Matthew Jones

Current

• VP Emerging Solutions at Mincom

Past

• Head of Virtual Solutions at AAPT
• Head Of Portal & Channels at AAPT
• Group Product Leader - Voice, Mobile, VOIP & VAS at AAPT

• Product Manager - Billing & Reporting at Singtel Optus
• OSS / BSS Integration Consultant at AMS
• Mobile Number Portability Systems Consultant at Vodafone
• Team Lead – Database Configuration & Design at Singtel Optus
• Senior Billing Analyst at Singtel Optus
• Business Analyst at AAPT

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Education

• University of Tasmania

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Matthew Jones’s Summary

Senior manager and partner to business—expert in driving revenue growth and ROI through business revitalisation programs, product rationalisations, channel optimisation and visionary technology solutions that challenge the status quo, creating a “line of sight” between tomorrow’s business successes and today’s products and processes.

Distinguished as an innovator with a pragmatic business approach where multimillion-dollar projects, cross-cultural negotiations and change management initiatives have revolutionised business operations and rebuilt industry reputations.

Entrepreneurial mindset, coupled with an intuitive and strategic approach to winning support from key stakeholders, has served to fast-track groundbreaking initiatives that generate long-term growth.

Matthew Jones’s Specialties:

Organisational Strategy, Business Transformations, Process Reengineering, Operational Management, Strategic Alliance Building, Marketplace Trend Forecasts, Program Development, Strategic Vision, Thought Leadership, Project Management, Channels and Distribution, Management Consulting, Mergers and Acquisitions, Risk Management, Product Management, Technology Product Development and Rollout, Business Case Development, Contract Negotiations, Change Management, New Market Identification

Matthew Jones’s Experience

• VP Emerging Solutions

  Mincom

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

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

• Head of Virtual Solutions

  AAPT

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TEL; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 6 months)

  Business Development lead for software and services sales into Telecoms and adjacent industries.
  
  Established first Australian Virtual end to end Telco full service operator.

• Head Of Portal & Channels

  AAPT

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2005 — April 2007 (2 years 4 months)

  One of the 4 key business owners on a 2 ½ year, AUS$ xxxMil business transformation program.
  
  Directly managed team of 5 and indirectly program of 150+ resources.
  
  Went on to lead the business development function since launch.

• Group Product Leader - Voice, Mobile, VOIP & VAS

  AAPT

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TEL; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2004 — December 2004 (1 year)

  Head hunted to join AAPT & manage product team of 5.
  
  Servicing business segment worth AUS$ xxxMil, a total of xx% segment contribution to the AUS$ x.xBil Australian business with x.x% market share.
  
  Lead key product programs (generally AUS$ 1–5Mil investment) with 1 – 2 year ROI targets

• Product Manager - Billing & Reporting

  Singtel Optus

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SGT; Telecommunications industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years)

  Lead 2 new billing reporting implementations at circa AUS$ xMil & AUS$ xxMil in development costs, delivering core online reporting capability to Optus Business customer base worth circa AUS$ xxB in annual revenues.

• OSS / BSS Integration Consultant

  AMS

  (Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year)

  OSS/BSS Consultant assigned to a global first program:
  
  “Stand up an end to end microwave broadband carrier’s OSS and BSS platforms in 60 days for circa US$ xxMil in professional services.”
  
  AUS office folded, went on the independent consulting.

• Mobile Number Portability Systems Consultant

  Vodafone

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VOD; Telecommunications industry)

  2001 — 2001 (less than a year)

  Key integration consultant on the Vodafone AUS$ 50Mil Mobile Number Portability program initiated as a result of industry regulation forcing all mobile carriers to implement mobile portability within 12 months.

• Team Lead – Database Configuration & Design

  Singtel Optus

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SGT; Telecommunications industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

  Team leader managing day to day activities of team of 3 analyst / database administrators

• Senior Billing Analyst

  Singtel Optus

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SGT; Telecommunications industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year)

  Analyst resource assigned to major billing programs

• Business Analyst

  AAPT

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TEL; Telecommunications industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year)

  Analyst resource assigned to small acquisition and migration program

Matthew Jones’s Education

• University of Tasmania

  BA , Business , 1994 — 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  TURUFC - Tas Uni Rugby Union Fotty Club