Senior Project Manager

• Oct 2019 - Present

Project Manager

• Sep 2016 - Oct 2019

Senior Project Manager

• Mar 2018 - Jun 2018

Senior Project Manager

• Feb 2013 - Mar 2016

Major Projects: Project 1 - Cisco EOL Programme, Project 2 – Power Rail & Power Redundancy Project Timeframe: 2yrs Methodology: PRINCE2 & AGILE Achieved Benefits: New & upgraded Datacentre racks with upgraded Power phase grade rails & power redundancy for Bigpond & EDN networks, increasing power redundancy. Upgraded Cisco Co location switch equipment for Melb & Syd DCs enabling scalability, energy efficiency and technology growth. Project Description: Project managed the Cisco EOL Programme for Colo switches in Sydney & Melbourne (Pitt St, St. Leonards (Sydney) & Exhibition St. (Melbourne) data centres to transition (pre/post change) cross functional business units, external clients & vendors to successfully upgrade to new Cisco network switch environment. Project successfully enabled scalability, energy efficiency and technology growth with enhanced technology enablement, retiring old equipment for termination. Project managed the upgrade of Telstra Technology Communication racks for Big Pond and Enterprise Domain Networks in Exhibition & St. Leonards IDCs; reducing risk of equipment failure and power outage for Telstra’s key business customers. Core Technology: Cisco Cat 3650, Cisco 3750 PoE, Cisco 2960 PoE, Power Redundant rack technology Key Responsibilities: SOW Development | Pre-Sales & Contract negotiation | Risk Management | Stakeholder & Vendor Management | Project Delivery & Implementation | Quality Management planning | Workshops | Steering Committee | Budget & Cash Flow | ETC & Status Reporting | Resource Management | Schedule & Change Management | Project Change Request Show less

Project Manager

• Jan 2007 - Nov 2012

Extensive experience with a Technology Leader, providing project management services for large scale, high profile clients; managing complex technology initiatives. Managed budgets of up to $2 million, leading cross-functional teams comprising of solution architects & SME’s, network specialists, system engineers, security and SAN engineers. Delivered high-value projects for Fujitsu clients (below) utilising best practice approaches. ANZ, AMCOR, DHS, Salvation Army, TAC, TENIX TOYOTA, WorkSafe working on in-demand technology initiatives. Show less

Senior Project Manager & Solution Specialist, ISS

• Jan 2012 - Sep 2012

Major Projects: TOYOTA TMCA – NewNet Data Centre Refresh (N.Ryde, P.Melb, Altona) Project Timeframe: 11 months (Jan 2012 – Dec 2012) Methodology: PRINCE2 Achieved Benefits: New TMCA (NewNet) data centre network and security environment Project Description: Project Managed Toyota Network Datacentre Refresh project (NewNet), leading team of 4 Senior Network Engineers and Senior Security architect to strategically create alignment for Toyota’s 2 x new managed Data Centres (North Ryde & Noble Park) and associated services to resolve short term, medium and long term capacity challenges, allowing for end-to-end redundancy and reduce management and operational complexities as well as upgrading End Of Life network and security equipment allowing for scalability and technology enhancement on identified limited infrastructure. Core Technology: Cisco GbE 6509 Core Switches, Cisco Cat 3750X, Juniper SRX650, Cisco ASA 5585 SSP-20 Key Responsibilities: SOW Development | Pre-Sales & Contract negotiation | Requirement Analysis & CI Identification | Risk Management | Stakeholder & Vendor Management | Project Planning | Delivery & Implementation | Quality Management | Workshops | Steering Committee | Budget & Cash Flow | ETC & Status Reporting | Resource Management | Schedule & Change Management | PVT & Business Unit Testing | Project Change Request | Procurement Management | Operational Handover Show less

Infrastructure Project Manager

• Feb 2011 - Nov 2011

Major Projects: TENIX – New Office multi-site Relocation and Data Centre Upgrade (N. Sydney) Project Timeframe: 9 months (Feb 2011 – Nov 2011) Methodology: IDBM / PRINCE2 Achieved Benefits: Successful relocation to new head office, consolidated server environment and upgraded Telephony and Contact Centre environment for enterprise efficiency and enhanced collaboration Project Description: Project managed Tenix New Site Relocation and Migration of technology equipment from existing Sydney sites to new Headquarters in Mount St, North Sydney, managing a team of 5 engineers to virtualize & consolidate server infrastructure for scalability and efficiency and upgrade Telephony and contact centre environment with latest in Cisco unified communication and collaboration technology for redundancy and high availability. Core Technology: Cisco UCM BE6K & SRST, Auto Attendant, UCCX, IP IVR, ISDN, HA networks, HP DL380 G7, ESX Key Responsibilities: SOW Development | Pre-Sales & Contract negotiation | Requirement Analysis & CI Identification | Risk Management | Stakeholder & Vendor Management | Project Planning | Delivery & Implementation | Quality Management | Workshops | Budget & Cash Flow | ETC & Status Reporting | Resource Management | Schedule & Change Management | Cutover & Business Unit Testing | Project Change Request | Procurement Management | Operational Handover Show less

