JOHN MACASKILL 1-719-***-**** acrsct@r.postjobfree.com

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AGILE DELIVERY PROFESSIONAL

Technical Expertise Strategic Planning Project Management Solution Focused Meticulous agile coach, business analyst and solution architect, who undertakes complex assignments, meets tight deadlines and delivers superior outcomes. Proven ability to manage and work with cross-functional teams on complex products and projects.

S E L ECT ED HI GHL I GHT S

• PMBoK, Agile/Lean, Prince2, MSP, TOGAF, ITIL

• Jira, VersionOne, Rally, Pivotal Tracker, MS Project

• Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS*SQL, MySQL, DB2, No SQL

• Swift, Objective-C, Java, Ruby, Clojure, Haskell, C/C++, Pascal, JavaScript

• Recipient of Oracle Magazines Oracle Excellence award “DBA of the Year” CORE COMPETENCIES

• Agile Coaching • Programme Development • Interpersonal Skills

• Complex Problem Resolver • Reengineering Processes/Systems • Strategic Planning

• Project Management • Multi-Task/Prioritize Effectively • Service Optimization

• Solution Integration • Continuous Process Improvement • Leadership PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

OnTheHouse.com.au Brisbane, Australia May 2015 – July 2015 Agile business analyst / Iteration manager

Provided agile business and systems analysis for a cloud based document management API project to allow 3rd party document management providers to directly integrate with an existing property management solutions. Assisted the development and product teams streamline existing agile processes to improve overall velocity and efficiency. Primary duties included-

• Mapped business requirements through coordination of user workshops and reverse engineering of existing solutions in extremely short timeframe

• Creation of user stories, acceptance criteria (cucumber script) and a prioritized backlog utilizing Atlassian Jira and confluence

• Integrated prioritized user stories into existing product backlog

• Managed Jira agile boards and backlog

• Ran agile ceremonies including daily standups, backlog grooming, sprint planning and retrospectives

• Managed client and vendor relationships

• Provided issue, defect and conflict management through the introduction of standardized triage processes

• Streamlined agile processes to improve team velocity

• Provided provided agile coaching to product owners and development team John MacAskill 2

MBC Global Brisbane, Australia September 2014 – February 2015 Project manager / Senior business analyst

Provided project management and systems analysis for a CRM/Billing system replacement project to accommodate the existing 100+ thousand electricity customer base of MBCs key client while implementing new functionality to allow entry into the Gas market. Primary duties included-

• Developed and implemented a PMBoK based project governance framework including definition of project deliverables, establishment of steering committee and regular project meetings

• Mapped business requirements through coordination of user workshops and reverse engineering of existing solutions in extremely short timeframe

• Developed an architectural blueprint to integrate and leverage existing systems while designing new system components to meet identified needs

• Redesigned existing business processes to accommodate changes and allow for automation of routine operations

• Managed client, vendor and government body relationships

• Established testing and QA framework to accommodate regression, system and acceptance testing Environmental Protection Authority Sydney May 2013 – September 2014 Solution Architect

• Responsibility for a CRM replacement project focusing on client and case management, spatial data management and integration spanning multiple government departments and agencies.

• Fully mapped business requirements through coordination of user workshops and reverse engineering of existing solutions in extremely short timeframe.

• Developed architectural blueprint to integrate and leverage existing solutions while designing new solution components to meet identified needs.

• Established a tailored PMBoK based framework to provide structure to the project. Oakton Consulting Brisbane April 2012 – May 2013 Senior Consultant

Worked within Project Services domain managing client engagements across a range of government and commercial clients including:

• Delivery of architecture/project consulting across system replacement focusing on implementation, deployment, data migration, and integration

• Delivery of architectural oversight for an ERP implementation with particular focus on infrastructure virtualization, identity management and integration

• Ensured technical delivery of data quality/migration and solution integration for system replacement program modernizing legacy systems to a Microsoft Dynamics solution Serviceworks Brisbane May 2011 – November 2011 Project Manager

Provided project management for client engagements in the electricity and water Utility industries across Australia including:

• Core System Replacement - Delivered billing system replacement including implementation, data migration and change management.

• Outsourcing - Defined and Established managed services to host and maintain core billing and customer service solution.

Sanctuary Energy Brisbane November 2009 – February 2011 Programme & Settlements Manager

• Delivered national solar installation programmes.

• Coordinated core market system redevelopment.

• Established the organizations PMO.

• Reengineered and standardized all systems and processes for customer billing.

• Coordinated settlements with the Australian electricity markets. John MacAskill 3

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Environmental Protection Agency Brisbane June 2006 – November 2008 Principal Consultant

Unisys Perth April 2006 – September 2006

Principal Consultant

Independent Market Operator of WA Perth August 2005 –April 2006 IT Manager

Oracle Corporation Perth March 2005 – August 2005 Principle Technical Architect

Office of State Revenue Sydney December 2004 – February 2005 Principle Technical Architect

Attain IT Sydney December 2003 – December 2004 Oracle Services Manager

NEMMCO Sydney & Brisbane January 2000 – December 2003 Technical Manager

ABB Energy Trading Systems Brisbane 1998–1999

Development Manager

ABB Forstar UK 1996–1998

Technical Team Leader

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