C.V. Overview
About Me
I’m a pragmatic and personable leader that believes in building strong teams to facilitate success. I have a very high attention to detail, and I am outcome driven with years of proven experience across a wide range of industries and roles in the technical space. I thrive on utilisingtechnology to deliver meaningful change to businesses and support their rapid growth with solid technological foundations.
Brief Work History
Nexon Asia Pacific
Position: Technical Account Manager / Senior Engineer Time in Role: JUL ‘23 - Present Overseeing technical operations and delivery for 3 local entprise clients. Managing planning, escalations, and reporting to key stakeholders, as well as technical leadership and excalation point for both internal and external dedicated teams.
Scenic Tours
Position: Global Director of IT Time in Role: APR ‘19 – JUN ‘22 Leadership of 6 departments and 30+ staff in global travel enterprise. Annual budgeting of OPEX and CAPEX, creation of IT strategic plan, C-Suite presentation, vendor management, and business case development.
Elite ITMS
Position: Director / Constultant Time in Role: SEP ‘17 – OCT ‘19 Independent consultant managing projects for Local Council and local enterprise finance client, along with strategic planning, process improvement, solution design and business analysis for a range of SMB clients.
Dynamic Business Technologies
Position: Service Manager Time in Role: SEP ‘13 – SEP ‘17 Manage daily operations for a busy managed service provider servicing over 200 clients. Train and mentor staff, develop and track KPI’s, client complaint handling, billing approval, and overview of pre-sales and project works.
Position Experience
While I have been in the indutry for 20+ years, I have often held roles that utilise multiple skillsets at once. Management / Leadership - 11 Years Project Management - 14 Years Solution Design - 18 Years Technical Hands-On - 22 Years
Proven Skills
- Leadership
- Vendor Management
- Strategic Planning
- Technical Analysis
- Training and Adoption
- Reporting / Presenting
- Project Management
- Commercial Acumen
- Critical Thinking
- Cloud Technologies
- Solution Design
- M365 Suite
Education
- ITIL Foundations v3
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
- PROSCI Change Management Fundamentals
- INE eJPTv2 Junior Penetration Tester
- INE ICCA Cloud Associate
- ThreatLocker Cyber Hero
Contact Details
e: topher.burchell@gmail.com p: +61 431 049 180 w: LinkedIn
References are available apon request.