Project Manager

• Sep 2010 - Feb 2011

Major Projects: AMCOR – Data Centre Relocation and Midrange transition to Fujitsu Cloud Project Timeframe: 6 months (Sep 2010 – Feb 2011) Methodology: PMBOK Achieved Benefits: Successful relocation and migration to Fujitsu managed services - Eternus SAN reducing hardware maintenance costs and increasing scalability Project Description: Project Managed Amcor UNIX Midrange Transition IBM P770 & HP Superdome to Fujitsu managed Eternus SAN. Managed a team of 4 technical specialists to deliver best practice solutions; utilizing staged hardware relocation for both PROD & DEV environments. Managed Fujitsu’s Cloud services architectural team to design & provision new UNIX environment and migrate data to new Eternus SAN to lower AMCOR’s hardware management costs and increase security and disaster recovery. Core Technology: IBM AIX Power 770, HP Superdome, IaaS, Fujitsu Eternus SAN Key Responsibilities: SOW Development | Pre-Sales & Contract negotiation | Requirement Analysis | Risk Management | Stakeholder & Vendor Management | Project Planning | Transition & Capacity Planning | Delivery & Implementation | Quality Control & Management | Design Workshops | Budget & Cash Flow | ETC & Status Reporting | Resource Management | Schedule & Change Management | Cutover, PVT & Business Unit Testing | Project Change Request | Procurement Management | Operational Handover Show less

Senior Project Manager

• Apr 2010 - Oct 2010

Major Projects: Office of Housing (DHS) – Checkpoint Firewall Cluster Upgrade & Web Farm Upgrade Project Timeframe: 5 months (Apr 2010 – Aug 2010) Methodology: PRINCE2 Achieved Benefits: Successful Checkpoint HiiP Firewall Cluster and Web farm upgrade in time for DHS release, enhancing security, redundancy, high performance and scalability Project Description: Project managed a team of 3 technical specialists to upgrade Checkpoint firewall cluster to new IP567 appliances, as well as the checkpoint management server to R75.10, utilising a staged migration and test for failover and redundancy. Upgraded Web server farm hardware in conjunction with Database as well as managed user assurance team to test all DHS HiiP Applications on new PROD web farm, improving web performance and compatibility for all 64 bit applications, on –time for new DHS software release. Core Technology: Checkpoint IP567, Checkpoint Management Server R75.10, HP DL380 G7 Key Responsibilities: Risk Management | Stakeholder & Vendor Management | Project Planning | Transition & Migration Planning | Delivery & Implementation | Quality Control & Management | Design Workshops | ETC & Status Reporting | Resource Management | Schedule & Change Management | Cutover, PVT & Business Unit Testing | Project Change Request | Procurement Management | Operational Handover Show less

Senior Project Manager

• May 2009 - Mar 2010

Major Projects: ANZ – Head Office Transition Project Timeframe: 11 months (May 2009 – Mar 2010) Methodology: PRINCE2 Achieved Benefits: Successful ANZ Head Office relocation to new Docklands CSM headquarters Project Description: Project managed Technical Support Team for the ANZ Head Office Technology Transition; relocating 10500+ user base to the new 833 Collins Street building in Docklands. Lead a project team of 15+ technical specialists to support the technology relocation of 10500+ users from the 7 ANZ CBD office site locations. Managed and lead all pre & post-relocation activities, backup activities, platform testing for all transitioned Configuration Items and user support, including Logical Relocation of all employees’ (Profile moves, identity management, and data site-to-site server copies, voice & data services, capacity planning and UAT), managing multiple vendors for technology relocation and site readiness ensuring smooth relocation. Core Technology: IBM & HP & Dell Hardware, AD, Identity management, Data Migration Key Responsibilities: Proposal & Support model Development | Pre-Sales & Contract negotiation | Requirement Analysis CI Identification & analysis | Risk Management | Stakeholder & Vendor Management | Project Planning | Transition & Capacity Planning | Delivery & Implementation | Quality Control & Management | Design Workshops | Budget & Cash Flow | ETC & Status Reporting | Resource Management | Schedule & Change Management | Cutover, PVT & Business Unit Testing | Project Change Request | Procurement Management and Contract liaising | Operational Handover Show less

