Augusto (Gus/Toti) Verzosa is a highly-experienced operations, ICT & intelligence professional who has successfully provided consulting services to Australian Commonwealth departments and agencies since 2004. Gus’s areas of expertise include resiliency strategy & capability development, intelligence, cybersecurity, operations management, information management, business intelligence & data warehousing, analytics, Big Data, artificial intelligence, data management, strategic ICT planning, program & project management, enterprise architecture, Agile, COTS implementation, SAP, business process design, organizational change management, technical infrastructure project management, and general ICT management.
Gus served as ICT advisor to Philippine President Ramos for the whole of the Philippine Government (covering architecture, information management, and program management for all national government departments/agencies) and as CIO of the Philippine Department of Justice.
Gus Verzosa has personally developed the following analytic models in his R&D business, Talinot: "Threat Analytics Model/TAM” which provides off-shelf, customizable content for counter-terrorism, crime prevention, and general threat analysis and prediction; and analytics models for air traffic management, risk management, and economic productivity.
Gus has written and published 4 books on counterterrorism, analytics and ICT management. He has presented at international and local conferences in Australia, Canada and the Philippines. His papers have been referenced by the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) - a centre of expertise in ICT business intelligence, labour market research, policy development and workforce solutions in Canada.
For his performance at various Australian Federal departments and agencies, Gus has received written commendations from: Airservices Australia; the Department of Communications; the Australian Taxation Office; the Department of Employment & Workplace Relations; the Department of Education & Training; the Australian Electoral Commission; the Commonwealth Bank of Australia; CSC; and PLAUT IT Australia.
In the earlier part of his career, Gus was General Manager for Insurance Operations and ICT at Lippo Life (Indonesia) and a successful CIO at Sun Life of Canada Far East Division, Insular Life (Philippines), Jollibee Food Corporation International & Domestic Operations, ON Semiconductor Global Factory Operations, and the Department of Justice of the Philippine Government. For his work as a CIO, Gus was recognized as one of the top 100 CIO’s in Asia Pacific in 2001.
Augusto recently won the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers 2025 Publication of the Year Award: https://www.aipio.asn.au/annual-award-program/
Sam Cruz has over 20 years experience in Operations Research (OR) and Corporate Planning. For 8 years, he was Assistant VP and Manager for OR of San Miguel Corporation, the Philippines’ and SE Asia’s biggest food, beverage, and packaging firm. He has wide skills in OR, financial, and statistical techniques, and has led project teams for hundreds of major OR studies, recommending decisions to managers of all levels, and generating billions of pesos in benefits. These projects involve capacity planning (manufacturing and distribution), investments, risk management, supply chain issues, inventory management, and forecasting. He has conducted capacity and logistics studies for international businesses including Berri Juice and National Foods of Australia, King’s Creameries of Malaysia, and San Miguel Beer China, and was part of executive teams tasked to handle SMC’s acquisition of Berri and its subsequent integration with National Foods. He is a seasoned lecturer on forecasting and optimization techniques to various professional fora.
We have on our team an analytics expert with a unique combination of skills and experience as an ANALYTICS MANAGER, MODELLER and LECTURER: Extensive experience in analysis and reporting, including conceiving & driving strategies for enhancing research and technical performance via effective engagement, data analysis and modelling; developing performance metrics & measures; developing strategic relationships & partnerships; engaging stakeholders; and preparing technical and executive reports. Capacity to manage complex projects to completion. Effective leadership and management skills, including of highly technical performance and analysis teams and projects. Understanding and experience working in the higher education and research sectors.
Henry is a versatile IT and AI professional with a unique blend of skills as a Technical Business Analyst, Solution Designer, Data Engineer, Data Modeler, Data Analyst, and Application Support Analyst. With a strong understanding of business processes, technical systems, and data analysis techniques, Henry excels in bridging the gap between business requirements and technical solutions. Henry has a passion for extracting insights from data, and leverages his expertise to design efficient data models, perform in-depth analysis and provide solution options. Henry has developed and maintained various SAP and MICROSOFT BI models and systems. As a technical business analyst, he has strong problem-solving, communication, critical thinking, evaluation and analysis skills. Experienced in soliciting business requirements using agile methodologies and have strong documentation skills using various diagrams and matrices, he has designed numerous data mart and integration layers using Dimensional Modelling and Data Vault. He is also skilled at maintaining complex systems and improving operational efficiency for cost savings. He is innovative, a fast learner, and a team player who designs detailed solutions based on high-level architecture and detailed gap analysis.
We have on our team an Agile Certified Solutions Delivery Director and Programme Manager with over 20 years of experience managing programmes up to AUD 100 million and global team of up to 120.
He profoundly focuses on Cybersecurity, Risk Advisory and IS Audit Assurance due to his extensive experience in delivery of both Application (including SAP S/4HANA, ECC6 ERP implementation) and Infrastructure (including Cybersecurity, Network upgrade and Data Centre Migration) programmes across multiple continents, cultural boundaries and industries including Government, Consulting, Financial Services and Retail.
He has proven as a trusted partner to all stakeholders including C-Level Executives. He has recent experience running Strategic Solution Procurements via Australian Federal Government's Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) in accordance with Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) & a resource management framework including the PGPA Act.
We have on our team a Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence Expert.
We have on our team SAP Experts.