Gareth Howells
Microsoft Business Solutions Architect
- EMAIL : gareth@howells.online
Accomplished Solutions Architect and IT leader with repeated success guiding business strategy with established and emerging technologies to achieve maximum operational impacts with minimum resource expenditures.
Talent for delivering programs involving enterprise architecture, analysis, and project management in the Government, Manufacturing, and Mining sectors.
Analytical, highly adaptable professional with extensive experience developing, deploying and evaluating several large-scale core systems aimed at improving quality and efficiency.
Skilled in aligning end-user needs with long-term resolutions to complex IT challenges. Expert presenter, negotiator, and businessperson; able to forge solid relationships with strategic partners and build consensus across multiple organizational levels.
Turn around organisation wide under utilisation of existing Dynamics CRM solution through the design, delivery and implementation of strategic roadmap. Manage MLA’s CRM and lead the design and delivery of CRM strategies across the company that maximise stakeholder engagement and enable tailored communication. Responsible for delivering a Single View of Customer across the business.
Representing Wipro for ensuring the successful delivery of a business transformation solution and leading an independent consultancy operation for providing expert Dynamics 365 services to major clients. Direct business analysis, functional design, and engage all levels of client stakeholders to ensure the delivered solution achieves a perfect fit. Lead the Wipro off-shore team in the functional specification, design, and testing of the solution.
Oversaw design, development, and implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions. Held bottom-line accountability for steering the vision, strategy, and principles of cutting-edge solutions on behalf of the Dynamics Group team, customers, industry analysts, and throughout my peer group. Gathered requirements and directed the design team by defining project guidelines. Interfaced with clients to demonstrate solutions, address concerns, and provide updates.
Held responsibility for analysing, designing, building, and implementing highly productive software solutions leveraging the Dynamics 365 platform. Led the design, development, and delivery of highly sophisticated and performance oriented web-based applications using Dynamics CRM and other Microsoft technologies. Gathered requirements and defined specifications for the software development team. Ensured implementation of architecture and infrastructure in compliance with client agreement. Guided and oversaw team members in addition to resolving technical issues and bottlenecks.
Oversaw the design, scope, pricing, consultation, and development on key projects for high-value business clients across Australia. Fostered a trust-based advisor relationship with key enterprise and government clients for developing sound technology strategies. Interfaced both internally and externally with the clients’ senior teams and provided critical perspective and guidance on solutions, outsourcing strategy, investments and innovation. Collaborated with account managers as well as national pre-sales and bid office teams in order to present outstanding technical solutions and designs to the existing and potential high-value client base. Conducted technical customer workshops, defined scope, led estimation, and risk management.
Led the development of software-driven business solutions, in addition to spearheading the role of a Lead Solutions Architect. Gathered business requirements, defined product roadmap, and utilised key technologies such as MS Dynamics. Administered every stage of the project lifecycle including scoping workshops, technical design, development, and customization Collaborated with and supervised other developers for ensuring the delivery of robust solutions guaranteed to enhance client productivity.
This certification validates that I have the expertise to work with and manage Microsoft Dynamics 365 technologies. Certification starts with a foundation in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and demonstrate additional expertise in one or more business specific areas. My speciality for this MCSE was in Microsoft Dynamics for 365 Field Service.
This certification demonstrates my expertise in Microsoft Dynamics 365 technologies to implement the basic technical and development tasks required to customize Microsoft Dynamics 365.
The Telecommunications Apprenticeship through Telstra Learning taught me all facets of digital and analogue electronics as well as the skills required to qualify as a Telecommunications Technician. In my final two years my specialities were - digital transmission theory along with corrosion and lightning protection.
The Diploma of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic) focuses on a broad spectrum of the electrical engineering field and gives the students the option to upgrade their skills in different areas of electrical and electronic engineering such as power systems, microelectronics and control systems.