Lead Assessor

• Nov 2022 - Present

Lead Assessor with Best Practice Cerification (now a part of the FCB Quality Organisation) using my skills and knowledge to conduct quality assessments using the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards.

Committee Member

• Jul 2021 - Nov 2022

Part time member of the Best Practice Certification - JAS-ANZ Impartiality Committee.

Information Technology Manager

• Jan 2021 - Nov 2022

Career Break

• Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

Career Break, job hunting and self improvement. Career Break, job hunting and self improvement.

Enterprise Architect - Business & Technology

• Jun 2017 - Jul 2020

Provide Enterprise Architecture services focussing on Business and Technology Domains as part of the Vocus Strategy and Architecture Team.Key Responsibilities• Provide architectural and analytical assistance for Future State (New Digital SDN Customer Network) focussing on Network Site Selection and Migration Planning• Act as the network and products SME for Product Profitability Project – Margin and Cost discovery for all Vocus network products• Model Vocus enterprise architecture and initiatives for use in strategic decision makingKey Achievements• Informed the transformation agenda by developing an Architectural Model for the Vocus Group encompassing the Business, Application and Technology Domains. Compilation of reference models and EA Content Management processes.• Assisted senior management decision making by designing a practical model for calculating Tech Debt associated with technology design decisions. Show less

It Operations - Architecture and Projects

• Feb 2016 - Jun 2017

Identify opportunities and investigate new technologies for implementation into the IT Infrastructure and Operations area. Key Responsibilities• Investigate and recommend activities required to consolidate and streamline the technical resources that have resulted from multiple mergers and acquisitions.• Lead PCI DSS and legislative meta data retention solution design and implementation• Lead the Oracle Licence Rationalisation and Consolidation initiative.Key Achievements• Provided solution architecture and project guidance to enable Vocus to become PCI DSS compliant. • Provide solution recommendations for Identity & Access Management solutions and successful implementation• Redesigned Oracle environment to dramatically reduce Oracle Licence obligations. Show less

Enterprise Architect - Infrastructure

• Jun 2015 - Feb 2016

Enterprise Architect specialising in Technology, Infrastructure and Transition Planning. Developed EA Model for M2 current state, future state, and transition planning. Key Responsibilities• Ownership of the M2 Group Enterprise Architecture practice. Including creation and maintenance of Application and Technology Reference Models. • Provide architectural guidance related to vendor and product selection for the M2 Technology group.Key Achievements• Updated and approved the legacy Enterprise Architecture model for M2 Group. Show less

Infrastructure Manager

• Jul 2009 - Jun 2015

Management of the M2 Infrastructure and Operations group providing corporate networking, security, platform services, virtualisation, server, storage, hardware, licensing and management of related facilities nationally. Major integration projects following acquisitions of several competitor organisationsKey Responsibilities• Manage a multi discipline national team of 15 IT professionals with responsibility for corporate Compute, Network, Storage, Virtualisation, Licensing and Platform Applications across Australia.• Lead projects to integrate the IT Systems for company acquisitions including Primus, Dodo, Eftel, Engin and several other smaller entities into the M2 group Key Achievements• Successfully manage the infrastructure and platform teams to consolidate systems and processes following the acquisition of several large companies (Primus, Dodo, Engin, Eftel, Southern Cross Telecommunications etc) • Improvement of the M2 infrastructure through its journey from a small business to an ASX200 listed entity. • Successfully managed 50+ office relocations nationally including Infrastructure design, builds, moves and closures (due to acquisition and consolidation) over a 6 year period. Show less

Infrastructure Manager

• Jan 2004 - Jun 2009

Management of the Commander Infrastructure and Operations group providing corporate support, server, storage, database, network, platform applications, security, licensing and technical facilities across the organisation. The team consisted of up to 35 members supporting 2400 employees across 25 sites. Responsibility and ownership of all projects within my group. Key Responsibilities • Manage a multi discipline national team of 35 IT professionals with responsibility for corporate Support, Compute, Network, Storage, Virtualisation, Licensing and Platform Applications across Australia. • Ownership of IT Infrastructure Architecture for Commander Australia. • Project management of complex infrastructure projects • Lead and manage acquisitions, migrations and consolidation of corporate IT services • Management of the national corporate WAN/LAN networks. Key Achievements • Successful management of a diverse national team of IT Professionals that comprised the Commander Australia Infrastructure and Operations group. • Successfully managed 40+ office relocations nationally including Infrastructure design, builds, moves and closures (due to acquisition and consolidation) over a 5 year period. Show less