Technical Project Manager and Principle Architect for Woodside’s $7.2BN Trion Project concerning all Operational Technology (ISA95/99 Levels 2 through 3.5) including Networking, Cyber Security, Virtualization, Application Hosting and interfaces with Industrial Control and Safety Systems (ICSS), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Marine Control Systems (MCS), Subsea Control Systems (SCS), Safety Instrumented Systems and Fire and Gas Systems (SIS/FGS) and supporting Type-3 third-party packages (vibration sensors, turbines, compressors, injectors, flow metering, etc).• Responsible for High-Level-Architecture, Low-Level-Design oversight, Integrated System Architecture, Cyber Security and safety approvals, infrastructure approvals, vendor and technology selection, statements of work, bill of materials, delivery and installation timeframes, CAPEX, OPEX forecasts, budget allocation and oversight of project governance,• Multiple roles including the following:o Technical Project Manager coordinating the integration and delivery of OT assets,o ISA62443 IT and OT Engineering compliant design,o Governance, Risk and Compliance for International Operations,o OT Governance, Risk and Compliance for the Trion Project (project-level and technical),o Technical consultancy in: Cyber Security, Networking, Virtualization, Application Hosting, Industrial IT/OT Engineering.o Woodside International Architecture Board member representing Capital Projects,o Development and documentation of international requirements, specifications, processes, and workflows,• Development, documentation, communication and enforcement of International Operational Technology and Cyber Security Standards for Offshore Operations.

Business motivation and personal focus areas (Business / Technical):• Enterprise Technology consumers and stakeholders will demand an acceleration to cloud-like, SW API driven, containerized applications and HW abstracted solutions with dynamic resource allocation. This will be compounded by a notable reduction in willingness to onboard CAPEX-related technical debt coupled with increased ROCE fiscal responsibility pressures from shareholders and stakeholders. O&G IOC’s, NOC’s and Service Companies will increasingly call for ROI on OPEX alone,• Converged Infrastructures in LAN/WAN will cause Operations to become the technology-vendor ‘kingmaker’. As organizations move from Agile to DevOps, it will cause a cultural shift whereby Operational-Model-Fit will challenge, if not entirely supersede, Development-Technical-Fit in terms of vendor selection priorities,• Real Time (RT) information through Multi-Cloud Telemetry / Observability will be critical to the evolution of distributed Industrial-Edge services and support platforms. Operational RT Data Lake needs will drive additional RT Edge-telemetry based opportunities for both mid/long-range telecommunications and SASE technology vendors,• Prioritization for Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery and Zero-Trust-Security solutions will increase with accompanying Enterprise-wide investment due to increased State-Actor and Hacktivist activities. This prioritization will give rise to the broader adoption of DevSecOps as an organizational target-state,• Technology-silos, traditionally separated through P&L, will break down due to common technical-architectural and shared-services mandates common to Data Lake solutions. This trend will be recognized as a fiscal precursor to RT AI and ML assisted business operations.

After leaving Dell Technologies as part of a large group-layoff, I made the personal decision to take a short-term step back from a very successful career to examine how far I've come and what I would enjoy doing most with the knowledge and wisdom that I've been so fortunate to gain.To prepare for the next part of my journey, I studied the following disciplines to compliment my existing skillsets and close knowledge gaps within current and horizon business trends: • Kaizen philosophy and DevSecOps Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery,• NIST-CSF and IEC62443 compliant architecture design,• Jungian archetypes and the collective unconscious (interpersonal psychology),• Cloud Architecture, Cloud Networking, Cloud Security and Cloud Storage,• Advanced Enterprise Security concepts and practical application,• Basic Terraform, VS Code, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes configuration.

