Senior Project Manager (Major Projects)
at
Telstra
, Melbourne, Australia
November 2003 – Currently Working
Functional area: IT- Hardware / Telecom / Technical Staff / Support
•Working with Regional Telecommunications Services (RTS)
Service Director and Customer Business Manager to deliver,
through customer consultation to standards, cost-effective and
customer-focused communications data network solutions.
•Working to meet Telstra’s RTS – Professional Services
objectives and contribute to improved service delivery to the
National Australia Bank by Telstra
•Providing effective
high-level, technical advice and expertise in the definition of
technical strategies and plans, and to guide, support and assure
the design of IT solutions
•Defining customer’s technology
requirements and quoting on solution requirements by formulating
High Level Assessments for National Australia Bank’s Request
for Expenditure (RFE) process
•Managing projects which
includes coordinating customer, external suppliers, 3rd parties
of the National Australia Bank, design resources and
implementation, project reporting and billing teams.
Regional Manager Communications Consultant Group at British Telecom , Melbourne, Australia
October 2000 – March 2003
•Led consulting group to build strategic relationships,
negotiated channel partnerships, maximized account sales with top
250 Global Multi-site national companies. Target of $A60M for
2002/03.
•Worked closely with IT & Telco Channel partners, to
target top 100 companies,
•Worked with market trends to expand
sales channels of leading technologies, gained competitive
advantage, increased customer awareness and corporate identity.
•Built a successful, cooperative team. Delegating tasks,
creating an atmosphere that promoted positive values, mutual
respect and commitment to the team, promoting constructive
debrief, meeting business objectives and revenue
targets.
•Developed, sustain and put into effect a regional
pre sales strategy to meet the regional business
strategy.
•Recruited and managed Communications Consultants in
Australia, and in south east Asia •Coordinated new product
launches and services to BT’s sales force.
•Organised sales,
technology, product training regionally.
Product Manager/Project Manager/Manager/Supervisor/Team Leader at ANZ IT , Melbourne, Australia
July 1988 – September 2000
Providing in depth knowledge and expertise through various roles
not limited to architecture to project management of ANZ IT's
international network across 42 countries.
Network/ Operations Consultant at Westpac - IT , Melbourne, Australia
February 1986 – July 1988
Held responsibilities in the area of operations and networking
functions within data processing; programming and networking team
Administrator/Coordinator/Specialist at Westpac - IT FIJI , Suva, New Zealand
February 1984 – February 1986
Worked in Westpac Fiji IT and data processing centre