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Melbourne, VIC, AU

Lara, Victoria, AU

Leading an awesome team focused on winning, establishing and delivering successful contracts in the Countermeasures and Sensors & Information Sectors.

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

As a Senior Investment Manager with the Victorian Government, Bill heads up the Victorian Defence Procurement Office (VDPO), which was set up by the Victorian Government to increase the economic contribution of the defence industry. The office has a state-wide role to advance Victoria’s defence industry capabilities and attract additional defence-related.

Provision of Strategy, Marketing and Business Development advice and services to a variety of organisations. From global to local spanning a multitude of industries/markets, the work that I undertaken has been fairly diverse, drawing on my professional experience and strength: - Bid/Capture Management - Bid/Capture Strategy - Price/Proposition to Win.

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

• Responsible for the development of strategy and planning activities within a business unit operating in the naval and maritime markets.
• Provide Business Unit leadership with policy and strategy advice to assist in securing mid and long-term contracts.
• Provide guidance, facilitation and review services to bid and campaign teams in the areas of the customer and competitor analysis (Capture Strategy, Black Hat, Blue Team, Price to Win).
• Manage the business unit’s contribution to company’s strategy and planning process.

London, GB

• Primarily responsible for the management of the BAE Systems Australia’s strategy and planning activities, while also satisfying a number of diverse business development responsibilities.
• During two year relocation to the company’s Australian corporate headquarters, successfully managed and delivered multiple strategy and business development projects for the Australian Board.
• Managed the successful development and delivery a multiple-phase annual strategy and planning process for the Australian business.
• Successfully set up and managed a competitive analysis capability that continues to provide an advisory service across the Australian business.
• Planned and executed a customer feedback activity involving senior management and senior defence customers.

London, GB

• Lead the formulation of a marketing and program strategy for a large (>A$500m) defence export project.
• Lead strategy development, bringing together a diverse, multifunctional team.
• Undertake Market, Competitor and Partner assessment.
• Lead the preparation and presentation of business cases to director-level stakeholders.
• Support business development activities through engagement of potential customers, in both Asia and Europe.
• Phase/Gate Review Assessor – undertake assessment of business risk on projects across the company.

London, GB

• Responsible for delivering multiple concurrent support and development projects with a combined annual value in excess of $3.5 million.
• Inform and consult senior management, customers, staff and stakeholders through formal reporting and informal communication.
• Exceed all financial targets while meeting customers’ expectations and contractual requirements.
• Plan, bid, negotiate, mobilise, and delivered multiple contracts simultaneously with multiple defence customers covering maintenance, repair and engineering support of an operational naval system.
• Lead a cross-functional team of twenty across multiple sites in Australia and North America in a complex legal and defence classified environment.
• Performance management, development planning and tasking of five direct reports.

London, GB

• Undertook system definition, design and flight trial work associated with missile and unmanned aerial vehicles systems.
• Awarded Chairman’s Gold Award for Innovation – Technology Transfer, a global company award.
• Seconded to United Kingdom to undertake systems engineering for a UK-based Unmanned Arial Vehicle program (Sept – Dec 2001).Management and coordination of a joint company and government planning team for a $300k.
• Secured funding after pitching business case to company senior management and external.
• Managed generation of business by team across multiple sites and organisations.

Adelaide, South Australia, AU

Mechanical design and engineering analysis as a member of a team that qualified an innovative naval missile decoy system into service.

Structural and detail design activities associated with the development and flight testing of the GA8 Airvan aircraft.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Strategy

Bachelor Of Engineering (Aerospace), Flight Vehicle Design