Experience

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  SavesNine

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Principal Consultant

    • Jan 2008 - Present
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    I reckon I’ve interviewed more than 10,000 Procurement Professionals. I kept hearing about 10%* savings as a target. And it made me wonder, what if for 'nine parts of savings' there was 'one part of innovation'? Would that deliver more value? Incorporating innovation into the sav...

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  1Centre Limited

  • Chief Growth Officer (Fractional) - FinTech

    • Nov 2021 - Present

    I spearhead the strategic direction of revenue generation, focusing on integrating marketing strategy. 1center.com is a FinTech SaaS start-up operating in trade-credit customer onboarding automation. It is the only unified B2B trade relationship platform that lets you approve, engage, visualise a...

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  Comprara Pty Ltd

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Go To Market Lead (Fractional)

    • Jul 2022 - Present
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Part of the founding team. Initiated skillsgapanalysis.com and led the design, development and deployment of the platform. Conceived the "Academy of Procurement" and built offering. Both are now leaders in their domain. I led projects with AHRI, HRPA, QLD Gov, SA Gov, NT Gov to assess t...

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  Hatch

  • Marketing Lead (Fractional) - HRTech

    • Nov 2021 - Jan 2023

    Hatch.team is a talent marketplace that matches junior candidates to teams based on skills, culture & purpose.

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  Accario Global

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Interim General Manager (Fractional) - Outsourcing

    • Jun 2021 - Dec 2021
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Led the merger of BPO and Accario into one entity. Accario provides outsourced back-office financial services to Australian & UK Accounting Practices, large-scale Franchise groups and small/medium enterprises, particularly in the start-up space.

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  Sapia.ai

  • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • Head of Growth (Fractional) - HRTech

    • Mar 2017 - May 2021
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Part of founding team and board director. Sapia.ai's chat-based interview solves for hiring efficiency, experience, and fairness. Through a short chat conversation every candidate is interviewed using AI/ML models built to assess attributes like personality traits, behavioral competencies and...

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  Comprara Pty Ltd

  • Melbourne

  • Commercial Director (Fractional)

    • Mar 2014 - Feb 2019
    • Melbourne

    Part of the founding team. Comprara is a management consulting firm specialising in Strategic Procurement. It is also a solution provider with SaaS offerings in Spend Analysis (AI/ML), Capability Assessments and e-Learning.

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  TrainedUp Media (trainedUp!)

  • Victoria, Australia

  • Founding Director - HRTech

    • Dec 2012 - Dec 2013
    • Victoria, Australia

    • eLearning Awards 2011 & 2012: Winner Best eLearning System• iAwards 2011 Winner for eLearning

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  Drake International

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • National Manager & Head of Profit

    • Jan 2009 - Nov 2012
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Following the acquisition, then merger of our HR Tech business and Recruiting firm, I took the national role to lead perm recruiting across Drake Australia.

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  Vertical Talent

  • Melbourne Australia

  • Founding Director - Strategic Procurement (HRTech & Talent Acquisition)

    • Jun 2005 - Oct 2009
    • Melbourne Australia

    This grew to become the leading provider of Procurement Recruitment in Australasia. The business was acquired by Drake International together with ACTUALIZER - HR Tech. Vertical Talent is now one of Drake’s leading business worldwide, with its employees managing both Drake’s entire Hong Kong and ...

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  Hays

  • Melbourne, Australia

  • Business Manager: Strategic Procurement Recruitment

    • 2004 - 2004
    • Melbourne, Australia

    Led procurement recruitment capability.

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  GPA Procurement (UK) Ltd

  • Harrogate, England, United Kingdom

  • Senior Consultant: Strategic Procurement

    • 2002 - 2004
    • Harrogate, England, United Kingdom

    Senior Search Consultant - Strategic Procurement

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  Michael Bailey Associates

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Research Manager - Cyber Security

    • Jan 1999 - Dec 2001
    • London, United Kingdom

    Managed research team in the IT Security & Risk division of MBA Plc