Andrew 🧪 Kirkby Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Australia

We're a Sydney-based fine chemicals manufacturer, established in my parents' garage and now exporting to the world.We specialise in low environmental impact chemical synthesis, offer an extensive Australian Made product portfolio as well as hundreds of products from global suppliers.We develop high turnover catalysts for increased process efficiencyWe offer in-house organic chemical synthesis from milligram to multi kilogram scaleWe conduct flow chemistry process development & contract research, have a particular interest in photographic & light sensitive materials as well as Silver and Platinum group metals chemistry.We are also developing electronic automation tools for pilot scale chemical manufacturing operations, solving in house problems and eventually offering these tools for sale. In terms of research, we are working on better methods to recover Tantalum from electronics, safer methods to recover Lithium from used cells - and constantly working to reduce our impact on the environment by means of recycling, reusing and repurposing materials we use in our facility - as a preference to waste disposal.

Eveleigh, New South Wales

Australia's first community lab for citizen scientists, located in the Cicada Innovations Incubator, Eveleigh NSW.Our mission is to enable breakthrough advances in human and environmental science – by lowering cost barriers to entry and empowering the democratisation of science research.My role as director is to provide mentoring and guidance for our interns, manage Biofoundry's projects and oversee the day-to-day operations of our laboratory; sourcing materials, networking, government compliance and regulatory matters.http://foundry.bio

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Co-founder and former Director of Moth Diagnostics

Chatswood, Nsw

Contract role; managed the rollout of Lync Enterprise Voice architecture for 450 users. - Deployed Lync & AD topology- Deployed desktop software for Polycom handsets- Deployed & Reconfigured Polycom 500 & 600 series handsets

North Sydney

Technical Analyst & Network Administrator for market leading e-learning provider - Level 1-3 technical & application support- Managed & Monitored internal projects and software development life cycle using Agile methodology and Jira software (Atlassian)- Managed e-mail migration project; from internally hosted VMware Zimbra mail platform to Microsoft Office 365/Exchange Cloud (500 accounts)- Rolled out Microsoft Lync For Business company wide- Administrate 3P Learning's desktop IT environment, approximately 200 clients across multiple territories. 80/20 Windows/Mac. AD - Managed internal server infrastructure - Windows 2012, Ubuntu, RedHat 6.0 Enterprise- Migrated legacy physical servers (Windows & Ubuntu) to XenServer environment- Symantec EndPoint server & client configuration- Maintained and installed installed hardware; switches, cabling (copper/fibre).- Provide level 1-3 technical support for customers located around the world; schools, government education departments, education networks; Configure proxies (Squid, Bluecoat, Zscaler, McAfee appliances etc).

Lilyfield, New South Wales

- Contract technical position at established acoustic & vibration engineering firm- Constructed acoustic laboratory; a hemi-anechoic room with Bruel & Kjaer Pulse analysis system - Conducted routine acoustic monitoring at client sites (large industrial facilities & other businesses with noise monitoring requirements)- General computer and electronic equipment maintenance

North Ryde Nsw

• Monitored and managed Coles Enterprise IT hardware across all Coles Group brands• Assessed / vetted all logged requests and responded within the terms / timeframes of the Service Level Agreement (SLA):o Provided third level technical support to Field Technicians to overcome complex problems.• Developed technical documentation for multiple asset types• Coordinated project tasks: NMI Testing of Hardware, Fujitsu Cloud, Coles Store upgrade • Implemented large scale hardware rollouts across 900 Australian sites• Identified opportunities for infrastructure improvements – provided leads to sales team.

Initially employed to manage Canon's relationships with professional imaging clients (predominately professional photographers, some medical and scientific optics as well) i later was employed to create whitepapers and support documentation for both professional and consumer imaging products (Digital cameras, printers and other FMCG). I was then seconded to oversee the Australia>NZ staff outsourcing project in the last quarter of 2009. I travelled to NZ numerous times and facilitated the training of 48 Datacom NZ staff to carry out support roles for Canon Australia.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Chemistry

Activities and Societies: The Society for Chemistry and Biomolecular SciencesMajor in Chemistry, minor in Biology

Cert Iv Business Sales Management, Business Sales (Change Management And Customer Relations Management)

Attempted and completed a Business Sales & change management Certification IV through a private training college as a traineeship. This.

Hsc, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates

Activities and Societies: Army Cadets, sound production, music recording, Duke of Edinburgh Award SchemeHigher School Certificate