Ian Foster Email & Phone Number

Caulfield South, Vic, Au

South Eastern Suburbs Of Melbourne

Consider me for your Contract or casual Senior Management vacancies and will consider offerings of Directorships in either Executive or Non Executive roles within the South Eastern metro area.

King Street, Melbourne

Property development, asset assessment and project management on existing and new developments for Melbourne City Mission Properties in the Melbourne CBD and surrounding areas. Prime focus was in providing accommodation for homeless youth through property development, extensions to existing property, knock down rebuild options and costing or locate and secure properties suitable for funded service delivery models. Resigned when being forced to and refused to falsify costings on a major project… Show more Property development, asset assessment and project management on existing and new developments for Melbourne City Mission Properties in the Melbourne CBD and surrounding areas. Prime focus was in providing accommodation for homeless youth through property development, extensions to existing property, knock down rebuild options and costing or locate and secure properties suitable for funded service delivery models. Resigned when being forced to and refused to falsify costings on a major project to suit potential funding grant to make the NGO appear to be more attractive for fund allocations. The required alterations were totally unrealistic and unsupportable by any realistic analysis and my reputation and morals would not allow me to continue in a role that required financial deception! Show less

South Eastern Suburbs Of Melbourne, Dandenong Based.

Wallara is a sector leading, not for profit Disability Support Organisation.Responsibilities across thirty varied sites, servicing over 190 staff and nearly 500 clients in the South Eastern corridor of Melbourne suburbs.Facilities, Assets and Contract management including:,• Independent living units, day care and high care support facilities, Industrial factories, “Green” building assets, shop fronts, heritage listed rural (Sages Cottage & … Show more Wallara is a sector leading, not for profit Disability Support Organisation.Responsibilities across thirty varied sites, servicing over 190 staff and nearly 500 clients in the South Eastern corridor of Melbourne suburbs.Facilities, Assets and Contract management including:,• Independent living units, day care and high care support facilities, Industrial factories, “Green” building assets, shop fronts, heritage listed rural (Sages Cottage & Farm at Baxter) and a mix of leased and owned properties,• Proactive and reactive property maintenance and assessment• Contract & Tender management,• All hard and soft services management,• Sourcing / disposal and upgrade of asset portfolio to meet growing client needs,• Fleet management (cars, buses and special build vehicles),• WHS / OH&S responsibilities for compliance, assessment and remedial action.• Negotiate and Coordinate the installation of Solar power systems on 3 sites (20Kw and 10Kw) supplied and installed at zero cost to Wallara as an NFP through successful funding grants by Electricity provider. Wallara have been ‘leading the way’, for over 50 years, working to enhance the quality of life for people with a disability and to assist them in participating fully and equally in the community.www.wallara.com.au Show less

Municipality Of Manningham

Operational management for very high usage sites comprising Council and Government owned stadiums and recreational facilities within City of Manningham.Responsibility areas included OHS, HR, Staff management, policy creation and direction, long and short term planning, programming, cyclic, reactive and scheduled maintenance and market base development.Prime focus project: Restructure the organisation through creation of new policies and procedures, creating an association that will be… Show more Operational management for very high usage sites comprising Council and Government owned stadiums and recreational facilities within City of Manningham.Responsibility areas included OHS, HR, Staff management, policy creation and direction, long and short term planning, programming, cyclic, reactive and scheduled maintenance and market base development.Prime focus project: Restructure the organisation through creation of new policies and procedures, creating an association that will be acknowledged as leading the way in modern recreational facility and stadium management. Show less

Gippsland Region

Responsibilities across all Gippsland owned and leased sites.• Facilities• Infrastructure,• Fleet, • Human Resources (Generalist),• OH&S & coordination,• Capital project coordination,Information • Technology and system networks • Administration• Communications, and• Finance including CAPEX budget preparation

Manager, S.C.F Laboratories Information Technology Services (Senior PhD position), • Facility & asset management, Instrumentation Design, • Instrumentation Design,• Research & Development in diverse fields, • Project management & senior member of building redevelopment team for multiple sites,• Security Systems Coordination and Liaison, • IT systems manager,• Specialty Laboratory equipment design, and • Assistant to the Director of UNSW External Relations &… Show more Manager, S.C.F Laboratories Information Technology Services (Senior PhD position), • Facility & asset management, Instrumentation Design, • Instrumentation Design,• Research & Development in diverse fields, • Project management & senior member of building redevelopment team for multiple sites,• Security Systems Coordination and Liaison, • IT systems manager,• Specialty Laboratory equipment design, and • Assistant to the Director of UNSW External Relations & Business advisor. Show less

Kensington

Subject material included Physics, Electronics, Computer applications in lab research environments, data logger operation and lab research equipment. Sessions provided for Under grads, Post grads, PhD and Academic staff. Always achieved excellent peer review.

All accounting functions plus:• Insurance sales,(Accreditation for AMP products),• Finance brokerage (Personal Loans, Chattel Mortgage, Lease & Equity mortgage,• Stock data control,• After sale add on sales,• Computer system and network maintenance, and• Debt collection and recoveries.

Bairnsdale

Manage business development, sales / marketing, service, budget and finances for Stegbar Windowalls building products for the Gippsland region. "Off plan" partial or full plan quotations to professional builders, architects, owner builders and DIY.

Bairnsdale Airport Factories

Reporting to the directors of the company that later became "Basstech Pty. Ltd"Staff level including piece workers exceeded 150.Responsible for successful in factory and cottage industry manufacturing of electronic domestic appliances under contract.Contract management, OH&S, HR and performance against budgets.Personally converted NTSC Optoelectronics TV projection systems to Australian PAL standards for use in education and hotel environments.

Bairnsdale

Lecturer in Physics, Electronics theory, communications, business management in small to medium businesses.

Headhunted to create a Victorian division. Locate and secure suitable premises, recruit staff, build networks and business. Exceeded projected budgets within 18 months despite strong competition from established Victorian operators.

Radio Corporation, Sturt St., South Melbourne

Manager and Chief Design Engineer for the Special Projects division with 35 direct staff and indirect responsibility for 150 staff at the factory manufacturing level.This position reported directly to a Board Director.Achievements include:• The first production of Polyvaricon Capacitors in Australia,• The first Australian designed and produced 6 & 8 transistor portable radios with 100% Australian manufactured components,• Conversion of UK Plessey WF44 Radar to Australian… Show more Manager and Chief Design Engineer for the Special Projects division with 35 direct staff and indirect responsibility for 150 staff at the factory manufacturing level.This position reported directly to a Board Director.Achievements include:• The first production of Polyvaricon Capacitors in Australia,• The first Australian designed and produced 6 & 8 transistor portable radios with 100% Australian manufactured components,• Conversion of UK Plessey WF44 Radar to Australian standards for the Weather Bureau, and• Part of the design team that designed and produced the first 100% Australian designed and produced colour television receiver. Show less