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Podcast on IT Career Advice: Presented by Tim Olorenshaw, PM at Leighton Contractors

May 25th, 2010 Kimberley Silva 1 comment

Tim Olorenshaw is the IT Infrastructure Project Manager for Leighton Contractors in Sydney.  In this capacity he is responsible for managing major IT infrastructure projects, managing key relationships with data centre managed services providers, is involved in IT strategic planning cycles and manages the cross functional team members including mentoring and staff development.

Tim’s core skill areas with regards to IT consultancy and project management are:

  • End-to-end Project Management experience – from initial business case to final delivery.
  • Extensive experience building successful relationships with key stakeholders and C-level clients.
  • Keen understanding of financial management and building business cases.
  • Technical abilities and understanding across Wintel, Linux and Novell multi-tier architecture, Data storage and backup/disaster recovery design, PABX/VoIP systems, Network LAN/WAN design and setup, Unified Communications and data centre delivery.
  • Real ability to translate business needs into design and solution.
  • IT Management experience along with true technical understanding of systems.

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Podcast with an expert: Head of Technology at JP Morgan

February 3rd, 2010 Andy Cross No comments
Rob Kliman

Rob Kliman

Rob is responsible for J.P. Morgan’s Worldwide Securities Services Technology and platforms in Australia and New Zealand.
Rob has worked within J.P. Morgan Chase for over seven years and is now based in Sydney providing technology solutions to the Worldwide Securities Services business.

For three years, Rob was based in J.P. Morgan Chase’s London office, where he managed the relationship between Technology and the Structured Finance businesses for Europe.
Prior to working with J.P. Morgan, Rob gained a diverse IT experience with Abbey National Treasury Services, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, Nomura Bank, Morgan Stanley and EDS in London, Frankfurt and Zurich.

All together Rob has provided the Financial Services Industry with over 20 years of service.

JPM

Introduction
 

How does an IT professional get noticed?
 

Acceptable Risk Taking
 

Staying ahead as an IT professional
 

What to expect from 2010
 

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Podcast with an expert: Windows 7

October 29th, 2009 Ambition No comments
ensyst

Sadiq Iqbal

Sadiq Iqbal is a Systems Architect for Ensyst and was the only person in Australia to be invited to the first Windows 7 course run by the product developers in Singapore. In the last few months he has been working with Microsoft on their Early Technology Adoption Programme deploying Windows 7 to production desktop SOE’s for a number of handpicked organisations nationwide. Prior to this Sadiq has worked with a multitude of established IT Integrators and also ran his own IT consultancy in London. During this time he has designed and implemented a multitude of sizable infrastructure solutions for organisations around the globe and also has provided thought leadership and strategic direction to corporate enterprises.

Ensyst is an award-winning IT solutions and services provider helping organisations, small and large, in leveraging IT to achieve their business goals. Ensyst has clients having between tens and thousands of employees in size, across all major industries and in all states of Australia and is the current Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year. More detail can be found at the Ensyt Website.

We asked Sadiq five key questions and his answers can be heard by playing below. (This podcast took place on Friday 23rd October 2009 between Vinay Patankar of Ambition Technology and Sadiq Iqbal of Ensyst, at Ambition’s head office in Sydney, Australia.)

1) What are some of the new features involved in Windows 7?
 
2) Are there any flaws or concerns with in Windows 7?
 
3) How does Windows 7 compare with Vista and XP?
 
4) What has been the general feedback from clients who have already gone live with Windows 7?
 
5) Are you going to install Windows 7 at home, and why?
 
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Getting Back into the Workforce: Interview with BTalk Australia

September 29th, 2009 Ambition No comments
Paul Lyons

Paul Lyons

BTalk Australias’ Phil Dobbie, talks with Paul Lyons, group managing director of Ambition Group.

Paul talks about how to get your career back on track after redundancy in these harsh times. The bad news is that it might take some time. The good news is that these days employers attach less stigma to candidates who are unemployed.

Listen to the Podcast:
 

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Podcast with an expert: Oracle HCM

September 3rd, 2009 Andy Cross No comments

Syben Osinga

hcm3-group-logoAmbition Technology is pleased to announce a new series of podcasts to highlight the depth of skill which exists across our candidate network.  Each month we’ll be looking for new people to voice their comments or views of the world, click on the link and take a look or email us to suggest any topics you might like covered in the future.

In this podcast; Syben Osinga, Oracle HCM thought leader from HCM 3 Group is a pioneer in the field of Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) and has extensive experience in the Oracle applications software planning, phase estimation, scoping, analysis, transformation, design, build and costing of the Oracle HCM and Financials application solutions.

With over 15 years experience, Syben has implemented the Oracle HCM & ERP suite of products and solutions for clients in different industry sectors across Australasia and the Asia/Pacific, the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

We asked Syben five key questions and his answers can be heard by playing below. (This podcast took place on Thursday 27 August 2009 between Prinz Mandap of Ambition Technology and Syben Osinga of HCM 3 Group, at Ambition’s head office in Sydney, Australia.)

1) What have been the most exciting developments in Oracle HCM of late?
 
2) How has the Oracle HCM space responded to the Global Financial Crisis?
 
3) What is currently hot in Oracle HCM?
 
4) What do you see in the future for Oracle HCM and the impact of Oracle Fusion?
 
5) With a relatively undersized presence in the Australian market, what can you suggest to someone wanting a career as an Oracle HCM specialist
 

Presentation Download

To compliment this “Podcast with an Oracle HCM Expert” session, please find the HCM 3 Group & Ambition Technology – Talent Management and Oracle HCM Sept 2009 Presentation

Download the presentation on Talent Management & Oracle HCM

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Podcast: Update in Technology Market Trends

June 28th, 2009 Andy Cross 2 comments
Andy Cross - MD of Ambition Technology

Andy Cross

We speak to Andy Cross, Managing Director of Ambition Technology about what is happening in the IT sector for job seekers.

He summarises the current trends for job seekers with regards to their employment opportunities and discusses the advantages of working in the IT sector as there is an opportunity for IT teams to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

You can listen to the interview below (3m 12s) or subscribe to our podcast.

 
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