Working with international shipbuilding company, delivering marine vessels to the Royal Australian Navy, to define and update their internal processes, in line with comprehensive new information system currently being implemented. This includes significant engagement with C-Suite, executive and senior managers across multiple divisions within the organisation. Understanding the complex roles of each department (incl. Finance, Procurement, is crucial, to ensure internal buy in and… Show more Working with international shipbuilding company, delivering marine vessels to the Royal Australian Navy, to define and update their internal processes, in line with comprehensive new information system currently being implemented. This includes significant engagement with C-Suite, executive and senior managers across multiple divisions within the organisation. Understanding the complex roles of each department (incl. Finance, Procurement, is crucial, to ensure internal buy in and compliance with new processes. This has also included my facilitating comprehensive offsite workshops involving all departments. Highlights include:- Delivery of comprehensive Purchase Order to Payment Process; in short timeframe worked with executive and senior managers to define, workshop and document – ready for approval, a completely new process for the request, procurement, purchase and payment of all products and services required to deliver vessels.I am also humbled and proud to say I was MI-GSO | PCUBED Australia ‘Consultant of the Month’ for June 2023. Show less

Worked with Public Sector and Not-for-Profit clients on systems and practices for improving their corporate governance, risk management, legislative compliance, internal controls.This included comprehensive assistance with implementation or follow-up of external audit, regulator, third party reviewer recommendations. Selected Highlights included:>> Improvement of organisational performance and reporting; comprehensive engagement with a State Government agency, providing… Show more Worked with Public Sector and Not-for-Profit clients on systems and practices for improving their corporate governance, risk management, legislative compliance, internal controls.This included comprehensive assistance with implementation or follow-up of external audit, regulator, third party reviewer recommendations. Selected Highlights included:>> Improvement of organisational performance and reporting; comprehensive engagement with a State Government agency, providing advice and reporting on agency goals of improving performance in key areas – and the business systems which report progress on their implementation. The engagement also provided guidance on best practice risk management and ensuring agency complied with legislative requirements Show less

In this principal performance auditor role, I conduct analysis of public sector program delivery and effectiveness of service and program delivery - providing recommendations in relation to public sector enterprises, including data insights and solutions to help address issues and risks. The focus of this role is on business improvement across the public sector, focusing on effectiveness and efficiency. Achievments in this role have included: >> Validating performance… Show more In this principal performance auditor role, I conduct analysis of public sector program delivery and effectiveness of service and program delivery - providing recommendations in relation to public sector enterprises, including data insights and solutions to help address issues and risks. The focus of this role is on business improvement across the public sector, focusing on effectiveness and efficiency. Achievments in this role have included: >> Validating performance management strategies, undertaking comprehensive analysis to report insightful and meaningful performance data for tabling in Parliament.>> Negotiating with senior and executive management on audit findings often leading to fully accepted recommendations (e.g. amendments to Mental Health Commission’s methamphetamine program).>> on-boarding key decision-makers to changes, constructively working with each entity’s senior senior management team, including CEO and CFO of Western Power, to collaboratively devise project scope and strategy, including areas requiring further investigation & improvement>> Reinvigorating progress of stalled/complex action plans, undertaking and reporting on follow-up investigations such as in relation to the strategic recommendations put forward six years earlier for an integrated forensic service involving multiple state entities, including re-translating insights and findings>> Highlighting benefits of data collection & analysis, including for enterprises where a lack of such information was limiting business development and market competitiveness (e.g. WA Tourism), and where findings like resource inefficiencies helped reduce over-expenditure (e.g. Fiona Stanley Hospital). >> Taking on additional role of Microsoft SharePoint expert, helping to maintain a system that could meet shifting needs and growing capacity, communicating team-wide feedback and suggestions to the IT staff that managed/updated the system – drove changes/enhancements based on various user needs. Show less

