Experience

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  Opentext

  • Program And Project Manager
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  EY

  • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

  • Manager Project Management

    • Nov 2021 - Present
    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    TECHNICAL CONSULTING AND IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS VARIOUS GROUPS WITHING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE AND HOME AFFAIRS► Risk and Issue Management and Schedule Subject Matter Expert for a large migration program within Defence, enabling the migrating Group to achieve operational and business efficiencies. ►...

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  Micro Focus

  • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

  • Program/Project Manager

    • Apr 2021 - Oct 2021
    • Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

    SALES & IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KEY SERVICE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS► Responsible for identifying and converting new SaaS opportunities for the Department through analyzing the current needs and provide sustainable solutions aligned to Micro Focus’s global offerin...

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  DXC Technology

  • United States
  • IT Services and IT Consulting
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Account Program Lead

    • Feb 2020 - Apr 2021

    RESPONSIBLE FOR DRIVING DELIVERY OF THE DEPARTMENT’S ICT PROJECT PORTFOLIO (>$7 MIL ANNUALLY) FOR DXC► Responsible for identifying and converting new ICT opportunities for the Department through analyzing the current needs and provide sustainable ICT solutions aligned to DXC’s global offerings.► The go-to person for the mitigation of individual project challenges and removing roadblocks whilst considering the broader account agenda to achieve desired business and commercial outcomes.► Driving initiatives such as revenue generation (vendor/pre-sales-consulting roles), expense reduction (combining similar projects) and removing project and operational inefficiencies (creating reporting dashboard) for DXC on the account.► Ability to build relationships and partner with Senior Department Stakeholders to implement strategic ICT plans and directional guidance to drive fiscally responsible ICT solutions for the Department.► Leading a team of nine (9) Project Managers to ensure alignment across service offerings and business needs, whilst providing mentoring and professional development opportunities to build capabilities.► Leading and managing across the portfolio pre-sales solutions design, cost avoidance initiatives (new technologies), recovering failing programs, budget management and staff management of financials.

  • Senior Project Manager

    • May 2018 - Feb 2020

    RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERY OF SEVERAL INFRASTRUCTURE, APPLICATION AND PROPERTY PROJECTS CONCURRENTLY (>$2 MIL)► Program managed the detailed analysis and migration of legacy 275 Windows physical and virtual servers over to the first new instance of Azure for the Department.► Led teams to deliver projects across multiple business units whilst overseeing resources, schedules, financials, adhering to stage gate quality utilizing Agile and Waterfall methodology (where applicable).► Procured and managed Third-Party Contractors, hardware and infrastructure, testing for the Department within tight budget and deadlines for multiple site implementation across Australia, exceeding the Departments expectations.► Identified, scoped and delivered additional business opportunities to grow DXC’s business for the Department.► Managed transition to BAU activities across internal and external stakeholders ensuring stage gate reviews and processes are followed before closing projects.

  • Project Manager

    • May 2017 - Apr 2018

    IMPLEMENTATION OF LARGE SCALE AND HIGH RISK CONCUR TRAVEL & EXPENSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DEFENCE (>$1 MIL).► Accomplished all contractual project milestones within strict Client deadlines in a manner not compromising the organization’s integrity and resources.► Achieved all schedule targets despite significant time pressure and a complicated technical environment consisting of a variety of legacy infrastructure types and support processes that needed to be maintained in a manner not compromising the organisation’s integrity and resources.► Preparation and presentation of project updates and deliverables to Steering Committee monthly.► Provided daily management of status reports, scheduling, defects, risk & issue management, change requests and project documentation and communicate effectively the impacts to the Client.► Developed and delivered Change Requests as requested by the Client to meet new requirements.

  • Project Management Office Lead

    • Jun 2016 - Apr 2017

    ESTABLISHED AND MANAGED THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO) FOR A LARGE PROGRAM OF WORK► Oversaw project activity schedules and organized suitable assignments for teams.► Implemented strategic plans and directional guidance to drive effective management processes of Project Management team.► Managed all milestone acceptance and invoicing for the program.► Performed monthly financial tasks for the program; cost accruals, contractor management, timesheet reconciliation.

