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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Helping with delivery of the Coles Myer and Vinnies battery collection and recycling solutions.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I inherited Wash Against Waste from Robin Friday, a passionate retired engineer and co volunteer who I first met in 2001. The WAW goal is to eliminate single use tableware from events, reignited by Craig Reucassel and the pivotal T.V series the War on Waste. I took the idea founded on passion, community and ecology and worked to scale and commercialise the concept. During my time I have been responsible for the brand communication, sales, marketing, customer service and operations of the business. In the wake of Covid-19 the future of event based businesses is uncertain.Key achievementsAcceptance into Energy Lab’s pre acceleration startup incubator Tripled bookings and revenues Helped inspire and scale at least three interstate clones Learnt a lot about the separation between our ecological aspirations and realityGot to pitch people and connected with councils and school groups all over Melbourne and helped passionate people take tangible action around waste reduction

Melbourne, Australia

Multi platform data migration and maintenance between custom Oracle and two in house database systems.

Melbourne, Victoria Australia

Sun Power Sound are a local based Audio Visual company providing sound and staging solutions for events that use renewable energy to power and amplify events, performances and presentations.

Trade works contracting as a solar installer.Role covers site logistics, system mounting, electrical and communications connection and system commissioning for Commercial Scale solar power systems all over victoria for Government, Community and Corporate clientele.200Kw North Melbourne Football Club featuring Victoria's largest micro inverter solar system.https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/nmfc-solar-system-case-study.pdf 50Kw Hero Apartments Melbourne CBD's first scale high rise P.V system.http://envirogroup.com.au/projects/hero-apartments-commercial-solar/ 99Kw Brunswick Town Hallhttp://envirogroup.com.au/projects/yes-can-99kwp-brunswick-town-hall/Commercial solar system installation 50 - 250kw+ in Melbourne metro and rural Victoria.

Nassau, Bahamas

With limited fertile soil, scorching temperatures and small agricultural land area many caribbean islands depend heavily on expensive, energy intensive food importation.Research into the possibility of growing fresh local fish, fruits and vegetables could yield tremendous health & economic benefits.ARC are experimenting with technology, species combinations and scheduling to discover if the future of agriculture can be based in Aquapoincs.

Northcote, Victoria Australia

Assisted with the launch of iKube into the Australian Market.- Designed website and promotional material- Networked potential clients, partnership organisations and events.- Defined local retail and wholesale offering.

369 Stud Rd, Wantirna Vic 3152, Australia

After a presentation on Solar Photovoltaics I was recruited to train the obscure niche of Micro Hydro electrical generation technology.- Research and accumulate all training materials from scratch.- Presented to a class of 22 for a semester.- Organised field trips, theoretical & practical competence testing.- Class included engineers, trades people and clean tech enthusiasts.

Brooklyn, Melbounre

Originally on secondment from Solazone I worked as the sole full time Victorian employee opening a new office, recruiting and managing contractors to deliver 450+ solar power system installations.- Staff recruitment, training and process refinement.- Market research for energy monitoring and P.V systems design and component procurement.- Operational logistics management of multiple crews installing up to 80 P.V systems a week.- Consulted in the design of an installer/customer service scheduling software tool.- Trade show sales & follow-up customer service.

Set up retail offering for multiple solar brands for both Solar Hot Water and Solar Photovoltaic systems.Built realtime quoting tool for a combination of various system configurations allowing for true choice in the product offering.

Almeria, Spain

My role at Canya Viva was broad and complex, taking a crew of enthusiasts into the spotlight at one of Europe’s biggest public events. Recruiting staff, budgeting, organising logistics and coaching the team - an exciting and challenging experience in a foreign country.- Business planning, budget forecasting and process refinement.- Recruiting trade assistants for raw materials harvesting processing and interstate supply logistics.- Multicultural networking assistance and interpersonal relationship management.- Budget development and review, design advice.

Melbourne, Australia

New to the solar industry, I faced a steep learning curve & rapidly became highly successful in my role.- Customer engagement education and design, sale and installation of multiple on and off grid solar power systems.- Exceeded six figure sales targets.- International delivery of remote area power system to community health centre Papua New Guinea.- 2006 BP Solar dealer performance award.

60 Leicester Street Carlton

I was involved in the coordination of 7 half day workshops that were designed to proliferate the development of commercially viable, environmentally sustainable commercial buildings.- Helped generate $50,000+ of funding from both government and private enterprise.- Liaised with the over 25 presenters- Attracted over 350 people to this highly successful workshop series.

Goldcross stock the widest range of bicycles and cycling accessories in Australia, including spare parts, clothing, and top of the line racers. As an avid bike rider I decided to pursue my passion into a job, with a new store opening in my local area I worked in multiple stores at one of Australia’s biggest bike chains.- Invoice processing, stocktaking- Showroom merchandising- Customer education & service- Regularly in the top 2 & consistently in the top 5 in sales volume & value.- Retail sales to abroad demographic of people from triathletes to the casual recreational cyclist.

Melbourne, Australia

At BMC I was responsible for the development and delivery of a training curriculum at numerous training seminars encompassing the national sales team in both Sydney and Melbourne.- Liaising with numerous international curriculum sources- Produce a course tailored to BMC Australia’s available infrastructure

Melbourne, Australia

- Managed a marketing database of over 4,500 contacts.- Phone and electronic liaison with hundreds of companies.- Input of international consultants expenses into account software program.- Sapient College Administrator (1998-2000)- Designed, setup and hosted SAP’s international trade show: ‘SAPhire’ showcasing the top end of business software products/services from around the world.- Provided information to over 3,500 international delegates. - Managed a busy reception and telephone switchboard.

Certificate Iii In Electrotechnology, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Cert Iv, Renewable Technology

Cert IV in renewable technology (2005) Developed scientific knowledge of solar, electrical terminology and illustrations. NMIT ­ 2009 Home.

Certificate, Independent Film Production

- Independent film production study. - Shooting, editing reel to reel and projecting on 16mm film and digital. - Experience in all crew.

Vce, Theater Studies, Graphic Communication, Outdoor Eduction, Business Management, I.T, English

Activities and Societies: Welsey Energy Breakthrough - 24 hour cycle race F.A - World Drama tour 1997