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Summary Resume - John Anthony Golfin

SUMMARY RESUME - JOHN ANTHONY GOLFIN

TITLE John Anthony Golfin B.E (Aero) Hons I, Grad IEAust Peng, MIMC BIRTH 3 November 1965, Sydney, Australia STATUS Australian Citizen, Single, In Excellent Health ADDRESS 15 Roscoe Street Bondi Beach NSW 2026 Sydney AUSTRALIA CONTACT Mobile: +61 408 164 000, Email: [email protected].

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS RECENT Apr11: Completed 5mth, 80,950km epic adventure of Antarctica & all of South America. Nov10: Co-founded Certus3 & delivered troubled AUD113m, POS/EFT system on new hardware (4,000 registers at 67 stores, 17,000 users) for Myer with team of 120. As a result of this project, Certus3 won Myer’s IT Supplier of the Year for 2010. Aug07: Delivered troubled AUD99m, Oracle Retek Merchandising system covering 59 stores, 3,000 users for Myer with IBM & team of 143. PAST Dec04: Delivered AUD50m, 135person, SAP R3 V4.7 implementation for IBM at Woolworths, which won the SAP Australia & NZ award for best implementation of 2004. Jul01: Launched digital marketplace consulting practice in Asia Pacific for Ariba Inc USA. Directed first successful implementations including supplier enablement. Sep00: Sang in the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Aug92-Present: Founded EBT Consulting and jointly grew it to a 5 person, AUD2m business with minimal capital, & risk. Nov95-Nov99: Co-founded & built SAP consulting practice in Sydney with PwC partner from 5 to 50-person, AUD20m+ practice in 4 years. Co-developer of SAP methodology. Apr89-Aug89: Managed joint SAP, Andersen Consulting & Phillips team to launch SAP in Australia. Implemented SAP for 18 years in Australia.

CORE COMPETENCIES BUSINESS 24yrs IT delivery: large, complex, package/custom applications for blue-chip companies 19yrs major transformation, business process re-engineering, change management 19yrs large-scale, complex SAP R/2 & R/3 software, all modules 4yrs IT Project Management, 15yrs Program Management 4yrs B2B E-Commerce: Ariba, e-marketplaces, e-procurement, supplier enablement 2yrs Utilities, 4yrs Oil & Gas, 6yrs Retail, 6yrs Manufacturing, 6yrs Financial PERSONAL Speak/read/write fluent Greek & elementary German Wedding MC, public speaker, presenter, facilitator, travel writer, runner, sommelier

EDUCATION MEMBERSHIPS Institution of Engineers 1984- Member Number 410149 Institute of Mgt Consultants 1997- Member Number 13862 PROFESSIONAL Ariba 2000-01 B2B e-procurement, e-marketplace software SAP 1989-98 ERP software, accredited ASAP implementer Institute of Systems Analysts 1990-91 Marketing & Accounting Andersen Consulting 1989-92 BPR & IT Systems (400+hrs self-study, 6 courses attended & 3 taught in Chicago, USA) TERTIARY Sydney University 1984-87 Bachelor of Engineering (Aeronautical) First Class Honours, The University Medal SECONDARY Sydney Boys High School 1978-83 Higher School Certificate 439 from 500 School Certificate Grades A & A

REFERENCES Bernie Brookes CEO, Myer Limited, Melbourne Australia +61 438 101 422 Tim Clark IT Director (CIO), Myer Limited, Melbourne Australia +61 417 317 404 Matthew Norsa Sales Executive, SAP Australia, Sydney Australia +61 412 359 606 David Curran EGM, Core Banking Modernisation, CBA, Sydney Australia +61 407 418 090 Simo Popovac Former Partner, IBM, Sydney Australia +61 413 085 999 Vaughan Grant General Manager Commercial, Placemakers, Auckland, New Zealand +64 27 458 3107 Wayne Preston Former General Manager, Coprice, Ricegrowers, Leeton Australia +61 407 265 839 Chris Bennett Former MD and CEO, SAP Australia & New Zealand +61 402 221 223