  • Cutover Lead

    • Sep 2015 - May 2016

    RESPONSIBLE FOR SCHEDULING AND LEADING CUTOVER ACTIVITIES FOR THE BUDGETING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CUTOVER► Coordinated the cutover from Development environment to System Integration Testing (SIT) environment to User Acceptance Testing (UAT) environment.► Collaboratively involved with the Client in the triaging of defects generated from SIT and UAT to assist in resolving Critical and High defects at agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA) standards.► Performed Quality Assurance tasks for deliverables attached to the achievement of financial milestones on the project of up to AU$2,000,000.► Led and managed a team of 15 located across Australia and India for the delivery of SAP Business Intelligence (BI) reports for a large Budget Management System project.

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  Australian Taxation Office

  • Canberra, Australia

  • Project Coordinator ★ Program of Work ★ Collaborative Delivery ★ IT Change &a...

    • Oct 2013 - Sep 2015
    • Canberra, Australia

    IT PROJECT COORDINATOR ACCOUNTABLE FOR UNDERTAKING IT-TECHNICAL, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES BASED ON PROJECT REQUIREMENTS FOR A MULTI-MILLION PROGRAM OF WORK.► ATO Enterprise Services Business Line Achievement Award for Project Achievement ► Assisted in completing a Technical Assessment of ...

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  IBM

  • Finance Specialist ★ IT Strategic Outsourcing ★ Collaborative Delivery

    • Feb 2012 - Feb 2013

    PROJECT FINANCE SPECIALIST RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING A MULTI-MILLION PORTFOLIO OF PROJECTS FOR IBM ON THE WESTPAC INTEGRATED ACCOUNT (TOP 20 GLOBAL ACCOUNT FOR IBM).► Delivered results with a large degree of independence when operating as an effective member of the finance team.► Facilitated monthly reporting and forecasting with IBM Westpac Business Leads.► Solely responsible for profitability reporting and analysis of all IT Strategic Outsourcing (SO) projects on the Westpac account.► Worked collaboratively to consult and share information with others and build the skills of others through knowledge transfer.► Attendance at weekly sales cadence calls with Westpac.► Processing monthly journal entries and backlog analysis for portfolios of work.► Responsible for the preparation and delivery of the invoice to Westpac of over AU$1,000,000 each month.► Preparation of finance documents into a monthly invoice pack for presentation to Westpac.► Tracking of project time sheets to invoicing over 100 projects per month.► Financial management of POC (Percentage of Completion) projects.► Reconciliation of Signings & Backlog Lead for all IBM projects on Westpac account.► Pricing of individual statements of work (SOW) and Service Request Change (SRC) for all Westpac IT projects.► Calculating and reviewing new project cost models for submission to Westpac.

  • Graduate Project Manager ★ IT Change & Transformation Projects ★ Achievement of Project Milestones

    • Oct 2010 - Jan 2012

    DELIVERED DOZENS OF PROJECTS UP TO AU$150,000 TO VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA FOR IBM.► Delivery of projects with the achievements of defined outputs, outcomes and project milestones.► Responsible for leading projects through addressing and monitoring of the broader impacts of issues on project delivery and escalation of issues when necessary.► Coordination of technicians to align with the implementation date of the project in abidance with the project schedule to ensure the client PM of being able to accomplish the deliverables within the project scope.► Constructed project plans outlining appropriate milestones, goals and timeframes to track the delivery of projects to the client.► Coordinating dependicies across limited resource availability locally resulting in engagement of resources from across Australia to align with the delivery date of the client and the meeting of the project scope.► Engaged with internal and external stakeholders regarding complex and sensitive issues related to the project in order to provide and obtain information. This was then used to lodge, monitor and track all project risks and issues.

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  Duesburys Nexia

  • Canberra, Australia

  • Tax Accountant ★ Personal & Company ★ Client Relationships

    • Jul 2010 - Sep 2010
    • Canberra, Australia

    PREPARATION OF INDIVIDUAL, PARTNERSHIP & COMPANY TAX RETURNS IN CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA.► Prepared financial statements for Clients outlining their account.► Interpreted diverse information for the completion of Individual Tax Returns (ITR) and Business Activity Statements (BAS).► Utilised the la...