Experience

Brandscope
• Poland
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Founder/Director

  • Jan 2013 - Present


Brandscope Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Marketing and Advertising

• Director/Solutions Architect

  • Jul 2011 - Present

  Brandscope is an Australian start-up providing a cloud-based B2B platform for independent apparel retailers. I have been involved with Brandscope since its outset, and have guided it from a Magento based POC into an AWS hosted Ruby on Rails application supporting over 1000 retail stores and various supplier brands. As well as having full responsibility for IT, I also worked on a successful bid for a Commercialisation Australia grant. Main Duties: • Performed customer validation and put together a Magento based POC • Investigated and reviewed various languages and frameworks, settling on Ruby on Rails, MongoDB and AWS. • Architected the application infrastructure for the development, staging and production environments. • Conducted business analysis and further customer validation • Created Technical Designs • Evaluated various plugins and gems for specific application functionality • Managed the development team • Managed testing • Managed support Show less


SMS Management & Technology
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• Information and Data Management - Data Architect

  • May 2014 - Present


Salesforce.com/Olympus

• Data Migration Consultant

  • 2012 - Mar 2013

  Worked with Salesforce Professional Services and were responsible for analysis, design and implementation of the data migration solution at Olympus. The solution involved the use of Jitterbit and a local MySQL database to extract, cleanse and de-duplicate data before final loads. Worked with Salesforce Professional Services and were responsible for analysis, design and implementation of the data migration solution at Olympus. The solution involved the use of Jitterbit and a local MySQL database to extract, cleanse and de-duplicate data before final loads.



SMS Management & Technology/DHS

• Data Migration Team Lead

  • Jan 2010 - Apr 2011

  I was responsible for the initial population of the new CRM system. Required to utilise both my hands on and leadership skills to implement a solid and robust solution. As a result of the new system being implemented, two existing application were to be decommissioned. I was required to coordinate and plan for this ensuring a seamless cut over. I was responsible for the initial population of the new CRM system. Required to utilise both my hands on and leadership skills to implement a solid and robust solution. As a result of the new system being implemented, two existing application were to be decommissioned. I was required to coordinate and plan for this ensuring a seamless cut over.



BrightBlue/Cadbury

• Integration Team Lead

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2009

  Employed to lead the integration team on the Cadbury Cirrus project. It was my responsibility to architect the integration solution and touch points to and from the various systems and applications involved in the project. These included Siebel, OBI, SAP, SAP BI, 3rd party data feeds, Hyperion and Demantra. The final design was complex and required input from multiple project teams and consultancies. As the Integration Lead it was my responsibility to coordinate, liaise with and manage all these different entities. It was also my responsibility to coordinate the initial data loads as well as various infrastructure and environment tasks such as integrated authentication and environment migration. Show less



Computershare

• Australia
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Team Lead / Environment Manager

  • Jun 2006 - Dec 2008

  Employed by Computershare on their CRM project. It was my duty to lead a small technical team in the development of new releases and in the support of the live Siebel application. The main areas of focus were configuration, integration (EIM & EAI), reporting and management of the live environment. This role also involved 2 major upgrades from Siebel version 7.5 to 7.8 and 7.8 to 8.0. In the move to version 8, in-depth analysis of the UI was undertaken resulting in a total redesign which included the embedding of Microsoft Reporting Services dashboards and charts using Symbolic URL’s. I was also responsible for the management of all of the Siebel environments and coordinated the implementation of a totally redundant architecture that was load balanced, clustered and secure. This required the architecting of a globally accessible 24/7 application that spanned multiple regions with access via secure integrated authentication. Show less



HecDesign

• United Kingdom

• Web Developer

  • Jul 2005 - Jan 2006

  During this time, I worked as a web designer, creating web sites for small business clients. My goal was to create stylish and functional WC3 complaint websites. To achieve this I used various Web Technologies including (X)HTLM, CSS and Flash, as well as CMS and Blogging tools such as Drupal and WordPress. During this time, I worked as a web designer, creating web sites for small business clients. My goal was to create stylish and functional WC3 complaint websites. To achieve this I used various Web Technologies including (X)HTLM, CSS and Flash, as well as CMS and Blogging tools such as Drupal and WordPress.



