Extending on experience in delivering Analytics in the Energy Industry, this Practice Leadership role has been established to engage with customers Australia wide and across a diverse spectrum of industries including Financial Services, Property, Construction, Sport, Not for profit to name just a few.Utilising the latest in Microsoft cloud, analytics and Machine Learning technology alongside Barheads core business of delivering rich CRM solutions using Microsoft Dynamics 365, this roles primary purpose is to assist Barheads customers on their unique analytics journey, irrespective of their starting point, and uncover greater insight and value from data.

Indium Properties is a private property development and investment business with projects involving:- High rise residential - Medium density townhouses- Multi family homes (Australia and USA)- Land bank and subdivision- House constructionWe have skills in:- Project identification and feasibility- Purchase option / contract negotiation- Joint Ventures and partnerships- Vendor finance - installment contract, lease option and 2nd mortgage carry backs- Commercial finance - Ist tier, 2nd tier, private and internationally sourced funding- Town planning and council negotiation- DA / Op works preparation and submission (mostly including material change of use)- Construction contract negotiation and preparation- Engineering management- Project management- Project marketing and sales

Reporting to, and on occasion acting for the CIO, this leadership role is responsible for the IT strategy, architecture and operations for Integration, Web, BI, Analytics and Information Management (IM). My team comprises direct employees as well as outsourced on and offshore resources.Key areas of focus include:1) Transformation from BI to Strategic Analytics and Machine Learning based insight generation. Supervised and unsupervised analytics methods used and delivered through application of CRISP DM. Key insights obtained include trends around employee safety, fleet utilisation and disposal value optimisation, predictive failure on high value / high impact assets, sophisticated data prediction models to replace poor quality data that underpins a $multi billions asset base, and the implementation of linear regression (and other) predictive models that seek to reduce the frequency of preventative maintenance and inspection, thus improving field force efficiency and obtaining operating cost reductions. To deliver this a strong analytics initiative prioritisation process has been developed in order to focus on highest value target opportunities for supervised hypothesis based analysis. Unsupervised bottom up data driven insights are also undertaken across broad data sets.2) Special projects focused on high value generation such as: energy network design optimisation using mathematical modelling and rule based engineering building blocks (Value of $50M over 5 years), Licence Management Optimisation ($Millions p/a baseline savings), ICT Outsourcing ($14M p/a baseline savings).3) Replacement of EAI platform (Approx $3M baseline cost saving)4) Implementation of Mobile Enterprise Application Development Platform and the delivery of the organisations first publicly available mobile app for customers.5) Implementation of an IM Strategy through a transformation from RM to ECM platforms facilitating IM Maturity, digital workflow automation & enterprise content search.

This role oversees the delivery of IT Capital projects across 2 sub portfolios of work, as well as the accountability for the daily BAU operations for the same areas of focus. The first portfolio covered the Electrical Network support systems such as GIS, Outage Management and Field Inspection. The second portfolio was spllit across Metering Information systems and in Customer Transfers and Market Integration solutions. Combined, these programs deliver approximately $8M in projects per annum.Amongst other things, keys skills developed or utilised in this role involved:a) Cross functional team leadership and managementb) Outsourced vendor management and procurement activitiesc) Stakeholder engagement across multiple levels of the organisationd) Program and Portfolio managemente) Project Managementf) Conflict resolutiong) Risk managementh) All aspects of ITIL based Service Management / Service Deliveryi) Incident and Problem Management

Integration Architecture

Run in my spare time, Momentum Properties Pty Ltd, and related investment vehicles, was a family based private investment initiative involved in several successful property developments in Queensland. These were predominantly located in major regional centres experiencing significant growth driven by the countries resources boom at the time. Projects delivered profit margins on average of 25%+ on gross realisable value. In addition to project profits, it was a common outcome for 'Off the Plan' buyers to experience growth of up to 25% or $80,000 to $100,000 in equity prior to settling on their purchases, and rental yields upwards of 8%p/a.A wealth of skills were developed /enhanced during this period that have been invaluable to my personal development, as well as in performing all of my ICT based roles since this time. Some of these skills include, but are not limited to, the following:a) Critical Contract Mgt skills - Including developing a mindset that always focusses on developing 'win/win' relationships, whilst at the same time, managing risks commercially 'just in case' something does go wrong down the trackb) Fine tuned outsourcing and vendor management skills and techniques suitable for the construction industry, but also relevant to all forms of outsourcing of work in any industryc) Deep understanding of legal and tax management structures that are critical to the success of any property based ventured) Deep understanding of Banking based Commercial Finance, Private Equity, Private and 2nd Tier Lending, Joint Ventures and Vendor Finance (mostly misunderstood in Australia)e) Enhanced project feasibility generation - Know the numbers, and know where they are going to be at risk.f) A focus on Risk Management, and Value Generation above all elseg) Enhanced and refined negotiation skills h) Creative problem solving techniques - The list is endless on this point.i) A think big, deal maker, mentality

MAFAMBA LLC, a Limited Liability Company established in Delaware, was involved in property investment across the two states of Texas and New York in the USA. Focussed on single family residential homes, as well as multi family homes and condo complex acquisition, the majority of the investments were made through cash settlement, vendor finance / private note, tax or city lien acquisition and in a few examples only, traditional banking finance which was limited in accessibility due to the foreign alien tax status on lending to an Australian investing in the USA.This venture was run entirely from Australia, with only 3 weeks in total spent in the USA during the entire period of operation. During this time, a portfolio of over 40 properties was established, most of which were targeted for rehab (renovation) and flipping, with some being acquired due to the availability of rental yields in excess of 30% of capital investment. All property interests in the USA were divested prior to exiting at the end of 2006.Many skills were developed or enhanced during this whirlwind venture:a) Extreme Outsourcing - utilising a wildly alternative labour market place to Australiab) The use of tech and personal communication skills to operate mobile and globally, from Australiac) Understanding new ways of undertaking property transactions such as No Money Down deals, Vendor Finance, Private Note (mortgage) seasoning and trading, Flip Strategies & Lien Acquisition.Whilst the financial investment opportunities remained to be extremely strong at the time, it became clear that to take this model to the next step and aim for circa 200+ properties (not uncommon for a US based Real Estate Investor), a migration to the USA would be required. With no desire to move away from Australia, and some personal first hand insight into what soon evolved into a Global Financial Crisis, the decision was made to divest all interests, and focus on my local career and financial interests.