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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Leading a multi-disciplinary team of professionals for procurement and delivery of high value and large scale electricity network projects in the Renewable Energy Zone Development Plan (REZDP) program. • Oversee the Project Planning and Development team to develop and deliver priority projects such as Marinus Link, VNI West, Stage 1 and other Renewable Energy Zones (REZs). • Engage with industry and market participants and regulators as required, including AEMO and other Government and community stakeholders to successfully develop and deliver project options. • Act as a principal source of high quality strategic advice to the Minister and departmental executives on commercial and technical matters related to the assessment, procurement and delivery of electricity network infrastructure projects, and authoritatively and professionally represent the VicGrid division externally. • Develop social license by leading engagement in various community groups both in regional Victoria and metro Melbourne. • Initiate, develop and build constructive and collaborative relationships with key external stakeholders and internal stakeholders across the Victorian Public Service, including with central agencies. • Develop a culture of high-quality delivery, but also of respect, openness, integrity, collaboration and fun. Achievements • Executed contracts for the first tranche of REZ projects, valued at $480 million, that will unlock over 2 gigawatts of new renewable energy. • Established delivery capabilities within VicGrid division to plan and deliver large transmission projects.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Accountable for business development and managing assignments for customers especially in the Energy and Transport industries. The range of advisory services include providing technical feasibility, transformation and growth strategies for organisations. • Work and lead as an integral part of KPMG Management Consulting Business Performance Management group to manage and execute growth strategy, operating strategy and enterprise-wide transformation strategy. • Work with client businesses throughout the project lifecycle by leveraging strategy and business performance improvement approaches and frameworks and helping to ensure timely execution of project deliverables. • Lead and deliver large, complex client engagements that identify, design, and implement creative and efficient business solutions for large companies. • Provide service excellence by identifying key client business issues, determining client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches. • Project management activities including: development and management of project scope, schedule, budget, issue/ risks, resources, and quality. • Work with senior executives to develop and present KPMG Advisory offerings to the market. • Build long-term business relationships with key executives through engagement delivery and networking in professional organizations. Achievements • Successfully established the capabilities in power projects that opened new revenue stream.

Southbank, Vic, Au

Leading a diverse team of over 95 employees delivering portfolio of projects over $400m p.a. to highest of standards in safety, quality and customer service. • Lead the functions of project management, contract delivery, commissioning, construction, detailed design and field engineering to deliver all programmed and responsive works to time, cost and quality targets. • Fully accountable for business unit’s Profit and Loss (PnL) and establish strategies to meet the annual EBITDA targets. • Strategically align the group to support the overall business vision to position itself in the top quartile of the electricity (Transmission and Distribution) businesses in Australia. • Represent AusNet Services in regional areas through direct interface with customers and community representatives. • Lead and embed a culture of leadership excellence, by requiring all leaders within Major Projects to operate by the Leadership Accountability Standards. • Lead the transformation of the business unit and manage change to ensure employees fully support the change agenda. • Proof of Concept and introducing machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to assess the asset healthAchievements • Established strategic relationship with delivery partners that fostered progressive Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), commercial terms and collaborative framework saving the business over $12m of costs per annum validated by AT Kearney. • Transformed the culture that provided full visibility of the works to stakeholders. • Embedded a culture of value engineering that saved over $50m in capital costs in FY 2019. • Established a professional development framework that aligned with Engineers Australia (EA) and Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM), a first in the business. • Won worksafe award for safety innovation in 2021.

Au

Manage and deliver a program to successfully deliver new E-Class trams in Melbourne.• Build, lead and foster a cross-functional matrix team of cross functional project professionals between various departments including Department of Transport (DOT), PTV and Yarra Trams • Prioritisation of projects based on a benefits realisation framework.• Manage internal and external stakeholders especially during escalation events. The external stakeholders include government bodies like councils or other authorities like VicRoads.• Develop and implement a best program management practise and choose appropriate trade-offs without compromising the deliverables.• Develop a strong benchmarking system to prepare strong business cases for future stage funding in government budget cycles.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Highlights• Manager Program worth $100m p.a.: Lead a team of 20 (made up of 17 Project Managers and 3 Project Controllers) to deliver on average $120m of annual Capital Works program.• Union Bargaining: Oversee all management related issues, including hiring (and firing), training, mentoring, conducting performance reviews and comply with various unions Enterprise Bargain Agreements (EBA).• Process Rationalisation: Rationalise the processes and streamline the project/program delivery model. I showed leadership by introducing many initiatives introducing online project cost forecasting that improved efficiency and reduced overheads by automating the program reporting.• Benchmarking and Productivity: Successfully setup a framework for measuring project benchmarking and productivity within Major Projects. These buzz words have been used by many people without really understanding their principles and usage. I applied the six sigma approach of project benchmarking and developed a model that complied with the econometric benchmarking used by AER for all DNSP (Distributed Network Service Provider).• Project Management Framework: Successfully setup a project management framework as per the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge). As a result the inherent major risk related to the project delivery within the business was reduced a minor residual risk.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

