth through Technical expertise and Leadership. He has a strong track record as a strategic CIO in large multi national organisations. His ability to solve complex business problems with innovative and pragmatic solutions will add real value to MTG's clients. Aidan joins MTG to drive the business growth through Technical expertise and Leadership. He has a strong track record as a strategic CIO in large multi national organisations. His ability to solve complex business problems with innovative and pragmatic solutions will add real value to MTG's clients.



Origin Energy

• Australia
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior IT Business Partner - LNG Major Capital Projects

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2014



Systematic Solutions Pty Ltd

• Brisbane, Australia

• Founder/Managing Director

  • Feb 2012 - Aug 2013

  Systematic Solutions, provides Interim CIO, Strategy Consulting and Project/Program related services. Aidan is a hands-on professional who is business savvy and understands how technology can be leveraged to optimize business performance. He is well versed in building a strong team, Contract negotiations, ERP (SAP) deployments/upgrade; Infrastructure consolidation/refresh; Outsourcing and working with Outsourced relationships in an onshore/offshore model; Applications life - cycle management and Operations Management. Aidan is successfully able to engage at the shop floor level as well as act as a strategic advisor to the “C” level. Show less



Allianz Partners

• France
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• CIO

  • Jul 2008 - Feb 2012

  Leading a team of in-sourced IT Professionals to deliver on the businesses strategic imperatives for cost effective and profitable business growth. Some of the key achievements included: - the introduction of Insurance claims digitisation and paperless processing - Server virtualisation - Desktop virtualisation - SAN implementation - Google Maps for identifying vehicle locations, - Telephony platform upgrade for Contact Centre - Paperless claims for Overseas Student Health Insurance Show less



BHP

• Australia
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Group Manager - Enterprise Application Services

  • Jul 2007 - Jun 2008

  Leading a team of 40 internal SAP professionals and outsourced service provider (CSC) to deliver global SAP (GSAP) services to BHP Billiton Businesses

• Group Manager Enterprise IT Strategy

  • Sep 2006 - Jun 2007

  Led a team of 6 internal staff to deliver IT Strategy for BHP Billiton's Corporate IT. During this period, also led a 'World Class' benchmarking activity for the IT function with the Hackett Group.

• CIO - Carbon Steel Materials Group

  • Aug 2002 - Sep 2006

  CIO for a major Customer Sector Group in BHPB responsible for the IT Function leadership across the Iron Ore, Met Coal and Manganese businesses. Located in Australia, South Africa, Indonesia and Brazil.

• Global Lead - Emerging Technologies

  • Feb 2002 - Aug 2002

  Reporting to the Global Lead, Architecture & Strategy in the CIO Team, Abdul was hired to lead the technology innovation program and to keep the businesses abreast of emerging technologies and trends.Abdul developed an Enterprise Technology Roadmap as an integral component of the IT Strategy. The Roadmap forms the blueprint for future projects and activities to be undertaken for Enterprise related services. He also took a lead role in assisting Team members with the development of a number of IT policies and standards. Show less



Orica

• Australia
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• CIO - Chemicals Group

  • May 1999 - Feb 2002

  Reporting to the Group General Manager, Abdul was an integral member of the Chemicals Group General Management Team and was responsible for the development of the Groups IT Strategy and the effective management of the Group’s IT investment.Abdul also assumed the role of Project Director for GST compliance of all IT Systems across Orica. This was a Corporate role, reporting to the CFO. The project involved a team of over 50 technical and project managers, reviewing and preparing in access of 90 systems.Abdul was responsible for the development of the Group’s eBusiness Strategy and the subsequent development and deployment of Orica Chemicals Online. Over 2% of the Groups transactions were conducted via the Online Channel within a 6 month period, with a targeted 10% within 2 years. Abdul lead the Chemicals Group’s innovation program called ‘LIVEWIRE’, designed to encourage and foster ideas for new business generation. Show less

• SAP Manager

  • Apr 1998 - Apr 1999

  Reporting to the Group CIO, Abdul was responsible for setting up and managing the post implementation SAP support team. Abdul inherited a team of 15 at the tail end of the implementation, with a target ‘end state’ of 10. During the 12 months, Abdul and his team managed to successfully reduce the staffing numbers as well as stabilise the system.The SAP team, under Abdul’s leadership also managed business separation activities associated with two large business divestments. In one instance, a separate SAP environment had to be established to cater for ‘transition’ obligations. This project was successfully delivered on Christmas eve of 1998, with the entire team working 24 hours to deliver against optimistic deadlines. Show less

• Business IT Manager

  • Apr 1997 - Apr 1998

  Abdul joined ICI (Orica) in April 1997 as the Business IT Manager responsible for the Surfactants and Polyurethanes businesses (combined turnover of $200M).Key achievements in this role include:Created an IT budgeting process for the Group.Managed the business expectations during the SAP implementationSelected and approved the implementation of MFG/PRO in the Polyurethanes businessEstablished and chaired IT Steering Committee in the businesses.Kicked off the Y2K project planning for Orica. Show less



Paradigm Systems International

• Director

  • Oct 1992 - Dec 1996

  Abdul started Paradigm Systems International in October 1992, after identifying a need within the Soft Furnishings/Interior Design Industry for a professional provider of IT related services. Also undertook consulting and software development assignments for two major manufacturing organisations in the furniture and soft furnishings sector. The underlying philosophy was to introduce an effective and efficient process in the industry that was enabled by technology. This was successfully achieved with over 300 licences sold within a short period. The business is still operational in Oct 2012. Show less