Senior Solutions Architect at Woodside Energy
Perth Area, Australia
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- Senior Solutions Architect at Woodside Energy
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- Consulting Manager - Microsoft Service Offering Lead at Ajilon Consulting
- Director, Technology Services at BLUE Interactive Marketing
- Director, Enterprise E-Solutions at e1design.com
- Senior Analyst at DMR Consulting Group
- Education
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- University of Notre Dame Australia
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Paul Prout’s Summary
Paul Prout is a university qualified IT professional who is highly regarded in the technology sector and has a wealth of experience in a broad range of areas, particularly within the areas of technology leadership and architecting solutions.
Paul has worked closely with global clients such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard, Oracle, SAP and many financial, and aeronautical sector clients, and he ensures that leading-edge solutions are implemented to suit their requirements.
His dynamic approach allows him to take a holistic view of disparate technology and pull together cutting edge solutions which increase internal responsiveness, improve measurability and enhance team efficiencies; effectively augmenting profitability and quality for those that he works with.
Paul’s continued relationship with technology over the past twenty-two years has seen him provide solutions in several leading-edge areas. Together with more than a decade directly involved in development of web enabled systems, he consults with clients as an e-development and solutions partner.
Paul has a strong development background and a solid understanding and passion of working within a controlled process. He is very meticulous and structured, able to handle multiple projects consecutively, making him an ideal fit within your organisation.
Paul Prout’s Specialties:
+ Responsible, flexible and results-oriented, with good leadership qualities and inter personal skills
+ Consistent management style with ability to interpret ideas into business strategy
+ Rich experience in technology architecture and design of complex projects
+ Demonstrated ability to architect and oversee implementation of complex technology-based projects
+ Strong focus on building flexible teams and streamlining processes to achieve higher productivity
Paul Prout’s Experience
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Senior Solutions Architect
Woodside Energy
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Paul has worked with Woodside in varying capacities over the last eight years, performing an arguably critical role within the organisation.
Paul works to define and manage the strategies and architecture of solutions that are implemented across the enterprise. Specifically, he identifies and pilots new technology and recognises opportunities within the organisation to deliver cutting edge solutions that maximise return on investment.
Most recently Paul has architected and overseen the development and implementation of an identity management solution. Critical business systems are now connected, with information traversing the application landscape in realtime.
Paul's reach across the organisation sees him managing many application technology portfolios, their commissioning, governance and support. He is highly respected throughout the organisation and is a key decision maker; driving strategic opportunities which make Woodside a leading player in the oil and gas sector. -
Consulting Manager - Microsoft Service Offering Lead
Ajilon Consulting
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2006 — June 2007 (10 months)
Paul worked within the Solutions Group for Ajilon which offers end-to-end, Management Consulting, Solutions Delivery and Information Technology services. He was the National Service Offering Lead within the Microsoft space and extended Ajilon's capabilities as a Centre of Excellence.
Paul modelled the strategic direction of Ajilon offerings within the Microsoft space, and ensured that clients maximised value from his broad-based exposure over his 20 years of IT experience. He lead a team of 20, ranging from Developers to Enterprise Architects and contributed to significant client partnerships, dealing with CIO and CTO-level business contacts.
Paul translated intent into strategic operations and initiatives, and was able to use his skills to focus in on detail and key aspects, knowing what to react to and when. He managed delivery risk during the implementation of the service offering by driving results through business processes using agreed measurement methods and benchmarks. -
Director, Technology Services
BLUE Interactive Marketing
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 3 months)
Paul joined BLUE specifically to improve its technical marketability and position within the marketplace. Working directly with global clients at the CTO-level, he architected and delivered cutting-edge solutions that generated increased revenue, reduced cost and saved time.
Paul set the strategic technical direction at BLUE and oversaw the operations of the production teams. Reporting to him were the Applications Development, Infrastructure, and Content Management teams, and he was seen as their coach, mentor, disciplinarian and coordinator; bridging the gap between the project and engagement teams, consultants and clients.
He is results-driven and whilst at BLUE, increased internal responsiveness, improved measurability and enhanced team efficiencies; effectively augmenting profitability and quality. Paul signed off and took personal responsibility for the quality of all technology deliverables produced by BLUE by ensuring high team member utilisation and efficiency. -
Director, Enterprise E-Solutions
e1design.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2001 — June 2005 (4 years)
Paul worked with various clients in the field of systems and data analysis, project management, team leadership and web-based applications development. His client base consisted of various Australian Federal, State and Local government departments, MNC’s and large private sector clients. His most recent project in this role was the design and delivery of a complex financial system based on Microsoft technology for the Australian National Native Title Tribunal.
He has delivered high-end management and technical reports such as security audits, server architecture, prototype and functional design specifications to facilitate significant infrastructure changes to core business systems.
Paul’s experience encompasses significant knowledge in numerous Microsoft technologies including .NET, ASP, VBScript and SQL Server. His systems have been deployed to many audiences ranging from a few users to many thousands. -
Senior Analyst
DMR Consulting Group
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 7 months)
Paul joined DMR as a Senior Analyst within the Web Solutions Team and worked with ASP and the Microsoft .NET Framework.
He completed projects with Woodside Offshore Petroleum where he utilised his skills as Lead Developer in creating intranet-based applications, also undertaking a complete redesign of the intranet architecture, together with developing a methodology for the Intranet Directions project.
Paul also worked extensively for Rio Tinto as Team Leader on an enterprise-level knowledge management project, leading the development of the Microsoft-based application from the ground up which was rolled out to 30,000 users worldwide. Paul was a key person involved with the technical architecture and design of the application, including extensive involvement with project management, requirements capture and systems analysis.
Paul Prout’s Education
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University of Notre Dame Australia
Masters , E-Commerce , 2003 — 2005
Additional Information
Paul Prout’s Interests:
cryptography, white hat activities, internet, performance cars, kite flying, xbox, gadgets
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