 Financial Planning: Analyse and forecast project spend. Create budget for project and regularly monitor estimate to complete. Monthly reviews of financial health of the project and implement measure to ensure the project is delivered on budget and time. Construction Schedule: Due to my experience in scheduling and resource planning from previous experience, I took the leadership in developing a comprehensive construction schedule for both Metro 2012 and CBD security projects. The construction schedule (in MS Project) reviews critical paths and resource bottlenecks. The schedule integrates the various supplier schedules into our construction schedule. This is used to perform earned value analysis Tenders: Prepare tender documentation in line with company policies. Review the specification and communicate the requirements along with terms and conditions to the suppliers.  Contracts Management: Create contracts for the project. Once contract is in place monitor the contract spend and any contract expenditure time and review (CETR) analysis.  Quality Control: Develop project inspection and test plans. Work with various stakeholders (manufacturers, contractors etc) to reference test procedures, checklists etcetera in the project ITPs.  Auditing: Maintained an internal auditing schedule and performed internal audit on various processes.  Reporting: Prepare monthly reports for steering committee and top level management on progress of project. Process Implementation: An example of change management where I successfully implemented new process of projects lessons learned. The team had a nonexistent system of sharing lessons learned. The team consists of project managers who have been with the company for over 30 years. So implementing and selling a new system was a challenge.

Dubai, Jebel Ali , Ae

Key Responsibilities Documentation: Developed new Quality Manual and Quality Procedures. Also generated various process maps (using Microsoft Visio), process and product documentation. Implemented document control procedures. Analysis: Methodical attention to detail in deciphering information when analysing management reports and projections. Implemented new database system for Non Conformances and Corrective Actions. Generated reports analysing non-conformances against suppliers and presenting summary reports to management and other process meetings Sub Vendor Review: Implemented new processes for sub vendor review and maintain relationship. For example I visited various sub vendors in China to ensure that they understand our review process and quality measures that need to be implemented. Also negotiate a workable commercial terms between our company and supplier. Auditing: Maintained an internal auditing schedule and performed internal audit on various processes. This ensured that key areas of the business are controlled allowed us to perform gap analysis. I also audited sub vendors and suppliers both domestic and overseas.  Training: Conducted company-wide training sessions for process based QMS and for Explosion proof QC requirement.  Process Implementation: Implemented (or assisted in implementing) various processes like Project Management process, Sales process, Supplier review process, and Production process.  Non Conformance and Corrective Actions: I developed an online non conformance and corrective action reporting systems at our organisation. KPIs were set where each NCR/CAR was required to be closed effectively within 2 months of creation. Tools were generated to perform trend analysis on NCRs and measures recommended and implemented to remove the errors. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Defining KPIs for the Quality Control process at the organization and report the results to the head office in Europe.

Dubai, Jebel Ali , Ae

 Contracts Management: Methodical attention to detail in reviewing both commercial and technical terms of the contract. Skills developed included negotiating deviations (change management), interpreting various international standards in the contract, and comply with standards and risk assessment. For example in one of our LNG projects for Middle East I negotiated the change of payment terms to ensure our cash flow and revenue recognition for the financial year is not compromised. Project Scheduling: Generating project schedules using tools like Microsoft Project (MS Project), estimating resources and monitoring the tasks to ensure on time delivery (OTD) of projects. For example I implemented tools on MS Project software to schedule a project with “Finish No Later Than” field to ensure key milestones are defined and steps taken to meet these milestones (time management). Project Quality Planning: Generating project quality plans (PQP) and Inspection and Test Plans (ITP) for the project. An ITP is generated to ensure proper steps (Witness points, Review Points or Hold points) are taken to ensure the project meets the specifications. Strong understanding of various international and national regulations and standards have also been developed and demonstrated..  Project Risk Assessment: Perform risk assessment and take appropriate measures to minimise risks. For example on one of the projects the client had liquidated damages on shipment of project. A plan was generated for the project to ensure all risks were addressed and preventive measures taken. The project was delivered successfully and on time. Site Visits and Presentations: I have been on a few LNG sites around the world to perform commissioning, pre-commissioning and training (using tools like PowerPoint) for the operations. Oil and Gas Industry: A strong understanding of the standards used in the oil and gas industry especially with regards to equipment for hazardous area has been developed.

Mba, Mba Executive

Masters, Telecommunications

Bachelors Engineering, Electronics