Government Inventories Manager
Current2013 - present - Project Manager for the Victorian Forest Monitoring Program (VFMP) for the Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning (DELWP) - Australia, Victoria. This role involves oversight over tendering for projects, planning and logistics, budget control, subcontractor management, client liaison, data flow management, reviewing and update of field manuals. The Victorian Forest Monitoring Program is a state-wide forest monitoring information system that was designed to assess and monitor the extent, state and sustainable development of Victorian forests in a timely and accurate manner.2007-2012, 2017 - present - Project Manager, New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, Land Use and Carbon Analysis System (LUCAS) program. The role involves oversight over tendering for work, budgeting & budget control, managing field teams, managing and processing data, database management, client liaison, reporting and annual review of LUCAS field manual. The LUCAS project is designed to collect and manage data used to generate annual reports for the Ministry's domestic and international reporting obligations under the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.2015 - 2017 - Project Manager for the Victorian Bushfire Monitoring Program (VBMP) for the Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning (DELWP) - Australia, Victoria. 2014, 2015, 2017 - present - Field Team Leader. Involved in the mensuration of Khaya senegalensis (African Mahogany) in Queensland and the Northern territory of Australia. 2006 - 2007 - Team leader for LUCAS historical data transcription. This role involved managing the conversion of over 1700 historical data on paper forms to digital format for the the NZ natural forest inventory.2005 - 2006 - Field crew member/crew leader. This role involved cruising trees using MARVL and Plotsafe software for various forestry companies in New Zealand.
