Project Description
John Middlemist
PMO Director
Areas Of Expertise:
- PMO
- Methodologies
- Project Healthcheck
- Programme Management
- Financial Services
- Core Banking
- Business Transformation
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Government
Education:
- Higher National Certificate (HNC) Engineering
- Incorporated Engineer (UK) – 1994
- Certified Project management Professional (PMP) –1996
- Certified Program Management Professional (PgMP) (1st in Asia Pacific and 70th in the world) – 2008
- SAFe 4 Certified Agilest – since 2018
About John Middlemist
John is a skilled PMO Director, originally joining Seven Consulting’s Sydney Team in 2005, then spending 3 years overseas, returning in 2021. He has over 20 years of experience in Programme/Project Management Consulting, in engineering, procurement and delivery with major global organisations. John has a successful track record of implementing many PMO’s for major programmes across three continents and various industries, providing the vision and strategy for successful delivery.
What John brings
- Over 20 years Management & Leadership experience with excellent communication skills.
- Experienced in the application of several project management software tools & methodologies.
- Demonstrated knowledge of industry developments covering the domains of PMO Development, IT outsourcing and co-sourcing.
- Experienced in managing stakeholders across complex and multi-cultural environments.
Client feedback:
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Amy Camenzuli, Legal Counsel – 2023
“John’s communication skills are highly developed – our team never had to question John’s timelines for delivery of documents or deliverables, he was constantly in touch about ETAs and any potential blockers. He made our job very easy. He is also extremely forward thinking and takes the initiative to seek out answers to questions asked by others.” |
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Felipe Jara, PMO Manager – 2021
“John excelled at building teams and great relationships across CFS to ensure the outcomes he delivered included all the necessary viewpoints across the organisation. This was praised many times by General Managers and CFS Leadership when talking about this work.” |
Key Clients:
- Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)
- Colonial First State (CFS)
- Nordea Bank (Denmark)
- Macquarie Group
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
- Stockland
- EDS (Australia, New Zealand and Canada)
- Telecom New Zealand
- Westpac Banking Corporation
- New Zealand Government
- UK Ministry of Defence
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Deloitte Consulting
- Canadian Department of Defense
- Unysis Defense Systems Canada
- Marathon Oil Company
- British Petroleum
- Shell Oil Company
- ExxonMobil
- Chevron
Key Achievements:
As PMO Director at ASX CHESS Replacement project, John led their large PMO. A large multiyear programme valued at approx. $300m over 5 years with 300+ FTE utilising a hybrid approach of blended agile/waterfall. Leading a team of 5 FTE that covered all areas of the PMO including schedule, risk, issue, resource, scope, reporting and governance management and leading and facilitating various governance committees.
As PMO Director at Colonial First State separation from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, John designed and implemented a new PMO Delivery Framework to serve the new entity in their transition and transformation programme. This involved simplifying the ways of working by reducing the complexity by 50% with a reduction in mandatory steps, artefacts and milestones and introducing a fit for purpose framework, process, and guidelines for the new business.
As PMO Director at Nordea Bank’s Core Banking Programme, John implemented and led their large PMO. A large multiyear programme involving top tier IT providers (Temenos, Accenture, Cap Gemini and TCS), valued at approx. €800 over 5 years with 700+ FTE utilising a hybrid approach of blended agile/waterfall achieving 3 major releases per year. Leading a team of 18 FTE that covered all areas of the PMO including schedule, risk, issue, resource, financial, scope, reporting and governance management and leading and facilitating various governance committees.
As PMO Director at Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s HR & Payroll Replacement Programme, John implemented and led the PMO. This was a critical / complex programme that replaced PeopleSoft HR / Payroll with Workday and ADP. The programme was valued at over $60m with approx. 150 FTE, integration to 60 other CBA systems and migration of over 40,000 employees HR data and pay.
