Nicholas McCabe

Experience

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  Free Agent

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

  Professional Video Gamer

  Represented New Zealand at multiple world championships as an individual. During this period I was sponsored by multiple brands with numerous media appearances.I also managed a professional video game within Australia and New Zealand which remained undefeated in competition for 6 years straight.

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  Fiordland Souvenirs

  Feb 2001 - May 2010

  General Manager

  Responsible for head office operations, with a major focus on technology delivery for the family business.

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  Intel Corporation

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Sponsored Gamer
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  Suncorp Group

  May 2010 - Dec 2020

  Business leader role responsible for leading the Suncorp NZ IT Infrastructure & Operations teams. These consisting of Platform Managers, Delivery Managers, Project Managers, Architects, Senior System Engineers, Software Engineers, System Analysts, Release & Implementation as well Partners. With the purpose to deliver modern infrastructure & end user compute services underpinned by Agile methodologies.Teams Managed:- Service Desk- Technology Support- IT Infrastructure (Networks & Hosting)Key technology sets & services:- Internal Service Desk Services- Executive Support Services- End User Compute- Technology Support- Virtual & Published Desktop Services- Networks & Network Security- Wintel, Midrange & Virtualisation- Storage & Back Up- Internal Automation Services & Development- Release & ImplementationKey focuses:- Customer based IT solutions- Translation of business strategies into platform based strategic views- Agile work methodologies that empower and enable the team- Financial accountability for the IT infrastructure portfolio - Operationally accountable for financial, risk, performance, resource management, & portfolio planning- Vendor performance and relationship management- Strategic leadership with an end-to-end view of IT infrastructure programmes of work- Security overview of the IT infrastructure environment- Coaching of delivery teams to take accountability for delivery, risk and issue management - Provide business improvement through internal automation activities and application- Build a strong team environment, safe to fail and easy to succeed- Build strong customer relationships to ensure portfolio of work is aligned with customer expectations- Simplification of existing IT infrastructure, key focus on hyper converged infrastructure Show less Responsible for leading the Suncorp NZ IT infrastructure team consisting of Project Managers, Architecture, Senior System Engineers, Software Engineers and Partners to deliver a modern infrastructure environment underpinned by Agile methodologies.Key technology sets:- Virtual & Published Desktop Services- Networks & Network Security- Wintel, Midrange & Virtualisation- Storage & Back Up- Internal automation servicesKey focuses:- Translation of business strategies into platform based strategic views- Agile work methodologies that empower and enable the team- Opertionally accountable for financial, risk, performance, resource management, & portfolio planning- Vendor performance and relationship management- Strategic leadership with an end-to-end view of IT infrastructure programmes of work- Security overview of the IT infrastructure environment- Coaching of delivery teams to take accountability for delivery, risk and issue management - Provide business improvement through internal automation activities and application- Build a strong team environment, safe to fail and easy to succeed- Build strong customer relationships to ensure portfolio of work is aligned with customer expectations- Simplification of existing IT infrastructure, key focus on hyper converged infrastructure Show less Responsible for the hosting and network technology stacks delivery. Key objective of this newly formed role was to merge two seperate teams and create a new way of working. - Develop team strategy- Translate business objectives to steams work- Ensure team delivery of projects via Lean/Agile methodologies- Risk and issue management- Platform ownership including facilitation of critical incident management and technical road maps- Providing of coaching and mentoring to develop opportunities within the department - Performance management- Technical advice and direction aligned with business strategy- Stakeholder management Show less

  • Executive Manager - IT Infrastructure & Operations

    Jun 2019 - Dec 2020

  • IT Infrastructure & Operations Manager

    Jun 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Infrastructure Delivery Manager

    Jun 2015 - Jun 2017

  • Network & Security Systems Engineer / Iteration Manager

    Apr 2012 - Jun 2015

  • Workplace Operations Systems Engineer

    May 2010 - Apr 2012
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  AIG

  Jan 2021 - now

  Head Of Information Technology