Rio Tinto

Leading an in-house Solution Architecture consultancy across APAC. 30 direct reports.
Building people and processes

Chapter Lead, Solution Architecture

PICSI

PICSI is a startup providing software for Poisons Information Centres

Founder/CTO

IT Interim Management

Expertise provided: Business Strategy, Product Management, Risk, Compliance & Governance, Digital Health, Process Improvement, Process Mapping

IT Interim Management is a consulting company founded by Bret as a vehicle to deliver his services. It also engages sub-contractors as and when the occasion arises.

Significant projects delivered were:
♦Process Review for a State Government Department around Contract Management of NFP providers
♦ICT Strategy Development for a WA State Govt. Entity
♦Cyber Security audit/design and advisory for major Perth and Sydney buildings
♦Advisory work developing a 10 yr ICT roadmap for WA Health
♦Developed an ICT Strategy for the Nephrology Service across WA, managed the approval of the strategy through the Director General, reported on the current market for commercial software and developed the business case for funding
♦Programme managed the State’s IT implementation for Midland Public Hospital, including managing 15 work streams and 40 staff with a budget of approx $2M

Consulting Principal

Department of Health (WA Health)

Deputy role for sitting member, occasional paid sessions.

Committee role is to review research proposals for information security requirements, other roles as general input on ethics issues and research.

Member Human Research Ethics Committee 

Perth Bone & Tissue Bank Inc

Fractional role building PlusLife's ICT Strategy, project managing resolution of audit issues and other items.

Involving Microbiology LIMS, process manufacturing ERP, Inventory, Sales, Sample management etc.

Enterprise Architect

WA State Parliament

Developed an ICT Strategy and product, working with stakeholders across multiple agencies to build consensus and gain input. Connected to international Parliaments for additional perspectives and advice. 

Led workshops with business stakeholders to undertake a current state assessment and future state architecture, capability and operating model.

Identified risk and issues and priority initiatives.

Delivered and gained endorsement for future state roadmap moving the WA Parliament to a more robust delivery model with modern applications - this will increase Parliament's ability to be transparent and accessible.

Lead Enterprise Architect

Australian Transformation & Turnaround Association

Committee Member, Perth Chapter

SPARK Co-Lab

Adhoc Voluntary role
Providing advice and mentoring to startup students in the areas of MedTech and Healthcare interoperability.
Achievements:-
1. Assisted one team to win their final pitch night.

Advisor

Covid Contact Tracer app - https://github.com/ehidra/contact-tracer

Project was to reverse engineer Singapore's TraceTogether app into an Open Source offering as Singapore was using it as diplomatic credit.
Liased with WHO GOARN, EU & US CDC on contract tracing requirements. Recruited companies such as Amazon Web Services, PlanIT and Google to donate resources. Managed inputs from other interested parties and prioritised deliverables.
Achievements:-
1. Forced Singapore to open source their app when we delivered ours.
2. Provided advice to Australia's COVIDSafe app team regarding battery usage issues.

Product Owner

KinChip Systems

Providing technology strategy advice to the founders of Kinchip
KINCHIP SYSTEMS PTY LTD is an Australian digital health company that designs, develops and markets intelligent technology products solving real world problems globally.

Our lead product, KINDOM™, simplifies the child development ecosystem by linking parents to the resources they need, when they need it, to support their child's development.

Advisory Panel Member

An innovative and ambitious Senior Management professional with repeated success finding better, less risky ways to resolve problems. An analytical thinker and proactive strategist with proven skills in steering organisations to success, building highly productive teams, and espousing a culture of accountability and motivation. Recognised as an influencer who is easily able to forge strong relationships and achieve trust and buy-in from both internal and external key stakeholders.

International experience, large distributed teams, multiple industries, board reporting, industry recognition with multiple awards, SMEs through to Fortune 100.

Core skills include:
• Executive Decision Maker
• Strategic planning
• Innovation and Design Thinking
• Enterprise Architecture 
• Cyber Security
• Effective governance
• Clear communications
• Stakeholder engagement
• Process Improvement
• Change management
• Coaching
• Start-up, Turnaround and Change Environments
• APAC Management

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