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MY "WHY"
I am committed to helping businesses be the best they can be through a mixture of modern business management and technology solutions.
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I believe that an Agile Mindset is key to operating within a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous business world. Once this is in place, Technology becomes an enabler of innovation, and anything is possible.
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I am most satisfied when building digital products with a great, focussed group of people committed to delivering positive change to their customers.
MY VALUES
These are the values I aspire to keep in mind day to day, professionally and personally.
BEHAVEÂ PROFESSIONALLY
I strive to provide a positive experience to all that I encounter. It is a fallacy that maintaining professionalism stifles the ability to laugh and enjoy being human.
BE HUMBLE
I accept that I cannot know everything. Accepting this is not a weakness. I share my knowledge and enjoy growing by learning from the experiences and skills of others.
REMAIN APPROACHABLE
I make myself open and available to ideas, feedback. I enjoy sharing my experience and skills with as many people as I can. I take pride in what we have to offer and be open to learn more.
ALWAYS READY
Although it can be hard, energy is an unmistakable key to keeping me and those around me motivated. I love keeping it up.
MY PASSIONS
What keeps me motivated
We've all got passions.....things that keep us motivated; topics that people remark about that "glint in your eye" when talking about them. My passions have moved over the years, and not to dismiss my passions of the past, but here are some of the things that keep me inspired.
TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY & ARCHITECTURE
Experience to know what to do
A lengthy career has exposed me to countless technologies, projects and products. Each encounter has contributed to my professional growth, growth and experience, and I am fortunate to help others. Whether it be advising on the best digital architecture, platform choice and tools to support your business, or your seeking someone to review your current strategy for independent advice, I can help.
BUILDING AGILE MINDSET'S IN ORGANISATIONS
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Are you onboard?
Agile is more than Sprints and sticky-notes on boards. An Agile Mindest does rely on these delivery aspects, but thinking and acting in an Agile manner at the business level is another thing altogether. The Agile Mindset relies on some of my most poignant beliefs as to the value of regular and open conversation combined with my views on the power of Agile Delivery methods.
AVOIDING CONTRACTUAL "SHOWDOWNS"
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Don't detonate, Negotiate
Some of the lowest of times in my professional life have been watching good projects go bad as a result of badly worded, ill-fitting contracts. What's worse is watching the despair as ego's take over to deliver the final blow to not just a contract, but an otherwise great initiative.
MY DAY TO DAY
Here's just a bit on how I keep myself busy
In December 2021 I decided to transition away from Full-Time roles into part-time and freelance positions. Quickly I've established a set of relationships that allow me to match my skills as well as my style of working.
DEVELOPING INTERESTS
Turning my passions into offerings
Over the years I've been fortunate enough to develop concepts, patterns and ways of working from seeing what has worked, and (well) what has not. I've taken this IP and invested in, a number of ventures with trusted partners to try and bring new services to market.
THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS (OR SO) OF MY CAREER
It's been quite a ride. You can check out my full resume @ LinkedIn, but here's an overview that provides a bit of context about my journey to here.
Since January 2023
PROGRAM ADVISORY AND MANAGEMENT
Since January 2023 I have been working predominantly with Frazer Walker, an excellent boutique Australian based Management Consulting company across a range of strategic roles in project including Data Platform Architecture and Program Management. I've had the pleasure to work with some of Australia's premium Insurance companies in setting IT Strategy around in-flight Digital Transformation activities as well engage architecture around the Microsoft Power Platform stack (predominantly in PowerApps and Power BI) and Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations.
January 2022 - December 2022
SALES ENABLEMENT PRACTICE LEAD
I was invited to join McCorkell & Associates in 2022 to contract to create and build their Sales Enablement practice. Bringing into the role Sales Enablement knowledge and skills gained at Artis Group through the Seismic Partnership, and being in the tail end of my graduate study in Product Management, I quickly built a suite of products to take to market in the around Sales Enablement tools and services across the McCorkell business. Unfortunately this role ended as a part of McCorkells restructure in December 2022.
March 2019 - December 2021
HEAD OF BUSINESS CONSULTING
In February 2019 I was invited to rejoin the Artis Group to help with their vision to become an organisation offering something different within the Australian Professional Services Market. My role was to re-envisage the traditional services offerings and put in place a set of productised offerings focussed on the "challenge" an organisation faced versus offering contracts to deliver "stuff".
July 2016 - February 2019
GIG-ECONOMY
During this period, I was lucky enough to work for several large and small organisations in a part-time capacity. A mixture of Project Management, Advisory and Business Reporting contracts kept me busy and happy while offering my first taste of working "the gig economy".
October 2014 - June 2016
SOLUTION SPECIALIST
As a Principal Consultant, I had always enjoyed working with the Sales team. I saw each potential customer as an opportunity to envisage and get excited as to how technology could create a positive vision. I took on a role with Data#3 keen to work closer with Clients as a full-time focus in a pre-sales capacity. Data#3 is an iconic Australian brand and provided me with access to a full-suite of service offerings that I could push together like lego bricks to build a forecast.
November 2010 - September 2014
PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
After almost a decade working in Product Development, I returned to consulting in 2010 with Australian MSP Artis Group. Consulting has always been a great fit for me exposing me to client facing projects with being able to support, lead and manage technical staff. In this role, I designed and managed a suite of activities that I hold dear to this day and see as building blocks for shaping my future move into advisory.
CERTIFICATIONS
Some of my proudest moments
Education is not the be-all and end-all in life but it always has been and remains an important part of my being. My aim is to keep adding to these over the years in line with my desire to provide relevant, up to date advice with every engagement.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, COMPUTING SCIENCE
University of Technology of Sydney
I took my early tinkering with programming computers to the next level and spent 4years learning a full set of what it takes to be an IT person. I was fortunate enough to get to take a sub-major in Marketing, a passion I've carried into most of my roles during my career.
CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER
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My belief in Agile principles started to develop in the late 00's and provide me with the opportunity to work as an Agile Coach through a number of my roles and engagements as a consulting. I was trained and (finally) certified as a CSM in December 2021.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
RMIT
Completed in 2022, RMIT's Product Management helped refresh me on the set of marketing skills I'd kicked off learning as an undergraduate whilst providing the skills required as a modern Digital Project Manager.
PEACE OF MIND
INSURED
I hold Workers Compensation and Professional Indemnity insurance coverage at the current market level
NO HIDDEN EXTRAS
I cover all employment expenses eg. Superannuation etc. a true PAYG experience
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FLEXIBLE
I am happy to work to a structure that works for both you the client and myself