Coastal Connect
A case study of how three councils got together to deliver an ambitious IT joint procurement project under the State Government’s regional transformation program. Hear a finance professional’s experience from Project Manager Simon Buccheri (Corangamite Shire) about the wins, the battles and the lessons from a major IT project being delivered across three councils in South-West Victoria. From dealing with a major IT company to dealing with differing perspectives and priorities, Simon will give a warts and all talk about his learning from the project.
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Simon BuccheriProject Delivery Manager Coastal ConnectSimon is currently the Project Delivery Manager for the Coastal Connect project at Corangamite Shire Council. After starting his career at PwC his 18 years as an accountant has covered the health sector, local government and working with many SME’s in South West Victoria.
Simon has always had an interest in the tech side of accounting. His first role at Swan Hill District Health was leading the organisation through a system change to Oracle. After commencing with Corangamite Shire Council in 2010 he lead their conversion to TechnologyOne. His dabble in the private sector has included transitioning over 20 small business onto Xero and he has now moved back into the Council space to assist with the Coastal Connect project, which will see the Councils of Warrnambool, Corangamite and Moyne move onto a Gold Standard system with TechnologyOne.