Our team has over 340 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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Nigel Anns
Following nearly two decades of ICT management experience at Coles Myer, Nigel moved to consulting in 1998, first with KPMG Consulting then Gartner and Pitcher Partners. Prior to joining Battiston Consulting, Nigel was the CIO for the Joval Group – which is a privately owned wholesale, retail and logistics organisation, with operations throughout Australasia. Nigel enjoys being an influencer and change catalyst to help organisations overcome operational challenges. He combines shrewd business, IT and staff management skills with impressive team building, mentoring and leadership qualities to successfully align IT and business strategies.
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Ella Bennett
Ella's career in consulting has allowed her to take on a wide range of roles in the delivery of software solutions to the business community across a number of organisations, both in Australia and overseas. Ella has mixed her broad Project Management experience with a number of stints setting up and managing Project Office environments, undertaking review and coaching roles to assist within large projects and across programs of work. Ella has excellent attention to detail and really enjoys assisting clients implement effective governance to ensure quality and efficient delivery of business outcomes. Her career in consulting spans over 25 years.
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Bruce Boswell
With more than 30 years experience in the ICT industry Bruce has held key operational, sales management, consulting and senior management roles at Optus, Alphawest, Telstra, NEC, HP, BHP and ANZ Bank. Bruce has gained significant experience in senior commercial roles providing thought leadership and strategic direction in all aspects of ICT. Bruce is interested in consulting work because he believes it allows him to apply his skills in a wider range of work situations than a permanent position.
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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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Ken Fox
Ken Fox began his consulting career at KPMG Consulting in the late 1990's, after a long career with Mobil Oil. At Mobil Oil he spent time in their finance division, their logistics/supply chain division, their marketing division, and ended up as their CIO for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. He really enjoys short and sharp business-orientated assignments, where he can deploy his pragmatic blend of experience, "get it done now" approach and his excellent sense of humour
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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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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.
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Ian Young
Growing up in Bundaberg, Ian could not have imagined the diversity of major projects in which he would have influential roles, and the impact they would have on shareholders and the broader community. Ian is a seasoned consultant with over thirty years experience ranging from designing leading edge technologies, managing large scale corporate projects to leading policy development and strategic planning. These days Ian is just as comfortable sportfishing in north Queensland waters as he is with rolling up his sleeves with senior executives coming to grips with large commercial business change programs or breaking ground in public sector reform initiatives.
