Liam O'Grady

Liam o'grady

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location of Liam O'GradyByron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Timeline

  • About me

    IT Director | Global Service Desk Management | Digital Transformation | IT Operating Model | Team & Customer Engagement

  • Education

    • Iassc

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      Certification lean six sigma green belt
    • Coláiste stiofáin naofa

      1998 - 1999
      Diploma information systems
    • St michael's college

      1990 - 1995
      Leaving certificate
    • Limerick institute of technology

      1995 - 1996
      Applied chemistry
    • Ucd michael smurfit graduate business school

      2017 -
      Diploma business administration and management, general
    • Tafe nsw

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      Diploma project management pmbok project management
  • Experience

    • Dell

      Apr 1999 - Oct 2000
      Technical support agent
    • Heatons ltd

      Jan 2001 - Dec 2002
      Network administrator
    • Icon plc

      Apr 2003 - Nov 2021

      Following success below, assumed additional accountability for Global IT Service Desk, IT Service Management and IT Service Partner teams with a focus on driving process improvement, innovation and automation to drive key efficiencies and improved customer outcomes. I led a globally dispersed team of 60+ continuing to invest in improving strategic and operational alignment, engagement and a customer-centric culture. Responsible for multimillion-dollar CAPEX, OPEX and vendor management. ITIL process owner, ServiceNow business owner and steering committee member for RPA with business line responsibility for ITSM automation outcomes.- Continued to transform and evolve ITSM globally into a standardised and united platform empowered by technology utilisation and centred on value creation and business benefit; - Automated 20% of previously manually completed requests and kick-started the transition to self-service;- Engineered OPEX savings and customer benefit through deployment of a Virtual Support Agent (chatbot); - Increased employee engagement to above the company and industry average with less than 5% attrition Show less Promoted to lead the Global IT Service Desk with a focus on bringing together a geographically dispersed team and create a standardised model underpinning a superior customer experience and focus on outcomes. - Established a best-in-class global service desk supported by off-shore operations in the Philippines and in India;- Elevated internal customer satisfaction from 70% to the high 90s, driving prioritised, validated continuous process and system improvement initiatives informed by surveys and feedback tools Show less Supporting growth across the APAC region through the development of a scalable, cost-effective and standard IT platform and the IT management of new office openings, this was a generalist IT leadership role responsible for the management and optimisation of local infrastructure, telephony, desktop environment and vendors. I oversaw all level 1-3 support across the Asian region, while scaling teams to meet new business needs and using process automation and deployment of new technology to create value. - United a previously fragmented mode of operating to create a standard IT operating environment;- Designed a regional framework including support model, SLAs and an IT ticketing system;- Created a standardised desktop environment and introduced remote deployment services to reduce IT risk and navigate challenges related to remotely managed IT operations. Show less

      • Global Director Digital Operations, Service Management

        Sept 2019 - Nov 2021
      • Director IT Operations

        Oct 2017 - Sept 2019
      • Senior IT Service Delivery Manager

        Mar 2007 - Oct 2017
      • Network Supervisor

        Jan 2006 - Mar 2007
      • Senior IT Support Analyst

        Apr 2003 - Jan 2006
    • Atlassian

      Jan 2022 - Nov 2023
      Peopleops innovation program manager

      Implemented automated service options for Atlassian's PeopleOps group including a virtual agent for service delivery.Program Manager for Atlassian's PeopleAI team which is responsible for design and delivery of PeopleOps solutions using Large Language Models such as OpenAI

    • Brisbane city council

      Apr 2024 - now
      Manager workpace services

      Leader for employee ICT experience teams

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Diploma in project management pmbok

      Tafe hunter
      Jan 2011
    • Itil foundation

      Itil
      Nov 2009