Hybrid of business and technical leadership, served as the trusted-advisor between Enterprise Networking Line of Business internally, adjacent Dell Technologies Business Units (Server, Storage and OEM in particular), ELT, SLT, C-Level Leadership (CTO's Office) and liaison to senior customer technical leadership within 25x Fortune 50, Dell Tier 1 customers including ExxonMobil, Target, Walmart, Visa, US Universities, BNSF, Experian, Edward-Jones and Comcast.Leadership / Mentorship with 188 Individual Contributors (technical training, employee mentorship and individual coaching), Senior Leadership (Cross-Business-Line Missions / Objectives), Executive Leadership (Corporate-Wide Strategies) and C-Level (customer-based strategic engagement) throughout planning, execution and result measurement phases. Personally selected and coached all of Dell Networking'sPrinciple Architect candidates.The role requires routine, formal, business development skills from conceptual ideation, strategic initiative planning, program delivery and results measurement. The Innovation Lead identifies, designs and executes business-transformation solutions from the ‘shop-floor’ to the C-Suite table with customers, internal stakeholders and enabled 188 SE's, SA's and Principle Engineers to engage customers with Business Architect (MBA-light, Challenger and advanced presales techniques), philosophy and tools.

Fortune 50, Tier 1 Accounts - Technical / Business consultancy. Advanced, Leading-Edge Networking Technologies with presales experience in SONiC, containerized OS solutions, Open Networking, VMware solutions, large scale fabric design, block & file storage, VXRail Hybrid Compute Infrastructure Platforms, optical networking solutions for Oil and Gas, Discrete MFG and select Fortune 100 retail companies.

Fortune 50, Tier 1 Accounts - Technical / Business consultancy in SD-WAN / Edge Networking, Data-Center Networking, DC Fabric design, NSX-T and NSX-v, Private Cloud IaaS / PaaS, VXRail, Storage and Server technologies, Data Protection Services, industrial networking and RF networking. Key leader in presales with projects from $25,000 to $50MM in top-line revenue and project management in large complex deal negotiation.

As Managing Architect, Manufacturing in the Digital Transformation Group at Cisco, Mick was responsible for leading, enabling and growing a world-class team of Business Architects with processes, tools and architectural methodologies that drive Cisco’s Market Leadership in the Manufacturing Industries both globally and particularly in the Americas.Managing Architect (CSA III), Manufacturing & Energy, Business Transformation Group responsible for leading, enabling and growing a world-class team of Business Architects (10 Direct, 6 Indirect) with processes, tools and architectural methodologies that drive Cisco’s Market Leadership in the Manufacturing Industries both globally and particularly in the Americas.Responsibility for the continued development of an industry solution portfolio that defines the future strategy of Cisco Systems meets the specific needs of US Manufacturing Industry’s Business Imperatives and long-term trends globally, using Business Capability Engineering architectural methodologies and best-of-breed Cisco Products and Services and Ecosystem Partners. Exceeded sales targets consistently.Rated ‘Master Architect’ within Cisco Systems architectural community and Horizon Leadership Q2 winner for Outstanding Team Development and Thought-Leadership on architectural methodology, philosophy and their application in practical customer engagements to achieve tangible business transformation.

Extensive experience and knowledge of oilfield operations ranging from Well Services and Drilling & Measurements to Completions & Reservoir Management to Exploration & Pressure Pumping. Detailed knowledge and insight into business practices and industry behaviors in: Service Companies, National / Independent Operators, Drilling Contractors, Regulatory Bodies, Ecosystem Partners and Key Suppliers.Detailed knowledge of Oil & Gas IT communications, collaboration, business intelligence platforms and business workflow functions from field thru to corporate environment coupled with practical knowledge and experience in business / financial justification and high-level technical solutions development in both internal Business Unit product justification and external client-facing Business Solution Selling roles.Customer Solutions Architect II, Grade 12, acting in VSA capacity and leading Cisco Systems AM/SE in engagements and business solutions within Oil and Gas, Upstream, Exploration and Production, Energy Sector business initiatives. Formally recognized on 40+ occasions as a clear leader in Cisco innovation, strategy and execution, leading to significantly accelerated Cisco product sales and the creation of four new Cisco products / solutions for the Energy Sector (plus vertical adjacency) within three years.• Trusted Advisor and Business Transformation Leadership in an industry leading team of Cisco Account Managers, Business Unit Portfolio Management and Sales Leadership for Customers in the Oil and Gas, E&P sector ranging from Digital Oilfield deployments (Production – Oxy Petroleum, Marathon Oil) through Virtualization and Mobility (Manufacturing, Hydraulic Fracturing & Monitoring, Drilling & Measurements and Completions – Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Schlumberger) and Collaboration & Contextual / Predictive Analytics.

