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WOMEN'S WATERPOLO
AUSTRALIA V'S USA
On Thursday July 10th, 40 Aussies rallied to support the Australian's as they went up against the USA. Unfortunately the Aussie's weren't able to beat the USA, but it was a fast and entertaining game (7-5). We know they are saving their strength to beat the rest of the world at the Olympics. We wish them well GO AUSSIES!
ST MARY'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL STAR
PATTY MILLS SELECTED FOR THE
AUSSIE OLYMPIC TEAM.
The AACC is proud to announce Patty Mills will be headed to the Beijing Olympics with the Aussie Basketball team. Here are some articles of Patty. Good Luck Patty!
http://www.basketball.net.au/fs_newsitem.asp?
id=80150&orgID=1&Oname=BA&O1c=8&O10c=3
http://www.contracostatimes.com/sports/ci_9843652
http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/
men/news/lateNews/p/newsid/26500/FE_news_lateNews_arti.html
AUSSIE BANDS ROCK SF
TIM FINN
Show Date: Sunday, Sept 14th
Venue: Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell St, SF
Time: 7pm Dinner, 8pm Show
THE WAIF'S
Show Date: Sat. & Sun. Aug. 23 & 24
Venue: Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell St, SF
Cost: $25
Time: Doors 8, Show 9 (Sat) Doors 7, Show 8 (Sun)
ROBERT FORSTER
Robert Forster is an Australian singer-songwriter, best known for his work with songwriting partner Grant McLennan, with whom he co-founded The Go-Betweens.
On 6th May 2006 Grant McLennan passed away, bringing an end to The Go-Betweens. Robert Forster continued writing his column for The Monthly , and in this year received The Pascall Award for Critical Writing.
In September and October 2007 the new Robert Forster solo album The Evangelist was recorded in London. Due for release around the world in April 2008, it is Forster's first solo album for 12 years.
Show Date: Wed. Sept. 10 at GAMH
Venue: Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell St, SF
Cost: $20
Time: Doors 7, Show 8
http://www.gamh.com/artist_pages/robert_forster_091008.htm
AUSTRALIAN POSITION IN MELBOURNE
Company: Aruspex
Job Title: Head of Product Development - based in Melbourne, Australia
Description: Aruspex is a venture-backed leader in the emerging Strategic Workforce Planning Solutions space. As software is Aruspex's core business, the company has a very fast-paced, fluid, and entrepreneurial culture and are populated by extraordinarily creative, motivated and talented people. Aruspex’s executive team gets excited by developing solutions that help their customers to build their future today.
Aruspex’s customers include Starbucks Coffee Company and several other Fortune 500 companies. They are a true market maker and this is an excellent opportunity to manage the full SDLC for a global vendor based in Melbourne.
The Head of Product Development will provide the day-to-day leadership for the development team, balancing the tensions between new releases of the product and demands of clients working with the existing version, and the availability of the latest technology
The key responsibility for the successful candidate will be to provide the development team with leadership that results in structured, disciplined releases, while maintaining an environment of flexibility and fun!
This individual will be expected to focus on a number of objectives:
Development Leadership
• Develop and execute release project plans including estimating, prioritising, forecasting and delivering to timeframes and objectives.
• Establish (where required) and action processes to maximize the development team efficiency and effectiveness.
• Work with Product Strategy to define product opportunities and development, and to set the roadmap
• Pragmatically balance the requirements of user functionality and customer support against technical architecture changes and new technologies
• Evaluate and report the effectiveness of releases ensuring objectives and business needs are met.
• Setting and managing release budgets and performing cost analysis of product releases.
• Lead the development team to develop, implement and execute according to the product life cycle.
• Effectively manage “scope creep”, customer needs and prioritization to deliver releases to the plan
People Leadership:
• Build, grow, and nurture talent; mentor, and provide career development and professional growth.
• Promote effective working relationships among team members so as to accomplish a common objective; set team priorities and strategic/tactical direction within the RoadMap and Release project lifecycles.
• Develop quantitative and qualitative goals and objectives for the development team overall as well as at the individual level.
• Actively promote a positive environment in the team
Business Leadership:
• Identify critical, high-payoff strategies, and prioritize team efforts accordingly.
• Provide input into product planning
• Develop domain expertise in the emerging Strategic Workforce Planning Solutions space and understand the factors that influence it--keeping abreast of competitive and market intelligence.
• Understand customer needs (F500 companies), translate and prioritize them effectively in relation to product functionality needs, scoping decisions and other priorities
• Recognize strategic opportunities for success--adjusting actions and decisions for strategic purposes.
• Responsible to develop, maintain, and adhere to release project timeframes and objectives
THE PERSON
Qualifications & Experience
For this critical position, Aruspex is seeking an individual who prides themself on execution and delivery, and is admired for energy and skills. The successful candidate will have experience in building and managing a team of developers in a software vendor (preferably with some experience in a start-up or early stage software vendor).
Ideally our candidate will have experience in:
• Proven strength in defining delivery dates, managing scope and delivering on them
• Managing offshore development - though we have no offshore development as yet, we anticipate this is something that will come therefore experience in dealing with managing offshoring is highly desirable. (NB: There will always be an internal development team, just the size of it may vary)
• Ensures product development is market-driven and consistent with the business strategy.
Personal Characteristics
• This individual must be a logical thinker who is extremely focused and prides oneself on executing to plan.
• They must have the agility to reforecast and work with changes as they come, while applying a sense of order to everything. A third-eye ability to meet and anticipate both near and long-term issues would be most helpful.
• Excellent communication skills. Though initially this person will report to someone in Australia they will ultimately be reporting into a US role, and therefore need to be comfortable in a virtual communication world. They also need to be able to liaise and translate technical speak into business speak.
• They need to be able to build an understanding of the value proposition of the software solution so that they can use this to inform them in prioritising work.
• Strong creative and conceptual skills; an exceptional ability to prioritize and juggle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Reply to Stacy Chapman
stacy_chapman@aruspex.com
South Food & Wine are embracing the heat wave (it feels like home!) with new summer wines, and menus featuring our favorite ingredients of the season. Be sure to check out our new brunch menu and bubbly cocktails; try a Sydney Sunrise or Brizzy Blonde Saturdays and Sundays from
10am - 3pm.
Nothing says summer to an Aussie or Kiwi quite like fish n chips! Bon Appetit said ours are some of the best! Click here for Luke’s recipe. Fish and chips on the beach with a crisp glass of fizz is also the theme of July’s wine club….
SPECIAL EVENT WITH LOUISA ROSE.
What: Yalumba wine dinner- with winemaker Louisa Rose
When: Monday July 21st 6.30 pm
Why: Because Louisa Rose is one of our favorite female winemakers. Because wines from Yalumba from their famous Viognier to their incredible ports, rock!
Click here to see the menu and wines.
How: There are only 16 seats available, so this one will sell out fast. The cost is $85.00 per person. RSVP events@southfwb.com put Yalumba in the subject with a contact number. We’ll call you to get a credit card to hold your spot.
South Food and Wine Bar 330 Townsend St. #230 San Francisco, CA, 94107 415-974-1911
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