Consultant, Advisor and Executive.
Freelance Consultant, Advisor & Fractional Executive, collaborating with organisations across multiple industries and sectors.
A Seasoned ICT Executive
Driving Strategic Outcomes
As a seasoned career ICT Executive, with a focus on Strategy & Planning, Governance & Risk, Commercial Management, Service & Operation Improvement, Digital Transformation & System Implementation. My four-decade Career has transitioned to Freelance Consultant, Advisor & Fractional Executive, collaborating with organisations across multiple industries and sectors.
Being a highly innovative and holistic thinker, remaining abreast of new and emerging trends to facilitate change and maximise opportunities for success. The approach I employ is to communicate and engage with stakeholders, listening carefully and providing trusted advice to advance overarching visions.
Highlights from my Career as an ICT manager, freelance consultant, and senior project manager include:
Executive Advisory & Digital Transformation
Acting as an executive, consultant, and advisor, leveraging digital transformation and digital and legacy systems, to improve the organisation’s operations.
Strategic Planning & Execution Alignment
Developing a strategy roadmap and business plan that bridges the gap between high-level strategy and actionable daily execution.
Product Vision & Customer Lifecycle
Defining the system vision, customer lifecycle, and product roadmap, acting as the bridge between business goals and customer needs.
Business & Technology Integration
Connecting ICT delivery and project teams to foster innovation, bridging the gap between technical and business stakeholders, to evolve to cross-functional collaboration and agility in implementation.
Scalable Service Delivery & Operations
Building scalable, hybrid teams to deliver ICT services based on an ITIL/ITSM/SIAM model, and PMO frameworks, improving the management and delivery of services and customer satisfaction.
ICT Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
Reduced operating costs by automating processes and driving cloud migration, sourcing partners and innovative technology through strategic sourcing, commercial contract management, category management, and supplier performance management.
Governance, Risk & Compliance
Ensuring compliance and resilience by building robust ICT governance, risk and performance policy accountability and board reporting.
Education
Bachelor of Economics, Monash University
Master of Information Systems, Swinburne University
Certificate in Governance Practice
Master of Business, Victoria University
Graduate Diploma of Business Technology, Monash University
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Charles Sturt University
Project Management certification in Prince2, PMP & PMI-Agile.
CBAP Certified Business Analysis Professional
ITIL V3 Foundation for Service Management
Memberships & Associations
- Institute of Public Accountants (IPA)
- Australian Computer Society (ASC)
- Governance Institute of Australia (GIA)
Contact me
Home Town – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
davidwood@davidwood.au
+61 0411 103 110