Mike Riversdale

Current

Director at WaveAdept.com
Director at MiramarMike.co.nz

Past

Online community wrangler at New Zealand Knowledge Management Network
ScrumMaster / Enterprise 2.0 Mentor at Fronde Systems Group Ltd
Organiser at Agile Barcamp (Wellington)

Knowledge Management Specialist at Christchurch City Council
Business Analyst at Ministry of Health
Knowledge Management Manager at skylight
Senior Pre-Sales Consultant at Business Objects
Senior Analyst/Developer at Department of Corrections
Senior Analyst/Programmer at Department of Corrections
Analyst/Programmer at ETAM plc
Analyst/Programmer at Marley Automotive Components
Development Analyst at St Ivel

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Mike Riversdale’s Summary

Goals:
* Making information available, findable and usable.
* Ensuring communication is relevant, usable and timely.
* Enabling collaboration - talk about the info; online is good but so are whiteboards and sticky notes
* Pointing out to work places that it's all about the people and the technology is only there to support the people (very expensive pen and paper)

Approach:
Web 2.0 - both with the products (they're so darned easy to use) and the feel' (it's sharing the lurv and breaking those boundaries/barriers)

I am an active member of the Agile Alliance as a certified ScrumMaster: http://www.scrumalliance.org/profiles/15783-mike-riversdale

Mike Riversdale’s Specialties:

change management, project management, business analysis, research, setting strategy, making it real, enabling others to see impacts and benefits, counseling,

Mike Riversdale’s Experience

Director

WaveAdept.com

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Director

MiramarMike.co.nz

(Information Services industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Connecting people with people via information
Online community wrangler

New Zealand Knowledge Management Network

(Information Services industry)

June 2008 — January 2009 (8 months)
ScrumMaster / Enterprise 2.0 Mentor

Fronde Systems Group Ltd

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 7 months)

Ensuring the team successfully delivers exactly the outcomes the business wanted with MOSS in regular (4 weekly) iterations. I am also ensuring the buy-in, communication and most importantly change management - I am the "people's poet"
Organiser

Agile Barcamp (Wellington)

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
Knowledge Management Specialist

Christchurch City Council

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

August 2005 — June 2006 (11 months)
Business Analyst

Ministry of Health

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

October 2001 — August 2005 (3 years 11 months)
Knowledge Management Manager

skylight

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Individual & Family Services industry)

May 2002 — June 2005 (3 years 2 months)
Senior Pre-Sales Consultant

Business Objects

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

May 1999 — May 2001 (2 years 1 month)
Senior Analyst/Developer

Department of Corrections

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1996 — 1999 (3 years )
Senior Analyst/Programmer

Department of Corrections

(Government Agency; Law Enforcement industry)

May 1996 — May 1999 (3 years 1 month)
Analyst/Programmer

ETAM plc

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)

1994 — 1996 (2 years )
Analyst/Programmer

Marley Automotive Components

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Automotive industry)

1993 — 1993 (less than a year)
Development Analyst

St Ivel

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

1986 — 1993 (7 years )

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Mike Riversdale’s Interests:

collaboration, online community, agile, web 2.0, enterprise 2,0, knowledge management, project management, business analysis, narrative, storytelling, life online, web 2.0, blog, wiki, micro-content, ia, usability, networks, rugby, reading, music, good beer, friends, family, live theatre, live music, great food