Confidential Summary Resume - John Golfin Last Updated 14 June 2011 Page 1 of 4 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EMPLOYERS Certus3 Co-Founding Partner (Nov07–Present), Australia IT Management Consulting, Responsible for financials and tax matters. Deliver large complex IT specialising in Project Mgt projects. Manage and grow employees. Write contracts. EBT Consulting Founding Partner (Aug92–Present), Australia IT Management Consulting, Started, built & manage business, create alliances, manage employees & specialising in ERP & B2B clients, deliver major ERP supply chain projects, deliver B2B initiatives Ariba Program Director (Feb00–Jul01, 1.5yrs), Asia Pacific Global B2B e-commerce software Built delivery support for e-marketplaces, ran supplier enablement, solutions provider presented at B2B conferences, pre-sales, account/partner management Andersen Consulting Senior Consultant (Feb88–Jul92, 4.5yrs), Australia / USA Management Consulting, Introduced SAP into Australia, developed bids, instructed in USA specialising in IT consulting Project managed & configured many SAP implementations Qantas Undergraduate Engineer (Dec86–Feb87, 3mths), Australia Australian National Airline Planned, estimated & managed aircraft maintenance

ACHIEVEMENTS FOR CLIENTS OF CERTUS3 Myer (Retail) Program Manager (Dec07-Nov10, 3yrs), Australia, Won Myer Award POS & EFT implementation, Repaired troubled project & delivered new SAP EPOS 3.2.1 POS system team of 120, AUD113m, 17,000 & ANZ EFTPOS solution on new Fujitsu/IBM hardware to 67 stores users, 160 servers, 4,000 nationally. Managed 12 suppliers (incl ANZ, Fujitsu, IBM & SAP) & wrote registers, 200km cable their contracts. Invented own live UAT. Defined support model.

ACHIEVEMENTS FOR CLIENTS OF EBT CONSULTING Internal Initiative Assessor (May11-Present), Australia Enterprise Mobility (Platforms & Assessing existing & emerging technologies, offerings & players in Apps for employees & customers) Australia & overseas with the objective of project delivery to past clients Myer (Retail) Program Manager (Sep07-Nov07, 3mths), Australia IT transition, 9 projects, team of Repaired troubled project & delivered first phase of transition of all Myer IT 135, AUD32m, 38 applications systems from Coles to IBM (AUD100m outsource deal) Myer (Retail) Program Manager (Sep06-Aug07, 12mths), Australia Retek Implementation, team of Repaired troubled project & delivered Oracle Retek RMS, ReIM, RDW, 143, AUD99m, 65 stores RPM, RDF modules, 160 interfaces, 3,000 users. Own testing method. Commonwealth Bank (Finance) Program Manager (Feb06-May06, 4mths), Australia Business Continuity & Disaster Launched large project to remediate & integrate disaster recovery with Recovery Program, AUD13m business continuity for the whole bank across all platforms. Commonwealth Bank (Finance) Program Manager (Nov05-Jan06, 3mths), Australia Group IT Application Strategy, Delivered strategy to reduce operating models from 7 to 3 to position team of 8, 98 applications group IT for shared services & re-negotiation of EDSA contract. Commonwealth Bank (Finance) Program Manager (Sep05-Oct05, 2mths), Australia Outsourcing ERP Due Diligence, Delivered due diligence to outsource PeopleSoft & Ariba support to India – team of 30, AUD5m decision made not to proceed due to lack of scale. Commonwealth Bank (Finance) Program Manager (Feb05-Jan06, 1 year), Australia 5 projects, AUD20m, team of 80, Delivering 3 releases (6 Go Lives) of customer, account/product & MVS mainframe: single view of transaction data loads using ETi, Integrity & COBOL into custom Client customer & account across CBA Interface Facility (CIF) using DLMA & Teradata Group Data Warehouse. IBM (Technology) Project Manager (May03-Dec04, 19mths), Australia, Won SAP Award Project Manager for Woolworths Launched & delivered project on-time, on-budget project across Australia mySAP Financials, R/3 v4.7, BW, involving 4000 coding days over 5mths, 50 interfaces, 80 enhancements, Core Financials: team of 135, 20 conversions. Co-managed 15 direct reports, off-shore development & AUD50m budget, 1,200 users testing. Defined approach, templates, Charter & overall Project Plan. Commonwealth Bank (Finance) Program Manager (Apr02-May03, 13mths), Australia E-procurement technology Set up internal 10-person technology group. Produced & had approved 2 delivery for Group Procurement. business cases: PeopleSoft Services Procurement module for contract 2 projects: team of 30, AUD5m labour (AUD51m spend) & Printcafe EnterpriseSite application for printed budget, 2,400 users, 72 suppliers items (AUD22m spend). Delivered both on-time, 10% under budget. NRMA Insurance Limited Program Manager (Dec01-Apr02, 5mths), Australia B2B e-procurement, mass scale Set up dedicated e-business team, processes & tools to allow NRMA buyer & supplier enablement Group to support & trade electronically with up to 8,000 suppliers. Cyberlynx (Procurement) Program Director (Aug–Nov01, 4mths), Australia Outsourced B2B shared service Worked with CTO & CEO to define B2B technology strategy & managed for corporate strategic sourcing several programs of work to deliver it. Ran multiple RFI’s, trained 5 staff.

