Lesley Walmsley joined ClearPoint three and a half years ago. As of a few weeks ago she took on the role of Client Services Manager. If you ever have the misfortune to be stranded on a lifeboat, Lesley is the person you’d want to have with you. She would calmly formulate a survival plan and navigate the boat towards shore.
What’s your role at ClearPoint?
I’ve taken on a new role of Client Services Manager. I work closely with Phil Pietersen [MD of ClearPoint] and Bain Hollister [Consulting Director] in one of two new roles as Client Services Manager.
What’s your background?
I studied chemical engineering at university and majored in plastics. I worked in that industry for two to three years but it wasn’t something I enjoyed. I started working in the electricity industry as an energy consultant. I started doing contract BA and PM [Project Manager] roles for ClearPoint three and a half years ago. Then I became the Utilities Practice Manager, pushing forward our presence in that market. And now I’m one of the two new Client Services Managers, along with Marc Hale.
Why do you choose to work at ClearPoint?
I like the support you get at ClearPoint and that’s what keeps me here. What first attracted me to work here though was the calibre of projects I get to work on. There’s some really good software development going on at ClearPoint and that’s a rarity elsewhere. The way in which we deliver projects makes a real difference to our customers and that makes for a great place to work. It comes down to the FDD approach [Feature Driven Development]. We’re quietly visible to customers, steadily delivering live software, on schedule and staying flexible if things change.
What do you get up to outside of ClearPoint?
I’ve got three young girls so I don’t get up to a lot. I used to play basketball but now life mostly centres on my girls [ages 2 ¼, 7 ½ and almost 10] and my vege garden. The whole family is really into food and cooking. My 10 year old cooked a three course dinner the other night and it was delicious.
Tell us something we don’t know…
I went to a very small primary school. I was one of two kids in Year 1 when I started. There were only about 26 kids in total at the school because it was in the middle of nowhere: Rocky Point Primary School in Mossman, Queensland, 1450km northwest of Brisbane. Our school was across the road from the beach so we did our maths on the beach. By the time I left the school in Year 7, I was one of six kids.
Lesley Walmsley