Project Manager & Solution Specialist

• Feb 2009 - Jun 2009

Major Projects: TOYOTA - TMCA Mainframe & SAN Transition to Fujitsu Managed Services Project Timeframe: 5 months (Feb 2009 – Jun 2009) Methodology: PMBOK Achieved Benefits: Successful Mainframe and Linux transition to Fujitsu managed services, reducing Toyota’s maintenance costs. Project Description: Project Managed Toyota Midrange Transition AIX CAD & SOLARIS servers to Fujitsu managed services. Managed a team of 4 technical specialists to deliver best practice solutions; utilizing staged hardware relocation for both Midrange & SAN PROD & DEV environments to Fujitsu Datacentres. Managed Fujitsu solution architectural team to design & execute the relocation for Midrange, Unix & SAN relocation to Fujitsu data centres and to setup monitoring and management services to reduce AMCOR’s hardware management costs. Core Technology: IBM AIX Power 570, AS400 P520, Netapp N2040 SAN, IBM DS4300 SAN, IBM DS8100 SAN Key Responsibilities: Proposal Development | Pre-Sales & Contract negotiation | Requirement Analysis | Risk Management | Stakeholder & Vendor Management | Project Planning | Transition & Capacity Planning | Delivery & Implementation | Quality Control & Management | Design Workshops | Budget & Cash Flow | ETC & Status Reporting | Resource Management | Schedule & Change Management | Cutover, PVT & Business Unit Testing | Project Change Request | Procurement Management | Operational Handover Show less

Project Manager

• Dec 2008 - Mar 2009

Major Projects: DIIRD – Server Consolidation & Virtualization Project Timeframe: 5 months (Dec 2008 – Mar 2009) Methodology: PMBOK Achieved Benefits: Successful server consolidation for DIIRD, reducing hard ware footprint & maintenance costs and increasing scalability for future growth Project Description: Project managed new Server infrastructure upgrade utilizing ESXi server virtualization. Migrated servers to VM hosted on new IBM HS22 blade chassis. Performed PVT to ensure compatibility with existing applications, decommissioning old EOL server hardware. Core Technology: VMware, ESX, IBM HS22 Blade chassis hardware Key Responsibilities: Proposal Development | Pre-Sales & Contract negotiation | Requirement Analysis | Risk Management | Stakeholder & Vendor Management | Project Planning | Transition & Capacity Planning | Delivery & Implementation | Quality Control & Management | Design Workshops | Cash Flow | ETC & Status Reporting | Resource Management | Schedule & Change Management | Cutover, PVT & Business Unit Testing | Procurement Management | Operational Handover Show less

Project Manager

• Sep 2008 - Dec 2008

Major Projects: WorkSafe – System Stress Testing environment for Novus Project Timeframe: 5 months (Dec 2008 – Mar 2009) Methodology: PMBOK Achieved Benefits: Successful delivery of Novus March release testing stream environment, synchronising ACCTion DB2 databases with additional integrated security Project Description: Project managed Avanti PAT environment (Production Assurance & Testing) Stress Testing environment for WorkSafe, leading a technical team of 3 developers, and 1 tester for implementing stress testing environment. Delivered a release testing stream in an integrated system test environment - through Websphere application instances on VMware hosts. Managed Sandpit modification, synchronisation of ACCtion DB211 & FINEOS Replica db sync activities through to PVT with successful release management. Core Technology: IBM WAS – FINEOS front office (Websphere), MQ Server, VMware ESX, IBM HS22 Blade chassis Key Responsibilities: Proposal Development | Pre-Sales & Contract negotiation | Requirement Analysis | Risk Management | Stakeholder & Vendor Management | Project Planning | Transition & Capacity Planning | Delivery & Implementation | Quality Control & Management | Design Workshops | Cash Flow | ETC & Status Reporting | Resource Management | Schedule & Change Management | Cutover, PVT & Business Unit Testing | Procurement Management | Operational Handover Show less

