November 2014 Digital Disruption #modernIT @Aurecon Sean Elwick Global Head of IS @ElwickSean
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November 2014
Digital Disruption#modernIT @Aurecon
Sean ElwickGlobal Head of IS
@ElwickSean
1. @Aurecon and our disruption challenges
2. Aurecon IS – our #modernIT response
3. “… precious commodity”?
“The question for us is, what needs to be true for us to stay relevant in the business?”
Fillippo PasseriniConfessions of a Successful CIO – Dan Roberts/Brian Watson
@Aurecon’s changing world
Aurecon – our operations
Economic disruption….
• Resources boom is over
• Government austerity measures
• Wealth moving west to east and north to south leads to increased global competition
• Pressure on margins creates a change in engineering design practices… and market consolidation
• Sustainability – affordability of ongoing infrastructure maintenance
BIM, quicker, cheaper improved sustainability,… and mandated!
“ ”
The Internet of Things
“The network of physical
objects that contain embedded
technology to communicate
and interact with their internal
states or the external environment”Source: Gartner
The good old days…
Aurecon IS journey to #modernIT
What is ‘digital’?
(Of signals or data) expressed as series of the digits 0 and 1, typically represented by values ….
Examples:
1. Relating to using, or storing data or information in the form of digital signals: digital TV eg. a digital recording
2. Involving or relating to the use of computer technology eg. the digital revolution
Source: Oxford Dictionary
Growing the ‘skills’ of a #modernIT team
• Implemented SFIA for all roles
• Restructured for focus on ‘customer segment’
• Focus on ‘soft skills’
• Clear, honest discussions on #modernIT
Old WAN, regionally based and fragmented
Asian offices
NZ offices
Australian offices
African offices
Hello Orange’s global VPN
Enabling global engineering outcomes
• 150 staff• Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Thailand,
USA, South Africa, UAE• 45,500 published documents• 1088 published models• 70 MB average model size
“..this complex, one of a kind, project can be delivered across Aurecon’s
Global Network - across multiple ANZ offices, Middle East, South Africa,
Vietnam, Thailand and even in Los Angeles…”
“… precious commodity”
Derek Zoolander
#modernIT - questions
“If the rate of change externally is greater than
the rate of change internally then the end is near.”
Jack Welsh
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