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09 May 2013

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Gerd Schenkel...

  • Executive Director
  • Telstra Digital
  • http://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/
  • Gerd is the Executive Director of our newest business unit - Telstra Digital.

    Gerd has extensive online experience, including roles with NAB and Citigroup. Gerd is tasked with bringing together the online teams from right across Telstra, working on user experience design, program delivery and online operations.

    His combined team focuses on delivering a comprehensive, relevant and integrated digital experience for all our customers: Consumer, Business, and Enterprise and Government. They are responsible for delivering self service capabilities for all products, across all phases of the customer experience from browsing to buying, billing and service requests, and make them accessible through multiple digital channels including online, mobiles, tablets and social media.

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Appiness – a hackathon with a difference

09 May 2013

Author: Gerd Schenkel. Telstra has teamed up with Pollenizer for an exciting and ambitious new project that will test your entrepreneurial and app-engineering skills, to create amazing mobile apps for some very deserving charities and not-for-profit organisations.


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Posted in Telstra News

Who wants to shop online?

08 Nov 2011

Author: Gerd Schenkel.
So how many of you are shopping online? Apparently quite a few of you – there are close to nine million Australians currently using the internet to buy goods and services and it is expected that this number will continue to trend upwards.


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Posted in Technology

We’re ready, set, app! But we want you to be part of the journey

03 Nov 2011

Author: Gerd Schenkel.

It’s amazing how the use of smartphones has transformed our lives. One of the fun aspects of this is to share my favourite apps with friends. “I’ve got an app for that” has become the war cry of the digital tribes for good reason.


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