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Keighley, Gb

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Responsible for delivery of existing contracts and assisting with growing the Line of Business (LoB) in the Support domain.

Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

• Responsible for multi million dollar Control Account to provide all Acceptance Verification and Validation activities for $1Bn Civil and Military Air Traffic Management System, carrying out monthly assessments of earned value, risk and opportunity management, and workforce profile across planned 5 year testing campaign. • Proposed and negotiated contract for specific testing activities with Nova System, which reduced Thales estimated costs and weighted risk exposure. • Additional responsibilities for all program security and trade control activities including production of plans, processes and systems to enable DISP membership and ITAR compliance.

Brisbane Airport

• Managed a multi-national team in Australia and France planning and coordinating in service improvements of two helicopter platforms including working with other nations to reduce initial non-recurring costs during modification development.• Australian Aerospace lead for the planned Airbus Helicopters Tiger mid-life upgrade offer for the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter capability assurance program. This program was identified as an international opportunity with Australian government investment of $1-2Bn.• Managed a team working to develop In Country repair capabilities in order to reduce cost of ownership and improve turn around times for the repair of components.• Responsible for the operational trade control support to Governmental Helicopters including processing of all applications for the movement of “ITAR” controlled items and Australian military technology.

Brisbane Airport

• Managed a team of 80 aviation engineers, technical assessors, and supply chain staff in the support of ARH whilst in barracks and on exercise. Responsible for all salary negotiations, moderation of annual personnel review assessments and recruitment policy for the team.• Chaired Contractual Configuration Change Boards for ARH Modifications and Engineering Change Proposals.

• Provide strategic engineering and marketing advice to support certification, manufacture and sales

Melbourne, Australia

• Achieved ADF Preliminary Design Acceptance for personnel cooling system fitted to a light armoured vehicle within a 2-week period.• Prepared team for successful ADF Detailed Design Review of inertial navigation system fitted to M113 armoured personnel carrier.

• Assisted CEO with successful bid to Papua New Guinea Correctional Services for the first Metal Storm production contract• Development and introduction of Engineering Authorities and Responsibilities Matrix• Design Authority for the first man shoulder firing of Metal Storm weapon system• Development of documented engineering processes

Brisbane, Australia

• Member of Company Senior Management Team.• Successful production and delivery of major bids including Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) Support Services Panel and Defence Science and Technology Organisation Panel.• Mentoring and development of staff on “Win Business” processes, opportunity prosecution and Project Management.• Project Management Competency Lead responsible for the production and introduction of structured business processes from business development to project closure• Senior Consultant for Test and Evaluation and Systems Integration of Safety Critical Aircraft Command and Control System based in Brisbane also managing teams in Canberra and Newcastle.

Farnborough

Responsible for the interface between QinetiQ and the British Army

Fort Halstead And Boscombe Down

• Project Engineer Responsible for Urgent Operational Requirements on Tornado and Hercules Aircraft. • Project Manager for 2 Applied Research Programmes on Anti-Armour and Urban Assault Weapons.• Project Manager for Technical Advice and Customer Support projects for MOD procurement of new Infantry Weapon Systems. • Project Manager for Defence Intelligence Projects involving several countries. (UK, Aus, US, and Can).

Responsible for a team of Electrical Engineers and Electricians working on a wide range of locations and equipment across the South of the UK from Dover to Bristol and across South Wales.

Responsible for all Equipment Support functions for a Regional Brigade in the East of England

Providing Military Advice to project teams working on guided weapons systems and weapons testing

Master’S Degree, Supply Network Management

Master’S Degree, Guided Weapons Systems

Bsc, Aeronautical Engineering

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