1999 - 2005 - Senior Consultant, Computerland NZ

In 1999 I joined Computerland NZ to start my consulting career. My initial role was to 'prepare Computerland for Active Directory' which was soon to be launched. During this time I established an Active Directory and Exchange 2000 'practice' at Computerland that sought to construct design templates, frameworks and methodologies for the design and implementation of Active Directory and Exchange systems. In this role I was the lead architect for most of the larger AD and Exchange projects undertaken by Computerland across New Zealand. Other consultants came to use my design templates and methodologies and this was very productive for Computerland.

During the end of my career at Computerland I started out an Identity Management practice in which I invested in capability development and practice material - an activity I was to continue in my next role at Optimation.

Role Summary: 

• Principal Consultant for Active Directory and Exchange projects from pre-sales though to implementation.
• Principal Consultant for Identity Management and Directory Services projects
• Practice Development for Active Directory, Directory Services and Identity Management
• Active Directory and affiliated Infrastructure Design.
• Exchange 2000 / 2003 Design

Consulting Roles Core Competencies: 

• Pre-Sales: Involved as a principal pre-sales consultant. This includes:
  • Presentations
  • Establishing credibility / trusted advisor
  • Business consulting / alignment with business strategy
  • Conceptual architecture and design

• Multi-party facilitation. Many projects are multi-vendor and involve third parties. My role has often involved taking a lead role in design and facilitation.

• Solutions Design. Key involvement in many significant and complex projects for Computerland. These typically cover a broad range of aspects including business / technology alignment and enterprise architecture development

• Oversee Implementation (alongside Project Management).

Practice Development:

• Active Directory (Windows 2000 and Windows 2003)
• Exchange (2000 and 2003)
• Directory Services
• Identity Management

Technologies:

• Windows 2000 and 2003
• Exchange 2000 and 2003
• Novell Identity Manager
• Active Directory
• Novell eDirectory