Technology Magazine May 2020 | Page 141

Victa McClelland
Six months into the programme , the team have built the platforms and are creating a digital programmable network from end to end including integrating to Digital Portals and creating products in the new stack . “ In some cases digital transformation projects digitise only the front end but leave the back end with manual processes . For the Vocus Future State program we are making sure that we are automating as much as possible end-to-end through the entire stack so that the customers experience is a true digital experience – for new orders as well as for assurance , all dynamic and delivered to the customers in real time .”
The Future State program is delivered in three steps . McClelland already has the capability to provision basic services within seconds . “ Just now we ’ re stitching together all of the capability around the offer and the digital experience before we launch our first dynamic provisioning product
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Victa McClelland

Victa is currently Chief Technology Officer ( CTO ) at Vocus Group , based in Sydney Australia where he is responsible for Technology Strategy , Architecture and Security functions . Previously he held roles in Technology Operations , Product Management , Engineering and Strategy in major Telecom Service Providers in Australia including Director of Strategy and Architecture in the CTO Office at Telstra , Director of Networks ( CTO ) at SingTel Optus , CTO at Hutchison ( 3 Mobiles ), roles at several start-up companies such as Time Telekom Malaysia , Commander Australia , Collinear Networks in Silicon Valley and held a role at a network supplier as Head of Software Services Strategy at Ericsson in Silicon Valley . Victa has a Degree in Electronics from Ballarat University . www . technologymagazine . com