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Tasmania, Australia

Experience and capability includes:# Strategic planning in sensor system development, embedded IoT, and Big Data.# IoT Sensor Network design – 6LoWPAN, LoRaWAN, NB-IoT/5G.# System engineering design, particularly for AgTec – across electronics, networking, sensor transducer, telemetry, telecommunications, RF, real-time embedded systems, mechanical, manufacturing, decision support systems.# telecommunications & network design - large scale MANs, microwave & optical fibre WANs, WiFi.# Tas Govt telecomms: East Coast mobile & Free Govt WiFi# 18 years in electricity with executive management roles for Snowy Hydro, as Operation Engineer for the Snowy Scheme, Group Manager Operations, CIO & Head of Snowy Transmission.# Tasmanian State Government roles: Director Digital Futures and Head of Enterprise Development in Dept State Growth, with direct interaction with government Ministers, industry representative bodies, businesses and the community.# Stakeholder management, community engagement & understanding for new technologies and infrastructures, the NBN, microclimate sensing technologies across Tasmanian farms (Sense-T and The Yield), cloud seeding impacts & telecommunications infrastructure in National Parks, microwave radio links in the Snowy Mts & across central NSW.# Design of Business Tasmania web site - focus on small business needs; introduced agile development and cloud computing.# Design of the Tasmanian Digital Ready program using Action learning & utilising industry experts as client facing facilitators.# Overseeing and resolving the competing and conflicting priorities between State Govts, Commonwealth & energy generators for power generation and irrigation water release from the Snowy Scheme.# Head proponent for an EIS for ‘cloud seeding’ over the Snowy Mountains & inside the Kosciusko Nation Park (including two designated Wilderness Areas).# Extensive project management and program management experience of complex infrastructure projects.

Tasmania

Focus: Climate on-farm sensing and The Internet of Things & Big Data in the agriculture sector.Infrastructure Lead for The Yield, in the areas of:• Strategic planning in sensor system development, IoT, and Big Data. This included the design, deployment, analysing and management of on-farm wireless networking - I refer to as the FAN (farm area network) - for near real time (15 minute interval) data acquisition with upload to cloud computing for microclimate forecasting, condition monitoring, real time applications - eg, frost management, and for machine learning for yield predictions. Specifics:• IoT Wireless Sensor Network design – 6LoWPAN and LoRa• IoT Gateway design• System engineering and systems design (utilising the engineering expertise of Bosch Australia) – including for electronics, networking, sensor transducer, telemetry, telecommunications, RF, real-time embedded systems, mechanical, manufacturing;• Agricultural IoT sensing - sensor transducers, sensor wireless networking, decision support information• Big Data Platform architecture design;• Data structure design, quality and semantics;• Sensor system performance analysis;• User experience analysis and information consumption analysis• Impact Assessment methodologies;• Action Learning methodologies and facilitation;• Project management and Program management;• Contracts negotiation and management;• Vendor, service provider relationship and interface management;• Asset management strategies and life cycle management processes;• Information Infrastructure Economic analysis.Delivering:• Advice and management• Functional Requirements definitions and documentation• Architectures and designs• Specifications and contract documents• Project plansUsing the following methodologies:• Agile development and decision making• PMBoK Rolling wave project management

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Delivered and managed the Sense-T core infrastructure, which includes the digital repository, data integration, application platform, sensor networks and telemetry, and hosting arrangements. Sense-T: real-time sensor data - federating physical sensing, environmental - natural and built - sensing, infrastructure condition sensing, human condition sensing; affordable sensing systems allowing high density localised and microclimate sensing; accessing public, private and research data sets; big data analytics; data for use, reuse and repurpose; rigid privacy and API access management in an open data environment; sophisticated visualisation; an evolving suite of apps for decision support; a public-private delivering better outcomes for the private enterprise and the common good.

