Stephen Du

Experience

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  Australian Department of Defence

  May 2007 - Dec 2010

  Business Analyst / Software Developer

  Role: design and development of both back end database and front end user interface software solutionsHighlight: successfully developed and delivered comprehensive weapons training software to Australian Army and received personal commendation from Chief of Army

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  XAct Solutions

  Jul 2011 - Jun 2013

  Strategy Analyst

  Role: part of strategy consulting wing, end to end ownership of data modelling and insights on logistics network optimisationHighlight: over 8 major strategic projects across household FMCG brands with around 75% leading to implementation phase

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  Quantium

  Jan 2014 - Nov 2019

  Role: build and strengthened strategic partnerships with GM level stakeholders in Woolworths and promoted analytical solutions to become an integral part of daily business decisionsHighlight: exceeding revenue and resourcing target, delivered multiple data powered strategic projects in alignment with core Woolworths strategies, leading to practical implementations and ExCO level presentations Role: leading cross team collaboration, knowledge sharing and career growth of direct reports in both Australia and India, generating innovative solutions with commercially viable applicationsHighlight: built and implemented multiple supervised and unsupervised machine learning models such as pricing elasticity, promotional effectiveness, on-shelf availability and customer segmentation to help client in optimizing ROI and strategy planning

  • Senior Client Manager

    Jan 2018 - Nov 2019

  • Analytics Team Lead

    Jan 2014 - Dec 2017
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  Blue Yonder

  Nov 2019 - Feb 2021

  AI Solution Advisor, APAC

  Role: drive consultative selling sessions with customers during RFP, discovery, solutioning, POCs, and follow-up phases, building and demonstrating AI / ML powered end to end supply chain solutions and platform strategies for tier one enterprise customers across APAC, Highlight: significantly exceeding annual revenue target, delivered impactful presentations and provided thought leadership of AI / ML solutions, driving multi million dollar deals towards closing

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  IBM

  Sept 2021 - now

  Working with IBM Ecosystem Partners to identify opportunities, and progress technical sales, resulting in client success and IBM Technology business growth. Identify opportunities to expand Ecosystem partner skills coverage for Data & AI in order to scale success. Leverage technical insights to work alongside Ecosystem Partners to remove technical inhibitors and co-deliver demos with Partners, support partner PoX, advise partners on solution design. Focused on end to end data lifecycle from governance to MLOps at scale across strategic enterprises in Australia, leveraging IBM's Cloud Pak for Data with a suite of pre-integrated data services such as governance policy enforcement, catalogs, ETL / multi-cloud integration, Auto ML, decision optimisation

  • Partner Technical Specialist - Data & AI

    Feb 2023 - now

  • Solution Advisor - Data Governance and MLOps

    Sept 2021 - Mar 2023