Mike Burns

Experience

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  Vodafone New Zealand

  Jan 2006 - May 2010

  Project Manager

  Deployed a country wide network drive testing solution to enable better visibility of black-spots and network performance and benchmark against competitors.Delivered new products, system upgrades and swap outs in the Value Added Services domain, including fixed and mobile convergence, SMS, and third party content and charging systems. I managed the end to end project lifecycle, including supplier management, designing and implementing new business and operational processes and leading product GTM activities Show less

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  Vodafone Group Services

  Jul 2010 - May 2013

  Programme Manager

  Established the programme for the global rollout of Salesforce.com to 20 countries, building the team from 5 to 100 staff including onboarding of an implementation partner and delivery of the global template.Deployed Microsoft Office 365 to 10 countries, leading the engagement with Microsoft and in-country GTM teams and managed the project to customize Office 365 to integrate with Vodafone Onenet product.

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  Vodafone Qatar

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2015

  Programme Manager & Strategic Relationship Manager

  I led the engagement programme with Qnbn (Qatar National Broadband Network), facilitating the operational, technical and commercial relationships across both companies and led the negotiation and execution of multiple contracts. The relationship was a key enabler for Vodafone Qatar’s Fixed business, which grew exponentially over the time I was in the role. In addition, I was part of the team driving a key strategic M&A opportunity.

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  Deloitte Consulting

  Jul 2015 - Sept 2022

  Leader in Major Programmes, specialising in business transformation enabled by S/4 Hana, with a passion for developing high performing teams Management Consultant in Deloitte's Programme Leadership group

  • Director

    Jun 2021 - Sept 2022

  • Management Consultant

    Jul 2015 - Jun 2021
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  PwC New Zealand

  Oct 2022 - now

  Director