Confidential Summary Resume - John Golfin Last Updated 14 June 2011 Page 2 of 4 PricewaterhouseCoopers Practice Director (Nov95–Nov99, 4yrs), Australia (Consulting) Consulting practice Assisted partner to build Sydney SAP practice from scratch to 150 in 2 set-up & delivery of major SAP years. Delivered projects on-time & budget, recruited & coached staff, projects developed PwC SAP methodology, ran bids, managed clients. ICS Deloitte (Consulting) Practice Manager (Jun–Oct95, 5mths), Australia Consulting practice set-up for Assisted partners with new SAP business & alliances, ran bids, developed major SAP projects ICS methodology, managed ICS employees & clients. BHP IT (Technology) Practice Manager (Sep94–May95, 9mths), Australia Consulting practice development Ran bids, planned projects, developed BHP methodology, managed BHP for major SAP projects employees & clients, advised project managers on several SAP projects. Kimberly-Clark (Paper) Trainer, Project Manager (Mar–Dec94, 10mths), Australia SAP R/2 training & project launch Trained 40 staff & 10 execs. Conducted process re-engineering & SAP AUD2m, 100users business case for Infant Care Division. Supported SAP projects. Philips (Electrical) Integration Manager (Aug92-Feb94, 1.5yrs), Australia SAP R/2 project, AUD2.5m, Configured & integrated 5 SAP modules, managed & educated team of 100+users 25, planned & allocated tasks, reviewed code, managed business issues.

ACHIEVEMENTS FOR CLIENTS OF ARIBA AUSTRALIA Cyberlynx (Procurement) Program Director (Jan–Jul01, 7mths), Australia Outsourced B2B shared service Managed customer relationship & assisted EDS Australia to deliver Ariba for corporate strategic sourcing Marketplace product. Advised new CTO on B2B trends & architecture. NRMA Insurance Limited Program Director (May-Jul01, 3mths), Australia Ariba Buyer B2B e-procurement, Managed customer relationship, visited suppliers & enabled their AUD4m, 200 users, 60 suppliers catalogues, planned debit card for claims, advised e-sourcing solution. Onezone (Biolab Scientific) Program Director (Dec00–Jul01, 8mths), New Zealand B2B marketplace for biomedical Assisted Arthur Andersen to deliver Ariba Marketplace on-time, advised & office supplies, team of 40 marketplace liquidity, supplier enablement & buyer adoption. Mindtrac.com (Tyres) Program Director (May–Sep00, 5mths), Singapore / India B2B marketplace for global tyre Managed Planetasia.com to deliver Ariba Marketplace on time. Advised industry, team of 15 CEO on: liquidity, business model & go to market. Pilsbury Piaggio (Food/Liquor) Program Director (Feb–Mar00, 1mth), Minneapolis, St Paul, USA St Paul Company (Insurance) Assisted PricewaterhouseCoopers & Accenture to plan, budget rollout. Set Implementation of Ariba Buyer up methodology, advised on team structure. Learnt Ariba Buyer. AsiaPaperMarkets.com (Paper) Advised clients & partners (Arthur Andersen, EDS, IBM, HP, Planetasia) Com Tech (Dimension Data) on business & technical e-marketplace & e-procurement delivery. Worked Petroglobal.com (Petroleum) with suppliers: Blackwoods, Carlson Waqonlit, Coles Myer, Harris Telecom New Zealand (Telco) Technology to enable their websites for B2B e-commerce. Teams 10-40

