Profile: Terry Quanborough

Terry Quanborough is an experienced senior business manager and consultant with specific expertise in systems integration, consulting services and program & project management.

Terry has over 30 years of IT industry experience, including 15 years with a major multinational IT corporation where he was one of the Asia Pacific Executive Team. His business responsibilities included revenue, margin and client satisfaction for Professional Services deployed across Asia Pacific.

Terry provides consulting services to organisations, to improve their effectiveness in project governance through a variety of activities including:

• Working with senior management to build effective governance frameworks to manage programs & projects
• Establishing and/or reviewing the effectiveness of Program/Project Management Offices and associated methods, tools, policies & processes
• Undertaking independent project health checks and reviews
• Delivering project management related staff development and training programs
• Providing expertise on business cases and bid management activities and acting as bid adviser to organisations

He has undertaken business assignments across Asia, including the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, India, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. In addition he has worked on assignments in Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and UK.

Terry has been responsible for the health of a major project portfolio across Asia Pacific plus project management competency and best practices. He was also the custodian/co-developer of a methodology and a project management training and development program. In addition, he drove Project Management Institute (PMI) certification for program/project managers and introduced the concept, then managed and delivered Project Management Universities across Asia Pacific. This model was subsequently rolled out worldwide.

Terry believes that whilst project management training and development is essential, it is how the project manager and team apply that knowledge that is the key to program & project success.

He conducts a range of public and in-house Project Management training courses.

Key reference projects

• Establishment and management of Program/Project Management Offices for:

o Multinational IT Company

o Computer Distributor

o Indonesian Software House

o NSW State Government Dept

o Law Enforcement Agency

o Road Services Association

• Risk Management Workshops for Government Dept

• Review of CRM project for major Malaysian Bank

• Managed RFP bid, issue and selection process for major electronics and electrical goods manufacturer, Australia

Professional & academic experience

• Graduate of Mt. Eliza Business School Executive Program

• Post-graduate Diploma in Management Studies (DMS)

• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Chartered IT Professional (CITP)

• Member:

o Chartered Management Institute

o Project Management Institute

o British Computer Society

o New Zealand Computer Society

• Presenter at International Project Management Conferences & Seminars

• Founder member of PMI Sydney Chapter serving as a Board Director for 5 years

• Recently won PMI Australia Chapter’s ‘Distinguished Contribution Award’