Forming my own company
in 1998, Information Technology For You Pty Ltd provided the opportunity to
expand and diverge into other areas. At
the time IT4U was formed there did exist projects and commitments to Praxa,
which required completion over the coming months, which were honoured.
- A large International
Telco carrier was moving into the Australian market. My role was to define
the project requirements and specifications, budgets, timeline estimates,
training, and resource requirements to implement a development and standby
site which would also to provide national support. This project included
the design and specification of all Network, Server and SLA components. The project ran for approximately
four months and they became involved in a take over bid where by the
project was shelved.
- A Government Department
initially utilizing a variety of third party products with specialized
requirements the Department spent a considerable portion of their time
maintaining desk tops. Due to the complexities of this project based
around non bespoke applications and disparate hardware, I developed
strategy and Requirements Definition which after the successful completion
of a pilot lead to an agreed SOE which was then deployed. There were approximately
250 workstations,
- Large
Multinational – Introduced a new client server based application which was
not performing, and I was requested to review the current situation,
define the problem, and propose an alternative architecture that would
deliver the required results. I performed the analyses of the current
structure and its performance, gathering bench marks, and performance statistics,
reviewing the current architecture, for serves, clients, and the network
between Brisbane and Sydney. Armed with these recommendations the client
completed the required architectural changes with there own staff.
- International
Database Company – IT costs for thier links were
increasing, for both interstate and international traffic. The client
wanted to connect an Auckland Office to their world wide private network.
After doing a feasibility study, and cost benefit analyses I designed the
network architecture for the VOIP for two offices in Australia plus the addition of the New Zealand
Office. The proposed typology included the integration of Voice and Data
over Frame on both national and international links, i.e. NZ and US.
Because such a plan was not in the current strategic plan the design need
to account for disparate PABX,s,
and the influx of approximately 10,000 email messages per day. The VOIP network
was later expanded to include the other states in Australia and an additional tail in NZ
- Government
Department - Upgrade the existing business information systems from
VAX-VMS to Alpha VMS. The client had introduced additional business
systems and this combined with the age of the existing production systems
was the main business driver. The project included scooping analyses,
requirements definition, project management plan, architectural specifications
and sizing of replacement hardware, development of a pilot, migration of
existing data, and reengineering of image software. The project was
complex, with high risks, on a critical business system. The project ran
for approximately 12 months, included subcontractors and completed
successfully. I believe this
comment on the acceptance response says it all.
"Thanks for your (and Tania's)
hard work and making the transition to Alpha such a non-event from our staff's
view”
- Government
Department - Provide a Disaster Recovery and development platform. Many
originations find it difficult to justify a disaster site, however with
some lateral thinking in the majority of cases, a development environment
can double as a disaster environment, if designed correctly, and hence
produce cost savings. The development environment was replicated, and the
required infrastructure installed. The project included some complex
connectivity issues, management of third party resources, and other
vendors.
- Federal
Government - Strategic planning and infrastructure development, consistent
with proactive management and leading technology solutions was the main
charter. As both Project Manager and Technical Architect my team were members
of a larger team who reviewed the then current situation with the view to
designing solutions which meet the
potential privatization requirements, the additional demand on services
due to the Olympics, and the boards obligations under due diligence. This
included variety of spin of projects such as LAN/WAN architectural
changes, development and integration of industry standards, migration from
disparate hardware platforms, introduction of SOE, SLA’s,
development of ticket less travel, and solutions to ongoing business
problems.
I have come from a technical background starting with Burroughs and
Mainframes (incl South Australian TAB Project),
moving through the Digital world (VAX, Alpha) into Customer Support Services
Manager, and Branch Manager picking up full P&L Responsibility.
I have the technical “tenacity second to none and a loyalty rarely seen
today” (quoted from a reference) and enjoy a challenge where by between 1 and 5
years you can look back say you were part of or instrumental to the building,
design, completion of something within the IT industry, which is why I moved
into Project Management, and Technical Design. I have a natural ability to
solve problems, and develop solutions to business problems. My management
experience enables me to consider the bottom line impact of projects, and the
real potential benefits.
As a member of a variety of user groups such DECUS, Oracle and Microsoft
combined with retentions of my technical prowess I believe I have considerable
technical and solutions based skills, knowledge and contacts which I can bring
to bare as and when required.
I have designed a number of solutions to business problems and then
transposed these into feasibility, cost benefits, Budgets, Estimates
Requirements Definitions; Project Management Plans which when combined with my
technical experience has enabled me to complete the overall end to end cycle.