A strategic, creative and results driven IT&T professional, who brings more than 20 years of General/Country, Sales and Business Development Management experience gained in ICT and Service Provider organizations.
Experience gained has focused on identifying, developing and applying a variety of technology based solutions to address business requirements. During this time have built and managed Sales, Pre- sales and Service Management teams in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific region.
Responsibilities have covered: Sales; Revenue; Contribution; and, Customer Satisfaction. With a keen passion for creating strategic business value through the application of innovative technology solutions, he brings a blend of skills and breadth/depth of experience gained from within the Telecommunications industry.
This experience covers Enterprise, Channels, and, Carrier/Wholesale customer channels. It also covers: Multiple Geographies (local, regional & global), Products (Fixed; Mobility; CPE; etc), Satellite & Managed Services (Hosting; Cloud; Unified Comms; Selective Sourcing; Content). Key Industry experience includes: Banking & Finance; Media, Content & Gaming; Bio-medical/Pharmaceutical; Transport & Logistics. A self-starter, who likes to challenge and is resourceful in providing solutions for the transformation of teams and business.
Possesses excellent communication, influencing and presentation skills; with proven ability in developing collaborative relationships with business partners and stakeholders, to achieve win-win outcomes.
Responsible for growing new Sales and Revenue of Lumen 4 pillar portfolio:
1. Managed WAN -
SDWAN, MPLS, Ethernet, Media – CDN/Vyvx, DIA, IP Transit;
2. Managed Services - Hosting, Cloud, Professional Services;
3. Network Security –
DDoS, SASE
4. Lumen Collaboration – Hosted Collaboration Services
Primary responsibilities include:
• Recruit, lead & manage Sales & Pre-sales in A/NZ
• Achieve New Sales, Revenue, Contribution & CX targets
• Target A/NZMulti-Nationals to identify & close New logo sales opportunities;
• Support Global Multi-Nationals who require A/NZ support (B-end support)
• Target key industry verticals such as: FSI; Media; Gaming; Bio-medical; Pharmaceuticals
Key achievements:
• Consistently met Sales, Revenue & Contribution targets
• Set-up CX/NPS & EES programs with strong YoY results
• Led key MNC account acquisition program eg NAB, BHP, MBL, Tabcorp, FoxTel, 7 Media, NEC/9
Responsible for growing new Sales and Revenue of Optus-SingTel’s Managed WAN Services portfolio selling through Optus Business (OB) Corporate & Government Account teams.
Primary responsibilities:
• People - Overlay Sales & Support teams
• Revenue & Product Contribution
• Sales - New & Retention
• CX /NPS
• Lead ANZ GAM program
Key achievements:
• Over-achieved International Product Sales & Revenue 2 years
• MD Sales club 2 years
• Built new National overlay team across Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra & Perth
• Improved GAM program collaboration with Singtel
Led Telstra Global A/NZ Sales, Sales Support and Service Management teams supporting:
• Enterprise & Government customers (Telstra’s Top 200 customer portfolio);
• Key Telstra Business (SME) customers;
• Key VodaNZ /TelstraClear customers in New Zealand;
Primary responsibilities:
• People - Overlay Sales, Support & Service teams
• Revenue & Contribution
• Sales - New & Retention
• CX /NPS, EES
Key Achievements:
• Grew Global Services revenues +14% YOY & Contribution +21% YOY
• Led successful account acquisition program signing 48 new logos including key FedGovt wins
• Expanded International Media Content business targeting A/NZ media organisations
• Promotion to TET - Telstra Executive Team
• Improved CX/NPS +27%
• Grew Telstra Global team - Canberra, Perth, Adelaide & Brisbane
• Restructured & expanded sales teams creating Account Management & Business Development teams
Portfolio: Select portfolio of 61 Australian & International MNC customers. Responsible for Whole of Business engagement with Telstra - $122m.
Primary responsibilities:
• People - Responsible for Account Manager/Sales, Pre-sales & Service Management teams;
• Sales - New & Retention
• CX/NPS; EES
Key Achievements:
• Built new Sales, Pre-sales & Service teams – BDMs; Network Consultants; Service Managers
• Grew International Product revenues YOY by 6-9% - over 4 consecutive years
• Established Customer Satisfaction program and improved Overall Sales/Service by 35%
• Built vertical alignment around: Finance; Media; IT; Mining; Manufacturing; Government & Sourcing
• Key International Win-backs included – Volvo; CSL; Visy; Jetstar; Linfox; MBL; Roche; Woodside; Cisco; Ericsson; Alcatel; Teletech; Westpac
• Established International Media unit - Olympics; World Cups; Commonwealth Games - $38m new revenue – securing major short/long term contracts with: FoxTel; Seven; Nine; Ten; SBS; Sky
• Managed TEG’s MNC customer portfolio – 128 customers – with revenues of $158m across Voice, Data, Mobile & Managed services
• Grew MNC portfolio revenues by 18% YOY