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Aaron BradfordCareer Portfolio

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About me

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Next Steps

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Summary

This presentation is an expansion on my resume for the interested individual or potential employer/client to review more details about me and my history. It is my objective with this career portfolio presentation to:

Deliver an understanding of who I am and what I want in a career.

Demonstrate my capabilities with presenting my education and experience.

Provide details for potential employers and clients to contact me for future opportuntities.

Who am I?

Aaron Kenneth Bradford

What do I want?

A career in the IT industry that I can provide professional services in project management or a creative career as a web designer / SEO professional.

Why am I here?

Because it is my nature to help. I feel I’m here in this life to assist others in their business needs and objectives.

About me

Background

I commenced my IT career with studying a Diploma of Business Programming to fast-track into the market before the Y2K epidemic concluded. After the dot-com bust, I entered a career of project management with the determination to excel. Studying project management, I endeavored to become professionally qualified. Work on several large Australian Government IT projects delivered the necessary practical experience to perform and pass the examinations that professional qualified me as a project manager. However, the days of programming and web development still yearns to free and creative. I satisfy this craving with online freelancing in web designing and SEO consultancy.

Next Steps

Education

Several years studying project management has come to a pinnacle point with now a focus to study a subject that will cultivate my creative nature. My current studies include:

SEO Certified Professional

Web Design Professional

Employment

My focus is to develop my small business. Until as such time it is my primary source of income, I’ll continue providing my professional services in project management and freelancing.

P3Group

Freelancing

Education

Completed

Project Management Professional

PRINCE2 Practitioner

Diploma of Project Management

Middle Management Leadership Development Program

Diploma of Business Programming

In-Progress

SEO Certified Professional

Web Design Professional

CancelledBachelor of Arts (Internet Studies)

Project Management Professional

Project Management Institute

Certified my project management knowledge in the PMBOK guidelines with a professional-level certification. Undertaking this challenging accreditation was to demonstrate my knowledge of the PMBOK guidelines to the market.

This certificate superseded my Certified Associate of Project Management certification.

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PRINCE2 PractitionerAPMG-International

Certified my project management knowledge in the PRINCE2 methodology with a professional-level certification. Undertaking this challenging accreditation was to demonstrate my knowledge of the PRINCE2 methodology to the market.

This certificate superseded my PRINCE2 Foundation certificate.

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Diploma of Project ManagementAustralian Institute of

ManagementThis diploma studied the use of project management in the workplace with the PMBOK guidelines. The diploma included:

• A fundamentals course and advanced course.

• Practical workplace exercises.

• Final course to demonstrate our project and lessons learnt.

• Project portfolio assessed by the Australian Institute of Project Management.

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Middle Management Leadership Development Programme

The Learning EdgeThis program educated Australian Public Servants in the theory and practical use of leadership in the workplace. Provided to APS6 and EL1, the program included:

• A week course studying modern day management and leadership skills, with practical group exercises and team challenges.

• Several follow-up sessions with practical use of leadership and management in the workplace.

• Final assessment reviewing individual success.

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Diploma of Business Programming

Interim Technology Training Institute

This diploma studied the use of Information Technology (IT) and practical programming skills for the business environment. My major was in Visual Basic and Access database development. Other programming languages included:

• C

• COBOL

• Java

• Pascal

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SEO Certified ProfessionalSEOCertification.org

Studying best practices in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) to better design websites, market products and services, and provide SEO consultancy services online and offline. These best practices includes:

• On Page Optimization Factors

• Off Page Optimization Factors

• Site Readiness

• Pay Per Click Campaigns

• SEO Monitoring and Tuning

• Marketing Strategies

• Advanced SEO Techniques

Web Design ProfessionalCertified Internet Web

ProfessionalReturning to my roots of programming with studying a working knowledge in the areas of web design and e-commerce. As an entrepreneur who wants to be able to develop and manage my business online, my aim is to combine the Web Design Professional, SEO Certified Professional, and project management accreditation to deliver a professional and comprehensive approach to web design and development. The Web Design Professional consists of two specialist certifications and one professional certification. These include:

• CIW Web Design Specialist

• CIW E-Commerce Specialist

• CIW Web Design Professional

Bachelor of Arts (Internet Studies)

Curtin University of Technology via.

Open Universities AustraliaThis degree studied the human dimension of the Internet with how people networked and interconnected online. It focused on the social networking online and social media including web-based and mobile technologies used to turn communication into interactive dialogues. I withdrew from this degree in the second year because although I received high grades, these studies didn’t align with my IT project management career in the Australian Government.

