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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne Cbd, Victoria, Au

General Manager of John Hollands Infrastructure business in Vic/SA/Tas. P&L responsibility across this region, as well as client relationships and strategy development/delivery.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Founding board member of the Wellness in Infrastructure organisation. Wellness in Infrastructure is a non-profit organisation aimed at identifying and delivering initiatives to tangibly and sustainably improve the mental health outcomes for employees within the infrastructure construction sector.

Board member and current Chairperson of the VMICF. The VMICF was formed to provide a voice for the major civil contractors in Victoria

Richmond , Victoria, Au

Profit and loss accountability for the McConnell Dowell business in Victoria and Tasmania, including responsibility for state-specific strategy, customer relationships, business development, individual bid leadership and project delivery.

Richmond , Victoria, Au

General Manager responsible for all New Business activities and Strategy Development & Execution for McConnell Dowell within the Australian Business Unit.

Melbourne Cbd, Victoria, Au

GM with group wide responsibility for the development of John Holland's engineering initiatives in the fields of Technology, Research and Innovation. Initiate, develop and commission advances in design, methodologies, materials and/or technologies via funded R&D, partnerships and/or strategic acquisitions. These advances will provide the backbone of John Holland's competitive advantage in a marketplace vulnerable to disruption. Areas of focus include off-shore design, robotics, smart cities and smart building technologies, IoT, 3D printing and Next-Gen energy production.

Melbourne Cbd, Victoria, Au

Charged with developing the long term strategic direction of the $2.5B John Holland Infrastructure Business, this role is accountable for all aspects of strategy & planning for the business as well as approval and sign off of all major tenders and oversight of our international infrastructure business ventures. Major achievements include John Holland's expansion into agribusiness and the renewable energy sectors, as well as our growth in the international marketplace.

Melbourne Cbd, Victoria, Au

General Manager of the John Holland Infrastructure - Telecommunications Business Unit. Full P&L responsibility for delivering civil, structural, mechanical and electrical infrastructure to the telecommunications, utilities and transport sectors.

Melbourne Cbd, Victoria, Au

Leadership of the Pre-Contracts group (BD Managers, Estimators, Design Managers, Programmers and Bid Managers) within John Holland Southern Region business unit (Vic, SA, Tas and NZ). Responsible for the identification, tendering, negotiating and capture of $1B worth of annual business for John Holland with highlights including Springvale Road Grade Separation Alliance ($150M), South Morang Rail Extension Alliance ($250M), University of Tasmania Co-Location Project ($120M), Western Highway Realignment Alliance ($150M), State Coronial Upgrade ($60M), Craigieburn Train Maintenance Facility ($70M) and the Brighton Bypass ($120M).

Melbourne Cbd, Victoria, Au

Project and Bid Director role with responsibilities including leadership of the John Holland - Veolia JV submission for the $1.4B Adelaide Desalination Project.

London, Gb

General Manager - Shipbuilding, Repair and Conversion. P&L responsibility for the $250m p.a business unit, with operations in WA, Victoria, NZ and the Netherlands. Scope of business included design, manufacturing and construction of commercial and defence ships as well as associated communication, navigation and weapons systems.General Manager - Project Operations, a functional general management role in a matrix organisation responsible for the allocation, performance and development of 200+ professional staff (engineering, quality, logistics, programmers, project accountants and project managers).Tenix Defence was acquired by BAE in 2007

Bethesda, Md, Us

Project Manager for Project Air5375, a $200m defence based project consisting of the design, manufacturing, testing and commissioning of 4 bespoke tactical mobile radars (and associated communications, self defence and transportation systems) to the RAAF.Air5375 was accepted by the client (DMO / RAAF) in 2005 and has been successfully deployed into theaters of operation.

SW, HW and Systems Principal Engineering roles in the development of a highly complex, defence radar network. Project Manager responsible for overseeing the design, manufacturing, testing and client acceptance of the $1b radar and frequency management systems.The $2b JORN radar network uses over-the-horizon technology and is able to detect targets out to a range of 3000km. It was accepted by the client (DMO / RAAF) in 2003.RLM Systems was acquired by Lockheed Martin Australia in 2007

Acton, Act, Au

R&D position for the CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining. Developed and tested mass spectrometry techniques to atomically identify minerals within mining exploration samples. Software and hardware development.

Lund, Se

Nuclear physicist and lecturer at Lund University and MAX-Lab, the university's particle accelerator laboratory

Ph. D, Physics

B. Sc (Hons), Physics