About me
More than 10 years of project management in various industries. I started with information technology and engineering, then added an MBA degree and now find myself in Swiss Banking. I am skilled at working in business and technical domains and bridging the gaps between them.
- Location:Switzerland
- Age:39
- Nationality:NZ / US / CH
- Interests:Karate, Cats, Reading
- Study:Victoria University, St Gallen Univeristy
- Employment:A swiss bank
Education
Masters of Business and Administration
Majored in Entrepreneurship and Project Management
Bachelor of Information Technology
Graduated with first class honours, majoring in Computer Systems Engineering
Work
IT Program Manager
IT Program management of apps and other critical software component projects. Successfully on-boarded a new development into the Bank's SDLC process Portfolio construction from SAA to Template
Business Project Manager
Client integration manager for an enterprise platform solution. Agile Product Owner working with JIRA, Confluence and ADO. Facilitating between business project owners, UX, sales and development teams. Providing regular status updates to clients and stakeholders.
Project Manager
Managed an integrated robotic automation project with a budget of €15M. Coordinated between multiple international teams with a total of over 30 employees working in a matrix organization. Reported progress regularly to a Steering Committee and other stakeholders. Introduced Agile processes and methodology to the development teams.
Network Engineer, Service Team Leader
Team leader for the 24/7 Support Service Desk. Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) qualified. Both German and UK clients over telephone and email for voice and network related problems.
Technology Analyst
Project management and technical responsibilities in ICT projects. Brought together subject experts, government and business industry leaders. Technical documentation and editing, website and wikipage development and maintenance, and software development (C++). It also required hardware and software problem diagnosis and resolution as well as network and server administration for a small company.
Computer Programming Tutor
Tutor of java, C++ and MIPS programming languages. Working with students in the computer labs. Clarifying concepts and demonstrating how to complete tasks on the computers in weekly workshops.
Street Vendor
Multiple responsibilities in the food and beverage department including cashier, steward, busser, waiter and back-of-house. This position taught me valuable communication and customer service skills.
Skills
Languages
- English:Native
- German:Advanced - C1 level
- Portuguese:Intermediate
- Japanese:Beginner
My Interests
A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection.
-- Albert Einstein
In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment.
-- Charles Darwin
All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that is was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.
-- T. E. Lawrence
Buy the ticket. Take the ride.
-- Hunter S. Thompson
Above all, try something.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
In the end its not the years in your life that count its the life in your years.
-- Abraham Lincoln
Action expresses priorities
-- Ghandi
It is not daily increase but daily decrease, hack away the unessential.
-- Bruce Lee
Every day is a new life to a wise man.
-- Dale Carnegie
Get in touch.
Email works.
- Location
- Basel, Switzerland