Colin Slater

A highly accomplished IT leader with extensive experience operating at an executive level , working with other teams to grow the business. Strong communication and presentation skills are key in client-facing and vendor interactions. Executive level leadership is demonstrated through a history of building and leading skilled technical teams for the delivery of highly technical and complex initiatives. Combined, this experience creates a very strong technical leader capable of operating at senior and strategic levels, delivering cost savings, improving service delivery and profitability and bringing about technological transformation to support a strategic vision. With a varied background spanning different IT sectors, experience has covered : military aircraft systems (UK); early remote banking packages (UK and AUS); post office systems (UK); medical systems (UK); and more recently electronic payments systems inclusive of the delivery of all core functions connected with online EFT message switching (AUS); Telco infrastructure (AUS); Operations management and stock market systems (AUS)Recent roles have concentrated on executive management and mentoring, strategy through new business opportunities evaluation, sales and pre-sales, and the design and provisioning of initiatives to support the business growth. Underneath these leadership skills is a strong foundation in technology originally through hands-on experience designing and building systems from ground up to heavily customising major packages, and a comprehensive list of qualifications in computer technology from low level hardware design and architecture to high level design and languages. Specialties: IT Leadership in technically complex IT environments ; problem solving ; technological enhancement and change ; presentation and communication skills ; client liaison ; pre-sales and sales support ;