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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Supporting Aliaxis APAC Business Units (Vinidex, Philmac) to bring innovative products and solutions to market. • Gather industry & customer insights by conducting regular customer engagement activities (i.e., Voice of Customer). Discover customer needs, develop Insights and formulate new Innovation Project Proposals. • Develop and implement an "Idea Management" platform to capture, review and implement employee suggestions.• Develop and implement Stage gate governance processes… Show more Supporting Aliaxis APAC Business Units (Vinidex, Philmac) to bring innovative products and solutions to market. • Gather industry & customer insights by conducting regular customer engagement activities (i.e., Voice of Customer). Discover customer needs, develop Insights and formulate new Innovation Project Proposals. • Develop and implement an "Idea Management" platform to capture, review and implement employee suggestions.• Develop and implement Stage gate governance processes, and report progress to regular Regional & Global Innovation Councils. • Lead cross-functional teams through the Innovation process by managing key new product development projects.• Mentor, develop, and act as a key project management resource for cross-functional teams involved in NPD projects. Show less

Sydney, Australia

• Identify new opportunities and deliver strategic, innovative platforms, products & technology solutions. • Lead the Innovation Engineering team and participate on cross-functional teams.• Manage project life-cycles within the Innovation Portfolio.• Australian and International Product certification and approvals.• Develop & manage internal Prototyping function including Rapid Prototyping facilities.• Australian Standards Committee member and industry… Show more • Identify new opportunities and deliver strategic, innovative platforms, products & technology solutions. • Lead the Innovation Engineering team and participate on cross-functional teams.• Manage project life-cycles within the Innovation Portfolio.• Australian and International Product certification and approvals.• Develop & manage internal Prototyping function including Rapid Prototyping facilities.• Australian Standards Committee member and industry representative.Achievements (See "Projects" below): • Design, development and launch of 2019 Good Design Award-winning "Caroma Smart Command" - Connected Bathroom Ecosystem.• Lead 2019 Good Design "Team of the year": Caroma Design team• Design, development and launch of 2014 Good Design Award-winning "Caroma / Marc Newson Bathroom Range".• Granted two International Patents (Smart Command) Show less

Sydney, Australia

Jan 2013 – Mar 2021 (8 yrs 3 mos)• Identify new opportunities and deliver strategic, innovation platforms, products & technology solutions. • Lead and participate on cross-functional teams.• Responsible for Australian and International Product certification and approvals.• Developed & managed internal Prototyping function including Rapid Prototyping facilities.• Active Australian Standards Committee member and industry representativeAchievements (See "Projects"… Show more Jan 2013 – Mar 2021 (8 yrs 3 mos)• Identify new opportunities and deliver strategic, innovation platforms, products & technology solutions. • Lead and participate on cross-functional teams.• Responsible for Australian and International Product certification and approvals.• Developed & managed internal Prototyping function including Rapid Prototyping facilities.• Active Australian Standards Committee member and industry representativeAchievements (See "Projects" below): • Design, development and launch of 2014 Good Design Award-winning "Caroma / Marc Newson Bathroom Range".• Design, development and launch of "Caroma TMV20 Thermostatic Mixing Valve" . Show less

Sydney, Australia

• Responsible for designing, developing and bringing to market a range of new, innovative & energy efficient Gas & Heat Pump water heater appliances.• Managed the Gas Storage, Engineering team.• Lead Cross-functional Project Teams.Achievements: • Successful development & launch of 6 new models, currently still on the market.• Granted two Australian Patents.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Created & led a team of product designers & engineers to design, develop and support the overseas procurement of large scale retail store fit-out & equipment. • Contributed to the growth of the firm to become the industry's leading Design Team.Achievements: Deliver 10x growth in revenue from Product Design. Expanded client base from 1 to 6 including major clients such as Woolworths, BigW, Officeworks and Coles.

Design Center Enmore - Sydney Institue

•Teaching final year Product Design students Engineering Design & Computer-Aided Modelling (Solidworks)•Developed a Course Curriculum; taught eight classes, with a selection of students being employed in our Design Team.

Detailed design & development of Commercial Refrigeration cases for use in the Retail sector.Achievements: Developed and launched two innovative refrigerated display cases ( Fresh Fish & Deli) for Coles supermarket.

•Lead the Design team (2x Engineers and 2x Product Designers).•Design, development & manufacture of new retail store merchandising equipment. Clients include Woolworths, BigW, Officeworks, and Coles.

Design and develop an extensive range of outdoor barbeques appliances & accessories, Wood & Gas heaters and related products.

Assist in Product Design & Documentation projects, Bill of Materials creation and maintenance, IT Support for R&D department

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Quality Assurance Officer & Project Engineer