Brendan Cowan

Current

Associate Partner: Public Sector at IBM Global Business Services

Past

Consulting Director at Fujitsu Consulting
Principal Consultant at Fujitsu Consulting
Strategy Manager at Department of Infrastructure

Service Delivery Manager/Operations Manager at Department of Infrastructure
Director Defence Information Systems - Southern Region at Department of Defence
Assistant Director Defence Information Systems - Southern Region at Department of Defence
Assistant Director - Information Technology at Defence Centre - Melbourne
IT Manager Defence Centre - Melbourne at Department of Defence
Systems Manager - Personnel Systems at Defence Regional Office (Victoria)
HR Manager at Defence Regional Office (Victoria)
Various Financial Managment Roles at Defence Regional Office (Victoria)
Human Resources at Ministry of Education (Victoria)
Sales Administration & Distribution at Australis Music
Wharehouse Supervisor at N.V.Dale Electronics/Cowan Electronics

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Education

University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
Swinburne University of Technology
Marcellin College - Bulleen

ProActive Services

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Industry

Management Consulting

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Brendan Cowan’s Summary

Consulting Director
Senior ICT Manager/Director
Strategist

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Brendan Cowan’s Specialties:

IT Management, Commonwealth and State Government, Strategies, ITIL, Recruitment, Financial Manangment, HR Managment, Client Relationship Managment, Operations Management, Defence Issues, Aviation History, Shared Services, Business Networking

Brendan Cowan’s Experience

Associate Partner: Public Sector

IBM Global Business Services

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

Business Development Executive: Public Sector
Consulting Director

Fujitsu Consulting

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

November 2007 — May 2008 (7 months)
Principal Consultant

Fujitsu Consulting

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 2 months)
Strategy Manager

Department of Infrastructure

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2002 — September 2006 (4 years 6 months)
Service Delivery Manager/Operations Manager

Department of Infrastructure

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2000 — April 2002 (2 years 1 month)
Director Defence Information Systems - Southern Region

Department of Defence

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2000 — March 2000 (3 months)
Assistant Director Defence Information Systems - Southern Region

Department of Defence

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1998 — January 2000 (2 years 1 month)
Assistant Director - Information Technology

Defence Centre - Melbourne

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1994 — 1997 (3 years )

Responsible for IT Operations, Policy, Projects and Developement for Defence Centre - Melbourne and its 1100 clients.
IT Manager Defence Centre - Melbourne

Department of Defence

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1992 — 1994 (2 years )

Establishment and operation managment of of the Defence Centre Melbourne IT Services.
Systems Manager - Personnel Systems

Defence Regional Office (Victoria)

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1988 — 1992 (4 years )

IT Manager and systems administrater leading the IT Team and projects. Awarded an Australia Day Medallion for implementation and project Managment of first Civilian HR System and LAN/WAN.
HR Manager

Defence Regional Office (Victoria)

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

1987 — 1988 (1 year )

HR Management Roles including specialist Commonwealth and Military Compensation.
Various Financial Managment Roles

Defence Regional Office (Victoria)

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

December 1984 — 1987 (3 years )

Various Financial Management roles in support of Defence and Military establishments in Victoria
Human Resources

Ministry of Education (Victoria)

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

March 1984 — December 1984 (10 months)

Various short term appointments in HR including support of Policy Development and Implementation, Fraud Detection, Information Technolgy and small team leadership.
Sales Administration & Distribution

Australis Music

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Music industry)

1983 — 1983 (less than a year)

Part Time work while studying - Musical instrument Wholesale
Wharehouse Supervisor

N.V.Dale Electronics/Cowan Electronics

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

1977 — 1982 (5 years )

Part Time Role while at school - Family Company. Wholesale and retail of Audio/Hi-Fi and related goods.

Brendan Cowan’s Education

University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School

1992 — 1992
Swinburne University of Technology

1983 — 1983
Marcellin College - Bulleen

HSC , 1975 — 1982
ProActive Services

ITIL - SME ,

Additional Information

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Brendan Cowan’s Interests:

Aviation, Photography, Computers, Literature, History, Music (I play Guitars, keyboards and percussion - very badly!)

Brendan Cowan’s Groups:

Friends of the RAAF Museum
Aviation Historical Society of Australia
National Trust of Australia (Victoria)
International Plastic Modellers Society (Australia)
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