Bringing specialist engineering skills to the leisure industry for strategic asset management (cost, risk & performance improvement), safety & design.

• Leader: pitt&sherry Certification Engineering Team, supporting Dreamworld in their re-opening, 2016• Develop, lead & implement transformational business practices and connected management systems for Dreamworld supporting their journey to leading industry practice, 2017• Develop, lead & implement optimised emergency response and recovery program for Dreamworld• Lead, implementation and close out of corrective actions associated with entire park safety and asset review• Develop, lead & implement hazard identification and risk evaluation processes for theme park rides

A consulting resource, working closely with the business to develop, lead and implement transformational business practices and connected management systems for Dreamworld as they continue on their ongoing journey to leading industry practice.Idea migration of professional, technical and business practices from parallel industries to advance the people and optimise the work methods within the business.

pitt&sherry, Professional Engineering Consulting ServicesAs National Leader of Industrial Services, I provide specialist consulting services to organisations operating large, unique and high-risk mobile plant. I assist clients deliver challenging, high risk and strategic projects through leadership of technical teams, and guidance as a trusted business adviser.Transformational change facilitator: assisting businesses recover from catastrophic events or requiring to make radical improvement. Through deep immersion with the affected business, identification and correction of core issues and root causes to make a sustainable result. Guidance of business leaders and development of systems and solutions matched to the specific needs for the business. Built from within the organisation to ensure the highest success, relevance and ownership.Developing teams and people with agility, responsiveness and confidence as a trusted adviser to industrial services and entertainment industries that require unusual mechanical, control and structural solutions.Development and implementation of business practice systems – Safety, Quality, Asset Longevity, Performance and Document Management – including, charter policy, procedures, field documentation, audit and training guidance.pitt&sherry is a leading multi-specialist infrastructure consultancy delivering intelligent and sustainable solutions to industry, government and communities for over 50 years. The company’s deep knowledge and advisory capability provides market-leading solutions to the transport, industrial, mining, energy and community infrastructure sectors Australia wide. pitt&sherry combines strategic insights with a relentless client focus to build an abundant sustainable future.

As region leader for CHEP’s engineering team, I was responsible for process, safety, strategic and compliance improvements to pallet repair and crate handling facilities, as well as enhancing the professional practice, capability and well-being of the process engineers.Achievements:• Strategically deployed CHEP’s resources and capital to raise the regional process performance level of the company’s service center network, enabling the business to aggressively defend its position against key competitors;• Led a $12 million per annum capital plan project to develop and execute process upgrades to 25 plants across Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Thailand.

Business leader and manager for GHD Victoria’s industrial professional services division, providing consulting business services (concept, specification, design and construction phase) in the disciplines of mechanical, process, industrial, electrical and power engineering.Leadership responsibilities covered the entire planning, operation and management of the business.Applying a strategy of focusing on difficult and highly regulated engineering markets, the business identified itself with dangerous goods and hazardous situations, essential resources, high voltage and specialist industrial applications that has allowed continuous growth, despite challenging market conditions.disciplines of mechanical, process, industrial, electrical and power engineering.Achievements:• Achieved significant growth for the industrial consulting business, doubling revenue to $14 million;• Project direction and management (excess of 80 projects) across 3 technical disciplines; • Establishment of Victorian HV power consulting team; and• Advising and mentoring staff and clients to progression of leadership and technical skills competency. Demonstrated Professional Capabilities:• Major bid and proposal preparation, local and international;• Multiple project directing and management (excess of 80 projects);• Peer review – technical, advisory and due diligence;• Expert witness / client representation in tribunals and county court;• Major facility concept development for public and private industrial facilities;• Concept to commercialisation strategy development and directional assistance for emerging technologies;• Performance optimisation opportunity plans for public and private facilities;• Strategic infrastructure concept studies for local government; and• Innovations consultant providing clients with coordinated technical, business and strategic development advice.

International Projects Manager (China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan):In this role I led regional based business strategy projects to rationalise manufacture from outdated facilities to new, high-capability sites.Achievements:• Led $3 million project to re-establish production of powered beverages in India and expand capacity to existing production facility in Thailand• Identified and justified manufacturing automation opportunities in China and Indonesia• Led project teams to develop and implement a ‘Modular Manufacture – JIT’ program between countries. • Restructured NABISCO manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, including establishing third party manufacturing and logistics operations, and developing and implementing JIT programs across the company’s Indonesian, Chinese and Taiwanese production facilities, saving $2.5 million annually. countries.

Delivering projects in Australia and the SEA region, my responsibilities centered around bringing new products to market, optimising existing brown field facilities for lowest imaginable cost, and strategic re-profile modelling (operations cost & capacity) of the APAC grocery business.Achievements:• Led new food business project - Easy Mac ($5M sales revenue, $3M investment -production facility) from concept to commercialisation (design, development, installation and production);• FMCG leader and management coach of a national and international enterprise transformation team (Process Optimisation), executing programs that resulted in $3.5M cost savings;• Business analysis (technical and financial assessment) and strategy development to rationalise multiple national and international manufacturing facilities in Asia in line with future business needs; and• Successful international identification, assessment, negotiation and contract development of packaging equipment to enable manufacturing of pioneering packaging (secondment to Philip Morris).

Production Manager, Manufacturing/Industrial Engineer:Achievements:• Shop floor transformational leadership (implementation of People, Quality, Cost, Delivery and Safety programs) of iconic Australian food brand, Vegemite, and other lesser brands, implementing change programs to sustain-ably correcting conversion losses of $1.5 million to budget targets within 12 months;• introducing business improvement in the areas of delivery, cost control, yield, inventory variances and behavioral issues;• Key team contributor to the identification of $15M cost reduction opportunities, and lead facilitator for the implementation of $7M cost savings within 18 months; and• Project engineer (Industrial) team member of the Strathmerton project to establish a green-field site. Extensive involvement in the development, installation and commissioning of new manufacturing technology, and relocated production lines.