David Sackett

Experience

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  Converga Pty Ltd

  Sept 2010 - May 2011

  Lead Architect
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  Telstra

  May 2011 - Jun 2022

  Leds development of new cloud products and services for Telstra’s product management group, providing thought leadership, product and tech strategy, delivery leadership, architecture and design, vendor engagement and assessments, market analysis and offer development.► Reports: 32 direct, 50 functional ► Budgets: $1m OPEX, $2.5m CAPEX_________________________________KEY ACHIEVEMENTS & PROGRAMS★ Product Manager and Tech Lead on a new product launch and platform build, currently in co-creation/pilot phase with a GA release target of Q4 2022★ Tech Lead, Architect and Delivery Lead on a 2-year, $3m+ program to launch automated digital services centralising management, security, cost optimisation, reporting and config management for cloud services★ Integrated Auth0’s authentication solution for Telstra cloud customers★ Developed a strategic plan for Telstra’s product group to monetise logging, monitoring, and alerting data★ Led industry and tech landscape research, identified best-in-class solutions, educated IT and product teams, developed reference architecture_________________________________PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP► Accountable for defining technology strategies for cloud platforms, integration, identity, and security► Develops product strategies and roadmaps, conducts research to define product features, analyses markets and competitors, and drives alignment into product portfolios► Consults to develop plans, drive education, build alignment and understanding► Conducts research and evaluates vendor solutions► Supports pre-sales activities and works with customers in pre-sales, demos, PoCs, and co-design► Delivered 3 tech programs leading teams of up to 50 people ► Managed vendor relationships with AWS, Azure, and others► Built and led a new BAU team of 32 people from the ground-up Show less Accountable for product development, tech strategy, architecture and overseeing technical delivery. Bridged the gap between IT and product groups. Prepared 8 successful business cases for new products and product uplifts. Led delivery of 3 tech programs.► Reports: 5 - 10 direct, 30 - 50 indirect ► Budgets: $50k - $100k OPEX, $200k - $400k CAPEX_________________________________KEY ACHIEVEMENTS & PROJECTS★ Developed the tech solution and feature roadmap for a product to automate management of cloud and on-premises workloads ★ Created a cloud identity and access management strategy★ Launched and led delivery of a program to integrate Azure AD with Telstra cloud services including building relationships at an engineering level and influencing Microsoft’s feature roadmap★ Led the design and delivery of a new PaaS offer for Red Hat OpenShift★ Developed PoCs to shape thinking and product roadmaps★ Created a PoC with a tier 1 bank★ Developed features for Telstra’s enterprise client portal_________________________________PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP► Delivered 3 programs of work working E2E from idea stage► Designed solutions for infrastructure, applications, OSS, BSS, cloud platforms, security/IAM, governance, and automation► Developed business cases, schedules and cost estimates - created technology, go to market and product roadmaps and strategies ► Managed stakeholders including SLT, Enterprise Architects, Directors, Executive Directors, sales and product SMEs► Led a team of 5 – 10 people based in multiple locations across Australia, India and the US► Managed vendors Microsoft, RightScale, Redhat, Cisco, IBM, VMware, Parallels / Odin / Ingram Micro, AppDirect, Bitnami, Ericsson, and Apcera► Explored concepts and ideas, developed PoCs, gathered and documented requirements, ran workshops, interviewed customers and conducted competitor and market analysis Show less Architecture and technical delivery lead role working to build and launch Telstra’s first IaaS cloud product. Accountable for architecture, design and delivery of the front-end/presentation layer and the identity solution. Worked closely with infrastructure and OSS/BSS tech leads and oversaw a dev team of 10 – 20 people.► Reports: 20 direct, 70 indirect, 30+ functional________________________________KEY ACHIEVEMENTS & PROGRAMS★ Key contributor in the launch of Telstra’s first public Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud product offer - led architecture, design and delivery of the front-end and identity streams★ Built a self-serve cloud marketplace website with integration to Telstra BSS★ Engaged with developers, analysts, product managers and technical SMEs to design UX – creating detailed requirements and wireframes designs ★ Designed, developed and implemented complex OSS integration★ Worked in a small, high-profile taskforce to develop a new cloud strategy and roadmap, leading to a major organisational restructure and a radical shift in Telstra’s cloud product roadmap Show less

  • Product Technology Lead | Product Manager

    Nov 2017 - Jun 2022

  • Cloud Service Creation Lead | Domain Architect

    Apr 2014 - Nov 2017

  • Cloud Platform Lead | Domain Architect

    May 2011 - Mar 2014
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  Just Excellent Technology (JET)

  Aug 2014 - now

  Co-Founder

  Designed, developed, and launched JET (jetpad.io) - a multi-faceted SaaS application centred around a graphical scoping tool used to create hierarchies, groupings, and re-usable scope models, complete with features for requirements authoring and management, feature tracking, scope definition, approvals, test case creation, test management and defect tracking. JET leverages 60+ years of combined experience in technology projects and aims to provide businesses with mature best practice processes, saving the pain and cost of uplifting internal capabilities for technical project delivery._________________________________Beta launch completed in Jan 2022, GA release: late 2022 Show less

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  EY

  Jul 2022 - now

  Technology Lead

  Architecture and technical delivery lead role for a Data Science and AI platform. Leading a cross functional development team of Data Scientists and Engineering. Working closely with Product and Web Application teams. Delivered a service to process satellite imagary at scale for customer solutions using MLOps and Cloud technologies.