Our team has over 360 years of combined experience in driving outcomes:
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John Battiston
John Battiston has led the team since we began earlier this century. He enjoys facilitating strategies for clients, and also specialises in advising clients on how best to source IT. Prior to founding Battiston Consulting he had a long career with KPMG Consulting, where in his last position he was responsible for their work in the Australian banking and finance industry, as well as the telecommunication and utility industries.
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Jonathan Allen
Jonathan Allen enjoys the challenge of working closely with clients, including working as an "implanted" IT Manager to effect change. He s the "human side" of making IT work in large and complex organisations, as well as being passionate about the power of technology. Prior to Battiston Consulting, Jonathan was the CIO for AngloGold in Australia and New Zealand. Jonathan was a founding consultant of Battiston Consulting in 2002.
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Stephen Deroon
Stephen Deroon has been consulting to clients since the early 1990s initially at KPMG Consulting and then at Accenture - after long career at large and complex organisations such as the ANZ. He specialises in advising clients on how best to manage and exploit telecommunications for business benefit. Stephen is also preparing for a second career as a minister after 2011.
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Neil Elliot
Neil Elliot has a career that oscillates between executive management and consulting. He has held a number of CEO positions (including CEO of Westar/Kinitec and CEO of the Gas Services Business). He has also been a successful consultant – becoming a partner of KPMG Consulting in 1988. Neil enjoys helping clients clarify their business vision, gain agreement on their operational strategy, align their investments in assets (including IT), and in embedding change (making the change "sticky").
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Jeff Magrath
Jeff Magrath joined KPMG Consulting as a graduate in 1985, leaving to join the Boston Consulting Group in 1996 as a business strategy consultant. He has also mixed his consulting work with several stints in executive line management, such as Executive eCommerce Manager at Navigator (now Aviva), as well as IT Strategy Manager at MLC. Jeff enjoys leading IT strategy work for clients, as well as helping ensure projects are "on time, on budget and to specification". Jeff’s analytical thinking and likeability has endeared him to clients. Jeff has served as the General Manager of Battiston Consulting since 2004.
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Kevin McCartney
Kevin McCartney is a very experienced ICT Executive, who has been consulting with Battiston Consulting since 2006. He has been the Chief Information Officer of Electricity Services Victoria, AWB Limited (formerly Australian Wheat Board) and more recently the South Australian Water Corporation. Kevin enjoys helping IT organisations better align themselves to meeting the business needs of the organisation – to enhance their service delivery. Kevin likes to "cut to the chase" to mobilise clients.
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Denis Street
Denis Street started his consulting career at KPMG Consulting in 1995 after a distinguished military career culminating as the CIO for RAAF Logistics (one third of the RAAF). Since 1995 he has helped a number of government and private sector businesses re-shape their IT businesses. Denis likes to complete a range of assignments for clients, particularly in enhancing their IT sourcing process, improving their IT organisational design, as well as improving their project delivery effectiveness.
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Graeme Styles
Graeme Styles started his consulting career at KPMG Consulting in 1994 after a long and successful career at BP Oil Australia, where his last position was as IT Divisional Manager for Australia and New Zealand. Graeme has completed many assignments for clients since 1994, and particularly enjoys developing IT strategies, improving IT outsourcing processes, strengthening governance over IT, as well as aligning IT investment to the key business drivers. Graeme was a founding consultant of Battiston Consulting in 2002.
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David Weinel
David Weinel enjoys solving customer needs with technology, and to him the viability of the solution is more important than the technology. Before a 15-year period of work in IT, he had a long career in sales, giving him the strong business understanding for what makes good IT within an organisation. Having good attention to detail as well as being naturally curious, he enjoys reviewing IT organisations and process quality to make recommendations for improvement. Prior to joining Battiston Consulting, David was Global Infrastructure Manager and the IT Manager - Asia Pacific at Mayne Pharma.
