Darren Burne

Leading and developing a team of infrastructure service owners / infrastructure architectures. Implementation of strategic Vendor Management processes at technical and commercial level (NTT, Orange, Bechtle, HP Enterprise, Cisco, Fortinet & IBM) Develop existing and new global infrastructure services, including relevant business cases, guidelines & standards, in consultation with enterprise Architects, supporting the IT leadership team to support the decision-making process

Global responsibility for Connectivity (LAN, WAN and WiFi, Firewall, Cloud) with a focus on Strategy, Operation and Standardization for 3300 sites across 60 countries. • Implementation of strong Governance, Vendor Management and Service Management with Strategic Vendors including Infosys, AT&T, Cisco, Checkpoint, Singtel, NTT, HWS, Telonic, Logic Monitor, NCR, MDS (Slovakia) and Infoblox. Leadership of 9 internal staff globally, 40+ External staff • RFP, design, development and deployment of Global SDWAN

Manage a team of 19 staff providing Service Delivery, Network and Communication Services and Core Data Center, storage and virtualisation environments (VMWare) Define and deploy Group (global) solutions for collaboration, networking, Intranet, HR, Payroll and other systems Implement regional MPLS WAN, followed by Regional and Global collaboration tools and video conferencing Manage the reliability of the virtual and hosted environment (JD Edwards, Oracle SOA, etc)

Lead and inspire a team that develops the Lloyd's Register IS Strategy aligning it with the requirements of the different business divisions allowing them to meet their objectives.

Lead the management and strategic development of Infrastructure Technology for the Trust. Provide constructive liaison with the Trust, strategic partners, procurement hubs and the wider NHS. Provide leadership for the Infrastructure Team in providing resilient, responsive and cost-effective systems to a high standard of service for internal customers.

Management of 6 IT staff delivering business-critical infrastructure to the retail organisation employing over 50,000 staff in over 1250 locations

Responsible for effective delivery of business-critical IT infrastructure & services to 60+ users in the region Appointed to provide IT and business leadership as part of a leading publisher’s regional leadership team Worked closely with major suppliers and vendors Development of a 3 year plan and IT budget, supporting long-term business expansion Led IT restructuring across key areas including HR, finance & legal, aligning IT with core business needs

Appointed to Business Risk Analyst role within BHP Risk Management & Audit, based in Melbourne. Focused on diagnosing risk issues & providing improvement recommendations for business processes Provision of IT infrastructure services across BHP Steel based in NSW. IT infrastructure to provide services across 1500+ PCs/desktops Various roles during 7 year Metallurgy traineeship, followed by 3-4 years as Quality Control Metallurgist. moved to IT department to develop master scheduling system

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