John W. Middlemist PgMP PMP IEng
Program Director: PMO

Higher National Certificate (HNC) Engineering
Incorporated Engineer (UK) -  (Since 1994)
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) - (Since 1996)
Certified Program Management Professional (PgMP) – (Since 2008)

Core Skills     

• Over 20 years experience in Programme/Project Management and Management Consulting, in engineering, procurement and delivery with major global companies.
  
• Over 15 years Management & Leadership experience with excellent communication skills.
  
• Published a number of papers on a variety of topics including project/programme management and managing outsourcing.
  
• Experienced in the application of several project management software tools & programs (Open Plan, Primavera, and Microsoft Project).
  
• Successfully implemented several Programme Management Offices for major programmes and organisations across three continents.
  
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry developments covering the domains of PMO Development, IT outsourcing and co-sourcing.
  
• Experience in managing a variety of high level stakeholders from a head office or Departmental roles.
  
• Responsible not only for leading PMOs, but also for their establishment which necessitated the development of the vision and strategy for each organisation, the tactical design and the successful operational execution.

Key Clients            

• Commonwealth Bank of Australia
  
• Stockland
  
• EDS (Australia, New Zealand and Canada)
  
• Telecom New Zealand
  
• Westpac Banking Corporation
  
• ANZ Banking Group
  
• New Zealand Government
  
• UK Ministry of Defence
  
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
  
• Deloitte Consulting
  
• Canadian Department of Defence
  
• Unysis Canada
  
• Major Oil Companies (ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Marathon, Chevron)

Key Achievements

• Establishment and management of large PMO for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Core System Replacement Programme. A large multi year programme involving top tier IT providers, valued at approx. Aus $600m. The PMO consists of 20 FTEs from the Bank and IT Vendors with a full Programme FTE of 700+.
  
• Implemented Programme Management Processes, Tools and EPO for the CIO of Stockland. This involved design, development and implementation of PMLC and SDLC processes and tools for entire IT division.
  
• Responsible for implementation and leading the Consumer Lending Programme Management Office for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. This was a very large Business Change Programme in CBA valued at over Aus $100 million. The Programme consists of a portfolio of over 15 projects valued between $2m and $20m, which are delivered, by EDS, IBM and the Bank.
  
• Implemented and managed the NetBank Replacement Programme Management Office for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The Programme valued in excess of AUS$ 90 million, consisted of 10 major IT and Change Management projects which were delivered by EDS, IBM, Siebel and CBA. Duration of Programme was 24 months with over 225 staff.
  
• Implemented and managed the EDS New Zealand Solution Centre Project Management Office. Leading and mentoring PMO staff, and establishing a culture that led to the Solution Centre achieving a CMM (SEI’s Capability Maturity Model) level 2 for Project Management-related key performance indicators. The Solution Centre has a workforce of approx. 700 people who provide consulting, application development and project / programme management to major NZ clients.
• Implemented and managed the Enterprise Programme Office (EPO) for the EDS Telecom New Zealand Outsourcing Account. This is the largest information technology-outsourcing Programme in New Zealand history, valued in excess of NZ$ 1.5 billion. Portfolio of projects exceeded more than 50 at anyone time with an annual budget of NZ$ 150 million and total number of staff in excess of 700.
• Implemented and managed the Programme Control Department for the ASI CAPITAL Programme. At its time, this was the largest systems integration and management of change programme in Europe, valued in excess of £150 million. The Accounting Systems Integrator (ASI) was a joint venture between PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte Consulting, who were responsible for implementing Oracle Financials for the Ministry of Defence. Duration of Programme was 3 years with over 450 staff.
• Implemented and managed the Program Management Office for a major systems integration program for EDS Systemhouse and the Department of National Defence (CFSSU - Canadian Forces Supply System Upgrade) valued at CND $150 million. Duration of Programme was 24 months with over 200 staff.
• Established the planning department for the Systems Integration phase of the NSA/NSH program at Unisys Canada. This entailed delivery of 43 EH101 Helicopters for the Canadian Dept of National Defence - Contract value CND $ 1.2 billion.
• Chief Planning Engineer for Canadian Frigate Program, this was a joint venture between Unysis, Saint John Shipbuilding and MIL. The program entailed the design, build and system integration of 12 Halifax class frigates for the Canadian Navy valued in excess of CND$ 5 billion.
• Held various Project Management and Engineering roles within the UK and Canadian Oil and Gas Development Industry.