cv simon fleming summary
- 1. PERSONAL DETAILS Name: Simon Fleming Race: White (Caucasian) Telephone: +61 (0)415951379 (Australia) or +1 3102207379 (USA) Email: swf@flemingsaad.com.au Interests: Reading, Flying small aircraft, Computers, Sport, Meditation and Spending time with family. CAREER SUMMARY, COMPETENCIES and OBJECTIVE 20+ Years Managing, Consulting, Implementing, Migrating, Developing and Training Information Solutions across a variety of Commercial and Government environments; with a total commitment to Customer Service (the first 10+ years as a certified IT Engineer). Previous Roles involved strong; Project Management, Operational Management, Client Liaison, People Management/Supervision and Business ROI activities. My approachable and collaborative management style provides effective stakeholder and relationship management; synergy of cross functional teams; continuous improvement and 100% success rate in project delivery throughout all segments of the IT Lifecycle and its triple constraints. Currently seeking a challenging opportunity driving IT initiatives and strategies through effective client interaction; proactive project management and decisive leadership. My previous 10+ years technical experience; including data center migrations, transformation programs, solution design and application development will ensure excellence is provided at all stages of project delivery while achieving business objectives, milestones and deliverables. DATE ROLE COMPANY Mar 15 – Current Snr Project/Program Manager – Government Sector (Sydney) Northern Territory Government (DCS - Data Centre Services) Nov 14 – Mar 15 Snr Project Manager (Lead) – Banking Industry Hewlett Packard (HP) Jul 14 – Nov 14 Project Manager – Healthcare Industry Sidra Medical and Research Centre and Dell Inc. Jul 13 – Jun 14 Infrastructure Project Manager – Banking, Healthcare and Airline Industries DatumIT – various Client Facing Customers in the USA and Australia Sep 11 – Jul 13 Project Manager – Banking Industry; Infrastructure, Security, Midrange, VMWare and Mainframe IBM Limited (Westpac Bank) Aug 09 – Sep 11 Project/Operations Manager – Education Industry Henan University of Science and Technology - China Nov 07 – Jul 09 Snr Project Manager - Government Sector ASIC - Australian Securities Investment Commission Jan 07 – Nov 07 Project Manager – Banking Industry Gen-I Australia (Commonwealth Bank of Australia) Dec 04 – Dec 06 IT Manager and Business Services Manager - Government Sector Rockdale City Council Aug 04 – Nov 04 IT Consultant – Government Sector IBM Limited (3mth Contract) 2003 – 2004 IT Manager – Legal Industry Colin Biggers and Paisley Lawyers 1998 – 2003 Network Manager – Defence Industry Royal Australian Navy (CSC Australia) 1998 – 1998 MIMS Consultant – Power and Gas Industries AMT-Sybex Ltd - Stevenage, United Kingdom 1996 – 1998 Logistics Management System Coordinator – Defence Industry Australian Defence Industries Limited (ADI Limited) 1995 – 1996 Information Technologist – Mining Industry BHP Information Technology 1992 – 1995 Teacher and Application Developer – Education Industry Hunter Institute of Technology (TAFE) 1988 – 1995 Programmer and Computer Support Officer – Various Industries DataBank Accounting and Administration. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CV – Simon Fleming 1
- 2. PROJECT RELATED ACTIVITIES – INFRASTRUCTURE and APPLICATION DATE ROLE and COMPANY PROJECT DEPLOYMENT, CONSOLIDATION and RE- LOCATION ACTIVITIES Mar 15 – Current Snr Project/Program Manager – Project Portfolio and Business Strategy/Management Execution. Employer: Northern Territory Government (Data Centre Services) Developed and Commissioned DCS’ PMO and Project Framework; Managed DCS’ Project Portfolio across a Multi/Cross-Platform environment including; Cloud, Infrastructure, Midrange, Mainframe and Application Development. Application Development • Managed multiple Application Development and System Upgrade Projects to NTG’s ePASS Identity Management System (IMS). Applications/COTS • Migrated NTG’s 3 Tier DELTA System (Training Administration System) from its legacy location to DCS’ Datacentre. • Commissioned NTGs SCCM Server Environment. • Migrated and Commissioned NTG’s 17 Test and 32 x Production TRIM Datasets/Databases from an Oracle to Microsoft SQL environment; including all infrastructure deployment requirements. • PoC and Production Migration of NTG’s Police and Fire System (PFES); Legacy to refreshed/upgraded Environment. Infrastructure • Managed the Selection and Replacement of NTG’s Legacy Flight-deck and Monitoring System (Xymon) to VMWare’s vROps Solution. • Managed the Development and Deployment of NTGs Off- Premise and Hybrid Cloud