Current

• Senior Consultant & Professional Services Manager at NetSpot Pty Ltd

Past

• South Australian Events Coordinator at Australian Business Analysis Association
• Trainer/e-Learning Consultant at ASC Training & Development
• Business Analyst at KDN Services

• Project Manager/Business Analyst at Department of Education & Children's Services
• Information Architect at Department of Education & Children's Services
• Corporate Reporting Coordinator at Department of Education & Children's Services
• Applications Team Leader at Department of Education, Training & Employment
• Motorcycle instructor at Transport SA
• Systems Team Leader at Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia

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Education

• Moodle
• Anthony Stone Consultants
• Curtin University of Technology

• University of Adelaide

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Connections

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Industry

E-Learning

Websites

• My Company
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Summary

e-Learning trainer, practitioner, business analyst and project manager with over ten years experience in a range of senior educational technology roles.

Specialties:

Experience

• Senior Consultant & Professional Services Manager

  NetSpot Pty Ltd

  (Privately Held; E-Learning industry)

  June 2008 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  Providing a range of professional consultancy services around Enterprise learning system deployments, primarily using tools such as Moodle, Mahara and the Wimba Collaboration Suite in Higher Education institutions.

  Some specific functions include:
  - High-level requirements analysis of functional fit, SIS integration, authentication and permission management and system configuration/customisation;
  - Project management of all aspects of Enterprise learning system deployment underpinned by PMBoK principles;
  - Consultancy services on the configuration, customisation and extension of Moodle to maximise the benefits of any LMS deployment project;
  - Development and delivery of customised, hands-on training in Moodle, Mahara and Wimba, with a focus on both the technologies available to facilitate learning as well as the learning theory that underpins the tools.

  Speaking at eLearning conferences such as ascilite, HERDSA, and Moodlemoots on the use of various technologies to support the delivery of learning.

  Acting as an advocate for open source learning tools such as Moodle and Mahara, in particular as a pre-sales resource and providing formal responses to competitive tender processes.

• South Australian Events Coordinator

  Australian Business Analysis Association

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2008 — January 2009 (1 year )

  Coordination of events for the South Australian chapter of the ABAA.

• Trainer/e-Learning Consultant

  ASC Training & Development

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  February 2007 — June 2008 (1 year 5 months)

  Training delivery in Government, Project Management and e-Learning. e-learning design/implementation (using Moodle), strategic planning and marketing workshop facilitation, ICT consulting.

• Business Analyst

  KDN Services

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

  Business analysis of existing Lotus Notes system for a tertiary environment, including requirements gathering/definition, options analysis and business case development to upgrade/replace existing system.

• Project Manager/Business Analyst

  Department of Education & Children's Services

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  February 2007 — June 2007 (5 months)

  Project management and business analysis of a range of ICT projects using a PRINCE2-based methodology.

• Information Architect

  Department of Education & Children's Services

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years )

  Responsible for developing and maintaining information and enterprise architecture models for corporate ICT functions using the Prologic System Architect tool. Developed and implemented Project Management Methodology across all ICT projects.

• Corporate Reporting Coordinator

  Department of Education & Children's Services

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  2003 — 2004 (1 year )

  Development and delivery of a range of corporate reporting functions required for legislative and strategic planning/reporting purposes. Development input into DECS Strategic Plan based on reporting outcomes.

• Applications Team Leader

  Department of Education, Training & Employment

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years )

  Leadership of between 10 and 20 ICT professionals, primarily software developers specialising in Microsoft products.

• Motorcycle instructor

  Transport SA

  (Government Administration industry)

  February 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 7 months)

  Teaching all aspects of motorcycle operation for road riding to beginner and intermediate students as part of their formal licensing process.

• Systems Team Leader

  Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia

  (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Government Administration industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years )

  Team Leadership of a group of approximately fifteen developers, testers, help desk staff, network support staff and quality assurance staff.

Education

• Moodle

  Moodle Teacher Certificate (MTC) , 2007 — 2008

  Completed February 2008

• Anthony Stone Consultants

  Cert IV Training & Assessment , 2007 — 2007

• Curtin University of Technology

  Grad Cert Mgmt , Project Management , 2003 — 2005

  Includes Merit Award for outstanding achievement across 2006 graduation cohort.

• University of Adelaide

  BSc Ma & Comp Sc (Hons) , Applied Mathematics (Telecomunications Theory) , 1991 — 1996

Additional Information

Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Groups:

•    Sakai Community
•    Moodlers Online
•    University of Adelaide