Recent Key Successful Projects | 2007 | Successfully launched Big Brother on 3’s mobile networks, which included live TV, video-on-demand and a community site. This required working with the commercial television station broadcasting the show, the show’s producers and managing the technical teams. Despite aggressive time frames, the project was successfully launched on time. | | 2006 | Successfully launched the Ashes Cricket product on 3’s mobile network, to coincide with the Ashes Cricket series. This included live Cricket TV during matches, inclusion of advertising, replayed matches, video highlights and live scoring. The product achieved some of the largest usage numbers for 3. | | Successfully delivered and launched the Orb product (www.orb.com) in 5 countries (UK, Sweden, Denmark, Hong Kong, Australia) on the mobile phone. Led to rave reviews from the media and increased 3’s credibility as a provider of Internet services on mobile. | | 2005 | Successfully delivered a $10m capacity expansion to DiGi Telecommunication’s prepaid mobile network, which allowed them to double the number of customers and caused an increase in revenue of almost 30%. | | 2004 | Successfully delivered feature enhancements and a capacity expansion to DiGi Telecommunication’s prepaid mobile network. This allowed them to massively increase their subscriber base and achieve higher Average Revenue Per User. This resulted in a 120% increase in profit. | Professional ExperienceHutchison Telecommunicationswww.hutchison.com.au www.three.com.au A 3G telecommunications provider found in many countries throughout Asia-Pacific and Europe, Hutchison Telecommunications aims to be the leader in delivery of content services and quality user-experience in the wireless telecommunications industry. | Product Development Programme Manager – Global Alignment Programme [Sydney, Australia]
Responsibilities included:
• Establishing and executing programme structure between both Australia and UK
• Project reviews and recommendations to project managers & the Steering Group
| Product Development Manager [Sydney, Australia]
Responsibilities included:
• Project management of Internet/Communication, Entertainment & Consumer Info product delivery
• Driving development of business cases and marketing plans for the launch of products
Accomplishments include:
• Successfully launched Big Brother on 3 Mobile, included live TV, video-on-demand & community site
• Successfully launched the Ashes Cricket product on 3 Mobile, which achieved the highest usage figures
• Successfully launched the Orb product in 5 countries on 3 Mobile, leading to rave reviews in the media.
• Received AIMIA Award for “Best Interactive Service on a Mobile Network”
• Received Hutchison “Desirable Award” for supporting X-Series launch, which consisted of Orb
| Alcatel Australiawww.alcatel-lucent.com.au Alcatel-Lucent (formerly two separate companies - Alcatel and Lucent Systems) is one of the major players in the telecommunications vendor industry. They are a global solutions provider, focusing on communications needs, providing both solutions and services. | Project/Programme Manager – South East Asia [Australia & Malaysia]
Responsibilities include:
• Governance, steering and delivery of four projects, across customers in two countries
• Development and assistance of bid creation and reviews
Accomplishments include:
• Successfully delivered a $10m capacity expansion to DiGi Telecommunication’s prepaid mobile network, allowing them to double the number of customers which increased revenue by almost 30% | Project Manager – “DiGi Telecommunications Phase 2 Part 2” [Australia & Malaysia]
Responsibilities include:
• Project management tasks of a virtual team (25 team members across four separate time zones)
Accomplishments include:
• Successfully delivered feature enhancements and a capacity expansion to DiGi Telecommunication’s prepaid mobile network, which ultimately resulted in a 120% increase in profit.
• Received Alcatel “Living Values” award for Customer Focus | Architect & Project Manager – “DiGi Telecomms. Phase 2 Part 1” [Australia & Malaysia]
• Architectural review of new features requested by a customer & mentoring of other architects
• Most project management activities and general leadership skills to lead the team
• Received Alcatel “Living Values” award for Teamwork | Architect & Team Leader – “DiGi Telecomms. Phase 1” [Australia & Malaysia]
• Create high-level software and hardware architectures then lead a team of developers to deliver solution
• Was on Alcatel’s High-Potential list (for second time) | Consultant/Analyst and Developer [Sydney, Australia]
• Audit projects and provide input into any blocking technical issues | Advanced Systems Support Group [Sydney, Australia]
• Provide support to service developers and tendering groups and the development of advanced services | | Application Development Team Leader [Sydney, Australia & Namur, Belgium] | Application Service Developer [Sydney, Australia] |
EducationUniversity of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronic) Hons IIA, 12/1998
Professional AssociationsProject Management Professional, as recognised by the Project Management Institute
Skills and Certifications- Use of Microsoft Project Server and CA/Niku Clarity.
- Team leadership skills in motivating other team members. This complements my project management abilities in scheduling and tracking, resourcing and customer management skills. These have been developed and improved over time to cater for various customers and cultures.
- End to end involvement in Application Development projects and a full understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle, as well as End-to-End content delivery approaches.
- A keen ability to focus on high-level solutions and analyse and work with customers to develop requirements and provide solutions based on these, including the development of functional specifications.
- Technical skills that cover both Internet based TCP/IP technologies and telecommunication-based technologies and projects. More specifically, S7 networks (MSC, HLR, IN, SMS-C), system integration. Programming in C/C++, Java, HTML, XML, Javascript and Visual Basic and development/architecture on Alcatel IN 2.2 and Alcatel Open Services Platform.
- A firm founding and working knowledge in Unix (Digital, Solaris), Oracle and Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003.
Awards ReceivedAustralian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) award for “Best Interactive Service on a Wireless Network” for 3 Mobile’s Sport product, which I delivered in 2006. Hutchison “Desirable Award” for participating in the team that delivered the X-Series proposition, of which Orb was a part. Two “Alcatel Living Values Awards for Customer Focus” for the delivery of both phases of the DiGi Phase 2 Part 2 Project, which required a thorough understanding of the customer and needed careful management. "Alcatel Living Values Award for Teamwork": This award was presented to me for my work on the DiGi project in coordinating and leading the team to deliver a successful project. "Alcatel Hi-Potential List": This accolade is for a select group chosen from Alcatel each year that, in Alcatel management's opinion are the Hi-Potential performers. “The Most Imaginative Demonstration of a Year IV Thesis Project”: My demonstration consisted of wiring my thesis to the SunShark solar car and a PC telemetry application.
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