Responsible for managing capital investment portfolio of Telstra InfraCo, which owns and operates Telstra’s approx. $11B fibre, tower, duct, exchange, and data centre infrastructure network.Capital investment portfolio management • Establishing InfraCo’s investment governance, processes, and evaluation methodologies. • Consistently managing InfraCo’s capital investment portfolio to budget. • Providing evaluation, governance, forecasting and investment operational support for… Show more Responsible for managing capital investment portfolio of Telstra InfraCo, which owns and operates Telstra’s approx. $11B fibre, tower, duct, exchange, and data centre infrastructure network.Capital investment portfolio management • Establishing InfraCo’s investment governance, processes, and evaluation methodologies. • Consistently managing InfraCo’s capital investment portfolio to budget. • Providing evaluation, governance, forecasting and investment operational support for $5.8B monetisation of Amplitel, Australia’s largest mobile infrastructure provider. • Managing the transition of InfraCo’s capital investment portfolio to a new legal entity within Telstra Group, including guiding structure of inter-company agreements and financial interactions between Telstra legal entities. • Embedding a clear roadmap for sustainable investment in baseline and growth requirements to support InfraCo’s evaluation and potential demerger. • Developing and implementing frameworks for objective prioritisation of investments aligned to InfraCo's strategy. • Providing support and guidance for the implementation of shadow carbon pricing to InfraCo's investments. • Managing corporate and intercompany stakeholder relationships to seek mutually beneficial outcomes. Show less

Responsible for identifying, assessing and presenting strategies to achieve Telstra Operations business development strategy, including: • Designing a commercial model for improved responsiveness to complex deals with large and strategic customers. • Developing a framework for identification, quantification and communication of risks for commercial deals. • Creating an order-to-activate model to quickly estimate resourcing and standardise costs. • Advising a strategy for… Show more Responsible for identifying, assessing and presenting strategies to achieve Telstra Operations business development strategy, including: • Designing a commercial model for improved responsiveness to complex deals with large and strategic customers. • Developing a framework for identification, quantification and communication of risks for commercial deals. • Creating an order-to-activate model to quickly estimate resourcing and standardise costs. • Advising a strategy for maximising profit during period of declining market share for a key product. • Developing a proposal to establish a lean growth business post roll-out of Australia’s national broadband network. • Driving the creation of a Commercial Centre of Excellence to improve governance and alignment for complex deals. • Leading the standardisation of a network management product deployment process, reducing costs by 10% and time to deploy by 9 weeks. Show less

Frontline change agent responsible for the delivery of rapid, measurable and sustainable business improvements through coaching of client teams and departments.• Deliver measurable improvements within area.• Coach client teams to ensure sustainable results achieved, and embed continuous improvement.• Lead problem-solving effort and ensure rigorous prioritisation of opportunities.Strategic planning• Established the long term strategic timeline for a successful ramp up to… Show more Frontline change agent responsible for the delivery of rapid, measurable and sustainable business improvements through coaching of client teams and departments.• Deliver measurable improvements within area.• Coach client teams to ensure sustainable results achieved, and embed continuous improvement.• Lead problem-solving effort and ensure rigorous prioritisation of opportunities.Strategic planning• Established the long term strategic timeline for a successful ramp up to full production at large integrated facility after extended care and maintenance period, with clear goals, actions and measures.• Developed zero-based equipment maintenance strategy for bottom-up restructuring of a department.Sustainable business improvement• Led multiple engagements embedding sustainable improvements to systems, processes and behaviours resulting in availability, throughput and productivity improvements.• Identified opportunities totalling USD 14 million per annum to improve throughput and productivity.• Identified opportunities to reduce processing costs by USD 13 million per annum through productivity and availability improvements.• Developed performance monitoring and management tools for improved departmental alignment.• Coached client teams to enable continuous improvement of organisation post engagement.Project management, construction productivity and turnarounds• Established and coached project management offices for several large projects and turnarounds.• Accelerated turnaround of client organisation through improved scheduling practices and rate of execution, which increased profit by >USD 11 million and brought forward full production capability by 6 months.• Accelerated commissioning date of new processing facility by two months.• Led preparation for business-critical reinvestment initiative, ensuring readiness to execute on schedule.• Developed and coached tools and dashboards for improved tracking and proactive management. Show less

Responsible for development and dissemination of Marketing and Sales best practices throughout a USD 16 billion per annum global energy and chemicals company.• Roll out pricing best practices programme to base and specialty chemicals businesses.• Assist with insourcing of tools for improved sales data analysis.• Provide business support and structure business unit incentive programmes to align with marketing and sales excellence initiatives.Pricing strategy and customer… Show more Responsible for development and dissemination of Marketing and Sales best practices throughout a USD 16 billion per annum global energy and chemicals company.• Roll out pricing best practices programme to base and specialty chemicals businesses.• Assist with insourcing of tools for improved sales data analysis.• Provide business support and structure business unit incentive programmes to align with marketing and sales excellence initiatives.Pricing strategy and customer value creation• Change agent for a 1.5% sustainable improvement in return on sales at a USD ~5 billion per annum chemicals business unit through optimal pricing strategies, contract design and negotiation practices.• Improved sales organisation share in customer value creation by quantifying key performance measures of specialty products through market research and detailed end user analysis.• Developed and maintained pilot software and systems for tracking opportunities and impact of engagement.Programme and team performance delivery• Structured business unit incentive programmes to deliver USD 200 million cumulative profitability improvement (60% more than forecast).• Provided business support for the deployment of USD 300 million per annum profitability improvement. Show less

