Whilst each industry is unique, change management, good project practice and soft skills are not. Pragmatic application of our guidelines, always using a wide repertoire of soft skills and drawing in subject matter experts will produce results. 19 years' experience in the IT industry in teams and leading teams (nine years) as a software delivery manager, senior project manager and account manager has given Peter the broad exposure necessary to know how teams should work and what makes a project a success. “My vision for Resolution8 is to gather a team of professionals that are passionate about the art of project outcome delivery and can add this to the unique capabilities and visions of our partners to help them achieve their goals.” His industry experience has afforded Peter a clear view of how-to and not-to engage service companies, a strong sense of scale, scope and risk, and an acute awareness of business requirements and technical capabilities.
“I strongly believe there are opportunities being lost and issues created in organisations because they are not realising the value of vision, scope and clear lines of engagement in creating successful projects and operational relationships.” Peter has delivered a wide variety of projects in many different industries including:
Health
Banking
Dairy
Telecommunications
Local Government
Retail
Asset management
VIVEK SHARMA. technical lead / business intelligence.
Vivek has long and varied history of delivery and working across sectors. Roles from solution development, commercial development and start-ups, Vivek adds a great deal of experience and knowledge to the team as well as an insatiable thirst for understanding the technical.
Vivek holds a masters degree in strategic management and post graduate diplomas and bachelors in IT and business studies.
When engaging with clients Vivek is able to bring all of his business and technical understanding to the table - unpacking the business need and visualising the technical requirements to match.
With 20 plus years in the IT sector and across dairy, recruitment. operational management and financial management you can be sure your in safe hands with Vivek.
CLARE STEVENS. project manager / PMO.
Clare has spent 20 years within the technology industry working as a programme lead, senior business analyst, product manager, project manager, software designer and software developer. This has given Clare significant insight into the realities of project initiation, design, development and delivery and she has been able to develop a practical understanding of the essential capabilities required in order to successfully deliver them. Clare led large project analysis teams across complex design and development projects, where she was highly regarded and valued by her team, colleagues and clients. Clare has been involved in a wide variety of projects in many different industries including health, dairy, power and media. She has ‘sat on both sides of the fence’ as both a client and a software vendor and has had exposure working with small, medium and large-scale organisations, within executive, senior management and project management teams. This breadth of experience and ever-increasing range of responsibilities has enabled Clare to develop a strong sense of business drivers along with the importance of clear goals and objectives that are balanced against project scope and risk. Her extensive experience as a business analyst led Clare to develop an acute awareness of stakeholder engagement, business requirements, process analysis and technical capabilities. Clare knows what makes a good project foundation, team, design approach and how to deliver successfully.
SALLY ROSENBERG. project manager / business analysis.
In the Dark Ages (pre the birth of the internet) Sally started a role as an Engineering Cadet and was sent out into the world to survey roads, bridges, infrastructure and learn the art and science of project management ‘hands on’.
Fast forward to today, and she spend every day doing my best to deliver excellent outcomes for customers, colleagues, friends and family. Somewhere along the way Sally acquired a couple of degrees and a real passion for using curiosity as a superpower to understand what excellent looks like from other perspectives.
A few key projects during my career this far have included:
Delivery of a national solution for time-sensitive logistics, integrating a data warehouse, GIS system and ERP, delivering cost and time savings year on year
Introduction of new crisis management and business continuity capability for a global dairy business allowing Executive to lower the risks to people, product and reputation
Bid management for a successful export education offering in collaboration with an off-shore partner leading to awarding of a multi-million dollar contract
Business and process analysis/mapping, end to end, of a production and associated quality system allowing certification to ISO9001
Project management of an asset management process improvement in an SAP environment allowing for WLCC and FMECA to run on real data, delivering cost savings and stronger knowledge of the asset base
Programme risk management for an enterprise solution, integrating multiple disparate apps, databases and solutions to migrate to SAP
Sally is now the Senior Delivery Manager at Resolution8 – a solutions company that specialises in combining its capabilities with those of its customers to build benefit pathways to successful outcomes. As the company’s wide-focus expert, having worked across many industries, she assists and works on mentoring our upcoming talent, thriving in the ‘deep end’ of complex projects and programmes, and working with a portfolio view of our customers’ needs to accomplish outcomes that we like to leave with the customer. Sally is inspired by the power of IT to unlock business capability.
Between her experience in projects, enterprise risk, start ups and senior management, and her healthy obsession with Baroque music performance, Sally considers herself to be a radical generalist, ready to meet challenges with a smile.
