{"id":3792,"date":"2019-03-15T04:19:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T04:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2019-03-15T04:24:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T04:24:28","slug":"interview-mick-havill-chief-information-officer-wise-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/interview-mick-havill-chief-information-officer-wise-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Mick Havill, Chief Information Officer &#8211; WISE Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3793 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/03\/Wise-Employment-Mick-Havill-1024x948.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/03\/Wise-Employment-Mick-Havill-1024x948.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/03\/Wise-Employment-Mick-Havill-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/03\/Wise-Employment-Mick-Havill-125x116.jpg 125w, https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/03\/Wise-Employment-Mick-Havill-75x69.jpg 75w, https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/03\/Wise-Employment-Mick-Havill.jpg 1598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mick Havill has over 40 years of achievement in IT across a wide range of business sectors.<\/p>\n<p>He provided a variety of industrial control systems in harsh environments across the globe culminating in the implementation of the first \u2018safety-critical\u2019 software systems for the nuclear industry.<\/p>\n<p>He was recruited as a consultant to Barclays to apply \u2018nuclear thinking\u2019 in order to raise the quality and performance of their banking systems.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, Mick joined ANZ to manage their global technology operations.\u00a0 Mick became a key architect in the implementation of a major transformation program within ANZ before joining IAG to head infrastructure delivery to CGU.\u00a0 This was a transformational role delivering IAGs platform which has become the basis of their regeneration.<\/p>\n<p>After 20 years in financial services Mick took the role of CIO at WISE Employment to deliver opportunity to the most disadvantaged in our community.\u00a0\u00a0 Revolutionary innovation in the area of mobility has delivered a launch pad for WISE Employment\u2019s growth and success.<\/p>\n<p>He has built an expert team from a diverse background and in partnership with large corporate drives innovation as an early adopter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you feel are the biggest challenges IT leaders are currently faced with within their business? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Business demand for speed to market \u2013 Technology can deliver but it requires a cultural shift in the business. Collaboration and agility require true engagement.<\/li>\n<li>Building and developing a passionate and competent team \u2013 Challenges of \u2018team\u2019 when from different business backgrounds geographically distant.<\/li>\n<li>Sifting the hype from the reality \u2013 Living on the edge requires a degree of risk taking. To be successful, I have to recognise when a hyped solution will not deliver and create a strategy to deliver.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tell us about your approach to supporting diversity in the workplace?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WISE is all about diversity in the workplace. We aim to support the most disadvantaged members of society and fully believe in empowerment through employment.<\/li>\n<li>We own and operate four social enterprises that are dedicated to providing work opportunities for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, those traditionally under-represented in the trades (for example, women) and people with mental illness.<\/li>\n<li>I see that technology can assist by bridging gaps that create social exclusion.<\/li>\n<li>In my department we are fortunate to have diversity in ethnicity, gender and disability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What advice do you have for an IT graduate who is looking to join the workforce today?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get real about the global position of IT today in Australia. There is a lot of stiff experienced competition and it is hard to get established.<\/li>\n<li>Endeavour to keep abreast of the changing technology so that you have real skills which are in demand in a global market.<\/li>\n<li>Client facing skills add to your personal selling proposition.<\/li>\n<li>Know your brand and develop it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What are the key things you look for in potential IT employees?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creativity \u2013 knowledge leads to an ability to carry out tasks in a methodical fashion. It takes creativity plus knowledge to be able to see opportunities for radically changing for the better.<\/li>\n<li>Passion \u2013 to be successful in IT people need to have a passion about technology, a passion to learn, a passion to try, a passion that drives you to keep trying until it works and a passion to make sure that it runs without error.<\/li>\n<li>Customer focus \u2013 technology is not an end in itself. It is all about customer service. I look for people with both customer and commercial awareness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What are the latest trends and behaviours you predict will be surfacing on the market over the coming 12 months?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Infrastructure<br \/>\no Hybrid Cloud \u2013 A swing back from total cloud deployment using hyper converged systems<br \/>\no IOT \u2013 still looking for solutions<br \/>\no FMC \u2013 Convergence and management of voice\/video calls through mobile or landline<\/li>\n<li>DevSecOps<br \/>\no CI\/CD<br \/>\no Containerisation<br \/>\no Automated Testing<br \/>\no Scrumban framework<\/li>\n<li>Applications<br \/>\no Micro-services architecture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is the best piece of advice you have received within your job over the years?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cBelieve in yourself\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Despite an uninspiring engineering education, an interest in STEM and the wisdom of experience has given me the tools to be innovative \u2013 so take a risk and back myself!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u201cUnderstand the value you bring to the organisation\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Measure the successes and \u2018failures\u2019 in terms the benefit and learning brought to the organisation &#8211; the net $ value from the changes you have driven!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3794\" src=\"https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/03\/wise-employment.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/03\/wise-employment.png 177w, https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/03\/wise-employment-125x71.png 125w, https:\/\/focusnetwork.co\/cioleadersaustralia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2019\/03\/wise-employment-75x42.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mick Havill has over 40 years of achievement in IT across a wide range of business sectors. 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