James Butler [LION]

Current
  • ICT Project Manager at St John
Past
  • Project Manager at ASB
  • Senior Analyst Programmer at ASB Technology Solutions
  • Manpower Planning Software Engineer at NZ Navy
  • Admin Officer Recruiting at NZ Navy
  • Emmigrated to NZ from UK at n/r (Self-employed)
Education
  • The University of Glamorgan
  • St Lawrence College
Connections
500+ connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

James Butler [LION]’s Summary

Project Managers' need to be credible, by professional accreditation you can instill confidence and by keeping your eyes and ears open to latest tools and techniques you can glean valuable business knowledge and that competitive edge. My outlook is one of constant evolution and hence standing still is not an option.

Project Management is 9/10's communication, and as such a network of like minded individuals is a prime tool to absorb knowledge and spread the word.
My main aim is to glean further knowledge of AGILE / PRINCE / PMI methodologies so that I can use the most appropriate toolsets over future projects to reach even further successful outcomes.

My motto is “Enabling projects to successful fruition” and this is achieved through hard work, careful research and an empathetic ability to listen

James Butler [LION]’s Specialties:

LION 1450 connections> feel free to connect with me samejreltub@gmail.com 1 of 7 NZ LIONS). Experience in: Financial Sector, Charity Sector, 360 Leadership, GTD, Strategic Thinking, Quadrant 2 Organising, Conflict Resolution, Team Building. Being a LION enables me to assist others and being a LION Maven I relish spreading tips & techniques to take LI Open Networking (LION) to the next level! (hence my TopLinked.com membership)


James Butler [LION]’s Experience

  • ICT Project Manager

    St John

    (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    May 2007Present (1 year 3 months)

    Currently setting up a national PMO framework within the Information Communications & Technology (ICT) area of St John (Policy & Procedures / Process Maps / Project Scorecarding) and overseeing a number of projects relating to Infrastructure & Application Development.

  • Project Manager

    ASB

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2005May 2007 (2 years 5 months)

    Responsibilities:
    • 2005 – Project Managed ASB Workstation releases (*3) deploying phased software releases to 3000+ workstations and 800+ servers. Liaised with Project PM's who had their applications teed up in the respective releases. Escalated problems to respective Solution Managers and improved process through the 3 iterations.
    • March 2006 to Oct 2006: Oversaw the rewrite of the Banks' Online Registration System.
    • October 2005 to present: looking after three ASB Investment infrastructure projects, liaising across group businesses.

  • Senior Analyst Programmer

    ASB Technology Solutions

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 1999July 2005 (5 years 10 months)

    Oversee the deployment of Internal Web Solution Projects.
    Provide Architectural advice in relation to the Bank’s internal web servers.
    Webmaster for Bank’s Intranets & subsidiary applications
    Liaise with third party vendors in relation to Web application deployment on Intranet Servers; front end design, Infrastructure & component utilisation, bundling / release process.
    Develop exhilarating Websites, utilising; ASP, HTML, XML, VBScript, JavaScript.

  • Manpower Planning Software Engineer

    NZ Navy

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

    June 1998December 1999 (1 year 7 months)

    • One of a team of two personnel trained in Allaires‘ COLD FUSION and tasked to administer and develop new business processes on the Navy’s Intranet
    • Assisted in the development and maintenance of the PERSEUS database (a system devised in house, from an initial design from the RAN, this database stores Personnel data and uses complex VBA routines to slice and dice data. This was then used to extrapolate data into the future and therefore assess what would happen up to 10/15yrs in the future as a result of certain decisions)

  • Admin Officer Recruiting

    NZ Navy

    (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

    October 1995June 1998 (2 years 9 months)

    • Answer inquiries on RNZN recruiting matters.
    • Oversee the processing of Direct Entry Officer applications.
    • Prepare all accounts for the Recruiting HQ and budget preparation for the next financial year.
    • Act as Naval liaison between the Navy and their respective Advertising Agency at campaign times.
    • Provide training on recruiting systems for all recruiting personnel.

  • Emmigrated to NZ from UK

    n/r (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Philanthropy industry)

    July 1995July 1995 (1 month)

    Moved down under for a better lifestyle


James Butler [LION]’s Education

  • The University of Glamorgan

    Higher National Diploma, Business & Finance, 19921994

    13 Distinctions, 3 Merits over 2 years.

  • St Lawrence College

    19801984


Additional Information

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James Butler [LION]’s Interests:

Hiking, Change Management, Project Management: (PMI / AGILE / Prince2), Listening to Podcasts, Tropical Fish keeping, New Technology (Twitter / Facebook / DIGG / De.lic.ious / Google Reader etc)

James Butler [LION]’s Groups:

Project Management Institute (PMI), LinkedIn Open Networker (LION), MPA Member (NZ Chapter), TopLinked.com, Wright Hand Power Forum member, Fellow groupie of the Connections Show

  •    PM Lessons Learned member
  •    LIONs "LI Open Networkers" member
  •    Facebook.com member
  •    Plaxo.com member
  •    SKYPE user member
  •    Internet Technology Hub member
  •    TopLinked.com member
  •    Success Networking member
  •    Leading International Open Networkers (LION) member
  •    Open Networker member
  •    The Project Management Podcast member
  •    Kiwi Scrum member

James Butler [LION]’s Honors:

Nov 07 - Led a group of Movember'ites to raise $800 for Prostate Cancer
May 07 - Completed a St John 2 day "Work Place First Aid" (WPFA) course


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