Professional Career Experience

As an accomplished, future-focused ICT Executive and Freelance Consultant, I bring strategic and technical acuity across multiple industries and sectors. 

With a four-decade career, I focus on communication and collaboration, engaging with stakeholders, listening carefully and providing trusted advice to advance overarching visions. 

I am also a highly innovative and holistic thinker, remaining abreast of new and emerging trends to facilitate change and maximise opportunities for success.

Key Competencies

Assured ICT Leadership
  • Proven advisor to Boards & Executives on digital transformation, governance, strategy and leading, coaching, mentoring teams and communicating with key stakeholders.
  • An expert in stakeholder engagement, forging durable relationships and providing trusted advice to ensure clarity and alignment on short- and long-term goals.
  • Experienced strategic oversight leadership proficient in evaluating strategic positioning, creating long-term value, risk appetite management and producing tangible results for stakeholders. implementation
  • Objective and informed decision-making, strategic planning and implementing transformative innovations.
  • Building resiliency, anticipating critical scenarios such as cyber threats and technological threats through assessment and continuous improvement.
  • Acting as assistant company secretary with Sycom, and reporting to the board as an Executive leader with four startup companies.
  • Digital Transformation and Digital Platform Consultant, ICT Procurement Consultant, Project & Change Manager, Business Architect, with Federal & State Government, Water & Electricity Utility, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Not-for-Profit.
  • Preparing digital transformation, system strategy, and roadmap for gaining sign-off with the steering committee.
  • Conducting system audits & assessment reviews. evaluating current systems to identify gaps, security risks, or inefficiencies
  • Designing digital platform architecture, digital transformation strategy, and roadmap that aligns technology adoption with business objectives.
  • Digital platform strategic sourcing, commercial contract negotiations, and supplier onboarding transition.
  • Managing digital platform implementation and managing digital transformation change, training internal teams to ensure they can effectively use new digital platforms.
  • Advising C-level Executives and the Board on digital transformation, digital platform strategy, managing cybersecurity and innovation technology.
  • Senior ICT Executive with Web-based IT startup companies, and Senior Manager of IT Departments with Government, Not-For-Profit & Telecommunications organisations.Developing ICT strategy and roadmaps aligned to the organisational plan, to deliver transformational innovations.
  • Strategically and financially astute, spearheading initiatives and championing innovation to progress overarching visions.
  • Solutions-focused, navigating significant complexities to deliver quality, high-impact, scalable outcomes on time and to budget.
  • Energetic and results-oriented, fostering inclusive, innovative cultures of continuous improvement and effective collaboration across functions, achieving high performance.
  • Providing business compliance and assurance, acting as the company secretary with four digital platforms and software development startups.
  • Reporting to the board of directors on strategy, business operations, risk management, commercial negotiations with suppliers and resellers, and monthly P&L.
  • Extensive experience as a project manager leading portfolios and driving delivery strategies and large-scale projects in diverse public and private sector settings.
  • Facilitating workshops with stakeholders to extract and document business needs and requirements, identify "bottlenecks" and recommend process changes to boost efficiency, following proven methodologies.
  • Designing business processes and procedures, assessing servcie delivery and designing new IT servcie management policy and procedure, undertaking training and managing organisational change.
  • Managing project delivery, governance, and risk management; implementing and PMO framework; ensuring outcomes align with organisational objectives.
  • Senior ICT Project Delivery & Transition Manager with CUB & TWE, leading PMO function with Telstra Business Systems, and project manager for software and business systems, with four digital platform and software development startups.
  • Qualified Accountant leading financial and management, leading accounting operations and acting as assistant company secretary.
  • Department manager of Finance, H.R., IT, and procurement, warehouse, and logistics operations for a national ICT distribution company.
  • Experienced financail and management accounting, advising departmental managers of budget and finance management, reporting on company performance, stewardship, P&L and balance sheet.
  • Competent ICT marketing manager and product owner designing new ICT software product and building revenue through marketing programs.
  • Experienced ICT strategic sourcing, category manager and commercial contract manager leading Vendor performance management review, market analysis, and stakeholder engagement, and managing ICT procurement operations.
  • Acting as an assistant company secretary with Sycom (division of Remmington), supporting the board, governance, compliance, contract and risk register, board reporting, meeting minutes and agenda.

Notable Achievements

A track record of delivering measurable impact across government, enterprise, and startup environments. From leading digital transformation initiatives and establishing governance frameworks to driving operational efficiency and revenue growth, these achievements reflect a consistent ability to translate strategy into tangible results.

Government Advisory & Strategic Sourcing (ASQA)
  • As a senior consultant and project manager with the Australian Federal Government's Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), I managed strategic sourcing activities to support the DX strategy, including procurement governance aligned with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPR).
  • Advisor & consultant to the not-for-profit, supply chain and utility sectors on digital transformation and transitioning to cloud-based systems. I designed the DX architecture, strategy, and roadmap; managed procurement to source and select a new digital SaaS system; and managed the service provider.
  • As a senior I.T. Department manager with Telstra Business Systems, ARCBS, and the Department of Infrastructure, I led teams in managing business application service delivery, project management office (PMO), procurement, I.T. finance, and planning. I initiated improvements to the design, ITIL/ITSM model, and PMO framework, improving service delivery, reporting, and customer satisfaction. And I managed RFx activities, commercial contract negotiations, and supplier performance management,
  • With Bourse Data Limited Gate 13, Business Buying Services (BBS), and Viper Group Ltd, as an Executive reporting to the Board of Directors, I led the startup companies to success, providing strategic direction and governance for the initial market offering, launching operations, developing new online products, and growing revenue through my insight and growth mindset.
  • As a senior category manager with Ingram Micro\ITG, Category & Sourcing Manager, CorProcure & UKFPW, the responsibilities include the ICT and business & professional services categories, preparing category and sourcing strategy, governance, product pricing, commercial contract negotiations, contract management, vendor relationship management, spend analysis, approach-to-market, and supplier performance review and relationship management. And with Ingram Micro\ITG, I had the additional responsibility for product marketing, establishing a reseller channel, and P&L planning and management for a $15m ICT category.
  • With a national ICT Distribution and several I.T software development companies and servcie providers, I prepared the strategy, marketing, and business development plan, with Board-level sign-off. And in managing the business function, I grew revenues through direct and channel sales and built brand awareness through marketing activities.
  • As a senior manager and consultant, I established a project management office function and led project delivery and change management for the implementation of enterprise systems and software.
  • As a company Accountant at Sycom (a division of Remington), I managed finance and business operations, including procurement, warehouse, and distribution functions for the national distribution companies. I managed I.T. and business operations and functioned as the company secretary, overseeing the board reporting pack.
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davidwood@davidwood.au

+61 0411 103 110

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