Oversaw the development a whole-of-economy strategic framework and implementation of projects and initiatives that foster community, business, government and ICT industry engagement with, and participation in, the Tasmanian digital economy. Promoted the implementation of Government 2.0. Involved in the implementation of SenseT.Responsible for two significant Tasmanian Government projects in the digital economy:Business Tasmania online: Project oversight, champion for putting Gov 2.0 principles into effective practice. Utilising Agile application development methodologies, introducing rolling wave project management and shifting the paradigm to cloud computing. BT was winner of Tasmanian Project Management Achievement Awards - ICT category.The BT project set the benchmark for a new whole-of-government service delivery model in Tasmania. BT as an eGov platform was recognised for providing a new customer-focused service model; a client relationship management system; a Web 2.0 platform with clever search capabilities; social media channels; interactive smart forms for streamlining government-to-business transactions.Digital Ready: Designed, developed and delivered an Action Learning approach to a government assistance program for small business to effectively participate in the digital economy. Small business operator in role of Actor to implement their desired strategies. One-on-on sessions coupled with small group sessions that probed the digital business logic of each Actor such that their needs evolved and matured. Program outcomes based, not outputs based, with a highly sophisticated impact assessment strategy, to provide real evidence of capability and capacity uplifts for each small business. Areas of learning centred on how the digital economy can be utilised to enhance customer service, marketing, supply chain and business processes.

Senior Consultant in ICT and Utility infrastructure and services - strategic planning, asset management, service delivery and project management.

Laying the telecommunications and network foundations for a thriving ANU digital economy as a co-Director of the ANU's Div of Information and as a Program leader of Networks and Telecommunications. The Program included service delivery, infrastructure asset management, infrastructure project management, leading edge technology and applications research for the ANU's networking and telecommunications service.Co-Director, Division of Information; andHead, Networks and Communications # responsible for providing the ANU’s networking and telecommunications strategy, policy settings, infrastructure management and service delivery across the ANU’s research, teaching, learning, outreach and business communities. # responsible for implementing, sustaining and growing a vibrant ANU digital economy.Member and Chair of various ANU and National ICT governance, finance, infrastructure assurance, infrastructure planning, risk, environmental, e-Research under NCRIS, AARNet advisory and ICON management.As at 2009, responsible for: # Campus area networking for data, computational, transactional, voice, video and media-converged applications and services. # Wide Area Networking to 19 remote campuses via ANU private microwave radio and optical fibre links; and via Carrier-provided dedicated networks;# Voice Services, including: Corporate Voice Service – 7,500 services at 4 sites; Student Voice Service – 4,500 services at 10 student accommodation facilities; and SIP-based VoIP international access; emergency voice service# WiFi Service – 700 wireless access points # Video conferencing services for multipoint end points; # AARNet3 access; # Digital TV (satellite-based) rebroadcast service, including Video-over-IP services for webstreaming, vodcasting, and multicasting TV-to-desktop; # Facilities management of the ANU Data Centres, including the APAC National Facility# Internet Futures and network research

Lead consulting role for:DCITA Mobile on Highways ProgramDoD NOC and Network Design service review and market test

Networking and telecommunications services and operations for the distribution system (poles & wires) and the ICT business systems, systems design (microwave radio links, PABX, SCADA, mobile radio, call centre, LAN, WAN) and infrastructure asset management.Advance Energy's geographic coverage was 23% of NSW, and telecommunications services were delivered in-house across its coverage area from its owned and operated private network. ICT service sourcing management - vendor partnering for customer management system, business support systems, call centre systems, web site design and managementDesktop services - PC and apps managementData centre manager

Operations Engineer - Snowy Mountains Council # responsible for the operations, maintenance and safety of the Snowy SchemeHead, Snowy Transmission # responsible for the 330kV & 132kV Snowy transmission systems - lines and switching stationsGroup Manager, Operations # responsible for the optimised management of hydraulic and electrical operations of the Snowy scheme and its release of water and generation of electricityGroup Manager, Information Systems # responsible for the Snowy Scheme and SMHEA ICT systems, including Scheme control (DAC & SCADA), Scheme & SMHEA telecommunications and networking, SMHEA business systemsHead, Telecommunications # responsible for the strategic planning, design, development and operations of the Snowy Scheme's telecommunications (microwave radio, optical fibre, copper cable plant, mobile radio, SCADA telemetry, operations communications and PLC) and SMHEA's telecommunications and ICT networking (PABX, computer networking - LAN & WAN)Telecommunications systems design engineer

Bachelor Of Engineering, Electrical; Telecommunications

Theoretical Thesis: design principles for corrugated feed horns for radio telescope receivers Practical Thesis: design of a folded dipole.

Bachelor Of Science, Physics And Pure Mathematics