Project Manager

• Feb 2007 - Sep 2008

Major Project(s) & TAC – Transport Accident Commission Budget(s): Projects Timeframe: 2 years (Feb 2007 – Mar 2009) Methodologies: PRINCE2, IDBM, PMBOK Achieved Benefits: P1 – Successful Technology relocation transition from Melb CBD to Geelong City P2 – Successful New Office fit out for additional 250+ users at GHQ P3 – Successful Diverse Loop path Implementation for Interconnect Datacentres b/n TAC & VWA P4 – Successful TAC DR relocation for TAC DR environment Project Descriptions: P1 - Project lead Infrastructure team for TAC Head Office Technology Transition to Geelong Head Quarters in Geelong City, utilising a GTO (Transitional office) to transition. Implemented new Core Network environment, including new site Cisco 6500 Production Core switches, VoIP and Wireless infrastructure, Video conferencing VLANs, new Avaya VoIP PABX CM for contact centre management and new Rack and Communication room fit outs across and throughout the new building at 60 Brougham Street. P2 - Project managed Office Extension Fit out for Geelong TAC site, to accommodate for the expansion of 250+ new users, which included new Communications room fit out supporting additional PoE switches and wireless infrastructure, as well as an additional 250 desktop rollout. P3 - Project Lead Infrastructure team to implement Dark Fibre Ring Solution for ITSS/VWA Interconnect project connecting TAC and WorkSafe Datacentre environments in Exhibition St, DR site HP Datacentre at Tally Ho and Noble Park Datacentre P4 - Project Lead Datacentre Relocation for TAC DR Environment from Exhibition St. to Tally Ho HP Datacentre Core Technologies: Cisco Cat 6500, Cisco 2960, 3750, Cisco WAP, IBM DS4800 SAN, IBM DS4300, IBM HS21, 22 Blade Chassis, Avaya CM, ECLIPS, ACD, LSP G700 media gateways, S8300, Single mode & multimode SC termination, PL400 WDM Fibre Show less

IT Technical Manager

• Jun 2004 - Nov 2006

IT Manager & Project Manager Major Projects: ROSS COSMETICS – Mail Server and Security Upgrade Project Timeframe: 2 years (Jun 2004 – Nov 2006) Achieved Benefits: Successful mail server migration from Lotus Notes to Exchange server 2003 allowing for scalability and growth. Upgrading external Checkpoint firewall for enhanced security and performance. Project Description: Project managed key technology projects and initiatives in alignment with technology roadmap as well as managed onsite Technical Support Team for the Ross Cosmetics Head Office and branch offices managing 3 technical engineers and 1 helpdesk for 600+ user base. Core Technology: DELL & IBM hardware servers, Checkpoint R65 Key Responsibilities: Contract negotiation | Requirement Analysis | Risk Management | Stakeholder & Vendor Management | Project Planning | Transition & Capacity Planning | Implementation | Design Workshops | Cash Flow & Status Reporting | Resource Management Show less

Technical Support Team Lead

• Nov 2002 - May 2004

• Team Leader of 2nd & 3rd Level Support team for S-Central Melbourne. • Administered LAN and WAN Network (50+ servers/650+ users) • IT Resource Management for S-Central client base • Managed Win2K3 Server upgrades for S-Central Clients • Lead technical team in Server consolidation projects • Managed Desktop rollout projects. • Maintained and supported level 2/3 systems for SRG systems • Maintained and supported LAN/WAN infrastructure including Cisco routers, Cisco switches, Cisco and Watch guard firewalls, Printers, ISDN links • Administered Win2000 and NT server on multiple domain networks • Implemented, supported and upgraded Win NT, Win2003/2000 servers, Active Directory and Exchange 5.5 to 2000 • Implemented and supported VPN environment • Supported and trouble-shooted Citrix environment • Implemented, supported and upgraded firewalls (Cisco, Linux /VPN, Watchguard) • Provided technical expertise to Desktop and Network team projects. • Utilised network-monitoring tools for server optimisation and network activity • Implemented and supported Anti-virus and Backup solutions for S-Central client base. • Supported and trouble-shooted IIS, virtual sites, and hosting and co-location servers. Show less

Technical Project Engineer

• Jul 2001 - Oct 2002

• Project team member in Bunnings Infrastructure project team • BBC hardware Store Migration & Hardware Refresh projects. • Implemented server hardware upgrades and rollout nationally. • Provided Network support and remote troubleshooting for new Bunning sites. • Provided Desktop support new Bunning sites. • Maintained and supported level 2-system troubleshooting for Bunnings network. • Implemented and supported LAN/WAN environment. • Maintained and support LAN/WAN infrastructure including Cisco routers, Cisco switches. • Implemented, supported and trouble-shooted Win 2000. • Supported and trouble-shooted wireless connectivity to databases via third party devices. Show less