Experience

Mojo Soup

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

• Chief Operations Officer

  • Jul 2022 - Present

• Associate Director

  • Nov 2019 - Jul 2022

  Focused on developing the business and delivering change for our amazing customers. I will operate in the leadership team of Mojo Soup to promote new and develop existing customers, whilst promoting our team to deliver great outcomes in a collaborative and inclusive way.



Arize Consulting

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services

• Director

  • Feb 2019 - 2020

  Ben’s mantra is to simplify the complex, identify value and deliver on promises. Ben is a professional and motivated Strategy, Portfolio, Program,Project and Change Management Practitioner, with 20+ years experience. Ben has held roles and consulted to some iconic Australian and Global companies including Virgin Blue, Qantas, Boeing, Rio Tinto, NTT Data, Woolworths and Aurizon. Ben specialises in ensuring the PPM function and community within an organisation is suitably capable to deliver against it’s strategic initiatives through high performance delivery and execution. Hosting collaboration events, developing business purpose and strategic direction are also key skills Ben can bring to any business. More recently Ben has developed a status in the SE QLD business community that has seen him invited to mentor young minds at innovation events such as Pitch@Palace which was hosted by the HRH Duke of York.



Retail Food Group

• Australia
• Retail
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Head of Strategic Change

  • Sep 2018 - Feb 2019

• PMO Manager

  • Dec 2016 - Feb 2019

  Since joining Retail Food Group (RFG), reporting to the MD and CFO, Ben has established a reformed PMO capability that covers strategic management through to project execution. Through the implementation of portfolio governance and an associated tool set, revised rolestructures and personnel, and a fit for purpose delivery model, Ben reduced the businesses liability and spend on projects by over 50M and increased delivery performance significantly.In addition to leading the business across PMO functions, Ben has also been deeply involved in delivering key business projects and outcomes aligned to strategic priorities. These priorities have ranged from M&A projects, business transformation, shared services modelling, criticalbusiness process development, and various customer facing cost saving initiatives including nationwide utility reviews and procurement of preferred suppliers.



INNTURE

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Performance Practice Manager

  • Jan 2015 - Nov 2016

  INNTURE supports clients to improve business performance and reduce operational risk. Our management consulting and data capability delivers sustained business benefits. Our differentiator is front line change and performance management. Program Performance INNTURE helps optimise your portfolio and program performance with expert advisory in portfolio, program and project management, PMO establishment and operations, PPM technology enablement and people capability development. We help enable the organisational strategy and investment portfolio through a PPM delivery function that is aligned, in control and capable. The establishment of a PPM function is driven through a clear PPM strategy and business case. This includes clear operating models with governance frameworks and best of breed processes that are enabled through leading PPM technology. Building capability and a high performance culture are key components of driving organisational maturity. As maturity develops, PPM operations are embedded and sustained, delivering ongoing benefits and value. Services in the Program Performance Practice include: PMO strategy PMO business case Governance & Planning Program management Portfolio management Stakeholder management Staff development Agile approaches Risk assessments Project methodologies Benefits realisation Resource management Risk management PMO tools PMO maturity Project recovery Project assurance PMO services catalogue



Imperative IT

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting

• Qld Practice Lead Project Management and Controls

  • Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

  ImperativeIT is a line of business within the INNTURE Group. Our main focus is ICT enabled Business Transformation. We support clients to deliver ICT enabled business transformation providing a comprehensive range of enterprise services to augment the clients team and manage project outcomes and vendor performance. Key services include: ICT strategy, program and project controls, enterprise architecture, governance risk and compliance, organisational change management and learning and development



NTT DATA Business Solutions

• Germany
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Delivery Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

  As the Delivery Manager of the QLD Branch of NTT Data Business Solutions, my primary objective is to support the delivery team in the successful delivery of projects across all clients. Currently the Delivery Team consists of Project Managers, Change Management and Quality and Test Management, all of which play a pivotal part in the lifecycle of projects. Beyond supporting our in flight client based projects, my internal objectives include constant improvement on people, process and tools, and working toward state and national targets. About NTT Data Business Solutions: NTT DATA Business Solutions designs, implements, hosts and supports solutions to solve complex business challenges faced by organisations that use SAP ERP and BI as their strategic enterprise business platform. It leverages its global strength and capability while delivering localised service and flexibility. NTT DATA Business Solutions offer a broad range of SAP services including: Analytics, Cloud Solutions and Platform, Global and Local Roll Outs, Hosting and Application Management Services, Industry Solutions, IT Architecture, Mobility, SAP HANA and SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions.