Experience

Principal ConsultantP3Group

Project SpecialistTelstra

Implementation SpecialistQPS

Project Manager, AssistantCrimTrac

Project SchedulerDMO

Project/Change CoordinatorDEEWR

Project Manager, AssistantDEWR

Project Support OfficerDOFA

Project Manager, JuniorALGA

Prior experience…



After passing my PMP exam in January 2010, I started brainstorming ideas to better deliver project management products, services, and solutions. However, I didn’t want to stop with project management. As my career progresses into program management and portfolio management, I’ll progress my business into these managements. Hence the P3 acronym – Project, Program, and Portfolio Management. In addition to these knowledge areas, I’m focusing on providing consultancy services to the Brisbane market and freelancing online, including:

• Web designing and development

• SEO professional consultancy services

Jul. 2010 – Current

North Lakes, Australia

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http://www.p3group.com.au/




Knowledge/Skill Requirements

• Project management knowledge

• PMBOK guidelines knowledge

• PRINCE2 methodology knowledge

• Australian taxation laws

• Business planning and administration

• ITIL v3 knowledge

• KM knowledge

• SEO knowledge

• Web design and development knowledge

IT Environment

• Microsoft Windows 7

• Microsoft Office 2010

• Microsoft Project 2010

• Microsoft Visio 2010

• Adobe Photoshop CS2

• Serif WebPlus X5

Jul. 2010 – Current

North Lakes, Australia

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The Australian Government’s decision to deliver the first national wholesale-only, open access broadband network to all Australians requires the provisioning of existing telecommunication networks, including the major provider, Telstra. NBN Co. required Telstra to provide data on the Telstra telecommunication network. This in turn provided NBN Co. the necessary information to plan their program schedules and coordinate with Telstra the upgrade and cutover of Telstra sites to NBN Co. over the coming years.

Jul. 2011 – Oct. 2011

Brisbane, Australia

Private sector IT project

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http://www.telstra.com/




Reporting to the National Project Manager, I supported the coordination of the Regional Coordinators and Project Managers in delivering the requirements requested by NBN Co. that was the fundamentals of planning the NBN project between Telstra and NBN Co. My duties included:

• Providing project management support to the National Project Manager in coordinating the program of work.

• Harvesting and quality assuring the requested data and documentation for NBN Co., including estimates.

• Analysing data and coordinating issue resolutions.

• Managing the software developers to create an Oracle database to store harvested data.

Jul. 2011 – Oct. 2011

Brisbane, Australia


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• Agile project management knowledge

• Leadership and management skills

• Excellent verbal communication skills

• Telecommunication network and infrastructure knowledge

• Telstra network knowledge

• NBN requirements knowledge

• System Development Lifecycle knowledge

IT Environment

• Microsoft Windows XP



• Microsoft SharePoint 2007

• Oracle APEX v3.1

• Telstra systems (e.g. IPAC, PBR)

Jul. 2011 – Oct. 2011

Brisbane, Australia


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Implementation SpecialistQueensland Police Service

Queensland Government appointed the QPS to lead a joint program in networking three agencies onto the one virtualized network. Queensland Police Service, Queensland Corrective Services, and Department of Justice and Attorney-General switched to the Public Safety Network (PSN) during 2009 / 2010 with upgrading the network infrastructure over 700 sites across the state and the 3 data centres in Brisbane. During 2010 / 2011, the Department of Emergency Services was added to the PSN.

Jul. 2009 – May 2010

Brisbane, Australia

Qld state government IT project

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http://www.police.qld.gov.au/




Reporting to the Technical Change Coordination Team Leader, I coordinated the rollout of new infrastructure that upgraded and merged the QPS, Queensland Corrective Services, and the Department of Justice and Attorney-General onto the PSN.

This role required a technical background because I was made available to several project managers and network designers that assigned me to a variety of jobs, including:

• Coordinating the delivery and setup of network infrastructure hardware delivery and setup to client sites.

• Quality assuring vendor performance to the PSN standards.

• Auditing legacy networks at client sites.

• Documenting audits into Visio diagrams.

• Diagramming data centre rack layouts.

• Installing hardware into data centres and client sites.

• Testing installed hardware on-site and remotely.

Jul. 2009 – May 2010

Brisbane, Australia


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• Network and data center infrastructure knowledge

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Excellent customer service skills

• Technical and non-technical problem solving skills

IT Environment





• Primavera

• HP Quality Center

• Network and data center infrastructure

Jul. 2009 – May 2010

Brisbane, Australia


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CrimTrac is the data broker for the state and federal law enforcement agencies across the nation. CrimTrac’s services to their clients increased sufficiently between 2004 – 2006 that a business need for improved data centre facilities were requested by the CrimTrac Board of Management. After a market analysis during 2007, CrimTrac proceeded with a new data centre solution in 2008 with refitting their existing data centre as the secondary / service continuity site. Once delivered in 2009, the new CrimTrac services were made available.