Environment (AWS, vCloud Air and Azure). • Managed the Deployment and Migration of NTG’s SharePoint Platform from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013. (SharePoint 2016 migration activities currently underway). • Managed the Migration of NTG’s Legacy Datacentre to its replacement Datacentre (including infrastructure, midrange, mainframe, application development, middleware and agency hosted Environments). Program Management • Corporate Strategic Planning and Reporting. • Commissioned DCS’ PMO and Project Management Framework. • Developed and Managed DCS’ Multi Agency Project Portfolio; including program/project management from business requirements through execution to closure (including budget and SOW definition). • Managed Cross-platform Business and Technical teams; including requirements capture, design activities, application development, migration activities, testing and deployment. Nov 14 – Mar 15 Snr Project Manager (Lead) – SharePoint 2007/2013, Application Development, Infrastructure. Employer: Hewlett Packard (HP) (Commonwealth Bank of Australia). Managed multi-disciplinary Project Managers and Technical Teams to Migrate and Remediate 1400 SharePoint Team Sites from SharePoint 2007 to a SharePoint 2013 environment. Application Development • Managed the Requirements Capture, Design, Development, Testing and Integration and Deployment of Custom SharePoint Applications (using both Waterfall and Agile Methodologies). • Managed the Requirements Capture, Design, Development, Testing and Deployment of SharePoint 2013 Site Templates. Applications/COTS • Managed the Creation of a SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013 Site Migration Plan (business and sites). Including detailed site discovery audits and remediation plan for deprecated functions. • Managed the execution of the Site Migration Plan to Migrate _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CV – Simon Fleming 2
- 3. 1400 Team Sites from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013. • Managed the deployment of a 3 tier 2013 SharePoint Solution. Infrastructure • Managed the deployment of a 3 tier 2013 SharePoint Solution; including: activation and Integration of Layer 1, 2, 3, F5 and Security. Jul 14 – Nov 14 Project Manager – Infrastructure, Data Centre, Security, VMWare, Citrix, SCCM, VDI (Windows 7). Employer: Sidra Medical and Research Centre and Dell Inc (Doha Qatar). Managed multi-disciplinary Technical Teams and Healthcare Business Units. Infrastructure • Data Centre and Hospital Activation, Relocation and Integration Activities, including; AD, Corporate Applications, WAN links, Layer 1, 2, 3, F5 and Security. • Creation and Deployment of Multiple SCCM Server Environments/Locations. • Creation and Deployment of Windows 7 Thick/Thin Image and Packaged Applications (via SCCM). • Creation of VMWare/Citrix VDI Desktop Solution integrated with SCCM OS Image for Multiple Business Streams (vmware hypervisor, citrix xenapp and citrix xendesktop). • Creation and Deployment of Healthcare SSO/Security Access System, including; Imprivata, IMAG, SSO, AD, Cloverleaf, Processes and Application Integration. • Multi Building/Floor Office Relocation and Integration - 500+ users across multiple business streams. Jul 13 – Jan 14 Project Manager – Infrastructure, VMWare and EMC Storage. Employer: DatumIT. Managed multi-disciplinary teams in delivering IT/IS projects; leveraging and aligning with Prince 2, PMBok and Agile Project Methodologies to ensure successful project delivery within the triple constraints. Focussing on; Developing PMPs, managing project risk, resolving delivery issues, delivering to scope, budget and schedule management whilst realising client requirements and expectations. Infrastructure • Consolidation and Migration of virtual and physical Wintel and Linux/Unix Servers from Legacy Data centres to a high availability Data Centres. • Consolidation and Migration of Storage fabrics from Legacy Data centres to new Data Centres. • Migration of Layer 2 and 3 Networking appliances (Virtual and Physical) from Legacy Data centres to new Data Centres. • Executed Network Enablement Activities (layer 1 and appliance reconfigurations) as a prerequisite to executing Server, Storage and Application relocations. Applications/COTS • Migrated, Retooled and Managed Application teams to enable/ensure relocated Applications remain operational with high availability remaining intact. Sep 11 – Jul 13 Project Manager – Infrastructure, Security, Midrange, VMWare and Mainframe. Employer: IBM Limited (Westpac Bank). Managed multi-disciplinary teams in delivering IT/IS projects; leveraging and aligning with Prince 2, PMBok and Agile Project Methodologies