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• Providing strategic advice to clients in the water, gas, and electricity industry. Example projects include:
• Establishing and managing solutions for grid services and wholesale market engagement through distributed generation and storage.
• Reviewing regulatory obligations for embedded networks and stand-alone power systems.
• Defining Distributed Energy Management Systems (DERMS) requirements for remote microgrid operations.

Australia

• Member of team coordinating global industry strategy, providing insights on critical energy and water business drivers. Key achievements include:
• Nurtured a forward-thinking corporate perspective on industry trends and transformations through ongoing interactions with key stakeholders, market operators, regulators, and policymakers.
• Strengthened Oracle’s presence in water and electricity in the APAC region by maintaining executive relationships with clients and partners and initiating public discussions such as executive round tables.
• Published white papers and blogs on cutting edge industry topics.

Australia

• Led the JPAC Services team focused on grid edge, network optimization, and asset management. Key achievements include:
• Engaging with AT and OT projects to ensure successful delivery.
• Supporting solution design and delivery for water and electricity grid edge management.
• Delivered an integrated system plan for an essential ‘off-grid’ component of regional Australia, including a plan for efficient grid development and generation based on renewable principles.

• Served as a commercial and industry executive advisor and major shareholder. Tukio strives to provide solutions for utilities that deliver transformation for greater certainty in service delivery in the face of the.
• Partnering with AEMO to design a possible initial approach to a two-sided market platform.
• Conducting studies on microgrids and designing MVPs for DER management in the two-sided market.

• Landis+Gyr is one of the world’s leading providers of measurement and grid edge technology in electricity, water and gas. Joe led the local Queensland electricity and water strategy and global water initiatives.
• Delivered the Smart Water Strategy, including bringing a new smart water meter to market globally representing L&Gs re-entry into the water market.
• Promoted to Global Water Lead due to the program’s success.
• Oversaw the first sale of Metering Coordination services for IntelliHub.
• Led the most significant successful Queensland deal in recent years, reintroducing Landis+Gyr to the deregulated metering market.
• Monitored and took action to address regulatory requirements and change in Regulatory Lead role.

Brisbane Australia

• Oversaw the regional development of the Queensland and utilities practice across electricity, gas, and water. Key achievements include:
• Directed the Network Optimisation project for a major Distribution Business to define a transformational ‘Platform Model’ to address new energy services allowing customer participation.
• Led the sale and delivery of a major CIS/Billing project for Ergon Retail.
• Conducted a major asset management and GIS systems assessment for Ergon, Energex, and SPARQ.

Brisbane, Australia

• Provided management consulting, application delivery, and application management services. Key achievements include:
• Recognised as a leader in IBM by being a member of Business & Technical Leadership (BTL).
• Delivered several market offering initiatives from concept to market.
• Achieved high levels of client satisfaction as the services account lead for major Australian utility customers.
• Generated revenue streams worth hundreds of millions.
• Managed vital projects and recovered distressed projects while coordinating large teams and substantial budgets.

Melbourne Based

• Provided strategic advice regarding the implementation and selection of ERP packages. Key achievements include:
• Led a large team on a project that delivered 1/3 a major electricity distribution business processes for a significant program.
• Engaged in several successful ERP finance based projects.

Australia - Melbourne Based

• Assisted clients with the strategic enactment of radical changes to their IT capabilities. Key achievements include:
• Provided IT strategic planning and organisational redesign.

Provided delivery and support of financial systems to Coles Myer’s 14 retail businesses.

Melbourne, Australia

QA Lead for functional areas of the Cable Plant Records GIS project.

Computer operations - part time while at university

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science And Chemistry

Victorian Certificate Of Education, General Studies