May 2008 – Apr. 2009

Canberra, Australia

Federal government IT project

$10 million budget

View website

http://www.crimtrac.gov.au/




Reporting to the ITSC Program Manager, I assisted in project managing the setup of a new primary data centre and refitting the existing data centre as the new secondary to support the increasing IT demands of the state and federal law enforcement agencies. My duties included:

• Managing a PRINCE2 project in a matured PRINCE2 maturity model.

• Preparing all PRINCE2 documentation for the ITSC Program Manager.

• Preparing monthly highlight reports to the ITSC Project Board and quarterly reports to the CrimTrac Board of Management.

• Business requirements gathering and documenting.

• Preparing tenders to market for a Request for Quote to survey the market and a Request for Tender to provision vendor services.

• Built and administrated the project SharePoint portal.

May 2008 – Apr. 2009

Canberra, Australia


$10 million budget

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• Network and data center infrastructure knowledge


• Stakeholder engagement and management skills

• Secretary duties

skills, including agenda and minutes

IT Environment






• Principal Toolbox

• Network and data center infrastructure

May 2008 – Apr. 2009

Canberra, Australia


$10 million budget

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Project SchedulerDefence Material Organisation

DMO IT division has Open Plan Professional (OPP) as their Project Management Information System. Project schedules were managed in OPP by the Project Scheduler whom engaged the project teams to quality assure data accuracy and timesheet submissions were done. The integration of OPP provided DMO with better reporting capabilities to the senior executive and Defence personnel.

Feb. 2008 – Apr. 2008

Canberra, Australia

Defence IT projects

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http://www.defence.gov.au/DMO




My duty as Project Scheduler was to administrate the project schedules across the IT division of DMO and report the resource usage to the Chief Information Officer and senior IT executives. This included:

• Quality assuring and updating the project schedule in OPP.

• Ensuring weekly timesheets were submitted into OPP.

• Preparing performance reports for the CIO and senior IT executives.

• Raising and monitoring issues and risks associated with project schedules.

Feb. 2008 – Apr. 2008

Canberra, Australia

Defence IT projects

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• Stakeholder engagement and management skills

• OPP administration knowledge

IT Environment

• Microsoft Windows 2000


• OPP

Feb. 2008 – Apr. 2008

Canberra, Australia

Defence IT projects

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Project/Change CoordinatorDepartment of Education,

Employment, & Workplace Relations

DEEWR’s IT Services Group (ITSG) integrated the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) as their set of practices for IT Service Management (ITSM). ITSG required a Project/Change Coordinator to build awareness of the ITIL maturity model and the ITSM’s need for all projects to submit their request for changes be submitted in advance to the requested change window. This built awareness at the Change Advisory Board meetings through the Forward Schedule of Change and ensured resources were made available across the ITSG.

Nov. 2006 – Jan. 2008

Canberra, Australia

Federal government IT projects

$1.5 million budget

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http://www.deewr.gov.au/





My duty as the Project/Change Coordinator was to build the awareness of the ITIL environment to the IT project managers across DEEWR and support their project needs in submitting change requests. This included:

• Chairing an open change forum to the IT project managers and ITIL team leaders.

• Preparing the Forward Schedule of Change for the Change Advisory Board (CAB).

• Advisor to the CAB on new and upcoming change requests.

• Analysing project requirements and preparing change requests in InfraEnterprise.

• Reviewing production system checklists in the CMDB.

Nov. 2006 – Jan. 2008

Canberra, Australia


$1.5 million budget

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• Business requirements gathering and documentation

• ITIL v2 and v3 knowledge

• Stakeholder engagement and

management skills

• PMO knowledge

IT Environment






• InfraEnterprise v7 and v8

Nov. 2006 – Jan. 2008

Canberra, Australia


$1.5 million budget

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Project Manager, AssistantDepartment of Employment &

Workplace Relations

Contact Centre Management System (CCMS) project delivered the customer management system and IT service management tool for the department, Workplace Authority, and Workplace Ombudsman to support the Work Choices legislation. DEWR in partnership with Infra Corporation, delivered InfraEnterprise version 7 to the department and agencies as part of phase one. The next phase delivered upgrading the CCMS to InfraEnterprise version 8 and maturing the ITIL model to version 3.

