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Perth, Wa, Au

Perth, Wa, Au

My freelance consulting transitioned from a sole trader to a propriety limited company with operations in Australia, USA and the UK.As Director I perform all sales, business development, marketing, social media, accounting, asset planning, contracts and subcontractor agreements.

Perth, Wa, Au

Obtain capital investment approvals for technology projects. Preparing business documentation and Executive presentations for Operational Technology investment proposals including scope of work, business cases, financial modelling, benefits evaluations, works delivery packages and vendor coaching. My successful proposals (> $5m) have included IT systems for Transmission grid reliability performance reporting and field workforce mobility technology deployments.

Perth, Wa, Au

Managed a $6m agile project 'symphony' to develop a pilot Distribution System Operator (DSO) technology platform using Dynamic Operating Envelopes (DOE), Advanced Metering and Transformer Monitoring to contribute to the Symphony Virtual Power Plant (VPP) orchestration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) in partnership with the Australian Energy Market Operator and regional retailer (Synergy).

Perth, Wa, Au

Technology Consultant at Western Power working on project 'symphony' (DSO, VPP, DER pilot) and developing Operational Technology business cases, scope of work and technical documentation, including integration of a 1.3MW Tesla Megapack Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and Distribution Transformer monitoring.

Perth, Wa, Au

Project Manager at Rio Tinto to recover a delayed $26m private LTE 4G wireless network deployment with associated telecommunications infrastructure for the Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) at the Tom Price Iron Ore mine.

Perth, Wa, Au

Provided technology advice and support to a local ecommerce business including product database, payment portals, graphic design, social media marketing and Google Search Engine Optimisation. During the extremely busy public health emergency, I was able to streamline sales, customer interactions and drive business away from retail shopfront to the online store and warehouse.

Perth, Wa, Au

I developed the US Department of Energy Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) 10 year telecommunications network roadmap, capital investment and operational excellence strategies.

Perth, Wa, Au

I developed a technology gap analysis document for the Victorian Department of Land Water and Power (DELWP) for technologies and protocols used for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) including IEEE 2030.5, IEC 61850 and AS 4777.2

Kansas City, Mo, Us

I was the regional business line, talent and resource manager for the Networks, Integration & Automation department in California, managing business development and local engineering project resources for Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric. I also provided engineering consultancy services for information and operational technology (IT/OT), telecommunications and grid modernization projects. My clients included Exelon (US), Bonneville Power Administration (US) and Northern Powergrid (UK).

Hartford, Connecticut, Us

I was responsible for the strategic planning, asset management, program management, engineering and design of the private telecommunications networks across Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire for New England's largest Investor Owned Utility.After relocating to Boston, MA, my achievements included developing a progressive strategy for Eversource's private telecommunications network, establishing contracts for the refresh of the CT Land Mobile Radio (LMR) network and establishing a telecommunications Project Management Office (PMO) whilst reducing operating costs.

Hartford, Connecticut, Us

I was responsible for the strategic planning, asset management, program management, engineering and design of the private telecommunications networks across Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire for New England's largest Investor Owned Utility.My achievements included developing a progressive strategy for Eversource's private telecommunications network and establishing contracts for the refresh of the CT Land Mobile Radio (LMR) network.

Perth, Western Australia, Au

I held a technical leadership role at a regulated public Transmission and Distribution electricity network service provider where my responsibilities included:- strategic and operational asset management- investment planning and business case development- risk management- business requirements analysis and scope development- infrastructure planning, reliability and systems engineering (Electricity and telecommunication networks)- technology planning, innovation, evaluation, design, business integration and deployment (telecommunications core networks, backhaul transmission and last mile voice and data, tele-protection, instrumentation, automation and control, SCADA DMS/EMS/OMS, Distribution Automation, Smart Metering, Smart Grid and 'Internet of Things', Information Technology including ERP, GIS)- regulatory submissions- business, process and performance improvement, including operating model review, cost reduction, labour/capital productivity and transformation (eg IT/OT Convergence)- vendor and contract management- presentations, discussions and meetings with internal and external senior and executive management- data analytics and benefits management- program and project management- financial planning, budgeting and sponsorship- team planning, coaching, performance evaluation and management of up to 12 engineers across multiple disciplines- resource planning, prioritisation and scheduling- extended periods (>1 year) of higher duties as Manager during corporate restructures

Perth, Western Australia, Au

I held senior engineering roles specialising in customer service standard improvements using automation and control strategies with responsibilities including:- strategic and operational asset management- investment planning and business case development- risk management- business requirements analysis and scope development- infrastructure planning, reliability and systems engineering (Electricity and telecommunication networks)- technology planning, innovation, evaluation, design, business integration and deployment (last mile data, automation and control, SCADA DMS, Distribution Automation, Smart Metering, Smart Grid and 'Internet of Things', Information Technology including ERP, GIS)- regulatory submissions- business, process and performance improvement- presentations, discussions and meetings with internal and external stakeholders- data analytics and benefits management- project management- extended periods (>1 year) of higher duties secondment as Engineering Team Leader during corporate restructures and leave backfill

Perth, Wa, Au

I was a contract engineer to Western Power specialising in Distribution Automation and SCADA control systems (Kalbarri Wind Farm) with responsibilities including:- site safety and hazard identification- engineering design, drafting, configuration (RTU data concentrators, SCADA DMS)- outage scheduling, pre-commissioning and testing- troubleshooting, repair and reconfiguration- discussions and meetings with internal stakeholders

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

I was a technician at the Nokia Care customer service center and national leader for handset repair quality and volume.

Austin, Texas, Us

My position was as a database administrator for the Europe and Middle East (EMEA) marketing team, providing lead extraction and data cleansing SQL queries.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.) Hons, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

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