
Aligning business and IT strategy, and leveraging IT innovation
Adelaide Area, Australia

Aligning business and IT strategy, and leveraging IT innovation
Adelaide Area, Australia
GOALS:
I want to use my strategic skills to help implement innovations in information technology that support business strategy. My strengths are in the areas where a business differentiates itself from others and creates competitive advantage.
To establish an IT architecture that makes it easier to integrate and aggregate information from different sources, to create flexible, composite applications to support competitive business processes.
To establish an organisational structure that helps businesses operate their technology effectively, and helps them leverage information to create new business opportunities.
ATTRIBUTES:
Considerable experience in the application of information and communication technology to business objectives. My background is in software development, procurement and implementation, management of a team of professionals and adoption of technology.
Education and interests in marketing and finance, member of the Australian Institute of Management and Certified Professional Manager.
Business and IT strategy and alignment, leveraging IT innovation, management of professionals, software project management, negotiation with IT suppliers, liaison with external business partners, agile development, software design
(Wine and Spirits industry)
March 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Finding and developing new ideas from IT that have a strong business benefit, managing a pipeline of potential projects, pilot and production implementations.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Wine and Spirits industry)
May 1992 — March 2007 (14 years 11 months)
Management of software developers; project management for aquisition/development/implementation of business software.
Achievements:
R & D project with CSIRO resulting in significant improvements to grape intake planning
Development of automated workflow system and web services
Implementation of web portal technology and integration
Evaluation of winery and laboratory management systems
Implementation of radio frequency barcode scanning warehouse systems
Implementation of automated grape intake system
Business-to-business (B2B) Web-based systems & EDI with suppliers and customers
Design and initial module development for Production Planning system
Y2K remediation and rollover
GST Implementation
Analysis of user requirements for Financial Management system
Evaluation, selection and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) package
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Automotive industry)
May 1982 — May 1992 (10 years 1 month)
Analysing business process requirements and information needs, specifying functional requirements for new or enhanced information systems.
Planning and management of development projects.
Supporting business objectives by identifying appropriate information strategies, and integrating business and information systems to improve company performance.
Achievements:
Implementation department structure emphasising a customer-driven approach to meeting information requirements
Development of management reporting, using chargeback approach and project management software
Installation of national POS retail and wholesale system for tyre retailing, including data conversion and system cut-over
Installation of international ordering via EDI with overseas parent company
Specification and implementation of Electronic Time and Attendance system with payroll interface
Successful pilot implementation of Automotive industry Electronic Data Interchange
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Insurance industry)
January 1981 — April 1982 (1 year 4 months)
Direct sales of life and income protection insurance, and superannuation products
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Restaurants industry)
October 1976 — December 1981 (5 years 3 months)
Restaurant management, staffing and rostering, inventory control
Graduate Certificate of Management, Professional Management Program, 2005 — 2007
Graduate Diploma, Applied Finance & Investment, January 1995 — November 1997
BBUS, Marketing, February 1987 — November 1993
family and friends, business and management practice, information and communications technology, work-life balance, marketing and business development, working with smart people, blogging, (http://aqualung.typepad.com), volleyball, music
Australian Institute of Management, AIMM, CPMgr, Austral Volleyball Club, www.australvolleyball.org.au