Seconded to Professional Standards Division of the Department of Justice to conduct a review of the Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison and a Management of Weapons audit. Working completely independently to conduct evaluations and efficiency, compliance and effectiveness audits and write reports for Director General, Commissioner of Corrections and the Department of Justice and Risk and Audit Committee of the Department. The aim being not only to ensure compliance, but to improve practice… Show more Seconded to Professional Standards Division of the Department of Justice to conduct a review of the Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison and a Management of Weapons audit. Working completely independently to conduct evaluations and efficiency, compliance and effectiveness audits and write reports for Director General, Commissioner of Corrections and the Department of Justice and Risk and Audit Committee of the Department. The aim being not only to ensure compliance, but to improve practice across the Western Australian prison system. Show less

The universities I work at on a sessional basis include Curtin, Edith Cowan, Murdoch and The University of Western Australia, where I provide lecturing and tutoring for both postgraduate and undergraduate students.Topics that I cover as a university lecturer and tutor include Small Businesses Management, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Negotiation, Australian Industrial Relations, and International and Comparative Industrial Relations.

In this short-term contract role, I was senior project officer of the Government Office Accommodation Master Plan. This change management strategy affected a range of public sector departments, and was forecasted to produce multimillion-dollar cost savings.Taking on this program management remit with an enthusiasm to consult, collaborate and motivate, some of my CORE FOCUS AREAS included:>> Conducting business-individualised financial performance analysis and other impact… Show more In this short-term contract role, I was senior project officer of the Government Office Accommodation Master Plan. This change management strategy affected a range of public sector departments, and was forecasted to produce multimillion-dollar cost savings.Taking on this program management remit with an enthusiasm to consult, collaborate and motivate, some of my CORE FOCUS AREAS included:>> Conducting business-individualised financial performance analysis and other impact analyses, to understand each entity’s circumstances>> Promoting change management benefits, including more cost-effective, premium locations where business development could be prioritised>> Negotiating corporate governance aligned fees, contracts and other agreements with a range of stakeholders, including real estate agents>> Collating and translating data solutions and insights into information bytes for others to access and use as evidence (e.g. government minister)Although only in this role for a brief time period, some of my MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS included:>> Producing multimillion-dollar cost savings via realisation of this change management strategy, as an influential, hands-on project manager>> Obtaining commitment from many departments to be part of this internal business development, based on my personalised, balanced approach>> Helping the minister to provide accurate and informative program management updates, via corporate governance aligned data translations>> Establishing a change management network of both internal and external stakeholders, who contributed to project completion Show less

This business development and program management role was primarily directed by the WA Department of Education’s New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS).Using my engaging, supportive approach to influence positive change management, some of my CORE FOCUS AREAS & MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS included:>> Enabling individuals to establish small businesses where robust corporate governance including risk management was incorporated>> Shifting mindsets including among… Show more This business development and program management role was primarily directed by the WA Department of Education’s New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS).Using my engaging, supportive approach to influence positive change management, some of my CORE FOCUS AREAS & MOST NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS included:>> Enabling individuals to establish small businesses where robust corporate governance including risk management was incorporated>> Shifting mindsets including among long-term unemployed, showcasing business development opportunities via performance analysis >> Delivering expertise in sales/marketing business development strategy, and risk management and other corporate governance frameworks>> Building and maintaining strong working relationships with key stakeholders, providing training and other change management guidance Show less

In this role, I was part of a team that conducted performance analysis of various government departments. We often delivered data solutions and insights that helped improve financial and other business performance including risk management and corporate governance.

2000 – 2002: Providing research support on a multinational management study project and general research support to professors of management at Murdoch University and Curtin University of Technology. Work included data entry, statistical analysis using SPSS and editorial assistance on academic papers. 2002 – 2004: Providing research and editorial analysis on the first edition of the publication of Entrepreneurship and Small Business in the Asia Pacific Region. This included proof… Show more 2000 – 2002: Providing research support on a multinational management study project and general research support to professors of management at Murdoch University and Curtin University of Technology. Work included data entry, statistical analysis using SPSS and editorial assistance on academic papers. 2002 – 2004: Providing research and editorial analysis on the first edition of the publication of Entrepreneurship and Small Business in the Asia Pacific Region. This included proof reading, preparation of all diagrams (org structures etc), preparing case studies, reviewing quiz questions, preparing accompanying lecture slides, liaising with publishers. Show less