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Perth, Wa, Au

Kwinana Beach, Western Australia, Au

As a Solutions Architect, I specialize in crafting high-level designs (HLDs) for technology solutions, guided by TOGAF principles. My role involves making strategic design decisions to meet business requirements, with a focus on integration and cybersecurity. I also compile information for Low-Level Designs to aid implementation by technology engineers and vendors. My focus is on Health Safety Environment and Compliance (HSEC) products and infrastructure solutions.

West Leederville, Wa, Au

As Head of IT/OT Advisory and Engineering at Denver Technology, I led a team of advisors and engineers which contributes to over 60% of the company's revenue, while also serving as a member of the company's strategy leadership team.- Lead a team of 3 advisors and 12 engineers serving large and mid-cap clients in the resource sector.- Member of the Denver Technology strategy leadership team responsible for developing the company's Sustainable Competitive Advantage (UVC) based on its Unique Value Proposition/Chain (UVP/UVC).- Provide advisory services, including technology roadmaps and maturity assessments, to clients.- Manage the engineering team responsible for high-level designs (HLDs), low-level designs (LLDs), testing, and execution of network and systems engineering projects.- Directed all aspects of human resources management within the IT/OT Advisory and Engineering department, including recruitment, onboarding, and termination processes.- Developed and maintained strong relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, vendors, and internal teams.- Streamlined processes and improved operational efficiency, resulting in cost savings and increased productivity.- Mentored and trained team members to enhance their technical and professional skills.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Leading a team of 5 network engineers in the design and execution of a diverse portfolio of 10 major and 10-15 smaller network engineering projects for three Iron Ore mines, contributing to future production increases of 60 mta, improved ore quality, and reduced production and cyber risks through the deployment of over $1 million in networking equipment over a 3-year period.In addition to design oversight, I manage the scoping, bidding, and vendor selection process for project execution, with a focus on building and maintaining effective working relationships between large, multidisciplinary teams of internal staff and external vendors.

Perth, Western Australia, Au

I led a team of engineers and analyst that maintained and optimized the technology stack used to detect and respond to cyber security threats in Woodside's Cyber Security Operation Centre (CSOC).

Perth, Western Australia, Au

I led a team of 45 data engineers in developing and maintaining an AWS-based custom data platform that ingested and stored a billion records per day and enabled half a million data science model runs per day.- Managed a team consisting of three separate teams each with a manager reporting to me.- Built and managed a multi-million dollar budget, including labor and cloud costs, to oversee the development of an AWS-based custom data platform consisting of two data lakes and a calculation engine, built by three separate scrum teams.- Led the data services team, delivering data solutions to internal customers utilizing our data platforms, and the support team, ensuring uptime and performance of solutions.- Collaborated with business leaders to develop the company's data management standard, establishing guidelines for data quality and ownership of data as an asset.- Worked with major vendors and internal customers to manage relationships and deal with escalations.- Made hiring and termination decisions and set the technology, process, and structure direction for the team.- Managed a team consisting of 5 staff members, 15 engineers from our offshore partner (half in Perth, half in Kolkata), 8 engineers from a development house in Sydney, and the rest were local contractors.- Demonstrated extensive knowledge of AWS-based data platforms, including data lakes and calculation engines, and a strong understanding of data management principles and practices, including data quality and ownership.- Exhibited excellent communication and relationship management skills, both internally and with external vendors.- Proved strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.

Perth, Western Australia, Au

Led a team of four engineers in the development of a graph database used for document recommendations and subject matter expert identification as part of a corporate AI solution for natural language question answering.Technology stack included: Neo4j | Watson | ElasticSearch | Python

Perth, Western Australia, Au

I collaborated with a team to establish the first major cloud platform in Perth for hosting Woodside's data science applications, where we collectively experimented with various cloud storage and data lake technologies, set up a data pipeline from the plant historian database. I led the development, and coordination of the vendor and team during the implementation project. Additionally, I oversaw the creation of custom integration tools and conducted a proof of concept using Docker containers with the two developers on the team.Technologies included: AWS Redshift, AWS Elastic Map Reduce, Hive and Presto

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Led multiple projects for clients in the Mining and Oil and Gas industries. Developed data-driven solutions to improve business processes and optimize operations. Projects include:- Reservoir Constraint Management Application: Developed an application for an Oil and Gas company to manage reservoir constraints, improve production, and reduce downtime.- Equipment Reliability Dashboard: Designed and developed a dashboard for an Iron Ore miner to monitor equipment reliability, predict potential failures, and reduce maintenance costs.- Filter Cleaning Cycle Optimization: Developed a data science model for a Sodium Cyanide manufacturer to optimize filter cleaning cycles, reduce downtime, and improve product quality.Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery on time and within budget. Developed a deep understanding of industry challenges and a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions that drive business value and improve operations.

Zurich, Zurich, Ch

Consulting across all Ajilon's (Now Modis) Oil and Gas accounts to provide insight into operations processes and needs. Bridge the gap between IT and production/Engineering. Responsible for:- Assisting Account directors with business development activities.- Providing value add to Ajilon consultants working in client accounts- Developing market offerings and creating collateral around them- Leading project at Conoco-Phillips to make process control data available to Dashboards (Spotfire) and reports. Member of the Oil & Gas Consulting team providing thought leadership to the Oil and Gas business Unit to achieve our mission of "Changing the production experience"

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, My

Lead a team of experts responsible for:- Distributed Control Systems (DCS) - Honeywell- Instrumented Safety Devices- Programmable Logic Controllers- Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) at the Refinery.

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, My

Seconded to Change Management team for 2 year transformation period.Lead performance planning and management stream with help & guidance from Petronas consultants. - Generate Refinery Value map - Facilitate KPI setting and cascading - Engagement with internal and external stakeholders - Analysis and ideas for Performance campaigns

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, My

Responsible for: - Knowledge Management - Business Processes - Performance Indicatorsat the Engen refinery in Durban

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, My

Project Lead for 10 Million ZAR Operations Management and Shift Logbook implementation- Manage 3 Internal Resources, 2 Vendor consultants (one full time) and a change manager consultant.- Turned project around from an estimated 1 million ZAR overspend to be on-time and within budget.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Worked on several sales opportunities and pilot projects.- Executed pilot project for Operations Manager at Engen Refinery Alkylation unit which led to 10 Million ZAR sale- Advanced solution maturity assessment at Guinea Bauxite mine (CBG) in West Africa. Part of sales team lead CBG to switch from Bailey to Honeywell.- Implemented Production Value Monitoring solution at Engen Refinery

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

+ Aluminum Bahrain: Team lead for KPI Manager - Detail Design, Configuration, Testing, Implementation & Training - One of 8 team leads managing one Engineer+ Sasol: - Integrated Blending Solution maintenance - Design and implementation of blend data import utility - Design and implementation of Interface solution between SAP CO (Controlling) Module and Planning solution.

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

Responsible to evaluate business the impact of all projects in Gas Circuit Area.- Editor of several Capital Application and post audit documents discussed by Investment board.- Economic Analysis of approved projects totaling more than 100 million ZAR in value

Sandton, Gauteng, Za

Part of multi-million-dollar Integrated Production Solution (IPS) project.- Production accounting model building- Design of KPI Manager solution and input to software development

B.Eng (Chem), Chemical Engineering

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