Many folks know me here in Broome through my two successful businesses Pearly Whites Dental and Pearl Coast Jewellery.

Pearl Coast Jewellery was born from my love of gemstones. I learnt to cut and shape my first gemstone when I was around 10 years old. This hobby provided an income while my family and I were "living the dream" traveling Australia for around 2 years and then later in Broome and Queensland. I  still get the opportunity to cut the occasional opal or other valuable gem and set them in gold or silver. My Broome business Pearl Coast Jewellery where I designed and fashioned beautiful handmade gold and silver jewellery while incorporating my hand cut gemstones, Australian pearls and Argyl diamonds. I developed long lasting relationships with my clients who come back time after time looking to see what's new and most importantly have a chat.

Pearly Whites Dental was challenging. I managed everything including Inception, Budgeting, Business Case and Finance Acquisition, Construction and subsequently growing a thriving and successful business. The approved budget was roughly 25% of that expected for a similar 2 surgery Perth practice that included the highest tech dental equipment outside of Perth in the private practice . Even though my business case demonstrated its feasibility and potential for success, the Bank placed it into the high risk list. I leveraged 20 years of experience to bring this project in on both budget and schedule while delivering a robust and high performing technical environment and a business built on customer focused processes and impeccable service.     

"In the beginning ... ", I earned my Bachelor of Applied Science with Mathematics and Computer science majors from Swinburne. Today's world of computing and information technology today was unimaginable then. We had IBM compatible desktop computers, Prime Computers and mainframes whom computational power and storage is a very small fraction of what is found in a mobile phone or even today's smart watches.

Having worked for a year as a sandwich student at BHP Petroleum during my 2nd and 3rd years at Swinburne, I was offered several positions by BHP Petroleum and accepted a job as an analyst/programmer (Oracle database) across most of their financial, forecasting, exploration and geological/geophysical systems. What an experience!

After many years in BHP Petroleum, I moved into BHP IT and continued as a Business / Systems Analyst and developed into a Solution Architect and Technical Lead. I worked on a vast and diverse array of systems across transport, minerals, steel, telecom and local government. During this time, I enhanced my software development experience and learnt about distributed systems, architecture, networks and most importantly what worked and what didn't! I found that the "didn'ts" taught me the most. I saw how easy it is for budgets to blow out and clients not having their expectations met.

I joined Rational Software in 1998 as a Software Engineering Specialist where I was able to leverage my experience and assist customers to deploy best practice methods and tools in a rigorous but flexible deployment framework. I soon found myself working with customers beyond just software/systems development and found myself venturing into organizational change from the perspective of deploying software development methods and tools.

Rational joined the IBM brand a few years later and I found myself working with Government Ministers, Directors, senior management in compliance, strategy, business re-engineering and process automation.

With changed family priorities, I bit the bullet and left IBM to travel Australia, and that is how we arrived in Broome after living in a Caravan with the wife and 4 young children for a few years! Lived the dream.

I rely on my experience everyday and I have continually developed and expanded my skills with real-world experience by  running my own business, improving processes, supporting technology infrastructure and system  and taking on new roles and processes in Administration and Management. I have kept my skills up to date with various courses covering modern Languages, Techniques and modern topics like Cyber Security.    I now have added to my experience with Health Care and Major Retail, two areas I had previously had little exposure. Along with major corporations, government, medium and small business, I now have an excellent understanding of their processes, challenges and approaches to identifying solutions and improving business outcomes.

If you are interested to know more, download a recent copy of my abbreviated  CV , send me an Email or give me a call

Regards

Glen Tattersall