Extensive experience and knowledge of oilfield operations ranging from Well Services and Drilling & Measurements to Completions & Reservoir Management to Exploration & Pressure Pumping. Detailed knowledge and insight into business practices and industry behaviors in: Service Companies, National / Independent Operators, Drilling Contractors, Regulatory Bodies, Ecosystem Partners and Key Suppliers.Detailed knowledge of Oil & Gas IT communications, collaboration, business intelligence platforms and business workflow functions from field thru to corporate environment coupled with practical knowledge and experience in business / financial justification and high-level technical solutions development in both internal Business Unit product justification and external client-facing Business Solution Selling roles.Customer Solutions Architect II, Grade 12, acting in VSA capacity and leading Cisco Systems AM/SE in engagements and business solutions within Oil and Gas, Upstream, Exploration and Production, Energy Sector business initiatives. Formally recognized on 40+ occasions as a clear leader in Cisco innovation, strategy and execution, leading to significantly accelerated Cisco product sales and the creation of four new Cisco products / solutions for the Energy Sector (plus vertical adjacency) within three years.• Trusted Advisor and Business Transformation Leadership in an industry leading team of Cisco Account Managers, Business Unit Portfolio Management and Sales Leadership for Customers in the Oil and Gas, E&P sector ranging from Digital Oilfield deployments (Production – Oxy Petroleum, Marathon Oil) through Virtualization and Mobility (Manufacturing, Hydraulic Fracturing & Monitoring, Drilling & Measurements and Completions – Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Schlumberger) and Collaboration & Contextual / Predictive Analytics.

Specialized Engineering, and Product Manager - Rank 1, Grade 14. Within Schlumberger, Product Champions are effectively the primary consultants between oilfield operations and the corporate, office environment. Often working without direction from senior-management, they lead by example and identify business opportunities, operational issues, potential workflow improvements and apply cost-effective, best-in-class solutions from a conceptual phase through to product launches.• Responsible for the conceptual design, product development and subsequent launches of Operational Support Center (OSC-Silver) and First-Mile Wireless for Drilling. These projects facilitated recognition as one of the leading architects of Real-Time Collaborative Oilfield Services. Readily identified by managers, vendors, customers and peers, as a leading authority on the digital-oilfield/asset.• Received formal commendation from Bob Anderson (Regional Vice President - Cisco) after successfully identifying and assisting Cisco-WNBU to correct an unsupported issue in the Wireless Control System (WCS). Used knowledge of in-depth TCP / UPD / IPv4 protocol analysis to correctly identify failures in Security Certificate Exchanges when attempting to connect remote Wireless LAN Controllers.• Advisor concerning deployment techniques and regulatory requirements, best practices, responsible for interfacing with business development units and senior executive managers to define business strategies concerning customer requirements, trends and market influences.• Worked with numerous customers, including but not limited to, Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Exxon Mobil, Shell, Apache, British Petroleum, Baker Hughes, Total, Smith, MI-Swaco and ConocoPhillips and has designed and / or consulted on, more than 300 successful operational oilfield initiatives (>$2BN ROCE, Direct COGS / Cost of Ops Impact).

