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Tom Noonan – Senior Associate

Overview

Tom's photo Tom has extensive bottom-line focused consulting and senior management experience linked with cost minimisation, business protection and improving performance against strategic imperatives. His achievements are emphasised by business process transformation, advanced cost management, quality management/certification, project directorship, leveraging the value and role of IT, supply chain leverage, and innovation for improving the competitive fitness of organisations.

Tom has held senior consulting and management positions over the course of his career, with his broad commercial experience spanning insurance, banking, mining and minerals processing, transport and logistics, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, petroleum, steel, utilities and government. Tom has global work experience gained in Australia, PNG, United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, Holland, USA, Chile, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. He has routine access to a very broad network of consulting professionals, and he can bring their expertise to bear on client issues as required.

To compliment the extensive experience Tom brings to clients, he has strong interpersonal and coaching skills. Operating with respect and sensitivity, he really listens to clients, taking the time to understand their environment and issues to ensure the advice he gives is relevant and appropriate for long term results. He is also recognised as a leading industry thinker; having been a guest speaker at numerous conferences and with articles published in industry and IT journals.

Strengths

Strategy development, maximising IT effectiveness and cost efficiency
Business process innovation exploiting IT for competitive advantage
Full SDLC coverage for enterprise wide systems
Project management and directorship
Risk management & compliance
Advanced cost management of large IT environments
Supply Chain leverage

History

Senior Associate with Hamilton Shaw Consulting providing clients with strategic advice and contract management services in IT.
Independent Consultant. Clients include Energy Australia, Orlando Consulting, Tonic Solutions, AMES, and Fosters Group ;
Principal Consultant Computer Sciences Corporation. Clients include Risk Management Technologies, and BHP Billiton
Principal Consultant BHP Services – consulting to the Corporate, Minerals, Petroleum, Transport and Steel Groups of BHP and external clients
Principal Management Consultant Price Waterhouse Urwick. Clients include National Australia Bank, ANZ Bank, Australia Post, Linfox Group, Australian Dairy Corporation, Royal Women’s Hospital, and Austin Hospital
Senior Manager Arthur Andersen & Co. – setting up the Insurance Industry Consulting Practice. Clients include State Insurance Office, Victoria
Chief Information Officer Hospital Benefits Association (HBA) with responsibility to leverage IT for the establishment of new products and service lines, business diversification, and major cost reduction.

Tom has a Bachelor of Science from Trinity College, Dublin