Michael Specht

Current

HR Technology & Enterprise 2.0 Consultant at Inspecht Pty Ltd

Past

Senior Project Manager Corporate Services Solutions at Nortel
Service Delivery Prime at Nortel
Business Consultant/Organisational Change Management at BHP Billiton

Business Solutions Manager People Systems at WMC Resources
Senior Consultant at EmployeeConnect
SAP Development Manager at Nortel Networks
HR Systems Manager at Nortel Networks
Business Analyst at Nortel

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Education

Deakin University

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Michael Specht’s Summary

Michael Specht has been involved in the technology industry for over 20 years specialising in the impact that technology has on management practices and organisation.

He currently leads an HR technology consulting business, Inspecht looking at how social media can be used by organisations to not just enhance their business but actually attract the best people to work for them and also deliver on shareholder value.

Previously he has worked in a multitude of roles ranging from software development to project management both in Australia and overseas. He is a regular speaker on HR technology for the Australian Human Resource Institute and has been convener in their HR Technology Special Interest Group.

His blog which discusses HR and recruitment has over 5,000 unique readers every month and one of the top 50 in the world covering HR and Recruitment.

Michael Specht’s Specialties:

Social Media, HR Systems, Project Management, Change Management, SAP, Recruiting, Human Resources

Michael Specht’s Experience

HR Technology & Enterprise 2.0 Consultant

Inspecht Pty Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Inspecht offers a range of services around the implementation of workforce facing technologies specialising in HR/Payroll and Social Media. Services offered to clients including HR Technology Strategy Development, Project Management (PRINCE2), System Selection, HR Process Definition and Change Management. Inspecht also provides services around project initiation and ongoing project health checks.
Senior Project Manager Corporate Services Solutions

Nortel

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

December 2007 — June 2008 (7 months)

Project Management of solutions supporting the development, introduction, evolution and management of solutions for the Corporate Services functions (Finance, HR, Knowledge Services, Compliance, Legal, RE, IT, Quality)
Service Delivery Prime

Nortel

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

May 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 8 months)

Providing the critical IT interface into the Nortel Melbourne organisation to ensure IT needs are understood, agreed and implemented to meet external customer and business requirements. Also ensuring that the customer and business groups understand and appropriately adopt the wide range of IT services and solutions available.
Business Consultant/Organisational Change Management

BHP Billiton

(Public Company; BHP; Mining & Metals industry)

July 2005 — April 2006 (10 months)

Developed the project change management plan to ensure successful stakeholder engagement during the SAP Replacement program (HR/Payroll/Finance/Supply/Plant Maintenance). The change plan covered execution of change impact assessments, development of learning needs, SAP role development, business process change analysis, program communications, and facilitation of project realisation kick off workshops. Established stakeholder engagement processes and communication methods for execution throughout the project. Directed local site based change consultants on plan implementation.
Due to previous SAP cut over experience I led the project cut over war room during both system cut over's. Coordinating communication across 9 different mine sites for 150 project resources.
Business Solutions Manager People Systems

WMC Resources

(Public Company; Mining & Metals industry)

January 2005 — June 2005 (6 months)

Development of a corporate wide People Systems Strategy to align with to IT and HR objectives and broader WMC goals. The strategy required the establishment of an Executive Steering Committee, membership included IT, HR, EHS and Corporate Security, to provide executive oversight and direction for the program. The strategy covered a full migration of legacy applications to SAP over the next 2 to 3 years including high level scope, costing and resource requirements.
This role was limited in duration due to the take over of WMC by BHP Billiton.
Senior Consultant

EmployeeConnect

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

December 2000 — January 2005 (4 years 2 months)

Overall product strategy and management for the development of EmployeeConnect’s HR product. The product provided an “employee-centric” approach to typical HR processes within an organisation, while including the traditional HRMS function the workflow engine supported comprehensive employee and manager self service functions (ESS & MSS). Provided industry knowledge for the development product marketing, go to market strategies, including presentations to key partners and industry analysts such as Gartner. Executed all major tender responses and pre sales support for major corporate sales prospects.
Consulting and project management to major clients (such as SingTel Optus, BHP Bilition, AGL, Lion Nathan, and NSW Department of Corrective Services) through the implementation life cycle, including design, implementation and benefit realisation.
SAP Development Manager

Nortel Networks

(Public Company; NT; Telecommunications industry)

October 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 3 months)

Part of the management team for the Global SAP Project assigned to Nortel Networks head office in Canada. Managed the team (15 people) responsible for all data conversion, interfaces and customisations to support deployment of SAP, the new HR Data warehouse, and ESS applications using SAP and ACTA ETL tools. Provided development team interface with implementation partners Accenture and PwC. Recommended and implemented development standards and associated interface architecture to support the SAP implementation and associated data warehouse.
I managed the final deployment of SAP in to Asia Pacific covering 5,000 employees in 5 countries. Developed the deployment plan covering user testing, change management, training, process implementation, data conversion, system decommissioning and cut over. Assisting with the transition of people, processes and technology for HR systems within Asia to PwC.
HR Systems Manager

Nortel Networks

(Public Company; NT; Telecommunications industry)

May 1997 — October 1999 (2 years 6 months)

Management and development of the HR Systems strategy across Asia, to align with regional HR strategy and overall corporate direction.
Managed the annual operating budget, team of seven staff across three countries. Led HR systems program for Asia ensuring all projects were completed in accordance with the Nortel Network project management methodology.
Asia Pacific Technical/Process lead for Nortel’s SAP HR Blue Print process.
Business Analyst

Nortel

(Public Company; NT; Telecommunications industry)

April 1993 — May 1997 (4 years 2 months)

Project management for the deployment of corporate HR systems into Asia Pacific. Analysis of HR processes to enable closure of HR Service Centre. Asia Pacific representative for HR Systems Roadmap to ensure alignment with regional and corporate HR strategy.

IT support for the Asia Pacific HR Service Centre, specifically, desktop, network, call centre phone system, email and corporate applications. Consolidation of the HR core system, deployment of corporate reporting tools, data standards and call centre case management tools. Asia Pacific representative for HR Systems within Nortel Networks.