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RACQSolution Delivery Lead (Scrum Master/Technical PM)
Jul. 2022Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Discovery Parks GroupScrum Master / Agile Coach / Agile PM
Oct. 2020 - Jul. 2022Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Two SticksAgile Consultant
Jan. 2020Adelaide, AustraliaTwo Sticks is Ben's consultancy for anything Agile/Project Management/Development/Devops related.
People's Choice Credit UnionScrum Master
Jan. 2020 - Jul. 2020Adelaide, South Australia, AustraliaBen led a squad of 18 Developers, BAs, Testers and UX specialists to deliver the technical readiness aspects of a transition from ONYX CRM to Salesforce CRM. This work included managing the squad's interactions to ensure integrations between 8 other squads including core banking, data analytics, communications, telephony and web were smooth and prioritised accordingly. The program of work was delivered using the SAFE scrum methodology over several Program Increments. This was a highly technical and complicated delivery and required Ben to draw on his many years of experience in delivering similar pieces of work. The delivery of the 'technical readiness' milestone is integral to the future success of the bank.
ASG GroupAgile Consultant - Agile Practice Lead - Agile Coach
Jan. 2017 - Jan. 2020Adelaide, AustraliaBen is a pragmatic Agilist with over 24 years’ experience working in IT. Some might call him an Agile Coach while others a Scrum Master or Agile PM. Labels aside, Ben has a depth of knowledge and experience through real 'hands-on' practical application of Agile mindset and methodologies across all levels of business to enable sustainable change, a focus on faster customer value delivery and Agile adoption. Ben has helped groups of developers, managers, librarians, marketers, designers, festival crews, devops teams and C level teams to become highly effective in removing obstacles through Agile frameworks and developing consistent practices. Some of Ben's recent clients include: Airservices Australia
SA Power Networks SA Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure Flinders University Adelaide University SA Water Gluttony BAE
Aligent ConsultingAgile Lead, Development Manager, Project Manager and Technical Lead
Feb. 2016 - Jan. 2017Adelaide, AustraliaAligent has the skills and experience to translate your ecommerce aspirations into reality. Having delivered over 30 Magento projects since 2009, our team can answer the most complex of technical questions that Magento can ask. Our company is sought out worldwide as a Magento expert, and our record of extending Magento to meet challenging business requirements is second to none. Aligent Consulting provides a unique combination of insightful strategy and deep technical expertise. These attributes are essential in a successful Magento development team. Our clients are some of Australia's biggest online brands including Jurlique, Camilla and Marc, BNKR, Haighs, Spendless Shoes, Coopers, Forever New, Swimwear Galore, Styletread and many more. Some major deliveries include: * Delivery and champion of the Aligent Agile Development Process
* Rolling out JIRA and adopting the Scrum Agile development process.
* Implementing the continuous build and release services using Git, Codeship and Anchor/Fleet.
* Implementing strict code peer review practices.
* Major project deliveries
Dynamic Creative Pty LtdAgile Software Development Manager
Jun. 2014 - Jan. 2016AdelaideDynamic Creative™ is an Ad Automation Platform for inventory driven websites suitable for Desktops and Tablets plus Mobiles. Offering Industry specific plans and prices, the Dynamic Creative™ Ad Platform fulfils search requests from potential buyers with highly customised ad campaigns that deliver specific, cost effective ads and returns additional profit for advertisers. By automatically matching search requests with inventory data, the Dynamic Creative™ Ad Platform works in sync with inventory changes to create real time, targeted ads, which are accurate and totally relevant. * Rolling out JIRA and adopting the Scrum Agile development process to the development team – Jira/Agile
* Complete rebuild of the UI and workflows of the Dynamic Creative application.
* Increasing the capacity of the Dynamic Creative platform tenfold through the implementation of re-architecture, server balancing, database sharding and on-demand resource instantiation. * Implementing the continuous build and release services using Git and Engine Yard.
* Implementing strict code peer review practices and automated TDD processes using Semaphore and Code Climate.
Finsbury GreenIT and Agile Development Manager
Feb. 2012 - Jun. 2014Adelaide, AustraliaAs a manufacturer, we are Australia's acknowledged leader in environmental printing practice. We deliver manufactured carbon neutral printing and services with the highest environmental credentials. As a marketing services manager, we deliver an efficient, best practice service that promotes sustainability right through our green supply chain. Knowledge, experience and craftsmanship are combined with technology, to provide an extensive range of quality printing and marketing services. Some major deliveries include: * Building a high performing Agile team.
* Rolling out JIRA and adopting the Kanban Agile development process to the development team – Jira/Agile
* Implementing the continuous build and release services using Git/Stash/Team City.
* Developing the IT Strategic road-map for delivering product development, change and improvement.
* Introduction of TDD minimum coverage of 70%, peer code review using Stash and stringent QA procedures reducing bug introduction to almost zero.
Ballistic MediaIT and Development Manger
Jun. 2009 - Feb. 2012Adelaide, AustraliaAs the IT and Development Manager for Ballistic Media my role primarily involved managing a team of developers, engineers and designers in running and maintaining the very large web presence and the day to day IT Systems operations of Ballistic Media. One of my biggest successes was turning this team into a high performing Scrum team.
The company is based in Adelaide with an office in Melbourne and a number of ‘work from home’ employees accessing the company WAN from Melbourne, Florida and London via VPN tunnels. Ballistic Media own a number of very large and busy websites, receiving on average 22 million visitors across all ten sites each month. The various sites under the Ballistic Media umbrella amount to the largest online community for 2D and 3D computer artists with around 150,000 active members.
As part of my personal ongoing training while at Ballistic I was fortunate to be able to participate in the ‘Enterprise Connect’ 8-month leadership mentoring program.
The Memphis AgencySenior Developer
Oct. 2005 - Jun. 2009AdelaideThe Memphis Agency (Currently Zero, formally Enpresiv) is a cutting edge full-stack digital agency offering a complete solution that encompasses marketing, design, social media, web development and application development. Some of Australia's favourite brands have been clients including Beereneberg, Repco, Adelaide Crows FC and Playgroup Australia.
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