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I am an experienced technical, product and people leader. I work on the design and implementation of innovative systems and products that integrate complex physical and digital systems to empower efficient and effective strategy, design, and operational decision making across organisations of any scale.I am an expert in rapidly analysing and architecting systems and products, integrating them into business strategies and transforming complex value chains to be more effective and sustainable. I create strategic growth engines using data, modelling, simulation, optimisation, Digital Twins, and AI. I build, lead, and develop high-performing inclusive teams to deliver continuous business value, and I have a track record of developing and improving processes, organisation design, and operating models.Some of my successes include:• Developing the techno-economic models for the novel mine haulage system, TraxIQ, leading to its successful intrapreneurial launch in 2023.• Building and leading the nuGen digital function to provide the integrated technical and economic modelling and optimisation for a $200m investment from Anglo American into First Mode ($1.3bn valuation), creating a viable pathway to decarbonise ultra-class mine haulage.• Implementing MLOps at Anglo American, growing the number of operational models from 1 to >100 in 12 months, contributing to >$100m/yr value generated by the VOXEL platform.• Leading development of process health analytics at Anglo American so that mineral processing plants could use online contextualised detection of process anomalies to bring stability and provide significant performance uplift.• Leading initial development of the McLaren-Deloitte SupplyCycle product, delivering >50% inventory savings at a pilot site.If you want to maximise the value from your data and system understanding to create a strategic flywheel value engine, I can grow and lead the teams to build the strategies and implement the solutions to empower growth and competitive advantage.I am passionate about “Planet Positive” teams, projects, and products, and integrating technologies to make the world a better, more sustainable place. I believe that by empowering the diverse people in our organisations with inclusive leadership, support, and systems, together we can explore the future and create amazing things.Modelling & Simulation | Digital Twins | System thinking | Product Management | Leadership | Innovation | Decision Engineering | AI | Machine Learning | Architecture | Strategy | Management | Digital Transformation | Business Strategy