T-Systems/Daimler Chrysler

• Technical Team Lead / Integration Specialist

  • Aug 2002 - Dec 2004

  Worked for T-Systems/Daimler Chrysler as a configuration/integration specialist, and technical lead. My duties included the design and development of the EIM and EAI architecture as well as the Informatica loads into the Siebel OLTP and OLAP databases. The environment was comprised of the Siebel eAutomotive vertical along with Siebel Marketing and Analytics. I was involved with this project from its outset and was thus a part of all phases. I was also responsible for the design and implementation of the Siebel EIM migration loads of over 400 million records. Show less



Deutsche Telekom

• Germany
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Consultant

  • Mar 2002 - Jun 2002

  Worked for Deutsche Telekom as a technical specialist. My main role was to design and develop a VBC cache manager, to cater for retrieval and caching of external data into Siebel VBC's. Development was on Siebel 7 and involved both server and client side integration. Server side integration used standard Siebel workflows and MQ Series. Client side integration involved communication with COM Servers and Active X controls. Coding was done in server side eScript, and JavaScript on the client side. Worked for Deutsche Telekom as a technical specialist. My main role was to design and develop a VBC cache manager, to cater for retrieval and caching of external data into Siebel VBC's. Development was on Siebel 7 and involved both server and client side integration. Server side integration used standard Siebel workflows and MQ Series. Client side integration involved communication with COM Servers and Active X controls. Coding was done in server side eScript, and JavaScript on the client side.



Oracle/Siebel

• Senior Consultant

  • May 2000 - Jan 2002

  I was employed as a senior technical consultant in the Professional Services department at Siebel Australia. I worked on various projects with roles undertaken including Interface Specialist, Technical Architect, Business Analyst and Configuration Specialist. Highlights include: Integration: • Designed and reviewed customer’s EIM strategies. • Worked on various EAI projects using various technologies including VBC’s, Business Services, eScript, ActiveX Data Server, IBM MQ Series and IBM WebSphere. • Functional and performance testing and tuning of EAI and EIM database issues. • Wrote various workflow processes to cater for and control integration processes. • Analysis\design of interfaces to NCR Teradata, Net Analysis (web statistics), and Vignette. Configuration/Administration: • Configured applications to cater for client’s business requirements and integration to legacy systems. • Performed analysis/design of a corporate wide strategy for repository management. • Created SmartScripts for order creation and quotations. • Provided administration and support services. • Performed setup and installation of Siebel software and third party tools. • Developed eAdvisor pages using OnLink Composer. Show less



Telstra

• Australia
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Consultant

  • Jul 1999 - Apr 2000

  I was employed by Telstra as a Production Support consultant. Tasks performed included: • Use of Siebel Tools and Siebel Visual Basic to configure and customize the application. • Analysis and development of data feeders and interfaces to and from the application using the Siebel EIM utility. • Functional and performance testing of the EIM and database issues. • Technical and end user support. • Siebel application and server administration. I was employed by Telstra as a Production Support consultant. Tasks performed included: • Use of Siebel Tools and Siebel Visual Basic to configure and customize the application. • Analysis and development of data feeders and interfaces to and from the application using the Siebel EIM utility. • Functional and performance testing of the EIM and database issues. • Technical and end user support. • Siebel application and server administration.



Deutsche Bahn

• Rail Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Consultant

  • 1999 - Oct 1999

  Worked for the AVM team on a system to automate contract creation for the Deutsche Bahn's cargo business. Contracts were stored in XML format and my main task was to write a parser to create documents from the XML, and to strip out values from the XML into the application. The system was developed using PowerBuilder and Java. The database used was Oracle. Worked for the AVM team on a system to automate contract creation for the Deutsche Bahn's cargo business. Contracts were stored in XML format and my main task was to write a parser to create documents from the XML, and to strip out values from the XML into the application. The system was developed using PowerBuilder and Java. The database used was Oracle.



Rebus Media

• Australia
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Consultant

  • 1998 - 1999

  Helped develop a schedule and resource management tool for interactive television schedulers. The system was developed using PowerBuilder and Oracle. As one of the more senior employees I also managed and performed implementation and rollout of the software at the client site. Helped develop a schedule and resource management tool for interactive television schedulers. The system was developed using PowerBuilder and Oracle. As one of the more senior employees I also managed and performed implementation and rollout of the software at the client site.



Various

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Consultant

  • Jun 1992 - 1996

  Worked on Various Contracts using the following Technologies: • PowerBuilder versions 3, 4 and 5 • XML • Java • Windows • Window NT • Oracle • Sybase Worked on Various Contracts using the following Technologies: • PowerBuilder versions 3, 4 and 5 • XML • Java • Windows • Window NT • Oracle • Sybase



National Australia Bank

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Programmer

  • Jan 1989 - Dec 1991

  Worked on the following Technologies: • IBM Mainframe • COBOL • TELON • DB2 • IMS Worked on the following Technologies: • IBM Mainframe • COBOL • TELON • DB2 • IMS