Steven Morris
Project Manager
- Adelaide,
- Australia
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Member Since: 2008/08/03
Industry: Computer & IT
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Professional Background
Project Manager
Team Zero
2011 – Present
Zero is a process developed by a few of the members of A Backbone Computing Solution and represents an all inclusive, analogue approach to problem solving and risk mitigation in technical processes and business operations. Using an objects and interfaces breakdown and applied to existing systems or new applications, it is possible to determine the best configuration to maximise real work and minimise interruption from internal and external influences.
Owner
A Backbone Computing Solution
July 1999 – Present
Minimizing waste in IT and business systems and operations.
Objects and interfaces approach to process optimization and physical systems.
Doing more for less, getting the most out of existing infrastructure and careful implementation of new solutions into existing business operations.
Solution optimization for IT and business process. IT, systems and process diagnostics for troubleshooting and lifecycle optimization. Hardware and software planning, budgeting, provision, installation and maintenance planning. IT education and training.
Supply line optimisation: balancing brands, costs, availability, support, local business and relationship loyalty to provide an optimised if not maximised scenario for purchasing, support, lifecycle and handling.
Establishing new opportunities and new products for suppliers by negotiating novel configurations and markets, supporting customer needs and enabling improved customer / client satisfaction by providing a highly available (Just In Time), local, customised solution.
Objects and interfaces approach to process optimization and physical systems.
Doing more for less, getting the most out of existing infrastructure and careful implementation of new solutions into existing business operations.
Solution optimization for IT and business process. IT, systems and process diagnostics for troubleshooting and lifecycle optimization. Hardware and software planning, budgeting, provision, installation and maintenance planning. IT education and training.
Supply line optimisation: balancing brands, costs, availability, support, local business and relationship loyalty to provide an optimised if not maximised scenario for purchasing, support, lifecycle and handling.
Establishing new opportunities and new products for suppliers by negotiating novel configurations and markets, supporting customer needs and enabling improved customer / client satisfaction by providing a highly available (Just In Time), local, customised solution.
IT Consultant
MatrixGroup
November 2013 – December 2013
Education and handover protocols for new staff and managers.
IT Consultant, Systems Administrator
MatrixGroup
November 2008 – November 2013
Change Management
-Functional diagnostics of existing systems and operations
-Upgrade and migration planning for existing systems
-Capacity planning for new Virtualisation and storage platform
-Business integration assessment for new systems based on existing and future software packages and operational programs
Planning and Procurement
-Selection / design of IT equipment: Servers, Workstations, Storage, Networking, Telecoms, Accessories, etc.
-Costing analysis, TCO and ROI for new systems
-Feature and service comparison of various available systems
-Availability and redundancy and disaster mitigation planning based on business requirements
-Synthetic capacity calculation
-Failure and disaster mitigation planning and testing, including backup and recovery planning and testing. (with time to live recovery scaling based on nature of business system - optimising cost of downtime vs cost of prevention)
Implementation and Maintenance
-Design, build, test and implement complete hardware and network infrastructure
-Benchmarking and stress testing - synthetic and operational benchmarking and fatigue detection
-Failure and predictive diagnostics on systems and operations, including operational impact on systems configuration and mitigation techniques
Operational and performance analysis
-Load monitoring and bottleneck identification and correction
-Realtime reporting and alerting, QOS and KPI based performance analysis and optimisation
-Unplanned performance queries to staff and management to assess perceived IT system performance
-Periodic planned performance review and scaling planning
-Demand side management and cost optimisation (financial and operational)
Education, Training and Demonstration
-Demonstration of critical decision process to management and senior staff
-Continual training for staff and section managers
-Functional diagnostics of existing systems and operations
-Upgrade and migration planning for existing systems
-Capacity planning for new Virtualisation and storage platform
-Business integration assessment for new systems based on existing and future software packages and operational programs
Planning and Procurement
-Selection / design of IT equipment: Servers, Workstations, Storage, Networking, Telecoms, Accessories, etc.
-Costing analysis, TCO and ROI for new systems
-Feature and service comparison of various available systems
-Availability and redundancy and disaster mitigation planning based on business requirements
-Synthetic capacity calculation
-Failure and disaster mitigation planning and testing, including backup and recovery planning and testing. (with time to live recovery scaling based on nature of business system - optimising cost of downtime vs cost of prevention)
Implementation and Maintenance
-Design, build, test and implement complete hardware and network infrastructure
-Benchmarking and stress testing - synthetic and operational benchmarking and fatigue detection
-Failure and predictive diagnostics on systems and operations, including operational impact on systems configuration and mitigation techniques
Operational and performance analysis
-Load monitoring and bottleneck identification and correction
-Realtime reporting and alerting, QOS and KPI based performance analysis and optimisation
-Unplanned performance queries to staff and management to assess perceived IT system performance
-Periodic planned performance review and scaling planning
-Demand side management and cost optimisation (financial and operational)
Education, Training and Demonstration
-Demonstration of critical decision process to management and senior staff
-Continual training for staff and section managers
Sound Technician
Adelaide Function Centre (Wonderland Ballroom)
1990 – 2001
Managed sound equipment and hall characteristic with a 40m2 stage and a 600m2 (odd) hall.
Configured and serviced speakers, amplifiers, cross-overs, equalisers, mixing equipment, microphones, instruments and stage equipment for orchestra, DJ and private events.
Basic DJ and MC tasks, sound checks and monitoring live performances.
Transitioned from vintage to modern equipment, including replacement of the Philips monaural Valve amplifier and speaker system to modern speakers, a stereo configuration, solid state amplifiers and a stereo mixing desk.
Implemented synthetic sound staging, with phase and balance shifting, for the 12 piece orchestra, replicating the physical layout in the amplified soundstage.
Configured and serviced speakers, amplifiers, cross-overs, equalisers, mixing equipment, microphones, instruments and stage equipment for orchestra, DJ and private events.
Basic DJ and MC tasks, sound checks and monitoring live performances.
Transitioned from vintage to modern equipment, including replacement of the Philips monaural Valve amplifier and speaker system to modern speakers, a stereo configuration, solid state amplifiers and a stereo mixing desk.
Implemented synthetic sound staging, with phase and balance shifting, for the 12 piece orchestra, replicating the physical layout in the amplified soundstage.
Education
University of Adelaide
BEDAS
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
2009 – 2016
Aspect
MCSE
MS Windows 2000
1999 – 1999
University of South Australia
LBRI
Engineering, Physics
1998 – 1999
Flinders University
General Engineering
Physics (Engineering & Theoretical), Material Science, Computer Systems
1997 – 1998
Full Biography
IT is not my thing, it just happens to fit with my strengths and ideals. From a young age I have sought to assemble the odds and ends into a functional, or aesthetic form, which achieves something great from something nebulous or unfocussed.
Minimising waste. Not just in IT, business systems and operations. Minimising time wasting is often the ultimate outcome. Reusing whatever is recovered from waste presents new opportunities or flexibility.
I hope to help people (and businesses) to see outside of the walls imposed on them by social, professional and industrial preconceptions and see the opportunities that exist when the world is presented from a different perspective.
Languages
Greek
Professional Working Proficiency
German
Limited Working Proficiency
Italian
Elementary Proficiency
Level Progress
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Windows OS1
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Virtualization1
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NAS1
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Networking1
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RAID1
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Storage1