Dave O'Reardon

Current

• Owner & Principal Consultant at Silversix (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Group IT Delivery Manager at Pacific Brands
• Portfolio Manager, Business Intelligence at Accenture
• Team Lead, Business Intelligence at Pacific Brands

• Project Manager at United International Pictures (formerly CIC Video International)

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Education

• Aston University

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company

Dave O'Reardon’s Summary

Dave has 20 years of IT experience in a variety of industry sectors in the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia. He has over 10 years of IT management and leadership experience and has specialised in improving IT performance for the last 5 years.

Dave has a proven track record in improving customer satisfaction, project performance and service reliability and in reducing operational expenses.

The two most common personal traits identified by Dave's clients are his integrity and his ability to deliver results.

Dave is committed to using his experience and knowledge to help his clients improve their IT performance by implementing best practice processes and controls.

Dave O'Reardon’s Specialties:

While Dave has a strong conceptual understanding of best practice frameworks such as ITIL, CobiT, MOF, Val IT, Prince 2 and PMBOK, his value lies in his ability to pragmatically apply such frameworks to fast growing internet-based businesses. In these organisations, where IT performance is critical, Dave can realise his passion to make a real difference.

Dave O'Reardon’s Experience

• Owner & Principal Consultant

  Silversix (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2005 — Present (3 years 5 months)

  Owner of a boutique consultancy that provides advice and hands-on assistance to fast growing internet-based businesses. Silversix helps clients to implement sound IT processes and controls to support their growth and/or prepare for due diligence.

• Group IT Delivery Manager

  Pacific Brands

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; PBB; Apparel & Fashion industry)

  October 2001 — December 2004 (3 years 3 months)

  Reported to CIO, heading a team of 50-60. Responsible for the successful delivery of the I.T project portfolio and provision of application support services across multiple ERP systems. Actively participated in the formation of I.T strategy and overhauled I.T governance structures. Championed numerous performance improvement initiatives. Matured multiple processes within project delivery and service support, positively impacting both staff and customer satisfaction.

• Portfolio Manager, Business Intelligence

  Accenture

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

  August 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 2 months)

  Managed two teams providing Lotus Notes and Business Intelligence application development and support services to multiple clients, including Pacific Brands. Facilitated the introduction of Change and Release Management into the broader IT unit.

• Team Lead, Business Intelligence

  Pacific Brands

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; PBG; Apparel & Fashion industry)

  April 1999 — July 2000 (1 year 4 months)

  Lead a Business Intelligence (BI) application development and support team. Also responsible for BI analysis, design and project management. Designed and delivered Australia’s first real-time Data Warehouse.

• Project Manager

  United International Pictures (formerly CIC Video International)

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Entertainment industry)

  January 1997 — December 1998 (2 years)

  Responsible for management of projects across both PC and mid-range platforms. Managed projects of various sizes, including several with an international scope.

Dave O'Reardon’s Education

• Aston University

  Combined Honours, Computer Science & Psychology, 1987 — 1991

Additional Information

Dave O'Reardon’s Websites:

• My Company

Dave O'Reardon’s Interests:

Business process improvement, organisational change management, coaching, ITIL, CobiT, Six Sigma, cinema, dining out, running, snowboarding

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