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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Savante is an organisation focused on IT infrastructure with an emphasis on auditing, designing, and building highly reliable data centre facilities in challenging and developing markets. As Head of Operations, I am responsible for project oversight, management, and operational support including; audits and risk assessments, capacity planning, acceptance and stress testing, training, and documentation writing. I have assisted in the delivery of projects in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Savante is an IT consulting company specialising in the design and build of data centres, supporting infrastructure and provides strategic advice to a broad range of organisations and governments entities in developing countries. I provide support for projects where complex client data has to be analysed and customised reports developed.

South Pacific

Suva, Central, Fiji

Project, knowledge, and contractual management for the Supply, Installation and Maintenance of a Financial Management Information System (FMIS) for the Ministry of Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development & Statistics in Suva, Fiji

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Responsible for all aspects of daily operations at Swinburne Neuroimaging, including management of technical staff, facilities, financial operations and reporting, documentation, and support for MRI, MEG, TMS, and EEG research. I oversaw the installation of an internal helium recycling system for our MEG - the first of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.

Project management of the ARDC funded Australian Electrophysiology Data Analytics Platform (AEDAPT). My role is to coordinate meetings with the AEDAPT team across three locations (UQ, USyd, Swinburne), work with the three tiers of the AEDAPT Project Governance; the Steering Committee, a Scientific Oversight Group, and Technical Oversight Group; and to assign, facilitate and monitor key responsibilities for specific project components. I also built and maintain the project's website: aedapt.net

Technical position within Swinburne Neuroimaging, responsible for the MEG laboratory infrastructure, including the liquid helium recycling plant, data acquisition and storage, and providing training and technical support for MEG users. Currently aiding with the development of SOPs for COVID-19 safe neuroimaging, including EEG, MRI, and MEG, and using Calpendo to develop automated invoicing and other facility management tools.

Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

As a research assistant and sessional academic, I was assisting in the design and implementation of two neuroimaging studies. Ideasthetic Imagining - Mapping the Brain's Microstates:I was involved in the research stage of an interdisciplinary study investigating meta-cognition in creative writing. The project involves a creative writing workshop conducted while participants undergo a magnetoencephalography (MEG) scan. My role was to consult on the design and viability of the project, to source comparable case studies, and prepare a literature review of neuroimaging studies undertaken in related areas.Circadian Rhythms and Reward Motivation:I was assisting research using fMRI with the goal to understand the involvement of circadian rhythms and sleep in human reward motivation. I was responsible for coordinating research, participant recruitment and screening, bio- and psycho-metric data collection and analysis, and running fMRI tasks.

Melbourne, Australia

Covered leave positions at the architecture firm, primarily assisting studio administration

Melbourne, Australia

CAD Drafting for Land Management Plans, Whole Farm Plans, Permaculture design and specific infrastructure development for a small consultancy supporting agriculture and rural businesses.

Co-founded a retail store with an ethical, fair-trade focus. Had financial, administrative, and managerial responsibilities and quickly learnt the value of spreadsheets.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neuroscience

How is childhood adversity linked to brain development and how does this contribute to risk for psychopathology? Utilising.

Psychology (Honours), Neuroscience

Thesis Title: Lateralisation of Resting-State Electroencephalograph Alpha Power in Psychosis Spectrum Disorder [PSD] and Psychosis.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Psychology And Forensic Science