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Catherine Wilson

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  • About me

    Associate Director | Programme and Change Management

  • Education

    • Massey University

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      MBS Master of Business Studies in Management

      Postgraduate thesis in effective project management methods during a merger of two large organizations.

    • Massey University

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      DBA Diploma in Business Administration

      Postgraduate diploma in Human Resource Management, Marketing, Business Strategy.

    • Victoria University of Wellington

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      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Bachelor of Arts

      English Literature major, with minor specialisation in Information Systems.

  • Experience

    • Ministry of Justice - New Zealand

      Jan 2005 - Jun 2006

      Programme management of the plan and team delivering the technology aspects of the Collections and Special Jurisdictions programme. Delivery of projects for the Collections Health and Safety programme and other initiatives.

      • Programme Manager

        Jul 2005 - Jun 2006

      • IT Project Manager (Contract)

        Jan 2005 - Jul 2005

    • Ministry of Justice

      Jul 2007 - Mar 2010
      Programme Manager

      Reporting to the GM ICT Services and the Head of Infrastructure Services, this role programme managed significant components of the Ministry’s major three-year ICT work programme to upgrade the systems supporting the corporate centre, operations centres and courts throughout New Zealand.

    • Entelechy (Self Employed)

      Mar 2010 - Aug 2023
      Project Management Consultant

    • Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

      Apr 2010 - Apr 2012
      Senior Project Manager

      Business and IT project management of key systems upgrade projects for Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (now MPI), NZ Food Safety Authority, and Biosecurity New Zealand - and then integrating and transforming key applications with those of the Ministry of Fisheries.

    • Starfish Consulting

      Apr 2010 - Apr 2012
      Associate

    • Revera

      Jun 2012 - Mar 2019
      Project Manager

    • CCL

      Mar 2019 - May 2020
      Project Manager

      I have gained extensive experience over the last 8 years initially for Revera and then more recently for CCL, in managing transformation projects for Government and private sector organisations. Additionally, I expanded my expertise in project and programme management by obtaining professional Practitioner certification in all of the following: • Managing Successful Programmes Practitioner • Agile PM Practitioner • Prince 2 PractitionerI successful led delivery teams for many and varied projects, including:• Significant application / system migrations to cloud or hybrid cloud services• Large scale data migrations to newer storage solutions• Virtual Desktop development and rollout to national and international offices• Email Migrations to Office 365 and Exchange solutions (various)• Significant internal programmes to bring new Revera services and products to market, including proof of concept with external clients where agreed• Networking/ Internet as a Service / TaaS / WAN / Wireless rollouts around New Zealand Show less

    • MetService

      Aug 2020 - Dec 2021
      Senior Project Manager

      Planning and delivery of the Data Centre Migration Project, working to tight deadlines to move all applications, servers, storage, and network appliances from the on-premise MetService datacentre to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other IT / cloud providers.Reporting to Governance Group and Senior Leadership team, and preparation of Board papers when required.

    • Wellington City Council

      Jan 2022 - Sept 2022
      Senior Project Manager

      Planning and migration of an enterprise document management system to a new purpose-built Microsoft 365 / SharePoint solution.Successful project leadership of multiple workstreams, including:• Redevelopment of key customer service applications and processes to ensure integration with Microsoft 365 solutions• Business change management, including enterprise-wide communications and training on information management using SharePoint and Microsoft Teams• Planning and scoping several options for the post-migration information management / M365 roadmap Show less

    • GNS Science

      Oct 2022 - Aug 2023
      IT Project Manager

      • Wairakei to Kapua Migration Project – a significant migration of servers, data storage appliances, and network devices from the on-premise datacentre to an AOG provider. • SharePoint Implementation – Agreed enhancements to GNS Teams/SharePoint – including improvements to user experience, and M365 operational resilience. • Oracle to PostgreSQL Migration - Redevelopment of GNS applications to use PostgreSQL as their core database - including migration of existing data, managing system and user testing, cutover and post migration support. Show less

    • Deloitte

      Aug 2023 - now
      Associate Director - Consulting

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • AgilePM Foundation and Practitioner Certification

      APMG International
      Jun 2019

    • Mental Health First Aid Practitioner Certification

      CoLiberate

    • The Science of Well-being

      Coursera
      Aug 2020
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    • Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn

      Microsoft
      Sept 2023
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    • ICAgile Certified Professional - Business Agility Foundations

      ICAgile
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    • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

      Microsoft
      Aug 2020
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    • PRINCE2® Foundation and Practitioner Certification Training

      APMG International
      Dec 2019