Jason Newsome - AgilePM Prince2

Experience

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  Skills4work

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2010

  Product Manager Skills4Work / Competenz

  Full management responsibility for the entire new product development (NPD) process, as well as all Engineering Programme services incorporating 19 seperate Service lines for 7 large New Zealand Industry sectors

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  Competenz

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

  Transition Program Manager Contractor

  A full Business services transition of the entire ATNZ Engineering Apprenticeship Services Programme into the Competenz Business and support framework

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  Median Consultants

  Jan 2011 - Feb 2013

  Business Consultant with Median Business Consultants

  A part time consulting role involving providing strategic planning and consulting services to small to medium sized commercial businesses. Primary services included new startup and project consulting, Online communications, Brand development and communications, Digital Media advertising and marketing, New product design and development (NPD). Tender and RFP business proposal development. This part time Business Consulting was coordinated alongside my Postgraduate (MPBs) Masters studies at AUT. Show less

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  Auckland University of Technology

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2012

  Post Graduate Student undertaking the Masters in Professional Business (MPBs)

  The AUT MPBS qualification structure enhances professional knowledge and technical, interpersonal, strategic and intellectual capabilities necessary for success at the forefront of a range of business professions. www.aut.ac.nz

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  Yellow Pages Group New Zealand

  Mar 2014 - May 2014

  Senior Product Manager - White Pages Online (Rebuild Project Contract)

  www.whitepages.co.nz Part ot the Yellow Pages GroupA Senior Product Manager contract for the White pages® Online UI and UX design refresh and update implementation. A short tactical investment contract involving new product initiatives, business casing, end to end project management, product marketing, customer strategy and UI insights.Role responsibilities: - Project manage the tactical investment and design of the White pages® Online UI and UX refresh - Design and development of the business case, end to end management of product development projects and implementation - A broad project role encompassing interaction with the YTech Department, Sales, communications, insight and capability teams to ensure the successful launch of White pages® product tactical plans.Key Achievements: Improving Customer UI and UX by 40%. The design and development of new advertising revenue options and improving customer search success by over 25% through adoption of GIS technology. Show less

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  Ecelearn (NZTC)

  Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

  Product Manager / Projects

  ecelearn LMS, (SaaS) www.ecelearn.com August 2014 - December 2014 ecelearn LMS (Fixed Term Contract)A very complex and varied project role where my responsibilities included all aligned project planning, product enhancements, new Mobile systems delivery, customer needs analysis and new Website design. An expansive project role that involved quality assurance aspects, stakeholder facilitation and creation of concise project operational guides. This roles leadership aspects included proposing future initiatives and direction for the ecelearn development, and in being a member of the company commercialisation team. Show less

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  Auckland Council

  Apr 2015 - Jul 2015

  Project Manager - Digital Services

  Full project planning delivery, and Stage 2 integration of the Auckland Library User App. A project contract involving App UI and UX design and services mapping. A hands-on sole resource project role involving offshore Vendor management and close interaction with the Auckland Council IT and Digital Services Department. A highly successful Digital App integration project that generated over 21,000 new users within the first 4 months. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bredir.boopsie.auckcouncil&hl=en Show less

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  Self-Employed Project Mangement Contractor

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Project Managment and Implementation Consultant

  Consulting in Project Management and new Digital enhancement and integration design. The scoping, design, planning and integration of new Mobile, Digital, Web projects aimed at improving customer connection and UI/UX experience. Project experience in SaaS, PaaS, SEaaS, Mobile and Digital delivery environments.

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  CSG Limited

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2020

  Overall project management responsibility for ensuring Enterprise Software and technology projects carried out for Konica Minolta clients are delivered on time, within budget, and to specification. A role that acts as the primary point of contact with Customers, Project Stakeholders and 3rd Party Software Vendors.A very hands on project leadership role covering start-up, execute and project closedown as well as coordination and tracking of cross divisional tasks, activities, milestones and deliverables. Assisting in project prioritisation, resourse scheduling, and optimising concurrency of projects are essential role competencies in enabling the effective leadership of 5 tech specialists. Show less

  • Project Delivery Manager CSG Melbourne

    Apr 2017 - Oct 2020

  • Project Manager CSG KONICA MINOLTA

    Sept 2016 - Mar 2017
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  FUJIFILM Business Innovation Australia

  Oct 2020 - now

  Project Manager

  A project manager role responsible for the full end to end implementation cycle of MPS Solutions and IT/IS projects. A role that involves considerable delivery planning and stakeholder communications to enable a smooth integration, and hardware deployment. A project role that involves considerable customer and vendor communications on order to support positive project communications. A Project role that includes project control and administration aspects that comply with Fujifilm Australia’s, extensive internal project control processes. Show less