AusGreen Rubber Pty Ltd

• Director | Operations Manager

  • Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

  AusGreen Rubber’s business objective is to turn a profit from the collection, processing and distribution of used tyres and rubber materials. If you or your business want to dispose of used tyres or rubber in a environmentally friendly way, to a cost competitive, locally owned and operated recycler, give us a call or email using the following details: Email: info@ausgreenrubber.com.au Phone: +61 408 459 224 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AusGreenRubber AusGreen Rubber’s business objective is to turn a profit from the collection, processing and distribution of used tyres and rubber materials. If you or your business want to dispose of used tyres or rubber in a environmentally friendly way, to a cost competitive, locally owned and operated recycler, give us a call or email using the following details: Email: info@ausgreenrubber.com.au Phone: +61 408 459 224 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AusGreenRubber



Rio Tinto

• United Kingdom
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Rio Tinto IS&T Applications North American PMO Lead

  • Jun 2011 - Oct 2012

  • Relocated from Australia to lead the integration of the Rio Tinto Alcan Implementation Program PMO with the IS&T tool sets and methods across the North America region. This role and team developed into a regional support model that facilitated the same functions and services across other IS&T projects in the North American region.• The implementation of the PMO framework in this program involved the customized development of a 2010 MS Project Server and integrated SharePoint solution that supported the existing IS&T SAP Implementation methodology. The solution was interfaced with existing time management, scope management and SAP systems to provide a completely transparent and reportable toolset for both the PMO and customer representatives. This solution (based on Prince2 but heavily customized) and supporting processes was successfully used to deliver the 2012 implementation project on time, 14% under budget (66.1M) and with a level of control and reporting that has benchmarked all following implementation programs globally within IS&T.• Operational responsibilities in the PMO Lead role included the management of a dual region team that supported both IS&T and the customer RTA (North America and Australia) consisting of a multi skilled team of 6 Project Control Officers, 1 Financial Control Officer, 1 Contracts Administrator and 1 Support and Administration Assistant.

• Project Manager

  • Mar 2011 - Jun 2011

  • Project Manager for SAP Continuous Improvement project within Rio Tinto IS&T.• Define scope, schedule, estimates and resourcing requirements based on existing methodologies• Manage the delivery life cycle of multiple process and stream based scope items to effectively navigate through the set milestones and quality gates defined within the delivery framework• Document, manage and report project risks and issues• Report on progress of the project performance using detailed MS Project plans and global reporting systems (Clarity)

• Team Lead Project Controller

  • Jun 2008 - Mar 2011

  In this role i was responsible for the implementation of project management methodology and process at a team and project level. The role involves the scheduling and reporting of multiple SAP based IT projects at one time, and the development and change management aspects of a new organisational structure and project management methodology.This role has been expanded to include accountability of a small team of Controllers that support around 15 Capital projects at any one time, with total budgets around 5 million US.



Boeing Australia Pty Ltd

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Schedule Analyst

  • 2007 - 2008

  • In this role I was responsible for the schedule maintenance across multiple projects to deliver Boeing 737 EWAC to the Australian Defence Force, the Turkish Air Force and Korean Air Force. • Open Plan Professional was used to manage extremely detailed industry standard earned value based project schedules. • In this role I was responsible for the schedule maintenance across multiple projects to deliver Boeing 737 EWAC to the Australian Defence Force, the Turkish Air Force and Korean Air Force. • Open Plan Professional was used to manage extremely detailed industry standard earned value based project schedules.



Qantas Defence Services

• Aircraft Maintenance Organisation Controller

  • 2005 - 2007

  • In this role I was responsible for the organizations compliance to Australian Defence and International Aircraft standards in maintenance and maintenance operations across a workforce of approximately 200 skilled engineers and multiple maintenance facilities.• I reported directly to the Manager of Maintenance Operations for Qantas Defence Services.

• Aircraft Maintenance Scheduler/Planner

  • 2000 - 2005

  • In this role I was responsible for the record and development of aircraft maintenance plans and project schedules to support the deep level maintenance of the Australian Defence Force C130H and C130J aircraft.