ACHIEVEMENTS FOR CLIENTS OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS Energy Australia (Utility) Project Director (Mar99-Jan00, 11mths), Australia ABC (Broadcasting) Reviewed progress, supported project manager, supplied resources, managed budget, set direction, managed customer relationship. Dairy Farmers (Milk) Project Manager (Oct98–Feb99, 4mths), Australia SAP R/3 Design AUD26m, 1100 Managed successful detailed design ahead of budget/time users, 68 sites, 5 Bus, team of 40 Estimated & planned detail rollout of 550 processes across 21 sites. Roche Pharmaceuticals Project Director (Sep98, 1mth), Australia SAP R/3 to 8 countries, AUD6m, Estimated, planned & initiated detailed rollout. Re-structured team, defined 500+users, team of 35 change mgt & transition plan. Advised CIO on issues. Ricegrowers (Rice) Project Director (Apr96–Sep98, 2.5yrs), Australia BPR, Change & SAP R/3, team Managed successful delivery on time/budget. Delivered major supply of 75, AUD25m, 300users, chain re-engineering, designed & managed SAP integration. 50sites RACV (Insurance) Assistant Manager (Jan–Mar96, 3mths), Australia BPR & SAP R/3, AUD6m, Estimated, planned & set up project. Defined new processes & high level 200users, 60+sites, team of 30 SAP design, customized methodology, managed issues.

ACHIEVEMENTS FOR CLIENTS OF ICS DELOITTE CSR (Building Materials) Integration Manager (Jun–Oct95, 5mths), Australia BPR, Change, Global SAP R/3, Estimated, planned & set up global project, team of 80+. Defined global AUD200m, 900+users project standards & launched Readymix project, advised group CTO.

ACHIEVEMENTS FOR CLIENTS OF BHP IT Comalco Rolled Products Project Manager (Feb–May95, 4mths), Australia (Aluminium) SAP R/2 Upgrade Managed successful delivery on time/budget, team of 12. V4.3 to 5.0 AUD0.8m, 500+users Resolved complex issues, improved business procedures.

Confidential Summary Resume - John Golfin Last Updated 14 June 2011 Page 3 of 4 BHP Building Products (Steel) Integration Manager (Sep94–Jan95, 5mths), Australia Process Improvement, SAP R/3, Resolved integration issues for team of 30. AUD2.5m, 200+users Designed & managed delivery of functionality for payables.

ACHIEVEMENTS FOR CLIENTS OF ANDERSEN CONSULTING Caltex (Petroleum) Team Leader (Nov91–Mar92, 5mths), Australia SAP R/2 Projects System, Assisted in project set-up, definition. Completed re-engineering of A/R AUD1.5m, 200+users Lead team of 5 to design custom expenditure authorization. Caltex (Petroleum) Technical Architect (Jun90–Oct91, 15.5mths), Australia SAP R/2 Core System, AUD9m, Designed & delivered first SAP standing journals, lead technical 300+users, team of 50 integration, Provided technical support to project team of 50. Esso (Petroleum) Analyst/Programmer (Feb–Jun90, 4.5mths), Australia SAP R/2 Core System, AUD6m, Designed & delivered over 20 SAP purchasing & payables reports 200+users, team of 60 Produced programming standards & lead team of 3. FAI (Insurance) Analyst/Programmer (Nov89–Jan90, 3mths), Australia Maintain custom COBOL billing Designed & delivered programs for CFO to resolve lost revenue. system, team of 5 Improved change control procedures & standards. Commonwealth Bank (Finance) Analyst/Programmer (Nov89–Jan90, 3mths), Australia MSA Finance System project, Planned & executed end-to-end system test. team of 50 Improved system documentation, change control & programs. SAP Australia (Software) Team Leader (Apr–Aug89, 5mths), Australia Strategic alliance to launch Organised joint training in SAP for 24Andersen, 10SAP & 5 Philips staff. company & products in Australia Set up practice methods for SAP implementations, ran joint pre-sales. Prospect Electricity (Utility) Analyst/Programmer (May88–Apr89, 1yr), Australia Custom Customer Info System, Tested & documented billing program for 500,000 customers. team of 100 Supported testing database & program change control.

MAJOR CAREER BREAKS May11-Present Producing documentary film of the trip below. Dec10-Apr11, 5mths Antarctica & South America: www.aicaramba2011.blogspot.com May06-Sep06, 4mths Europe (West, Scandinavia, Russia): www.in-search-of-eurotrash.blogspot.com Sep93-Nov93, 3mths Europe (Central, East): Blog did not exist. Film made. Dec88-Feb89, 3mths USA, Europe. Blog did not exist. Album compiled.

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