Kim Ashley

Experience

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  Databank

  Feb 1982 - Feb 1989

  Various

  Various roles• Systems Analyst (1986 – 1989)• Business Consultant (1985 – 1986)• Business Analyst (Bankcard Application) (1983 – 1984)• Technical Administrator (1982 – 1983)

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  NatWest Bank

  Mar 1989 - Apr 1993

  Consultant

  Provide EFTPOS support to Natwest customers by assisting terminal manufacturers and retailers in designing EFTPOS systems to meet card scheme requirements and managing the implementation of these systems into their business. Role Description:• Preparation of project implementation plans for the installation of EFTPOS systems.• Liase with terminal manufacturers (Verifone, NCR, ICL, RIVA, Nixdorf, IBM and Fortronic), provide technical support to their system developers and assist in the development of systems to support credit card and debit card transactions between them and Natwest.• Design and document technical specifications: 1. Card validation: at the terminal using Switch, Visa and Mastercard scheme requirements. (Standard 50 (off-line system), Standard 40 (on-line systems) and Standard 30 (predominantly off-line)) 2. Data capture and storage: to ensure data integrity and security and provide advice on what information was required to be captured. 3. Transaction Scheduling using various interfaces such as polled terminals (asynchronous and synchronous) and PC controlled systems with on-line delivery (RJE SNA 3770 & BSC 3780, NDM PC).• Provide consultation to retailer organisations where approved systems had been implemented. This required detailed analysis of their data processing hardware and software systems and the preparation of a report detailing all available options and a recommendation for data delivery to Natwest (Polling, Tape, Direct Communication etc.).• User consultation during system implementation. • Involvement with the Standards Committees that support United Kingdom standards for EFTPOS Show less

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  Fiserv

  Jul 1994 - Feb 1997

  Senior Programmer Analyst

  Project Specialist and implementer for Online ATMs and Home Banking within the Credit Union environment. Role Description:• Responsible for the Galaxy/CFI Pro Services Home Banking product, including initial set-up, general product support, problem research, client support, escalation avenue and provide direction for future enhancements based upon our clients business requirements.• Provide general support for demonstrations and internal training of the Home Banking product.• Support of the Online ATM product, including set-up, certification, installation and support of Online ATMs for credit unions with any of the following network processors (TransAlliance, EDS, Service Center Corporation, Fiserv EFT, Magic Line, Diebold and Deluxe Data Systems).• ATM set-up responsibilities are: Ensuring the correct communication components are in place. Installing and configuring the Galaxy software Certification testing with the network processor Provide support to other departments as required Provide support to clients on most aspects of the install• Responsible for documenting all the functions involved by all departments for the set-up of online ATMs and created a process flow to guide others through a standard install. Show less

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  Westpac New Zealand Limited

  Jun 1997 - Jul 2001

  Business Analyst

  Role Description:• Expand on a business idea and provide high level details around the requirements and possible solutions• Produce documentation that quantifies the project issues, risks, cost, solution etc to:• Enable a project to progress successfully from a high level overview through to detailed specifications.• Elicit business requirements• To ultimately provide sufficient detail that a solution can be delivered from by the development areas.• To provide IT project management support Business Analyst Deliverables• Process flow documentation• Concept/Vision documentation (including: Scope, Problem Statement, Stakeholders Description, Business Needs & Solution Features)• Software Requirements Specifications (including: functional decomposition, functional requirements, non functional requirements, strategic fit & Development alternatives Show less

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  Westpac

  Jul 2001 - Apr 2007

  Project Manager

  •Responsible for the effective planning, management and implementation of projects. Working across the organisation to build trusted and strong relationships with business stakeholders, business owners, internal IT and business teams and third party suppliers.•Manage all stages within the project application development life cycle covering Concept, Definition and Design, Build and Install & Termination.•Lead and build strong project teams•Contribute to the development of the project management practise. An active member of the Risk Centre of Excellence, providing to other project managers risk management guidance and facilitation services for project risk workshops.•Personal Development Manager. Assisting staff in their development plans and performing performance reviews.Significant project achievements:•Successfully managed the scoping and delivery of a trans Tasman solution extracting credit risk data from NZ WBC systems, and delivering to the Australian data warehouse.Providing NZ capability to support advanced risk analytics and compliance towards Advanced Ratings Approach for Basel II Accord.•Successfully worked with business in enabling the scoping of a project that would introduce Automated Credit Decisioning within Westpac NZ. This has resulted in business being able to complete their requirements with a third party provider and deliver a Credit Decisioning Engine for the Bank. •Successfully managed the conversion of 150 bank applications from Cross System Platform (CSP) to the replacement product VisualAge Generator. Show less

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  Telecom New Zealand

  May 2005 - Nov 2007

  Product Manager

  Project / Role Description: Responsible for the effective planning, management and implementation of projects through all stages of development and delivery to market. This included communications development, legal obligations, training, business support models and capability builds including software development and hardware acquisition. Financial management of both capital and operational expenditure including forecasting. Delivery on an operational support model for fulfilment and assurance and transfer the support from an external vendor and bring in house. Show less

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  Spark (Telecom)

  Dec 2005 - now

  Project Manager

  VoF (Voice over Fibre) Delivering the business outcomes for launching in Spark voice home calling over fibre. Delivery encompassed the business operational support model, the product and service to market. Successful delivery of a technical trial, a staff pilot and public launch. Product to Market Delivery - 4G Data Network Successful delivery of the 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) Service to Market. From planning, through requirements, BSS deployments, business operational model and launch out to Market.Delivered and managed an internal staff pilot involving 100 participants validating our customer experience and internal business processes.Decommission CDMA Mobile Network Closure of the national CDMA mobile service. Delivered both system technology (BSS) and business change. Migration of customers to the WCDMA mobile network and decommissioning of business applications and databases. Winner of Telecom’s Bright Sparks award 2012 Decommission EVDO & Worldmode Mobile ServicesClosure of EVDO (Evolution Data Only) and Worldmode services to free up the radio spectrum for 3G WCDMA 850MHz second carrier capability. Decommissioned 630 Base transceiver stations, 16 core network elements supporting EVDO, decommissioned Worldmode configurations in the network and databases, decommissioned backhaul and released 1600 E1 circuits.Business Transition to new Mobile service (WCDMA) To deliver the operation of a new mobile network into Telecom’s business channels including the development of the business operational model, training of all business units (retail, customer facing channels and internal business units – 3000 people) Show less

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  SUSH Mobile

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Delivery Manager

  Successful delivery of Mobile Applications (KiwiBank new mobile banking App, LINZ Geodetic App, NZ Blood Service Donor App) delivered under Agile methodology.

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  Datacom

  Oct 2016 - now

  Senior Project Manager