PAUL VAN EYK. solution architecture / development.
Paul is an accomplished software engineer and architect. Through his various development in team lead, technical lead and advisory roles he has kept abreast of continuing and emerging technology’s in the ICT sector. Paul’s software designs are award winning, both in the technical sense and business value. His ongoing involvement in software development and design makes his advice and direction on solution structure all the more reliable. This hands-on awareness of how a technology works (or doesn’t) in different situations means you can be confident in the directions he provides. Paul has a long history with the Resolution8 team in his various roles and in all situations has proven to provide a sound understanding of underlying technical challenges which are often unobserved by others.
LESLEY KUKARD. operational deliver lead.
Lesley will have you organised, sorted and cleaned in no time flat. A key part of any project or business is ensuring tasks are done, people turn up and have what they need when they need it - Lesley ensures that we have this in spades.
A broad working background and agile mind mean Lesley is able to assimilate, understand and improve processes as she goes.
Lesley's work background has included property management, account manage. and credit control. Everywhere she's gone she has optimised and improved how things are done.
Lesley currently support multiple clients and projects, ensuring things get done.
TRINA FALCONER. project manager.
Trina has more than 20 years’ experience in project and service manager roles, being highly effective at defining and implementing business changes, creating excellent professional relationships, contributing, and liaising effectively at any organisational level to refine and enhance business processes. Trina is an articulate communicator who facilitates understanding at any organisational level, incisively researches where required, analyses and interprets complex issues and applies sound project management methodology. She is a strategic and analytical thinker who sees opportunities and risks early, is logical, systems minded and effective decision maker and applies honesty, integrity, and professionalism in all matters she is involved with.
DAVID TRIMBLE. enterprise architect.
David is a highly experienced enterprise and solution architect with an extensive software development background across industry and technology boundaries. He has extensive experience leading and mentoring technical teams.
Over the last six years, David has advised organisations on Cloud strategy, both in terms of understanding how to leverage Cloud technology to deliver business value and best approaches to design and delivery. He has particularly gained in-depth knowledge of the Microsoft Azure platform and the tools it provides to create secure application programming interfaces (APIs). David also worked for Microsoft Corporation for 5 years in the Patterns and Practices Group, creating frameworks and platforms for the Microsoft .Net platform.
ROCHELLE GILBERT. administration.
Rochelle’s experience in administration and organisation management makes her the ideal person to drive the Resolution8 team forward and ensure the team can focus on their core competencies.
MEGAN PRITCHARD. business analyst / intelligence.
Megan joins us with a broad working history, this context gives her the context in the different projects she finds herself. With in-depth knowledge of the local government sector, she is well suited to unpacking how things work and finding better ways to do them, through process change or IT solutions or both.
Her ability to pick up different business processes enhances her ability to understand dashboard and business intelligence requirements. Her PowerBI abilities have been leveraged by the Resolution8 and our projects to get insight into delivery and risk profiles. These combined skills will ensure she comes to an understanding of your needs before you launch into the investment of business intelligence solutions and dashboards / reporting.
SASHA STRYDOM. project manager / business analysis.
Sasha has worked across several industries, from energy, to dairy, to health and now with Resolution8 in local government and other areas. Her background working with people and systems, along with her attention to detail set her up well in her project management and analyst roles.
Applying both a keen insight into dynamics of a group, how to get a solution in place and strong background in people Sasha works out what needs to be done and drives her teams to get it done.
We know you'll enjoy working with Sasha's positive attitude contrasting against her ability to spy out risks to delivery.
NICOLE SCOTT. project administrator.
Nicole joined us having run all aspects of her own business for more than 23 years, she brings this experience to Resolution8 and our clients. She is a hair dressing assessor for Te Pukenga shaping the careers of future hairdressers. Along with her down-to-earth approach, detailed note taking, and persistence ensure she gets the job done. Nicole is currently working across several internal and client projects in the local government and dairy sectors, Nicole is enjoying these new challenges and managing them with aplomb.
AMBER CARDALE. project manager.
Amber has spent over 10 years delivering successful outcomes for the tertiary sector and more broadly in her own business as a virtual Marketing Manager.With a passion for relationship management, Amber has enjoyed success in working with subject matter experts to create educational solutions for the sector, creating brand awareness for small businesses with effective marketing strategy, building static and e-commerce websites for small businesses, and helping people achieve their goals through career development. With effective communication, Amber will ensure your project is kept on track, risks, dependencies, and tasks are managed, and all parties are aware what is expected of them as we work toward from start to finish. Ensuring your project is a success, together as a team.