Executive Director at Vocus Group Ltd
Canberra Area, Australia
- Current
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- Executive Chairman at Vocus Group Ltd
- Executive Chairman at OfficeLink+
- Past
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- Chairman at ACIS Pty Ltd
- Electronic Service Delivery Manager at AusAID
- CEO at Third Arm Pty Ltd
- Consultant at Australian Federal Government
- Regional Coordinator at Australian Public Access Network Association (APANA)
- Data Communications Manager at Australia Post - Queensland
- Technical Consultant at Computer Power Group
- Computer Systems Officer at Australian Institute Of Health
- Computer Systems Officer at Department Of Territories
- Education
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- The Australian National University
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Paul McConnell’s Summary
Paul experienced the power of the Internet in the 1980’s – first at University and then in several of his early jobs. Always a strong advocate of the technology, he was well positioned in 1993 to take advantage of Internet commercialisation as the WWW rapidly evolved. Then again in 2004 he was positioned to enjoy the telecommunication shake-up with the emergence of IP Telephony. As a business owner, Paul is proud of the role that he has played in helping establishing the Internet in Australia.
Paul McConnell’s Experience
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Executive Chairman
Vocus Group Ltd
(Internet industry)
April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
As a founding director of Vocus Group Ltd, Mr McConnell chairs the board and oversees financial management.
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Executive Chairman
OfficeLink+
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)
As the founder and owner of OfficeLink+, Paul leads a team of extraordinary talent to provide business grade VoIP and private networks to selected clients within Australia. See http://www.officelink.net.au
Paul purchased ACIS outright in 2003 and renamed it to OfficeLink+ the following year.
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Chairman
ACIS Pty Ltd
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 1995 — December 2004 (9 years 8 months)
As Co-Founder and Chairman, Paul worked with Gavan Murphy (Co-Founder and CEO) to run ACIS on a day to day basis. In addition to this he continued to undertake senior consulting roles as shown next.
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Electronic Service Delivery Manager
AusAID
(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; International Trade and Development industry)
August 2002 — July 2004 (2 years )
In 2002 ACIS was awarded the public tender for the outsourcing of Electronic Service Delivery for the federal government agency, AusAID. Paul was responsible for managing a team of ACIS Internet specialists to deliver all aspects of the agencies electronic services delivery including IT security, web application development, content management and network services.
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CEO
Third Arm Pty Ltd
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 1999 — June 2002 (2 years 8 months)
Paul headed up this DotCom start-up and successfully commercialised GeneralManager bringing it to market in 2000. The GeneralManager product is a hosted consulting services application. Third Arm and GeneralManager were acquired by ACIS Pty Ltd in 2002.
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Consultant
Australian Federal Government
(Internet industry)
April 1993 — November 1999 (6 years 8 months)
Through his own private consulting company and then as a co-founder of ACIS, Paul undertook a number of Consulting positions in Canberra. During this time he provided network and Internet expertise to a number of organisations - most notably in managing the Internet enabling of both the Australian Parliament and the Dept of Health and Family Services as well as rolling out a 25,000 seat intranet for CentreLink.
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Regional Coordinator
Australian Public Access Network Association (APANA)
(Internet industry)
March 1993 — October 1999 (6 years 8 months)
As the Regional Coordinator, Mr McConnell established the ACT's first permanent internet connection. This saw APANA ACT grow to several hundred members and continue strongly for over 7 years.
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Data Communications Manager
Australia Post - Queensland
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 1992 — February 1993 (7 months)
As an independent contractor, Paul was engaged by Australia Post to fill the interim position of Data Communications Manger for Queensland.
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Technical Consultant
Computer Power Group
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 1990 — July 1992 (1 year 10 months)
As an independent contractor, Paul was engaged by CPG as a technical consultant to plan and implement their national data network.
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Computer Systems Officer
Australian Institute Of Health
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Research industry)
August 1988 — February 1990 (1 year 7 months)
Upon leaving the Federal Public Service in 1990, Paul was acting Director of IT for the Institute with full responsibility for all aspects of the Institute’s IT requirements.
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Computer Systems Officer
Department Of Territories
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)
December 1986 — August 1988 (1 year 9 months)
Paul McConnell’s Education
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The Australian National University
BSc , IT and Maths , 1986 — 1990
Additional Information
Paul McConnell’s Groups:
International Christian Chamber of Commerce (ICCC)
National President (2001 - Current)
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Australian IT Channel
