Pete (Panayiotis) Bouris

Experience

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  David Martin & Associates

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  General Manager

  Responsible for designing, building and implementing recruitment teams in Melbourne, Canberra and Kuala Lumpur.

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  EDS

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  Manager, Professional Services, ANZ

  UGS was a division of the EDS Corporation focusing on collaborative enterprise solutions that enabled the transformation of processes delivering innovation and maximizing value throughout all phases of the product lifecycle (PLM).• Managed fifteen (15) technical post and presales staff domiciled in NSW, Victoria and South Australia• Profit /Loss responsibility of $18 Million• Business continuity of internal and external systems, UNIX, Windows, RDBMS, LAN/WAN.• Programme Management of South Australian Government outsourcing desktops• Increased Educational Services from a $50,000 loss in 1998 to a $320,000 profit in 1999• 198% of target achieved for fiscal 1999• Recognised for efforts by share option initiative 1 of 20 globally• Re-negotiated South Australian Government outsourcing and technology upgrades Show less

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  Jungle Group

  Jan 2001 - Mar 2015

  Director

  Jungle Group is a consultancy specialising in data recovery, business continuity and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)• Re-built Parkside Consulting NSW Operation, created a Marketing & Sales Division and was sold to PeopleBank• Developed and implementation a National Account Management Strategy, increasing revenue’s on average across major clients by 60% for Parkside Consulting• Successfully sold Flexirent ($167 000) and Landmark ($223 000) an Information Lifecycle Management solution from CommVault • National roll-out of a disaster recovery and business continuity solution for AVJennings, CB Richard Ellis, Cuscal and State Super Financial Services.• Sold Disaster Recovery solutions into Department of Education and Training, KAZ Group, CUSCAL, Wollongong Council and Pillar Administration.• Evaluation and contractual negotiation with Symantec/Veritas, CommVault, Computer Associates, Snap Appliance, StorageTek and E1525 • Achieved tender compliance from major tier one Outsourcing Vendors such as Unisys, Kaz Group, Optus Show less

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  TradeBeam

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2007

  Alliance Director/Business Development, ANZ

  TradeBeamTM is a Global Trade Management (GTM) software and Services Company providing solutions that streamlines global trading processes for enterprises and their partners. • Increased revenue by 78%• Reduced debtors, by over $160,000 in 3 months• Account Director - Major Accounts Telstra & General Motors• Renewed 3 year contract with General Motors Holden $650 000, Inventory Management Solutions and introduction of GTM• Built sales pipeline from $0 to $3.5M• Collaborative Inventory Management solution to Tier Automotive supplier, 36-month contract ($630 000)• Introduced Trade Finance solutions to CBA, Westpac and ANZ Show less

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  CommVault

  Jan 2009 - Oct 2010

  Business Development Manager - NSW/ACT

  CommVault is a publicly held software company providing comprehensive data and information management solutions. • Successfully developed channel partners Dell, HDS, NetApp, McAfee, Avnet, Distribution Central• Direct sales of , singular information management solutions in the following areas: Backup & Recovery, Content indexing, eDiscovery, Archiving, Deduplication. Target was to seek out end users and bring back through the channel.• Bid Manager for RFT’s & RFQ’s for GeoScience Australia, Department of Treasury, AirServices, Media Monitors, Parsons Brinckerhoff.• Developed significant new and existing business in clients including: GeoScience, Catholic Education Office, Powerhouse Museum, WT Partners, Department of Treasury, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Media MonitorsTargets achieved based on full year targets• Professional Services – 148%• Education Services – 198%• Software Licensing – 102%• Secured GeoSciences Australia tender, the largest tender in Southern Hemisphere for back-up and recovery solutions.• Consistently exceeded new business development targets by developing solid partnerships with companies including IBM, UXC, Fujitsu and Telstra. Show less

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  Rubicor Group Ltd

  Oct 2010 - Jun 2013

  General Manager - SkillSearch

  Rubicor Group is one of the largest recruitment services companies in Australia and New Zealand with 23 Operating Businesses in 46 offices across Australia & New Zealand.Managed business with $5M turnover, full P&L responsibility and major account management. Led a team of up to 8 Consultants.Clients include: Roads & Maritime Services, Westpac, Macquarie Bank, Australian Red Cross, Cubic Transportation Systems, Bluefire, Veolia, IBM, Varonis Systems• Identified opportunity to increase contractor margins through effective negotiation with professional services organisation and renegotiation with R&M services resulting in a margin increase of over 100% within a 12 month period. • Grew SkillSearch business to number 1 on EBIT against budget, within a group of 24.• Streamlined administrative function by integrating finance with another group effecting significant efficiencies.• Reduced spend by 60% • Increased margins by 400% while reducing contractor numbers (low margin.)• Within 6 months secured conformance for SkillSearch with corporate policies. Show less

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  LHA

  Jan 2014 - Mar 2015

  Lead IT&T
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  Experis/Manpower Group

  Mar 2015 - Aug 2015

  Regional Operations Manager - ACT & NSW

  Responsible for the continuing growth and development of Experis, specifically focusing on the Financial Services, Information Technology, Engineering and Finance & Accounting specialist skills across ACT and NSW. Experis specialises in providing workforce solutions and strategy into IT, Finance, Engineering, and Executive level positions. Experis connects Human Potential with the Ambition of Business by applying our expertise to provide a suite of proven workforce solutions that improve our clients' productivity, efficiency and cost containment.Experis accelerates business growth by intensely attracting, assessing and placing specialized talent. Delivering in-demand talent for business critical and important positions, enhancing the competitiveness of the organisations. We also apply our expertise to provide a suite of proven workforce solutions that improve our clients' productivity, efficiency and cost containment.Experis is the executive business of ManpowerGroup – a world leader in employment services for more than 60 years, and a recognized pioneer in the industry. Show less

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  S2M Digital

  Aug 2015 - Apr 2019

  Manager, Technology

  Established in 2005, S2M was born from a desire to build genuine relationships in the digital space. Our dynamic philosophy dedicated both to the companies we service and the talent we represent places us at the forefront of the recruitment industry. Today S2M is a national leader in helping companies identify, attract, develop and retain quality talent within the Digital, Sales & Marketing, Media, Mobile and Technology space. With offices in Sydney, Melbourne & Singapore, our dedicated team of highly specialised recruitment consultants are consistently evolving their skill set as new technologies emerge. If you are a digital business looking to hire, or a talented individual looking to broaden your career horizons, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me for a confidential chat -peterbouris@s2m.com.auI am here to enhance and grow the Digital Technology Division. Show less

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  Arcserve

  Apr 2019 - Jun 2022

  Providing a great experience for critical Data - Protection, Recovery, Security & Storage

  We keep organisations' critical information always safe, accessible, and optimized with data protection, data management, and business continuity solutions.Our powerful data protection offerings deliver instant, reliable, and complete data recovery and eliminate downtime. Our innovative converged primary and secondary scale-out storage platform, with integrated data protection, solves data growth challenges and is efficient and easy to use for on-premises, cloud-based, or hybrid deployments.We help organisations of all sizes, with millions of servers protected and several petabytes of data under management. Show less

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  Veeam Software

  Jun 2022 - Mar 2024

  Velocity Sales Manager, Australia & New Zealand

  Veeam® is the leader in backup, recovery and data management solutions that deliver Modern Data Protection.We provide a single platform for Cloud, Virtual, Physical, SaaS and Kubernetes environments. Our customers are confident their apps and data are protected from ransomware, disaster and harmful actors and are always available with the most simple, flexible, reliable and powerful platform in the industry.