to ensure successful project delivery within the triple constraints. Focussing on; Developing PMPs, managing project risk, resolving delivery issues, delivering to scope, budget and schedule management whilst realising client requirements and expectations. Infrastructure • Consolidation and Migration of x-Series Servers (VMWare ESX) including 170 x Virtual Servers from Legacy Sites to New Location. • Migration of 1 x Bank Mainframe and TerraData and associated LPARS from Legacy Sites to New Location. • Enablement of Westpac’s 2 Tier EPS (Enterprise Perimeter Security) Solution into its 3 Tier EPS architecture (including Netscaler, F5, Cisco and Juniper; both physical/virtual). • Network and Infrastructure Enablement for Westpac Bank’s Primary and DR Sites (Ryde and Western Sydney). • Migrated DNS and DHCP Settings/Services on 3400 Westpac Servers. Applications/COTS • Manage the Deployment of Server Monitoring tools throughout Westpac’s Linux and Unix Server Fleet. • Manage the Deployment of Tivoli OMNIbus / PingProbe Server Monitoring tools throughout Westpac’s Linux and Unix Server Fleet. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CV – Simon Fleming 3
- 4. • Manage the Development and Deployment of a suite of Reporting Requirements for the Westpac Bank across a cross functional/platform environment. Aug 09 – Sep 11 Project/Operations Manager. Employer: Henan University of Science and Technology. Manage and execute the: operational strategy, capacity/budgetary planning and management of the day-to-day operations of the Operation and Helpdesk departments. Managed a Staff of 22 across 5 x University Campus’. Infrastructure • Executed User and Inter-site Office Relocations; Including data, voice, infrastructure (layer 1, 2 and 3). These activities were done on a regular basis as part of the standard Operational SLAs. • Developed, Upgraded and Rolled-Out the SOE from XP to Windows 7. • General Capacity Planning and SLA execution. • University Lecturer in English and Business to Year 1 and 2 Students. Nov 07 – Jul 09 Snr Project Manager. Employer: ASIC - Australian Securities Investment Commission. Lead multi-disciplinary teams in delivering IT/IS projects focussing on; Developing PMPs, managing project risk, resolving delivery issues, delivering to scope, budget and schedule management whilst realising client requirements and expectations. Infrastructure • Executed Audits, Design, Remediation, Construction and Relocation of 14 x Commercial Data Centres and Offices throughout Australia. • Collaborated, Relocated and Implemented a commercial storage solution throughout ASIC’s storage fabric. • General DC Capacity Planning and SLA execution. Jan 07 – Nov 07 Project Manager. Employer: Gen-I Australia (Commonwealth Bank of Australia). Lead multi-disciplinary teams in delivering IT/IS projects focussing on; Developing PMPs, managing project risk, resolving delivery issues, delivering to scope, budget and schedule management whilst realising client requirements and expectations. Infrastructure • Deployed and Relocated voice, data and application servers for CBA’s IVR Development, Test and Production Environments in 3 x Telco Exchanges and 6 x Local CBA Call Centres throughout Australia (including Wintel, Sun, media gateways, E1s, S7, EWSD, IN, PBX and Symposium implementations). • Executed Office Relocations between Floors and Buildings; Including data, voice, infrastructure (layer 1, 2 and 3) and Server Rooms. • Manage and facilitate the cutover of 900 CBA voice services and the Implementation of 1600 agent IVR applications. Dec 04 – Dec 06 IT and Business Services Manager. Employer: Rockdale City Council. My tenure at Rockdale City Council was a 2 Year contract. I was engaged initially as the IT Manager. However, in May 2006 I was offered the position of Business Services Manager. IT Manager (Role 1) Managed 3 Workteams (Operations, System Development and Helpdesk) for 350 Users with a Staff of 8 managing a 2.6m budget. Business Services Manager (Role 2) Managed 7 Departments (60 Staff) managing an $8m budget. Portfolio included; Finance, Business Development Measurement (BDM), Infrastructure • Deployed infrastructure and application configuration for Enterprise One v8.11 ERP software. • Deployed infrastructure and application configuration for DomDoc EDMS software. • Installation, Migration andRelocationofthe Corporate VMWare and SANfabric environment. • Developed, Upgraded and Rolled-Out the Corporate SOE. • Refresh and deployment of Corporate Servers, Laptops and PC suite. • Deployment and Refresh of Xerox Printers throughout a Government Department/Council (including Branches). • Deployed infrastructure and application configuration for Altiris Helpdesk solution. • Deployed infrastructure and application configuration for Spydus 8.x Library System. • Deployed AEP Netilla Remote SSL/VPN appliance for Remote Access. • Implementation ofa Weband email securitysolutionandInfrastructure (SurfControl). • Executed User, Inter-site and Branch Office Relocations; _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CV – Simon Fleming 4
