Experience

asBuilt

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology / Product Officer

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  To build on, develop and deliver a strategic technological and product vision encompassing software, infrastructure and architecture to meet the needs of our customer base as we move from the classic ‘start-up’ phase to the ‘scale-up phase'. Working with the leadership team to help the organisation achieve its goals, instilling a sense of customer service and attention to detail necessary to enhance the success of the platform. Align engineering team processes with the needs of the business, driving an agile and creative engineering culture and balancing high-quality outputs at pace with building and inspiring a high-performing team. Show less



Lendlease

• Australia
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Podium Envision - Chief Product and Technology Officer

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2021

  Seconded from Group CTO role, reporting to CEO Digital to product manage and create an independent startup to develop a revolutionary cloud-based platform to link products, services and processes over the entire lifecycle of building design, delivery, and operations.Achievements:Board approval for the innovation, leading to Lendlease being ranked in top 10 most innovative companies for urban development and filing four new patentsBuilt a team of 50+ Team of Engineers and Designers to start up and scale a high-quality SaaS product.Established capabilities and processes for product management, Agile (Scrum & Kanban), Design systems (UX/UI), DevSecOps (CI/CD), and customer management.Successfully delivered a compliant SaaS product (MVP) on GCP to lighthouse customer in 9 months Show less

• Group Chief Technology Officer

  • Oct 2016 - Jan 2019

  Reporting to Group CIO, leading technology strategy and maximising organisational satisfaction and group value by managing technology investment to deliver on business strategies in a complex operating environment - investment portfolio (opex / capex) of circa $500M +Reducing operating cost base year on year by >15%.Transforming IT and Corporate legacy technologies to public cloud (movement of 500+ applications with associated ongoing support and cost recovery models)Overseeing Transformation of finance, HR, and ICT to a global shared service model through a consolidation of ERP and financial reporting solutions.Instigated a STEM, Women in Technology and Graduate intern program which subsequently rolled out across the business. This improved talent retention and resulted in a 20% increase in the technology workforce diversity. Show less

• Head of Group ICT Strategy & Architecture

  • Sep 2011 - Oct 2016

  Transferred across from the UK to setup and lead capability in Enterprise, Information, Solution and Business Architecture to support global digital transformation initiative.Achievements:Secured ‘C’ level buy in of the ICT Strategy (vision, objectives and priorities) for global transformation laying foundation layers in ERP, middleware, and business intelligence ($400m investment).Established Demand Management, Application Health, and Portfolio Management practices.Successful merger of three major corporations to meet aggressive timelines which involved consolidating seven data centres, over 250 applications, and 7000 employees. Drove implementation and adoption of technology frameworks aligning teams driven to a collective set of operational key results. Show less

• Head of Education Technology Services

  • Dec 2009 - Sep 2011

  A failure of one of the subcontractors for our Building Business in the Building Schools for the Future Program lead to the opportunity of self performance and delivering of the technology portfolio for the business. Placed in charge to takeover from the subcontractor, built a team of 80+ delivering technical design and project delivery services to Government Department of Education supporting the programme for construction of 30 new schools.Projects were executed on time, in budget to a complex set of stakeholders adhering to a very demanding and unmovable schedule.This was one of the most rewarding parts of my career being able to provide new schools and services to under privedged areas in the UK.Achievements:Projects were executed on time, in budget to a complex set of stakeholders adhering to a very demanding and unmovable schedules.Successful delivery with the Education sector allowed the group to expand to provide additional technological services into retail and waste sectors which resulted in a formation of a new business unit delivering year on year profit. Show less

• Enterprise & Information Architect

  • Nov 2007 - Dec 2009

  I undertook the position of Enterprise Architect in 2006. The role developed into the Lead Architect (2008) when the team’s services expanded to assist the transformation programmes across the organisation. I was responsible for defining and implementing a working governance structure to coordinate Business Strategy, Solution Design with the Programme Management Office , developed internal support resources, 3rd Party, and other consortia activities to ensure timely decisions and managed the on-going architectural and technical services in line with all business SLA’s & KPI’s• Responsible for Architecture processes, governance and methodologies e.g. Introduced Architectural Boards, Policies and Framework• Developed internal Architectural capability within the ICT Group (Infrastructure, Solution & Information)• Identified Current State and created future state architectures, costed roadmaps, business cases and strategic plans aligned to the business• Established Business Steering groups for all lines of business, ensuring short and medium range business plans were aligned with ICT investment and managed • Managed multiple IT, Business Process and Change Management projects and have exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments including ERP, Business Intelligence, Business Process Management and Data Warehousing Show less



Bovis

• Mexico
• Construction
• 100 - 200 Employee

• BIM Product Development Manager

  • May 2005 - Nov 2006

  Developed with a team of developers and business experts a bespoke product branded 'WhiteBOX', a Building information Management and Modelling application, built in .NET, this product interfaced with CAD technology to manage the design and construction business processes.In parallel, I undertook the role of product evangelist, developed and established relationships to provide expertise for Building Information Modelling and how this could improve information management within the Construction project delivery lifecycle. Winner of two industry awards nominations for for innovation and use of IT in Construction. Show less

• Bovis – Pharmaceutical Division

  • May 2004 - May 2005

  Oversee all IT projects and business development European Union• Responsible for 4 offices and 50+ consultants/specialists• Technical & Regulatory Direction• Annual turnover of US$10m in professional services.• Streamlined and refocused middle management, expanded service offerings, and realigned the business to meet customer needs. • Motivated a disillusioned team to turn around their poor performance and meet all business targets within 3 months.



