for more detail, or a full CV, please contact me

Technology Consultant - Owner/Director

I started SayIT Solutions to test my technology skills in other markets and industries. It's been rewarding, exciting, and I've had little time off. This was also an opportunity to get my 'hands dirty' exploring development toolkits and new technology that wasn't relevant to my previous roles.

Engagments/experience at SayIT Solutions include; Due Diligence papers, Strategy Creation, ERP Program Director, New Product Development, and general advisory.

One of Melbourne’s first start-up technology companies. I joined shortly after 'CPU' entered the North American Market and developed my career with the Companies success and growth over almost 20 years. Today they are a global leader in diversified financial and governance services.

Program Director - Office of CEO

Execution of the Group Chief Executive Officers’ top organizational priorities and market visible initiatives impacting all Computershare group of companies across the world.

Global Director/Owner of strategy design and delivery of global operating model initiatives such as major company acquisition integrations, Global Digital Operations Strategy, Intelligent Process Automation, and business line transformation.

Chief Information Officer - AsiaPac

Member of the Executive Group, responsible for technology strategy, development, operations and support of all Computershare companies operating across Oceania/AsiaPac. Accountable for operational and capital technology budgets that support revenues of ~AU$500m and ‘000's staff. This posting required significant technology services transformation in response to a digital strategy, combined with increased regulatory and compliance demands following the 2008 Financial Crisis.

We independently measured our maturity and went about introducing ITIL disciplines into every layer of Product Development, Infrastructure Delivery, Operational Services and Support. We introduced more formal but agile project management disciplines, increased our delivery cadence, ramping up to deliver 250+ projects each year. Through such change we improved our Risk, Audit and Compliance controls consistently achieving all requirements from both regulators and clients.

Global Development Manager - Computershare Communicaton Service

Computershare Communication Services (CCS) are a leading provider of integrated customer communication solutions, trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide to deliver business critical communication services.

Business Executive – key member of business’ global leadership team, representing all aspects of technology within the group. This included; key client meetings, strategy creation and leading the Technology due diligence of various acquisition opportunities.

Organisational Change – transitioned regional software development groups into one global development group. Introduced Global Delivery Methodology to ensure effective adoption of all products within the broader group.

Product Development – led the Global Development Group responsible for products/software across several countries. Platform Consolidation Strategy. Development of new products and development stack..

Global Development Manager - Enterprise Applications

Following significant inorganic growth of Computershare Issuer Services globally I was brought in with a charter to implement standard platforms in all countries that Computershare was operating. Leadership of several development and business implementation teams covering CRM, CDBoR, Finance and Enterprise productivity tools.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Strategy – migrate all CRM repositories, across all countries, business lines, and tools onto one new global platform. Setup of teams, tools, environment and deployment strategy.

Database of Record (DBoR) – during the early stages of our CRM strategy, I was assigned additional responsibility to take over the teams managing the global design and deployment of new digital/web based Company and Investor DBoR platforms.

Management Information Systems – following the main deployments for the above two initiatives I took ownership of the teams managing global platforms that support our shared service groups such as; Enterprise Financial and Human Resource Management Systems.

Siebel Systems was software company principally engaged in the design, development, marketing, and support of customer relationship management (CRM) applications. I joined in 2000, an exciting time of global growth when sales surpassed USD$1b and just before we launch the first web-based version of the product.

Principal Consultant

Business Architecture and expert services consultancy of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions to major Systems Implementers and ASX50 clients operating within Financial and Telco. verticals.

(Siebel acquired by Oracle)

Staffware was a UK-based company that specialized in business process management (BPM) software. The software helps businesses design, build, and manage processes that integrate people, procedures, systems, and processes. In 2004, TIBCO acquired Staffware. During my time I worked for both Staffware UK and Australian implementor Tower Technology (later acquired by Vignette/OpenText).

Technology Consultant

Business and Solution Architecture/Project Management - responsible for the solution design and delivery of BPM workflow and imaging technology primarily within Financial Services and Government sectors.

(Staffware PLC acquired by TIBCO, Tower Technology acquired by Vignette/OpenText)

In Australia, Boeing provided new builds, maintenance and upgrades on various mission-critical defense infrastructure. Boeing hired me when I was still at College, I worked on weekends performing various systems maintainance on Sun Micrososystems and VAX/VMS. Post graduating I was transferred to Operations for some real blooding on defence 'Engineering to build' programs, then returned the to Technology Deivision where I focussed on Software Development.

Information Technology Specialist

Uni Intern within internal Technology Division, responsible for maintenance work on Unix based and VMS platforms.

Post Graduation, I transitioned to the Manufacturing Division Planning and Delivery group and worked on the largest complex defense contracts at the time, including the Collins Class Submarines build and F111 Upgrades.

I returned to Technology Division, ultimately responsible for software development and maintanance of the MRP/ERP solution, as well as developing custom software applications for the finance and manufacturing divisions.