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Dynamic professional with over 25 years of senior management, leadership, and training experience in the private and government sectors. Operational management and consulting background across multiple areas of expertise and results oriented with the ability of multi-tasking to leverage knowledge and resources to help the organisation accomplish their goals.• Currently CEO and co-founder of the Avalias group of companies. • A risk and emergency management consultant within the Avalias Risk & Emergency Management Practice.• Provides counsel and services to organisations on issues including business continuity .management, crisis preparedness and planning, emergency and security management, training and exercising, organisational risk.• Facilitates training sessions for employees and multi-agencies for government and commercial critical Infrastructure providers including airports, telecommunications, energy, utilities providing emergency and security drills, tabletop exercises and full scale exercises to test various aspects of Emergency Management, Incident Response and Business Continuity Plans• Provision of training and exercising software solutions - Avalanche TTX and Avalanche ST• Member of working groups dealing with security and emergency preparations• President NSW for Australian Institute of Emergency Services and National Board Member and currently a Committee Member NSW • AIES Conference 2015 – Conference Director (www.aiesconference.com)• Presenter and workshops at numerous conferences – 2008 to 2015• 2011 & 2012 President NSW for the Australian Institute of Emergency Services and national board member and currently a NSW Committee member• Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management• Has completed numerous projects for clients in sectors including: Energy, Telecommunications, Airports, Law and Order, Fire, Emergency Services, Transport, Health, Government (Federal and State), Call Centres,