Craig McDonald

Tower Manager Group Manager - Corporate @New Zealand Customs Service

Wellington, NZ
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WORK HISTORY

Jul 2022 — Present

Tower Manager Group Manager - Corporate @New Zealand Customs Service

NZ

Corporate Tower Manager reporting to CIO leading Teams of Product Managers, Product Owners, Project Managers, Architects & Engineers, providing Cloud, Engineering, Data & Information, Modern Workplace and Corporate Systems Service Teams. Nationwide teams providing tech and services @ Key Govt Dept protecting NZ

EDUCATION

1985 — 1987

Petone Institute of Technology

Radio & Electonics Engineer, Radio and Electronics

2003 — 2003

ITIL

ITIL, Foundation Certificate in Service Management, Service Management

2007 — 2007

COBIT

COBIT V5, IT Management & IT Governance

SKILLS

Software DevelopmentItilSdlcSolution ArchitectureNetwork EngineeringIT ManagementIT Operations ManagementRisk ManagementTeam ManagementIT StrategyData WarehousingLeadershipSystem MonitoringManagementRelease ManagementIT OutsourcingVendor ManagementService DeliveryIT AuditBusiness AnalysisProject DeliveryAsset ManagementPrivate CloudsIT Service ManagementChange ManagementIT Project & Program ManagementDisaster RecoveryGovernanceBusiness Process ImprovementService ManagementTechnology ManagementDevopsIT OperationsIT TransformationRequirements AnalysisCloud ComputingProject ManagementIntegrationSoftware Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)Project Portfolio Management

ABOUT CRAIG MCDONALD

A results-driven ICT professional with 20+ years of achievement in Leading & building high performance teams characterised by superior outcomes and solid business results, all underpinned by highly engaged people and year on year business performance growth.Passionate about innovatively using technology to drive business outcomes and very experienced across a great breadth of ICT Services & technologies. A champion for challenging the status-quo to bring about both transformative change and continuous improvement through innovation and a focus on developing flexible, scalable solutions, with experience in cloud and devops.A well respected leader in complex Enterprise class & Global Corporate environments.Skills and Attributes:People Leadership – vast experience building high performance cultures in large operational teams through strong leadership, vision, defined behavior’s, clear goals and individual accountability for results. Most recently Leading a team of 80 with 5 managers reporting directly to me.Managing Audit, Risk and Compliance in a Financial environment.Building strong relationships with business partners and Major Suppliers.Stakeholder Engagement – highly experienced leading engagement with stakeholders across a complex Global organisation with Matrix reporting lines to agree shared business goals and jointly develop high value products and services.Operational Performance – have led strategic changes which have transformed operational models and increased performance to benefit both clients and the organisation.Business and strategic planning – passionate about the development and execution of strategic and tactical plans both within and across the organisation to deliver to the organisation’s strategic goals.Financial Performance – Track record of meeting/exceeding financial targets year on year through sound financial planning, management and optimisation. Managing budgets up to 55M and significant Vendors / managed services.

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