Leadership
The founding group of shareholders and directors come from tier one consultancy, systems integration and enterprise systems organisations such as Cap Gemini, Andersen Consulting, Oracle and Microsoft.
This team have worked for a range of global organisations including BHP, Rio Tinto, Federal Government, UK Government, Bayer AG, Virgin, Barclays, News Corp, Wesfarmers and Shell.
They are responsible for leading the organisation, which is now a team of over 50, and plan to grow to a target of 250 employees by 2014 working across the APAC Region.
Robert Evans - Chief Executive Officer
Robert is the CEO at Velrada and our Executive Board Chairman. He has twenty years of experience from software analysis and design through to large scale structuring of systems and organisational change in complex multinational organisations. Prior to establishing Velrada in 2009, Robert was Managing Director of Change Corporation, an Australian national business consulting and systems integration (SI) firm.
Over a 5 year period Robert oversaw the strategic development and
expansion of the business, leadership of over 100 professional
staff, and delivery of major client consulting and SI projects and
programs both nationally and internationally. Change had a focus in
the resource industry, working for major resource companies such as
Rio Tinto, BHP and Woodside; and state and federal government.
Change was recognised both for its growth in the BRW Fast 100, and
Deloitte Fast 50; and for the excellence of its client work with
awards from the AIIA and Microsoft. Prior to Change Corp, Robert
was a director with a specialist business and IT advisory firm in
London, consulting to a range of national government agencies,
metropolitan boroughs and county councils.
Robert started his career as a software analyst in the City of
London in 1989, moving to Andersen Consulting in 1993 where he
worked on a range of large scale systems and business programs over
a period of 8 years for organisations such as Bayer in the USA and
Europe, Marconi, Scottish Telecom and News International. Robert
was a key contributor and driver of the redevelopment of Andersen's
global Architected Solutions methodology, and led a number of
business and enterprise architecture programs for major clients of
the firm. Robert has an MBA from the University of West Australia,
an MSc Computing and Maths and a BSc in Information Systems.
Jennifer Evans - Executive Director
Jennifer is an Executive Director at Velrada. She was with
Management Consulting firm CapGemini and Ernst and Young from 1998
to 2003 working with blue chip clients in the UK and Europe such as
Barclays Capital, Sky, O2, Carlton Interactive and Charles Schwab.
Since returning to Perth in 2003 she has led projects for Rio
Tinto, West Australian News Paper Group, State Government and
various mid-cap companies.
Jen has a focus in large scale organisational change management.
She has a number of accreditations and qualifications in this
field, and leads Velrada's change management practise. She has an
MBA from the University of Western Australia, and a Bachelor of
Science - Software Engineering from the University of London.
Jen completed the Leadership WA program in 2008, and has a passion
for indigenous affairs.
Andrew Crampton - Executive Director
Andrew is an Executive Director at Velrada. He has over 20 years of experience in technology strategy development and IT project / programme delivery with international clients in a wide range of industries.
For the last six years Andrew has worked almost exclusively on
consulting engagements within the resources sector and
predominantly with Rio Tinto Iron Ore. His recent experience
includes Programme Management of a highly successful $40m
communications and technology portfolio of projects to design and
commission the RTIO Operations Centre at Perth Airport, project
management of the RTIO Voice and Data Communications Strategy
Programme of work and the design, establishment and management of a
PRINCE2-centric Project Management Office for the Rio Tinto's
in-house IS&T group.
He has a successful track record of leading major strategic project
and programmes of work for organisations including Rio Tinto, BHP
Billiton, HBF, Wesfarmers, Western Power, Water Corporation,
Woodside, Bass Hotel & Leisure Group, Dyson, Sony, Land Rover,
Jaguar and IBM. Andrew has significant resources manufacturing,
food and drink, utilities, government and financial services sector
experience.
Andrew has a BA (Hons) in Modern History from Cambridge, an MSc in
Technology and Innovation Management from Sussex University, a
Diploma in Management from Leicester University and is a PRINCE2
Certified Practitioner.
Chris Nurse - Chief Technology Officer
Chris holds the position of Chief Technology Officer at Velrada and
is a consulting Director. With over 25 years of technology,
consulting and people management expertise, Chris has broad
experience in aligning technology with strategic business
direction.
In the UK, Chris engaged with Local Government, The Post Office,
Halifax Bank and the Ministry of Defence across a broad range of
initiatives, holding responsibilities for software development,
quality and providing support for adoption of solutions across
large organisations.
Since coming to Australia in 2002, Chris has worked on many complex
business solutions and has lead teams at the Department of Justice
and Department of Child Protection and has been involved in some of
WA's most complex and long running projects.
Chris has an outstanding reputation for delivery but is also a keen
supporter of Australia's graduate community, providing career
advice and guidance to ensure that young up and coming
professionals are well placed to succeed in their chosen
career.
Glyn East - Practice & Service Delivery Director
Glyn is the Practice & Service Delivery Director at Velrada
with responsibility for managing the capability, capacity and
delivery outcomes of the services group. Glyn has over 20
years of project, program and professional services experience
gained in the UK, Europe and Australia.
In the UK, Glyn worked with Nat West Bank, SBC Warburg and Siemens Nixdorf during his early project management career. Since relocating to Perth, Glyn has held a number of Project, Program and Consulting Management roles with JD Edwards, Focal Systems and Oracle Corporation where he held the position of Consulting Practice Director for WA and South Australia.
With a formal Project Management background, Glyn can successfully
lead delivery teams to deliver successful project outcomes, manage
stakeholder relationships and drive organisational and people
development.
Malcolm de Silva - Business Development Director (BDD)
Malcolm (Mal) is a former State Director and Managing Director for
Microsoft in Western Australia and the S/E Asian Region. Mal has a
very strong leadership, enterprise consulting and systems
integration understanding and experience working in tier one public
and private sector businesses around Australia and the S/E Asian
Region. He has worked extensively in the public and private sector.
Mal is a UWA graduate and provides our clients with a tremendous
amount of intellectual capital with regards to Enterprise
Technology solutions.
Ian Gibson - Associate Director (UK)
Ian Gibson is an experienced consulting director with a background in large scale system projects and management and business consultancy both with larger firms such as Arthur Andersen, and with smaller independents. Ian is a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA) and a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants (FCMC). Ian has worked on a number of global transformation programmes for organisations such as GEC, Marconi, and Ciba. His recent project experience includes a re-organisation and profit improvement exercise for a leading European MRO; and a complex commercial analysis, risk management, VCA and negotiation support project in Switzerland. He has performed interim management exercises for a number of VC companies focusing on strategic management, organisational change, profit and business improvement. Ian has industry expertise in manufacturing, resources, aviation and business services.