Feb. 2006 – Oct. 2006

Canberra, Australia


$20 million budget

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http://www.dewr.gov.au/




Workplace RelationsReporting to the CCMS Project Director, I assisted in the coordination of the project teams, business analyst consultants, and vendor to deliver two contact centres and upgrade the DEWR IT Service Management tool to InfraEnterprise v8. My duties included:

• Preparing project documentation in a PMBOK environment.

• Preparing monthly performance reports for the CCMS Project Director.

• Liaising project progress with the Project Management Office (PMO) and attending the PMO Forums.

• Business requirements gathering and documenting with the business analysts consultants.

• Preparing change requests in InfraEnterprise.

• Representing the project at the CAB meetings.

• Secretary to the project Change Control Board.

• Built and administrated the project SharePoint portal.

Feb. 2006 – Oct. 2006

Canberra, Australia


$20 million budget

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Workplace RelationsKnowledge/Skill Requirements




• Excellence verbal and written communication skills

• Business requirements gathering and documentation skills

• ITIL v2 and v3 knowledge

• Secretary duties skills, including agenda and minutes

• Work Choices knowledge

IT Environment






• InfraEnterprise v7 and v8

Feb. 2006 – Oct. 2006

Canberra, Australia


$20 million budget

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Project Support OfficerDepartment of Finance &

Administration

Finance’s Budget Estimates and Framework Review (BEFR) program key deliverable was the replacement of the legacy Accrual Information Management System (AIMS) with the Central Budget Management System (CBMS). Finance in partnership with IBM delivered the CBMS across the Australian Government departments and agencies with upgrading the on-site Finance desktops, CBMS remote accessing software, and delivering a contact centre to support the finance staff across the Australian Public Service.

May 2005 – Jan. 2006

Canberra, Australia


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http://www.finance.gov.au/




AdministrationReporting to the BEFR Project Manager, I assisted the project teams in delivering the Central Budget Management System (CBMS) to the Australian Government. I was assigned to a variety of jobs, including:

• System testing new models for the CBMS.

• Patch releasing to Federal Government clients.

• Installing CBMS software onto Federal Government computers at client sites.

• Resolving connectivity issues at client sites.

• Preparing training schedules and materials.

• Training public servants in CBMS.

• Setting up the CBMS Contact Centre.

• Assigning CBMS user access in Active Directory.

May 2005 – Jan. 2006

Canberra, Australia


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AdministrationKnowledge/Skill Requirements



• Excellent customer service skills

• Technical and non-technical problem solving skills

• Training skills

• In-depth CBMS and AIMS knowledge

• System testing skills

IT Environment





• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory

• Access database

• CBMS and AIMS

May 2005 – Jan. 2006

Canberra, Australia


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Project Manager, JuniorAustralian Local Government

AssociationALGA’s Online Services team managed the Local Government Interoperability Framework (LGIF) program that consisted of 16 sub-projects to assist council IT managers in mitigating their ICT expenditures and assist in developing their knowledge in modern ICT technologies. The primary deliverable was the LGConnect website that published the project outcomes. This website is now decommissioned, however ALGA has retained the important information for local government on the ALGA website :

Policy and Research / Information Technology

Sept. 2003 – Apr. 2005

Canberra, Australia

Local government IT projects

$4.4 million budget

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http://www.alga.asn.au/?ID=134&Menu=44,64

http://www.alga.asn.au/?ID=134&Menu=44,64

http://www.alga.asn.au/




AssociationReporting to the LGIF Project Director, I assisted in managing the 16 sub-projects in the LGIF that delivered tools and techniques for local government to mitigate IT costs and improve awareness of online technologies. I was assigned to a variety of jobs, including:

• Coordinating the software developers in creating an open source content management system.

• Coordinating the software developers in creating a web spider to harvest and index local government websites.

• Developed the Connecting Local Government (LGConnect) website.

• Publishing project outcomes onto the LGConnect website.

• Quality assured vendor’s deliverables to the business requirements and contractual agreements.

Sept. 2003 – Apr. 2005

Canberra, Australia


$4.4 million budget

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AssociationKnowledge/Skill Requirements





• Open source knowledge

• Web design and XML technology knowledge

• Australian Government domain name policy knowledge

IT Environment





• Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP (LAMP)

• MetaNode

Sept. 2003 – Apr. 2005

Canberra, Australia


$4.4 million budget

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Prior experience…

Helpdesk Manager, Telstra

Project Support Officer, HPA

Project Support Officer, CSC

Project Support Officer, Outsource Australia

Intranet Developer, DigiPlus

Project Support Officer, InTACT

View my LinkedIn profile for more information on the above positions.

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Contact me

Postal AddressPO Box 971North LakesQLD 4509

Email Address & [email protected]

www.aaronkbradford.com

Phone Number0402 962 269

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