Matthew Dore Email & Phone Number

Greater Sydney Area

Mildura

Sydney, Australia

• Quality Control testing for in-time on-full production• Analytical support for production troubleshooting or research and development• Commercial testing service for external clients

Sydney, Australia

• Profitability: responsible for efficiency and productivity, having driven the laboratory from a subsidiary service to an independent and financially accountable business unit.• Strategy: setting future development goals for the laboratory; managing changes required for the transition (eg standardisation for reliable product delivery, expansion into new test markets)• Reputation: representative of company interests to external groups including regulatory authorities (NATA, SAI Global), industry associations (ASPAC, ELIG) and service providers.• Team leadership: organising, reviewing and motivating laboratory personnel during a period of significant workplace changes• Customer service: advising clients on test product selection; customising new products based on needs; escalation point for raised concerns or complaint resolution.

Sydney, Australia

• Quality Assurance: development and maintenance of the system that monitors the quality of test results; engaging others in quality activities such as proactive audits and reactive investigations; ensuring accreditation standards required by regulatory authorities are met (eg ISO/IEC 17025 by NATA, ISO 9001 by SAI Global); extended the range of accredited products for increased sales • Technical service: escalation point for test and instrument trouble shooting; development of new test products; selection and commissioning of new instrument capabilities.• LIMS development: designed and implemented the Laboratory Information Management System that underpins workflow management and performance monitoring (eg staff quality compliance, individual job progress, current volume of work, due date compliance)

Sydney, Australia

• Laboratory provision: maintaining an analytical laboratory that supported the Environmental Research group; optimising productivity and throughput while reducing operational costs. • Team leadership: training and supervising researchers and laboratory technical staff in operation of analytical instrumentation; accountable for team member quality of work and OH&S compliance• Technical service: analysing trace metals in water and soil samples for environmental contaminant monitoring and research, utilizing ICP-OES, ICP-MS.• Research support: assisting experimentation and publication for research eg: metal speciation in soil and mineral samples by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France; water infiltration of concrete by neutron absorption at the SAFARI-1 reactor of Pelindaba, South Africa.• Strategy: Consulting with client researchers and senior administrators for planning of new analytical capabilities and increased utilization of existing resources (eg instrument sharing database championed by CFO).

• Technical service: performing trace measurement on fuel and chemical products for commercial road and marine transport clients, utilizing ICP-OES, CV-AAS, GC-FID, FT-IR, UV-Vis • Customer service: performing analysis within client deadlines, over unusual hours, or in the field as requested.• Team leadership: coordinating the after-hours analysis of marine tanker cargo prior to unloading.• Quality Assurance: upholding the system that assures the quality of test results; creating new test products and meeting accreditation standards of regulatory authority (eg biodiesel in diesel by FTIR accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 by NATA).

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management (Professional Practice)

MGT561: Organisational Management HRM515: Human Resource Management FIN501: Financial Management Practice MKT531: Marketing Practice.

Bachelor’S Degree, Bachelor Of Science (Chemistry And Physics)

CHEM301: Materials Chemistry CHEM364: Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy CHEM314: Instrumental Analysis PHYS385: Statistical Mechanics.