- 5. Supply, Information Technology (IT), Information Systems (IS), Business Applications and Document Management. Including data, voice, infrastructure (layer 1, 2 and 3). These activities were done on a regular basis as part of the standard Operational SLAs. Applications/COTS • Implementation of a EDMS solution (DomDoc). • Implementation a Websphere Portal environment. • Manage the development and deployment of various ASP and JSP Applications (surfaced through a websphere portal). • Application development of a Government LIS System (Pathway 2.x). • Application development of a Government GIS System (ESRI). • Implementation of a commercial Helpdesk system (Altiris). • Implementation of a Government Library System (Spydus 8.x). • Evaluation and design of a VOIP solution (IPFX). • Application software and Active Directory (AD) single sign-in integration via LDAP. Aug 04 – Nov 04 IT Consultant. Employer: IBM Limited Consulted to Rockdale City Council before being engaged fulltime (see above) Refer to Rockdale City Council Activities listed above. 2003 – 2004 IT Manager. Employer: Colin Biggers and Paisley Lawyers. Managed 3 Workteams (Operations, System Development and Helpdesk) for 200 Users with a Staff of 6 managing a 1m budget. Infrastructure • Upgraded, Implemented andMigrated aCorporate Hardware/Software Cluster andSANfabric solution. • Executed Data andExchange (mail) migration toa newlydeployed SAN/NAS solution; • Server Cluster upgrade anddata migration from Windows 2000to Windows 2003(Domain controllers and Exchange). • Executed Network Securityupgrade; incorporating IPSec, Radius server, Firebox firewall and VPNenvironment. • Implementation ofa Weband email securitysolutionandInfrastructure (SurfControl). • Implementation andmigration ofa corporate database anddata (SQL 2000). • Executed Office Relocation between Floors and Buildings; Including data, voice, infrastructure (layer 1, 2 and 3) and Server Rooms. Applications/COTS • Web Server Cluster installation; • Implementation ofa Load balanced FTP andIIS solution; • Development andImplementation ofa corporate Intranet portal; • Implementation ofa SmartPhoneintoExchange 2003solution; • Implementation ofa Weband email securitysolution(SurfControl); • Implementation ofa “Legal” Digital DictationandSpeech Recognition solution; • Implementation andmigration ofa corporate database anddata (SQL 2000); • Implementation ofa Payroll andHR system (PayGlobal); 1998 – 2003 Network Manager. Employer: CSC Australia - Royal Australian Navy. Infrastructure • Greenfield Site - Designed and Implementation ofa Royal Australian Navy(RAN)Computer/Network Solution; Including Active Directory, _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CV – Simon Fleming 5
- 6. Managed 3 Workteams (Operations, System Development and Helpdesk) for 180 Users with a Staff of 7. Role included executing Network, OS (Wintel and Novell) and Cisco LAN/WAN Administrator/Developer activities for the Australian Navy. Project Leader of the MineHunter Asset Management Planning System (AMPS). Providing System Support and administration to the Royal Australian Navy’s 6 x Minehunter ships and Shore based systems (inc LANs and WANs). NT4.0and 2000Servers, Ciscorouters andFirewall, Mail servers, Novell andUNIX Interfaces. • Implementation of a Hardware/Software Cluster and SAN solution. • Developed and Implementation of NT servers for the RAN including; Exchange 5.5, 2000, IIS, Project Central, SQL 7, Proxy, Anti-Virus, Backup Exec, WINS, DHCP, RAS, DNS, Citrix/Metaframe, SMS, Helpdesk. • Developed and Implementation of a NT workstation COE for the RAN (RAS, Citrix TS/Metaframe, SMS, CSNW, Internet, Microsoft Suite, Additional Applications). • Integration of a NT solution into an existing Novell and Mainframe environment. Applications/COTS • Deployed and Integrated the MineHunter Asset Management Planning System (AMPS) into 6 x Minehunter Class Naval Ships. • Developed and implementation of a WAN and LAN monitoring solution (Dameware Utilities, What’s Up gold, Host Monitor, Script Logic). • Implementation of a Government Production Helpdesk System. 