Board Governance & Strategic Advice

Leading I.T. Department operations, service delivery, and project implementation

• Establishing project management office governance, managing project delivery, and organising teams to achieve project strategy and plans.
• Leading the delivery of complex I.T. systems, business processes, and organisational change.
• Chairing I.T. project and service delivery committees and managing the steering committee secretariat function.

Advising and consulting on digital transformation, I.T. procurement, and implementing cloud-based systems and services

• C-level and Board advisor in digital transformation strategy and transitioning to cloud-based systems and cybersecurity.
• Presenting the strategy, business case, and 3-5-year plans at the executive and board level, and managing project status reporting, risk and issue monitoring, and mitigation management, ensuring outcomes align with the strategy and business case objectives.
• Setting up I.T. procurement project governance (strategic sourcing, commercial contract management & supplier performance management), managing the end-to-end procurement lifecycle, compliance, and reporting.

President Williamstown High School Association (WHSA)

• Formed the Williamstown High School Association (WHSA) as an incorporated association, drafting the WHSA charter.
• Recruited new membership and established association board, establishing strategy plan.
• Led the association in fundraising, events, and activities to support the school.

Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Committee Member, Williamstown High School Staff and Student Association (WHESSA)

• Draft the new articles of association and charter, ensuring compliance with the Victorian Government Associations Act.
• Managed committee meetings, agendas, minutes, and annual returns.
• Organised the election of officer-bearers at the AGM. Established the social media presence.
• Fundraising and organising the school’s 100th anniversary celebration.

Over a 30-year involvement, I held various local branch executive roles, including Branch Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer

• Oversight of governance and operations, including annual planning and budgeting, managing financial accounts, and compliance with the organisation constitution and policy and government electoral regulations and legislation.
• Chaired committee meetings, AGMs, and election campaigns, managing the secretarial function, branch finances, electorate strategy and activities, membership development, events, electorate and government liaison, fundraising, membership development, managing the annual general meeting, election of office-bearers, candidate pre-selection conventions, mentoring members, managing disputes, and addressing issues.

As campaign manager, I organised and managed campaigns for state and federal elections

• Candidate support, counsel, and advice; managing their schedule and shaping the message and adapting tactics as circumstances change.
• Strategy and budget planning, targeting key voter demographics.
• Governance and reporting; chairing campaign meetings; identifying and mitigating political and financial risks while ensuring compliance.
• Operations & logistics, recruiting, training, organising volunteers, and overseeing event and election-day logistics.
• Fundraising to finance the campaign, monitoring and managing expenditure to meet compliance regulations and reporting.
• Media and communications: managing community liaison, public relations, social media, and campaign materials across digital platforms, social media, print, and traditional media.