Project Manager/Director

• Team managerment

• ▪ Led Design/Configuration/Integration teams
• ▪ Architecture Board member
• ▪ Budgeting and Financial Reporting
• ▪ Vendor/Contract Management
• ▪ Technology and Business Linkage Planning
• ▪ Training/Mentoring/Team Building/Workforce Planning
• ▪ Testing/QA/Rollout/Support/Implementation
• ▪ Security/Disaster Planning
• ▪ Program/Project/IT Delivery Management
• ▪ Risk Identification and Management
• ▪ Performance Management
• ▪ Migration Projects
• ▪ New Business (RFI/RFP)
• ▪ Resource Development/ Relations Management
• ▪ Due Diligence
• ▪ C+ Levels and Board of Management Liaison

• English (Fluent)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced Diploma in Project Management    Jan 2006 – Sep 2006
Australian College of Project Management (ACPM)

Diploma in Project Management (PM2/PMBOK)    Sep 2006 – Dec 2006
Australian College of Project Management (ACPM)

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

 
    CDP (Career Development Program)
    Building Productive Networks
    Leading with Emotional Intelligence
    Gaining a promotion to the SES
    Negotiations Skills Program
    Managing Successful Projects (MSP Overview Course)
    Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices P3O Foundation Course
    Technical Training on CA Clarity
    MAP – Management Action Plan
    Innovative Recruitment
    CRM Development
    Personal Efficiency Program (PEP)
    SharePoint 2007
    Business Process Modeling – Using Holocentric
    Gartner Conference attendee
    Technical Writing
    ITIL Fundamentals
    Contract Management
    XHTML – Advanced Course
    CSS and Web Design
    VB.Net course
    Advanced Crystal Reporting for Complex Systems
    Advanced OLAP Reporting
    SQL Administration
    Building Better Web Applications
    Advanced ADSI System Design
    Cognos Powerplay 6.0 Administration
    Cognos Powerplay 6.0 Data Exploration
    Report Building with Cognos Powerplay
    Cognos Impromptu 5.0 Administration
    Report Building with Cognos Impromptu 5.0
    Small Business Management

Manager, Strategic Applications Section    Nov 2008 – Present
Dept of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR)   
    Leading a team of up to 37 members consistently while directing the development of departmental SGMS (Strategic Grants Management System) while catering to a number of legacy programs, as well as driving new program initiatives.
    Closely coordinating with a number of divisions to consolidate system functionality with consistent business processes while deriving solutions based on the Clarity platform (for CA Technologies).
    Representing the department in high-stake meetings while liaising with and managing relationship with vendors.
    Acting as the SES Band 1 level in the absence of the General Manager of the Branch.
    Played a pivotal role in building and maintaining R&D Tax incentive system (TARDIS) – government’s largest program to stimulate innovation in Australian business and manufacturing sectors.
    Responsible for running a complex data warehouse system, including BI (Business Intelligence) reporting for AusIndustry, running and upkeeping of the department’s Ministerial Correspondence system.
    Maintained a number of legacy systems underpinning AusIndustry’s granting programs – which distribute billions of dollars each year to help the Australian economy compete and grow in competitive world market.
    Built, revitalised and transformed client relationships while contributing significantly to the future architecture roadmap for the division (including being a board member of the Architecture Standards Board).
    Mentored junior staff, managed section and project finances and strategically recruited staff to ensure productivity in the longer run.

Project Manager    Apr 2004 – Nov 2008
Dept of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR)   
    Spearheaded in 3 distinct positions as a project manager for a number of teams and projects within DIISR, including the role of an operations manager for Government’s internet authentication program called VANguard (http://vanguard.business.gov.au).
    Led technical developments for a global-opportunities initiative to enable small- to medium-scale Australian companies enter a global supply chain.
    Oversaw web development and maintenance area which had around 40 intranet, extranet and internet sites in various stages of their lifecycle.
    Responsible for external stakeholder engagement and service negotiations.
    Led a team as project manager while engaging in supervising and developing junior staff members, as well as providing PMO services to junior project managers.
    Provided high-quality changes, development and releases for clients within the department.
    Ensured agreed service standards and levels set out in partnership, as well as adherence to SLAs.
    Ensured section financial tracking is on target with program projections.
    Supervised staff and mentored ICT graduates placed within the department.
    Managed development and maintenance of the department’s intranet and internet sites in line with best practices andW3C and AGIMO standards and recommendations.
    Advised management on web and IT issues while ensuring smooth running of the new and ongoing projects for a web management team.
    Administered tender process for large projects.
    Assisted with the resolution of technical programming and systems architecture issues.

Developer    Feb 2004 – Apr 2004
Converga Information Management   
    Designed and programmed web based (ASP.NET with VB.NET backend components) – application being a paperless invoice management system for a large multinational company.
    Designed and implemented SQL 2000 backend database.
    Built and deployed OLAP reporting on the web, as well as developed an automated DTS (Data Transformation Service) to analyse and validate data supplied by the client.

Project Manager / Lead Developer    Mar 2002 – Feb 2004
Canberra Hospital   
    Developed and managed an in-house application called PANDA (Prenatal and New Born Data Access) for the woman’s and children’s area of the hospital. (The system uses a web-based interface and is based on ASP and SQL technologies.)
    Involved in full application lifecycle from initial requirements and scoping to going live and into maintenance mode.
    Responsible for maintaining the smooth running of the hospital’s intranet and providing strategic advice on other IT issues to information management group.
    Managed technical aspects of the application/project and liaised with the clinical staff.
    Developed and maintained web pages/sites in ASP (as sole the developer) and SQL databases.
    Wrote OLAP cubes and crystal reports.
    Liaised with medical, clerical and IT staff for the development of various applications and web pages, as well as resolved related issues.
    Involved in training non-technical staff; presented/demonstrated PANDA at major industry conferences.

Previous employment of over 9 years; commenced career in 1993 and progressively handled diverse responsibilities based on IT project development and management while accenting a career within the field.