Experience

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  Sime Darby Industrial Sdn Bhd

  • Malaysia
  • Machinery Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Executive Manager - Strategy & Centre of Excellence

    • Jul 2022 - Present

    As Executive Manager - Strategy & Center of Excellence (CoE) I am responsible for the development and execution of our data & analytics capability, Architecture capability including Application, Data, Infrastructure across the complex Sime Darby Industrial dealerships in Australia, China, Malaysia and Singapore.I am also responsible for the technology Governance, Risk and Compliance and Project Management Office (PMO), working closely with business partners and technology groups.

  • Executive Manager Data and Analytics

    • Jul 2020 - Sep 2022

    My role as Sime Darby Industrial is to build the data and analytics capability across Sime Darby Industrial across our dealerships, this includes modernising the way we value our data, development of dashboards, phased implementation of analytics and introduction of data governance and self service reporting capabilities.

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  Sime Darby Industrial Sdn Bhd

  • Malaysia
  • Machinery Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Manager Data and Technology

    • Aug 2018 - May 2020

    My role was to manage the Dynamics AX development, integration and database technologies.This included continuous optimisation of ERP business processes and Dynamics AX product and run pivots for cloud transitions.

  • DBA team Leader

    • Apr 2016 - Jul 2018

    My Role was to lead the DBA team and continue to optimise the Dynamics AX 2012 R2 implementation.

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  Mulgowie Farming Company

  • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  • Consulting CTO

    • Oct 2001 - Dec 2016
    • Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    My Role at Mulgowie Farming company was to improve the implementation of SAP across their business, this required to recruitment of appropriate talent, mature the IT capability across the business, modernise the computing platform, introduce digital applications to improve field operations and tr...

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  Platformer.com

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • Director Platform Services / Co-Founder

    • May 2014 - Feb 2015
    • Brisbane, Australia
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  Senath Pty Ltd

  • New Zealand
  • IT Services and IT Consulting
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Director

    • Jan 2008 - May 2014

    My role at Senath encompasses multiple work streams. Product development: Database architecture for our flagship product ONESME currently being evaluated by Singtel, Telstra , Hancock coal. Design and architect ONEMPL product and go-to market strategies.Consultancy Services:Database and SAP consultancy Lead a small but skilled SAP professional team in performing a business process evaluation and redesign including business process optimization at Mulgowie Farming Company. It involves the analysis of build SAP blue prints, business engagement to update and make business process documentation current and educate business in the value of business processes. In addition currently involved in optimizing an challenged SAP failed technical upgrade from 4.6c to Netweaver 7.1.Lead the Database Remote services arm for clients such as 1800reverse.Cloud Computing Developing cloud computing strategies for our clients. Typically small to medium business have now become aware of the capabilities of cloud computing.I bring together my expertise in data, server and storage capabilities in accessing, developing and implementing a cloud computing capability to these clients.I also undertake application centre profiling to determine applications that can be cloud enabled.Key member of the Senath Cloud based application architecture team in our deployments of applications to Amazon EC2, Rackspace, Orion and IBM Smart cloud for enterprise technologies.

  • Security Database Consultant

    • Feb 2008 - Feb 2014

    well established security consulting group have been engaging our services to cover database security. To this date, we have conducted 1 training course to educate the Queensland Audit Office (QAO) on database security reviews and 1 database security audit at Queensland Disability Services (QDS). Key Audits:2009 - Corptech and Citec SAP shared services review current ECC5/6 landscape security evaluation.2008 - Disability Services - Member system payment system analysis.2008 - Queensland Audit Office - technical training workshop to educate auditors in understanding the requirements for auditing complex ERP systems.

  • Co-Founder

    • Jan 2008 - Feb 2014

    Open Source solution provider that is delivering business solution applications to small to medium enterprises. In addition, formed the Database consultancy arm of the organisation, to cater for the increasing need for database consultancy services and SAP consultancy services. Heavily engaged in developing cloud computing deployment strategies for clients including accessing application capability, scalability and recoverability and data security.

  • Director

    • Jan 2007 - Feb 2014

    My primary role is creating and expanding our professional services arm of the business. Including expanding sap expertise and database operational expertise.In addition developing strategies for organisations to become cloud enabled.

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  Queensland Motorways Limited

  • Brisbane, Australia

  • Data Solutions Lead

    • Apr 2008 - Jun 2013
    • Brisbane, Australia

    My current role is assisting our client Queensland Motorways Ltd (QML) and IBM through their implementation of SAP Netweaver ECC 6.0 on Redhat 5.1 and Oracle 10g Release 2. The project is a 18 month implementation of SAP's ERP solutions. The project is also consists of an implementation of a ...

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  CUA - Credit Union Australia Limited

  • Brisbane

  • Data Conversion Lead

    • Dec 2010 - Mar 2012
    • Brisbane

    CUA is undertaking an complete banking platform project with very tight deadlines. My role as the Data Conversion lead is to establish a conversion framework, put in place policies and procedures to meet the data conversion requirements of the project, compliance requirements and data cleansing a...

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  QIC

  • Manager DB Services

    • 2005 - 2007

    Responsible for developing and maintaining database operational strategies to ensure that QIC IT would meet the challenges faced by the business. Included fine tuning DR capability, solution based costing and benefit realisation analysis.

  • DBA

    • 2001 - 2005

    Senior DBA

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  Acknowledge Database Services

  • Oracle Database Administrator

    • Sep 2000 - Sep 2001

    Upgraded Sybase 11.5 environments to Sybase 12.0 ASE for Tequinox (Mincom). This involved design analysis as the work in tailed combining two identical databases into one database server environment.Lead DBA in supporting critical applications for AAPT billing systems.Performed application and da...

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  AAPT

  • Oracle Database Administrator

    • 1999 - 2001

    Senior DBA

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  Mincom

  • Production Database Administrator

    • Apr 1999 - Aug 2000

    Ensured the availability, integrity and recoverability of all MIMs production, testing and development environments. This involved maintaining over 100 database instances on Oracle, Sybase/SQL Server 6.5 and Informix. Provided 24 x 7 production availability.Provided database maintenance support.S...

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  Griffith University

  • Oracle Database Administrator

    • Feb 1998 - Mar 1999

    Installed and configured of Oracle RDBMS, Oracle Application Server and Oracle Designer 2000 suite.Installed and configured of data migration tools such as Constellar Hub. Provided first line support to in-house Financial and HRM applications.Supported asset management software, People Soft modul...