1998 – 1998 MIMS Consultant. Employer: AMT-Sybex Ltd - Stevenage, United Kingdom. Mincom Information Management System (MIMS) Consultant. Trainer - MIMS Asset Management; MIMS Materials versions 3.013 and 4.1, Infrastructure and Applications/COTS • Executed Site Infrastructure Readiness as required for Mincom MIMS (Ellipse ERP) installations. • Consulted, Configured and Implemented MIMS (Ellipse ERP) Maintenance Modules. 1996 – 1998 Logistics Management System Coordinator. Employer: Australian Defence Industries Limited (ADI Limited). Project Leader of the MineHunter Asset Management Planning System (AMPS) deployment. Liaison officer to the Royal Australian Navy and LAN/WAN Administrator of the MineHunter (6 x ships) and Shore based systems. General Network support duties to the 180 computer users Infrastructure and Applications/COTS • Deployed the Asset Management Planning System (AMPS ERP) ready for deployment into 6 x Minehunter Class Navy Ships. • Executed User, Office Relocations between Floors and Buildings; Including data, voice, infrastructure (layer 1 and 2) and Server Rooms as required as part of Operational SLAs. • General Capacity Planning and SLA execution. • MIS Officer of ADI’s DOCS Open (document management system) Rollout • Installing and Configuring NT/Exchange server. 1995 – 1996 Information Technologist. Employer: BHP Information Technology. Consulting and support role, to the following entities within BHP: Australian Manganese Co. Pty Limited (AMCL); Iron Ore (Bean Up, Western Australia); BHP IT Minerals ; Groote Eylandt Mining Company P/L Infrastructure and Applications/COTS • Executed Site Infrastructure Readiness as required for Mincom MIMS (Ellipse ERP) installations. • Consulted, Configured and Implemented MIMS (Ellipse ERP) Maintenance Modules. 1992 - 1995 Teacher and Application Developer Employer: Hunter Institute of Applications • Development of a self-paced teaching/resource kit for students studying Introductory Computers. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CV – Simon Fleming 6
- 7. Technology (TAFE). Teaching Specialist Areas: Computing Subjects; Total Quality Management Concepts; Financial management; Accounting for Non Accountants; Record Keeping for small business; Desktop Publishing. • Developing Applications coding in 4th Generation Languages; Ie, Clipper, Dbase, Foxpro and MS Access. 1988 - 1995 Systems Analyst and Programming Team Supervisor and Trainee Accountant/Computer Support Officer Employer: DataBank Accounting and Administration. Applications • Developing information systems for small to medium organisations. • Business mapping for small business operators • Providing accounting and advisory services to local Businesses. • Teacher at W.E.A Newcastle Computer Unit. Specialist Areas: Computing Subjects - Government contracts for multi cultural long termed unemployed students. • Preparation of cash flows/spreadsheets for the loans department of the National and State Banks. • Maintenance of numerous small business financial accounts and General computer support. EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS 1991 University of Newcastle - Open Foundation (Law and Philosophy) 1991 University of Newcastle - Train the Trainer 1992 - 1996 University of Newcastle - Bachelor of Business 1996 BHP IT MIMS Training Academy – MIMS (Mincom Ellipse – ERP) - Maintenance, Project Control, Supply, Finance. V3.010 & 3.013 Corvu, MIMSVU, RDL Development, Report Link, Image Link, Smart GUI 1996 Rogen - Rogen Presentation Skills Course 1996 BHP Internal Course - BHP Negotiation Skills Training Program 1997 Covey Leadership Centre - First things First Time Management 1997 Eden Technology - Asset Management Planning System (AMPS ERP) - Maintenance, Supply and Administration Training Courses 1997 - 2000 Various Training Facilities - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) - Administering Windows NT 4.0 Course - The Training Group - Windows NT4.0, Core Technologies - The Training Group - NT Enterprise – ICOM Solutions - TCPIP – ICOM Solutions - Network Essentials – ICOM Solutions - IIS – ICOM Solutions - SMS – ICOM Solutions 2000 - 2003 ComTech Education (Dimension Data) - Upgrade to Microsoft Windows 2000 - Support Skills from NT 4 to 2000 - Designing MS Windows Infrastructure - Exchange Server 5.5 – Design and Implementation - Introduction to CISCO Router Configuration 2002 Computer Sciences Corporation - Team Management 2003 SC Magazine International Conference (Sydney) - E-Security Conference 2004 Skill Path Seminars - Managing Multiple Projects Seminar 2005 Rockdale Internal Course - Leadership During Changing Times 2005 Codarra – Advanced Systems - Prince 2 Certification (Project Management) 2006 Warnervale Aero Club - Private Pilots Licence Pre Solo Exam Pre Area Solo Exam Basic Aeronautical Knowledge (BAK) Exam _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CV – Simon Fleming 7