Bovis Tanvec Group Limited

• United Kingdom

• Consulting Services Director, Asia Pacific

  • Jan 2001 - Mar 2004

  • Consulting Services Director, Asia PacificTanvec was sold to Bovis in 2000 and on request from the client I was transferred Singapore to manage a large portfolio of consulting projects in the region.• Built the Consulting services division from scratch to a turnover of $5M USD per annum in under two years by establishing new customer base and relationship management with global players.• Established ICT Consulting services offering in Shanghai, China.• Project Director of Schering Plough ICT Implementation Team. ($2.5M SGD Fees)• Project Manager of ICT Systems Implementation (MRPII,LIMS,POMS) for Wyeth, Singapore Solid Dosage Project ($7.5USD Fees)• Project Manager of ICT Systems Implementation Schering Plough Tablet and Biotech facility Project Builds. • Selected, recruited and trained locally based personnel into a coherent and professional team.• Established Construction QA system and implemented a business model for true integrated commissioning / validation service. Show less

• Operations Director - IT and Systems Group

  • Jul 1999 - Jan 2001

  Undertook the role as director as I formed part of a MBO team which bought the company from the retiring owner. • Management of Profit/Loss, commercial, business generation, client relationships, staff with a personnel base of over fifty specialists/consultants which delivered profitable growth of over 20% per annum for 3 consecutive years.• Managing the merger with IT service provider WalshTan to provide expand the service offerings to include Business Process re-engineering, MES, and IT system implementation.• Extended service area to include all of Europe, the US and Far East. Director of Operations responsible for a department of forty personnel with an annual turnover of 2.5M. Responsible to the board for department meeting financial and operational targets. Main Duties:Business DevelopmentTechnical ConsultancyProject Management Show less



Tanvec

• United Kingdom

• ICT Manager / Consultant

  • May 1997 - Jul 1999

  Tanvec formed from PED and Veco Vectech, A US based consultancy firm, I managed the ICT consultancy group and from two, grew the department to over 20+ providing ICT consulting services to external Pharmaceutical sector. Selected Experience:  Wyeth, Ireland Responsible for planning, management & execution for implementation of a new fully automated warehouse with MRPII System (IBM POMS)  Nycomed Imaging, Norway Programme Manager for Aseptic filling suite including Validation Vial Fillers, Depyrogenation tunnels, autoclaves, and Freeze Driers.  Astra Production Tablets, Sweden ICT Consultant for a Secondary Production Process Control Equipment installing monitoring and reporting systems equipment including fluid bed dryers, coating, polishing, and utility systems  SmithKline Beecham, Harlow Project Manager of the team responsible for a Clinical trials facility equipment manufacturing systems. Show less



PED

• Togo
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services

• ICT Consultant

  • Feb 1996 - May 1997

  PED served the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry providing ICT consultancy Services, I undertook a wide and varied number of consulting assignments across Europe Selected Experience:  Business Analysis, Configuration, and Acceptance Testing of a Concorde ERP & Inventory control, networks, and warehouse management system for secondary production facility (Delta, Iceland)  Nycomed, Ireland, Design & Build of a process control system to manufacture sterile imaging products PED served the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry providing ICT consultancy Services, I undertook a wide and varied number of consulting assignments across Europe Selected Experience:  Business Analysis, Configuration, and Acceptance Testing of a Concorde ERP & Inventory control, networks, and warehouse management system for secondary production facility (Delta, Iceland)  Nycomed, Ireland, Design & Build of a process control system to manufacture sterile imaging products



Tolal fine Chemicals

• Control Systems Manager

  • Jun 1994 - Feb 1996

  Manager of small team responsible for design, implementation, commissioning of PLC, DCS, SCADA, systems. Particular experience of installing ABB Mod 300 System Manager of small team responsible for design, implementation, commissioning of PLC, DCS, SCADA, systems. Particular experience of installing ABB Mod 300 System



Total Chemie (Chemicals)

• Project Engineer

  • Feb 1992 - 1994

  Testing engineer for employing strict and comprehensive testing techniques to ensure the safe operation of plant involving highly exothermic reactions Testing engineer for employing strict and comprehensive testing techniques to ensure the safe operation of plant involving highly exothermic reactions



Cray Valley

• France
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Systems Programmer

  • Jan 1990 - Feb 1992

  Responsible for programming and commissioning Distributed Control and PLC\ SCADA systems to control and monitor Chemical Manufacturing processes. Responsible for programming and commissioning Distributed Control and PLC\ SCADA systems to control and monitor Chemical Manufacturing processes.