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An Introduction, an overview, a starting point

Summary An intuitive and innovative business leader with a history of proven results in growing business performance in Asia.    Significant experience in organisational change management and people management across Asia has laid the foundation for this ongoing success. Career Accomplishments Strong senior leadership career at Microsoft driving aggressive revenue and profit growth across Asia. Starting …

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Companies, roles, achievements, outcomes.

Practice Leader – Microsoft Asia (2014 – Current) The Microsoft Practice Leadership role covers the APJ time zone including Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Asia Pacific, Greater China, India & Japan.  This position works closely with the Asia Consulting Practices to drive a healthy business as well as organisational change and efficiency.  Role success is measured by …

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Opinions, feedback, Iudicium.

…exceptional leader “Gray’s intellect, pragmatism, and ability to build consensus and engender and influence change across organizations make him stand out as an exceptional leader. Having worked closely with Gray for 4 years I can easily recommend him as a great business partner and leader, that consistently delivered outstanding results for the organization. Greg Miner, …

Blog

Thinking, Thoughts, Blogging.

  I post regularly on my company Blog located here.  You can also link to it from the “Direct link to blog” menu item on the right.  As you can see from the most recent 12 posts below the posts are primarily on the topics of People and people management. Process improvement Sales techniques Customer Satisfaction I …

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People: Global competency

  Working as the primary thought leader and content developer I engaged with my local management team to develop a competency and roles model. This was implemented locally and subsequently substantially adopted into the global competency and roles model for the Microsoft Services business. The structured approach to competencies and roles improved career planning, personal …

Business

Business: Building, Growth, Profit.

Building a business from scratch can be an exciting and daunting prospect.  It offers financial and personal challenges that give you exposure to every part of the business life cycle.  Maintaining it over the long term is as equally challenging. In my working life I was able to achieve the privilege of  being made a …

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Execution: Attributed Vision

Microsoft Services in Australia needed to undergo a substantial change to achieve the aggressive growth targets required. We needed to achieve fundamental culture change in who we were, how we worked and how we achieved outcomes. The management team came together and exceeded this goal. I have subsequently leveraged my prior experience in change management …

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Technical: Rugby World Cup

IRB used the Microsoft content management system to deliver news, match statistics, live commentary and more.  My team at Microsoft Services delivered the solution within time and budget.  This was a project that was successful despite the agressive timeframes, the technology challenges and internal barriers.  I  worked internally within MIcrosoft and the IRB to assist …

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Techncal: St John Ambulance

Introduction St John Ambulance has been a familiar name in Western Australia for over 100 years. The organisation is rich in heritage and is recognised worldwide for its commitment to helping others.  As the ambulance service covering the largest area in the world it has 600 career ambulance officers and paramedics and 2500 volunteer ambulance …