Graham commenced working with SMS in October 2006 after joining as part of the UK recruitment drive, before relocating to Australia on the 457 Visa. He has provided Project Management services on several projects for clients in the ICT space within this short timeframe and he was particularly successful in implementing a world first in the telecommunications industry.

SMS Career Highlights

Arriving in 2006 from the UK, Graham has primarily been focused on the ICT space, working for Telstra. During this time he has worked in a variety of roles including a particularly notable assignment as a Project Manager for a world first Multi Operator Network Program of works that included three global telecommunication organisations as key stakeholders all working together to deliver within a highly political environment
The outcome of Grahams work enabled the client to reduce their dependency on partner networks and increase the control of its own end users.
Graham was also responsible for Project Managing Australia's first turn-by-turn real time navigation application on a mobile handset, negating the need for end users to own both a mobile handset and satellite navigation system.

Background

Having graduated in 1998, Graham has considerable experience within a Consulting environment having worked both in the UK for a multi-national Consulting organisation and more recently with SMS in Australia. Graham is a PRINCE2 and MSP Practitioner and has focused his career to date in Project Management and Project Support roles as well as setting up and running a number of PMO's. Graham has working in a variety of areas to date including Immigration, UK Rail Operators and Telecommunications.

A word from Graham...

"Having previously spent time in Australia, and then returning to the UK, I was extremely keen to get back to experience the country and fantastic lifestyle on a more permanent basis. SMS afforded me this great opportunity and it is wonderful to be back here in Melbourne enjoying the Australian lifestyle, whilst also being able to further my career by working with fantastic colleagues and on some very challenging and interesting projects as well. SMS made the move not only possible but also very smooth to transition from London to Down Under.
Having been with SMS for a little over a year now, and away from the office taking part in numerous SMS sporting events, I am looking forward to making the most of my time with the company moving forward and also the most of my time within Australia".