Providing complete project management and consultancy services from RFI through to Commission for 802.16 WIMAX, 802.11a/b/g, TDD / FDD, DSSS and OFDMA based technologies. Deployed world’s first Oil and Gas WIMAX system for Total and Schlumberger. Project Manager of Paradigm’s £2.5M ‘Manager of Managers’ centralized ‘umbrella’ Network Management System. • Systems development analyst for Paradigms’ KU-Band Satellite Communications ‘Band-Width On Demand’ centralized administration system. It provided functionality to intelligently select serviceable and available (no booking conflicts) devices, automatic provision of Frequency / Bandwidth allocation over the space segment, bring-up, Power-balance and shut down circuits in a controlled and automated process via a simple GUI based booking system.• Project Manager of the £2.5M ‘Manager of Managers’ Network Management System. Dealing initially with KU-Band (L-Band IF) satellite communications via a Maxview NMS, Nortel Passport via Preside MDM and Meridian PBX via Optivity Element Manager. Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security functionality for numerous multi-vendor Device Agents, Element Managers and Network Management Systems.

Contracted to Ensign Communications Ltd to provide Wireless RF and Data Networking expertise in the largest (500 Sites UK wide) and most important projects to date.• Dealing with the Cisco 1200 Series AP, carried out Site Surveys, Configuration, Installation and QA / Commissioning of sites containing anything up to 30 AP’s over multiple floors and unconventional building structures.• Provided 3rd line expertise in discovering, correcting and/or suggesting methods of rectifying anomalies. Provided 1st to 3rd line support to other contracting engineers who experienced difficulties in resolving more complex issues.• Produced analytical documentation detailing the performance aspects of each installed AP and the site implementation as a whole.

Dealing directly with the Managing Directors of both Design IT Solutions Ltd and Panoptech Ltd, responsible for network design and R&D (WLAN), project management, time and materials allotment, equipment preparation and installation, staff management and overall, ensuring customer satisfaction.• Designed and installed the UK’s first pseudo-full-duplex, COFDM, mesh topology, 11Mbps, wireless metropolitan network for West Yorkshire Police Authority. Consisting of 13 nodes over a 38 mile radius with a further 802.11b / DSSS device connected to each, this system now provides covert security for the Leeds and Bradford metropolitan districts.• Designed, programmed and installed QinetiQs (Civilian military research agency) network management system. Consisted of Frame-relay, multi-point ISAKMP/AES IPSEC encryption with underlying GRE tunneling using Cisco 800 Series Routers.• Designed a 1500 user network containing a large number of Cat4000, C3500 switches at customer’s request. Correctly identified congestion issues with C4000 switches during design and replaced with C6500 and SUP720 Supervisor engines.

Responsible to the Communications Infrastructure Support Manager of the Air Warfare Center (AWC) and Team Leader in his absence. Responsibilities and achievements include:• Maintaining and optimizing a classified, 1200+ user, Cisco Catalyst / NT4 / 2K / Unix / VMS switched and routed IT infrastructure. This network contained numerous 6000, 5500, 4000 and 2000 series Cisco Catalyst switches with router functionality provided by 3600 and 2600 series routers.• Supported existing telephone networks within the AWC and configured extensions as required. These included standard admin phones from a BT Meridian exchange, Uniter Type II classified ISDN lines and Secret ‘closed group’ Brent telephones used for encrypted Video Conferencing and secure data transmission.

UK Ministry of Defense & US Department of Defense – Classified

Aircraft handling, fault rectification and maintenance of GR7 Harrier (Ground Reconnaissance) and Sea King HAR MKIII (Search & Rescue) Avionics systems. This included Air-Ground Communications, Radar, Flight-Control, Navigation and Weapon Aiming systems to ‘black box’ level with component level investigation as required. During this period received the following awards:• Designed a microwave based proximity detection system to overcome a potentially lethal situation whereby aircraft would hover near rock faces whilst performing rescue operations. Received the RAF’s foremost Innovation Award.• Identified a potentially lethal flight control anomaly on the GR7 Harrier. Five other aircraft were found to have the same problem. Consequently endorsed with the RAF’s highest safety award for ‘diligence and professional awareness’.• Completion of Avionics Technician FT training, presented with the Annual GEC Marconi Award for exceptional performance and technical ingenuity (IQ132-155).