As PMO Director at Macquarie Bank Core Banking Transformation Programme, John implemented and led the PMO. This was an initiative involving approx. 500 FTE to upgrade its Core Banking platform to support the banks strategic growth by investing in new capabilities and technology to improve client experience, innovative new products, increase speed to market and gain operational efficiency through a single platform. The Programme was valued in excess of $250m over 2 years with multiple vendors, including SAP, Accenture, Cuscal, and FIS. John led a team of 10 FTE that covered all areas of the PMO including schedule, risk, issue, resource, financial, scope, reporting and governance management. John also led and facilitated various governance committees.
As PMO Director at Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Core Banking Modernisation programme, John implemented and led their large PMO. A large multiyear programme involving top-tier IT providers (Accenture, SAP, IBM, HCL and TCS), valued at approx. $1.5B over 6 years with 1250+ FTE. Programme delivery has been reported as ‘world’s best practice’ by Gartner in June 2012 and assisted the Bank in improving is Customer Satisfaction Score from 65% (2006) to 85% (2013). Leading a team of 20 FTE that covered all areas of the PMO including schedule, risk, issue, resource, financial, scope, reporting and governance management. John was leading and facilitating various governance committees with attendance in monthly governance meetings with CEO (Sponsor) and Group Executives.
As PMO Director at Stockland, John 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 the entire IT division which resulted in providing a fit for purpose solution that resulted in improved project delivery.
As PMO Director at CBA, John was responsible for the implementation and leading the Consumer Lending Programme Management Office for the CBA. This was a very large Business Change Programme in CBA valued at over $300M. The Programme consisted of a portfolio of over 15 projects valued between $2M and $30M, which were delivered by EDS, IBM, and the Bank.
As PMO Director at CBA, John implemented and managed the CBA NetBank Replacement PMO. The programme was valued in excess of $90M and consisted of 10 major IT and Change Management projects which were delivered by EDS, IBM, Siebel and CBA. Duration of program was 24 months with over 225 staff.
As PMO Director at EDS, John implemented and managed the EDS New Zealand Solution Centre PMO. 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 KPIs. The Solution Centre had a workforce of approx. 700 people who provided consulting, application development and project/programme management services to major NZ Banking, Telecom and Government clients.
As PMO Director at EDS, John implemented and managed the Enterprise Program Office (EPO) for the EDS Telecom New Zealand outsourcing account. This was the largest information technology outsourcing programme in New Zealand history, valued in excess of $1.5B. The portfolio of projects exceeded more than 50 at any one time with an annual budget of $150M and total number of staff in excess of 700.
As Programme Control Manager at PwC, John implemented and managed the Programme Control department for the Accounting Systems Integrator (ASI) CAPITAL program. At its time, this was the largest systems integration and management of change programme in Europe, valued in excess of £150M. The ASI was a joint venture between PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte Consulting, who were responsible for implementing Oracle Financials for the Ministry of Defence. Duration of program was 3 years with over 450 staff.
As PMO Manager at EDS, John implemented and managed the PMO for a major systems integration programme for EDS System House and the Department of National Defence (CFSSU – Canadian Forces Supply System Upgrade) valued at CND$150M. The duration of programme was 24 months with over 200 staff.
As Programme Master Scheduler at Unisys, John established the planning department for the systems integration phase of the NSA/NSH programme at Unisys Canada. This entailed delivery of 43 EH101 Helicopters for the Canadian Dept. of National Defense – Contract value CND$1.2B.
As Programme Controls Manager at Hibernia Oilfield GBS Utility Shaft Fabrication Contract valued at approx. CND$75M, John was responsible for implementing and leading all project controls.
As Chief Planning Engineer at Canadian Frigate Programme, a joint venture between Unysis, Saint John Shipbuilding and MIL. John was responsible for overall planning that entailed the design, build and system integration of 12 Halifax class frigates for the Canadian Navy valued in excess of CND$5B.
As Senior Production Engineer, John was responsible for engineering activities for various offshore oil & gas development projects (ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Marathon, and Chevron) in the North Sea.
