Trent A.

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General Manager Technology at David Jones

Greater Melbourne Area, Australia

Overview

Trent is a technology and transformation leader at David Jones, specializing in accelerating value realization by evolving how organizations work. Described by others as a coach, mentor, and innovative manager, he holds certifications in Scaled Agile (SAFe®) and graduated from Trinity Grammar School, Kew.


His unique asset is the ability to coach people through traditional delivery mechanisms, translating high-level strategic goals into tangible, day-to-day outcomes for teams across all organizational levels.

Personality Overview

Objective Thinker

Fast But Wary

Demanding

They put a lot of effort into ensuring personal success.  They do not care very much about building rapport or relationships. They respond better to strong and respectful interactions.

Topics They Care About

Business Transformation
He has a career focus on leading transformation strategies to shorten lead times and better connect organizations to their work, as seen at David Jones and iSelec.
Agile Methodologies
He drove lean and agile practices at AGL and holds certifications in Enterprise Agile and as a SAFe® 5 Product Owner, showing deep expertise in this area.
Retail Technology
His current role at David Jones and a recent post about hiring an architect for the "future retail technology landscape" indicate a focus on this area.

Media Appearances

Trent has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
General Manager Technology at David Jones
2-2024 - 9-2025
Head of Technology - Practices at David Jones
6-2023 - 2-2024
Head of Product and Transformation at iSelect
5-2022 - 6-2023
Head of Transformation at iSelect
9-2021 - 5-2022
Capability Manager - Scrum and Ways of Working at AGL Australia

Education

Victorian Certificate Education from Trinity Grammar School, Kew

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Insights For Selling To Trent

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk
  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust

DONT's

  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell
  • Don’t focus on process and rules, give the impression of being a ‘gets it done’ person

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Trent is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Trent

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no without any hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Trent move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Trent take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Trent

Personality Compatibility


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