John Houlihan

Experience

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  トヨタ自動車株式会社

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2006

  Head of Strategy Execution

  >> Strategy: Led the establishment, design, implementation and operation of Australian strategy management function for 20 Toyota Divisions, 150 scorecards, and 700 executive staff.

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  トヨタ自動車株式会社

  Jan 2007 - Mar 2010

  Head of IT Business Engagement, Capabilty, Programme Delivery and Commercial

  >> Service: Led the people capability, IT investment, portfolio, programme, commercial, business analysis and internal business engagement functions, managing services and relationships with business functions, national users of IT systems, regional IT in Bangkok and Head Office in Japan. Responsible for 20 IT staff.

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  Hanes Brands Australasia

  Mar 2010 - May 2011

  General Manager Commercial and Finance

  >> Renewal: Led the Commercial and Finance function within the Footwear, Youth Fashion and Sport Group during time of significant internal and external change. Comprised 4 businesses, 30 brands, $400m turnover and 500 staff. Responsible for 14 commercial staff.

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  Strategy Delivery Partners

  Jun 2011 - now

  Director / Owner

  >> Performance: SDP partners with leaders and teams to optimise how they prioritise, plan and perform - faster and better than competitors. More: www.sdpartners.com.au>> Teamwork: SDP works with leaders and teams to optimise how teams work together to improve productivity and engagement for onsite, distributed and hybrid teams. More: www.teamactivation.co

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  EnergyAustralia

  Feb 2017 - Jan 2020

  >> Transformation: Designed, established and led New Ways of Working capability team to drive transformational change across the retail business. >> Innovation: Applied Lean Startup and Scaled Agile (SAFe) principles and practices to design, construct and launch an Innovation Incubator as a Service (in 6 mths) for the NextGen business.>> Agility: Designed and deployed new ways of working at enterprise, program and team level to accelerate innovation.

  • Business Agility & New Ways of Working Lead

    Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Innovation Incubator Design, Delivery & Capability Lead - NextGen | Customer Transformation

    Feb 2017 - Jan 2018
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  OSQO

  Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  FinTech Startup - Customer Proposition, Partner Channels and Target Operating Model Lead

  >> Establishing and leading Customer Proposition, Partner Channels and Target Operating Model for OSQO fin-tech startup - homebuyer deposit gap loans.>> OSQO Mortgage Deposit Fund is the world's first blockchain-powered marketplace for mortgage deposit bonds (a smart way to fund home loan deposits), which addresses the housing affordability problem by helping homebuyers crowdsource deposits directly from investors.Start-up Product Owner:• Designed and validated customer proposition, consumer artefacts and supporting brand language• Online Wizard tool development, product validation with mortgage broker channel partners, and integration with Blockchain technologies (Ethereum / Solana / Hyperledger)• Detailed system testing, including validation of Bond creation process on Blockchain• Target organisational design, ways of working and recruitment approach aligned to funding strategy• Team design, recruitment and development.Stepped back to continue in advisor role.www.depositgaploans.comwww.osqo.com Show less

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  GMHBA Limited

  Sept 2020 - Jun 2021

  Head of Agile Transformation

  >> Designing and leading the group strategy, planning and execution of GMHBA’s transformation to an agile operating model, covering people, process and ways of working. >> Quarterly Business Review (QBR), prioritisation, strategy acceleration, performance improvement, customer-led design, mindset and methods, lean-agile leadership, people development.

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  Medibank

  Jun 2021 - Dec 2023

  Head of Business Agility

  >> Establishing and leading Medibank's business agility strategy and enterprise function, supporting our talented cross-functional teams and business functions to deliver more value, faster through better alignment, teamwork, and Ways of Working.>> Strategy acceleration, operating model optimisation, education, coaching, team architecture and delivery support. Mindset and methods. Lean, Agile, Design Thinking. Visibility, Cadences, Coaching.

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  Commonwealth Bank

  May 2024 - now

  Senior Agility Coach / Leader

  >> Senior Agility Coach and 'value delivery partner' in the CBA Group Agility Practice>> Partnering with Crew leadership, squad leads and chapter leads to embed CBA agile operating model, aligned to whole of enterprise transformation to an agile organisation, optimising portfolio ROI and delivery outcomes>> Optimising people capability, new ways of working, strategy alignment, prioritisation, value delivery, tooling, cross functional collaboration, and agile maturity>> Facilitator in Coaching Excellence Programme to uplift agility coaching capability across the CBA group. Show less