Mark Blackburn Email & Phone Number

Perth, WA, AU

Australia

Site manager Western Australia- Autonomous role managing service operations teams of 20-30 technicians, both remotely and on-site across Country WA.- With an operating budget of ~$15m, responsibility for all HSE, operational KPI's, customer relations and management reporting for wind and solar farms totalling ~200MW.- 1st 6 months - Reduced LPF's by 6%.

Taipei City, Taiwan

• Co-founder and managing director.
• Incorporated new start-up business in Australia and Taiwan with the mission of “Sustainable Innovation” in the outdoor equipment sector. Successfully launched on Indiegogo in 2017.
• Responsible for all strategic analysis and decisions. Also took lead in all aspects of business development including; fund raising, finance reporting and accounting, sales & marketing and customer service.
• Successfully managed company liquidity and finances throughout the challenging COVID period. Products now exported to more than 30 countries worldwide and profitability increasing as we read the company for.

Taipei City, Taiwan

• Personal project to educate, demonstrate and provide tools to help create a more sustainable planet.
• Worked with my wife to create the world’s largest waste plastic crochet turtle – Global reach > 150,000 people.
• Awarded Thailand Tourist award for beach cleaning initiatives and 6 years as co-organiser and main sponsor of the largest clean up event in the country (Taiwan National Clean #TNCU) – More than 5000 volunteers and 40.

Taipei City, Taiwan

Rayong, Thailand

• ASEAN lead for business development including S. Korea, Australia and China.
• 300% in sales growth over 5 years.
• In-depth experience of contract and pricing negotiations, strategy and new business development including complex business cases and regional marketing research. Also responsible for all new customer business.
• Business and Continuous Improvement Manager for ASEAN region - Part of the global team tasked with improving business performance. Direct report to BI Director Europe.
• Based in Thailand and Australia with a direct report to global Sales and Marketing Director and CEO.

Melbourne, Australia

• Strategic commercial development role for non-automotive business.
• New sales leads and technical analysis of opportunity, contract negotiations, business plan development and presentation to executive board for approval.
• >$50m new business leads in 1st year with high potential for global growth for the organisation.

Melbourne, Australia

• Responsible for communications and business development with Ford and GM Holden executive team.
• Took the lead, in collaboration with key stakeholders, for all strategic business plan development and contract negotiations.
• All aspects of program management, sales and marketing and business development

Broadmeadows

• Lead project manager for design, development and launch of all new Ford systems.

Melbourne, Australia

• Realised cost savings $4.5m over 3 years.
• Patent applied for

Global

• o MY Ocean Victory – 76m Yacht (Valued $160m+), 24 crew and 14 passengers.o MY Major Wager – 50m Yacht (Valued $25m+), 12 crew and 12 passengers.o MY World is Not Enough – 44m Yacht (Valued $40m+), 10 crew and 12.
• Responsibility for all asset, facilities and preventative maintenance management onboard high-tech ocean-going vessels in extreme conditions, on call 24 hours.
• Annual budgets range from $400,000 - $4m dependant on yacht size.

Melbourne, Australia

• Strategic management role developing and implementing standardised quality reporting system for Dana Asia Pacific region in consultation with key senior stakeholders.

Melbourne, Australia

• Lead program manager Ford Motor Company - incorporating full front and rear suspension modules.
• 150+ components from over 30 suppliers globally
• Production value >AU$250m and prototype budget $2m – Delivered on time and on target

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Global

- Extended break taken travelling overland from UK on route to emigrate to Australia.

Essex, United Kingdom

- Contracted engineer involved with the investigation of fuel emissions and crash safety parameters. - Involved with core fuel team on all model variants in Europe.

Essex, United Kingdom

Kent, United Kingdom

South Yorks, United Kingdom