Responsible for long-term strategic planning and business improvement at an integrated synthetic fuels and chemicals factory.• Develop tools for evaluation of investment strategies for life cycle of company’s primary profit centre.• Improve accuracy of evaluation of capital investment portfolio.• Facilitate improvement in net present value of priority capital investment projects.• Assist in development of business unit strategy.• Develop road map to achieve Euro 4 emission… Show more Responsible for long-term strategic planning and business improvement at an integrated synthetic fuels and chemicals factory.• Develop tools for evaluation of investment strategies for life cycle of company’s primary profit centre.• Improve accuracy of evaluation of capital investment portfolio.• Facilitate improvement in net present value of priority capital investment projects.• Assist in development of business unit strategy.• Develop road map to achieve Euro 4 emission standards.• Develop programme to improve recruitment and retention through strategic community investment.Strategy and business improvement• Led team piloting optimisation of USD ~16 billion capital investment portfolio, developing best practice systems, tools and processes for sustainable long term business improvement.• Identified opportunities for USD 130 million NPV improvement and USD 1 billion reduction in spend.• Developed life-of-site cash flow model for evaluation of strategic investment options for range of macroeconomic scenarios, reducing site reinvestment costs by USD 5 billion.• Led design, establishment and execution of USD 25 million per annum strategic community investment programme, focused on education, safety and security, infrastructure and healthcare. Programme received Batho Pele Private Public Partnership Award in 2014. Show less

Responsible for automation, stability and optimisation of integrated synthetic fuels and chemicals factory, leading team of up to 16 engineers and technicians.• Leading team responsible for maintenance of existing base layer and multivariable control systems.• Embedding learning systems in team culture to improve knowledge sharing and joint problem solving.• Development of multivariable regression models of key process variables to improve reliability of process automation… Show more Responsible for automation, stability and optimisation of integrated synthetic fuels and chemicals factory, leading team of up to 16 engineers and technicians.• Leading team responsible for maintenance of existing base layer and multivariable control systems.• Embedding learning systems in team culture to improve knowledge sharing and joint problem solving.• Development of multivariable regression models of key process variables to improve reliability of process automation solutions.• Updating and recommissioning of non-operational control systems in line with prevalent process conditions.• Coaching of process operators to improve understanding of advanced control systems, thereby improving solution utilisation and performance.• Mentor to junior engineers.Process automation and optimisation• Improved automation system utilisation by 10% and performance by almost 20%.• Managed front-end loading of USD 10 million control system hardware renewal programme.• Managed development of roadmap for site-wide optimisation of downstream production facility.• Improved safety and availability of process through 33% reduction in nuisance alarms, and effectively eliminated alarm flooding.• Designed USD 6 million per annum energy efficiency and production throughput improvement.• Completed front-end loading and conceptual design for USD 2.5 million per annum improvement to automation of critical production unit. Show less

Responsible for automation, stability and optimisation of integrated synthetic fuels and chemicals factory.• Maintenance of existing base layer and multivariable control systems.• Analysis of process data to determine suitability of additional processes for automation.• Updating and recommissioning of non-operational control systems to reflect prevalent process conditions.• Coaching of process operators to improve understanding of advanced control systems, thereby improving… Show more Responsible for automation, stability and optimisation of integrated synthetic fuels and chemicals factory.• Maintenance of existing base layer and multivariable control systems.• Analysis of process data to determine suitability of additional processes for automation.• Updating and recommissioning of non-operational control systems to reflect prevalent process conditions.• Coaching of process operators to improve understanding of advanced control systems, thereby improving solution utilisation and performance.Process automation and optimisation• Improved value addition of automation systems by USD 1.5 million per annum.• Developed a training programme for operators, improving utilisation and performance of control systems. Show less

Responsible for construction and commissioning of new production facilities, and marketing of base and specialty chemicals.• Process design, documentation and control philosophy.• Project management.• Commissioning of chemical production processes.• Marketing and sales of specialty and base chemical products.Process design and commissioning• Commissioned two pilot plants utilising experimental technologies.Marketing and sales• Improved cost pass-through… Show more Responsible for construction and commissioning of new production facilities, and marketing of base and specialty chemicals.• Process design, documentation and control philosophy.• Project management.• Commissioning of chemical production processes.• Marketing and sales of specialty and base chemical products.Process design and commissioning• Commissioned two pilot plants utilising experimental technologies.Marketing and sales• Improved cost pass-through system which reduced profitability leakages.• Ensured zero downtime on client processes despite severe supplier-side interruptions. Show less