Richard Jose: the bigger picture
Business Consultant at Zipform Digital, Richard Jose recently celebrated his 10-year milestone.
In this interview he speaks about his busy role, and how a happy family life is integral to building a successful career.
The role of a Business Consultant at Zipform Digital is varied and challenging. After just over 10 years with the company, Richard Jose is one person who doesn’t shy away from a challenge. Managing a portfolio of around 70 clients across Australia in Local and State Government, the average workday can get quite frantic at times, with many tasks and projects on the go at once.
How does he do it? Richard shares his motivation,
“Since the birth of my youngest who is now a little over one, I’ve become even more adept at multi-tasking and big picture thinking – I think you have to be with three kids under the age of six.”
As a father of three young children, family is incredibly important to Richard, and he credits them with giving him an advantage in the business world.
“Managing a national portfolio of clients, helping them to tackle various business challenges and seeing them benefit from our solutions continues to be incredibly rewarding, even after 10 years.
It’s been so rewarding to not only be satisfied by the results that I’m seeing with my clients, but also the joy I experience on the home front – it’s given me that extra edge to nurture a project from start to finish.
Having a well-rounded work/life balance, especially during the past two years of uncertainty with COVID-19, is a priority, and I really believe that our clients benefit from having people at Zipform Digital who enjoy being there every day and keep pushing to do better for them.”
The COVID-19 lockdowns not only allowed Richard time to balance his work and family priorities, but also gave him the opportunity to focus on his passions, including kite surfing, electric skateboarding and cooking.
“Prior to the global pandemic, I really struggled to find time to recharge my batteries other than spending time with my kids. As my previous passion for kite surfing was quite time consuming, I wanted to focus on other areas that would help me relax - electric skateboarding and cooking. I find myself cooking most nights now and weather permitting, I’ll also use my skateboard as much as I can.”
“I genuinely think that having a happy and fulfilled life outside of work makes you even better at your job – I tend to not get so caught up in the small things anymore and have become much more focused on the bigger picture for my clients.”
As a highly experienced Business Consultant with Zipform Digital since 2012, Richard Jose works alongside Local and State Government clients around Australia, ensuring that they benefit from the significant value of the cutting-edge digital technologies offered by Zipform Digital.
Richard is driven by a genuine desire to understand what his clients need to achieve, and what is particularly important to his client’s end customers. He works closely with our Solutions team, designing best in class digital solutions to deliver improved customer engagement and reduce operational costs.
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